Nickens Family Rescue & Sanctuary

07/05/2025

Shout out to Anthony Wayne Animal Hospital for getting us in last minute on a Saturday to take a look at Wild man!

His X-Rays didn’t show anything super obvious as far as breaks or fractures, so that’s good. Our vet is going to consult with ortho next week to make sure we aren’t missing anything! Fingers crossed this guy just has a sprain and some kennel restriction will be just what he needs.

Wild met a family today right after this happened and they loved him! Let’s hope Mr. Wild is okay and can join his forever family next weekend!

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07/05/2025

Oh Wild… to the vet we go. 🥲

07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July from the 3 big Nickens Family Foster’s! We have 8 little pups left fostering ourselves, I’ll get those pictures when it’s not so hot out lol.

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07/04/2025

Emerald is doing incredibly well just coming into a strange home. Eve, our toddler, ADORES her! Emerald minds her space, is not constantly in your face, and is so well mannered. Seriously this dog needs a home with kids. It’s her happy place ❤️

Side note- she’s even potty and kennel trained 😍

07/03/2025

If you’re wondering what Gilligan has been up to, it’s this. This is his very favorite spot to be. I love cleaning up the dishes and just seeing him so peacefully relaxing out there. If it were up to him, he would sleep there all night.

Gilly had a rough case of kennel cough when he came in, so we haven’t quite let him in the house to see how he does in a home setting. He is doing SO much better. The end of this weekend we will bring him in to meet all the dogs and cats! He will also be looking for a foster family to hang out with until he finds his forever home!

Stay tuned for more info on our silly Gilly 🥰

07/02/2025

Four more foster applications received for Wild that stopped responding after initial contact. What is it about him that people just immediately fall through on? 🥺

07/02/2025

It’s a slumber party at the Nickens house this week!

Emerald’s foster family is on vacation for a week so she is hanging out with us while they are gone. Emerald is such a sweet girl who is still a bit shy with adults. Kids are a totally different story, though! She immediately warmed up to my kids when she got here and went right in their rooms to hang out while they played.

Emerald loves other dogs, she doesn’t mind our cats, and she’s somehow still looking for her forever home?? While she’s a bit shy at first, she warms up quickly! Shes still learning to like the leash, but she is making huge strides.

If you’re looking for a dog that prefers kids over adults, this girl is the one for you!

Emerald is about 6 months old and a mixed breed girl. She has been waiting a long time for her forever home, but her shyness when meeting you creates hesitation in families. But 24 hours from that, you have a best friend for life.

07/02/2025

Look at our boy!!! ❤️❤️

Thank you Camp Canine in Elmore OH for the constant love and support ❤️

Jackson came to stay with us this past weekend. He is the happiest sweetest boy with a whip like tail lol Jax (and so many others) wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for amazing rescues.

Jax was picked up by the dog warden as a stray in May of '24. In August of '24 the shelter sent out an urgent plea looking for a rescue to pull Jax as he was not doing well at all in a kennel setting. That's when Nickens Family Rescue & Sanctuary stepped up and brought him into the rescue and was able to place him with his new family by Christmas where he is absolutely flourishing. If it wasn't for Nickens Family Rescue and Jax's adopters, he wouldn't be here today. But they need our help. She is a one woman show who relies heavily on adopters, fosters and donations. She has stated that she unfortunately will not be able to pull anymore dogs from being euthanized this summer because adoptions are down and fosters are few and far between. If you're not able to adopt or foster, please consider donating, any little bit helps. Or you can share this post to help spread the word about this small but mighty rescue.

Please go to her page where you can find links to donate items needed, a place to donate money and all the adoptable pets!

Let's all rally together to help save a life like Jackson's 🐾❤️

07/01/2025

Wild, our Weimaraner boy is looking for a foster!

Wild is such a sweet dog- so sweet he wants to be by your side at all times!! He has a good amount of energy as most weim pups do. He is looking for a foster that can help him learn his basic puppy manners! He’s very playful so dogs in the home should be tolerant of play. Good with cats and kids as well! Just learning to keep his paws down. He will need some extra time and love- but he is so worth it!!

07/01/2025

What a freaking SHIPMENT we got today, you guys. Thank you so so much!!! This is huge and I’m so grateful how you rally for us and our critters. 🥺

07/01/2025

$4,600.

That is about the cost for all of our spay/neuters schedule for the month of July. This is ONLY spay/neuter. This does not include their blood tests, vaccines, deworming, flea/tick prevention, food, and other necessary vetting costs and foster supply needs.

If our average spay is $220, and their blood test & vaccines is $80, prevention & deworming for one month $50, and a bag of food $45. This is around $395 if I had to guess. Now if the foster needs a crate to use, we are out of leashes and collars, and any of the other day to days pop up, we are well into the $400’s per dog. Our highest adoption fee is $300. Imagine what it looks like for a medical pup..

This takes that number to about $8,000 if we have no extra vet appointments or needs and if they are only with us for one month. How much will we get from adoptions? $5,500.

I hear all the time “Bri idk how you do it working full time and doing this.” Well, I have to. Because what I will not accept is a dog or cat going without. I will not accept my fosters struggling and not having things they need to be successful. I am not confident enough in my fundraising abilities, my marketing, or just the community to keep us going when everyone is struggling already. The entire country is in crisis. People are struggling to keep their homes, shelters are struggling to keep the lights on, and rescues are struggling to pay their vet bills. I’m so afraid of that coming to us that I have to work and I have to keep pushing forward.

We get push back for our adoption fees sometimes in which case I want to say- kindly touch some grass. Read a book about rescue costs then come back to me lol. We are now running a whole new AC system 24/7- you’d gag at my electric bill. Our well pump is going out.. if I want water for my family and my critters I have to replace that too. I strongly believe that is happening because of how much water we use in any given day. Bathing puppies every single day that p**p in their crates several times a day. Filling kiddie pools to keep them cool and give them some fun- I can keep going. But you get the point.

If you’ve made it this far- I want you to know this isn’t me complaining- I’m so fu***ng grateful I get to do this physically and mentally. I love my life you guys. I wouldn’t change this for the world. But the more help you guys can give me, the more help I can give.

With over 3,000 of you here, $2 per person could cover our spay/neuters and then some!

This $2 Tuesday, join us in making an impact. ❤️

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