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Back Roads Animal Rescue, Inc.

Grayson, KY dog rescue. Promoting spay/neuter. We work for the animals. Assist with emergent need Angie Nelson and Mercedes Jordan will be added in 2017.
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www.backroadsrescue.com/donate

Back Roads Dog Rescue is changing its name to Back Roads Animal Rescue, Inc. Back Roads currently focuses on dogs but the mission of the rescue is to help any animals in need in the long term plan. Stay tuned for exciting changes and growth as we gain momentum with community support and action!!! Back Roads became a registered 501(c)(3) non profit organization in 20

16. Members of the board include: Angel Pope, Ann Russell and Patty Childress. We are currently seeking qualified foster homes for all of the animals we encounter.

11/23/2024

Running loose on Route 7 Carter County, KY, near Bruin.

Black dog is matted with burs, etc. but very friendly. She was standing in the road on this rural but busy road. Cars are flying by 55+ mph. I’m in my way to the vet and tried to load the black one and then the other showed up out of nowhere! 😭😭😭 Why am I a magnet for this crap?! I couldn’t get them loaded. 😭😭😭 Heeler mix isn’t aggressive but was sketchy.

W H Y ?! 😭😭😭

11/22/2024

She never asked for anything, from day one when I saw her on the side of the road and thought she had been hit by a car. I rolled my window down to see if she was alive. She lifted her head, gently wagged her tail, then laid her head back down.

Then, to my husbands knowledge only a few years ago, I asked my girls to talk to her while we slowly drove to our house just around the block. I did not pick her up, she just “showed up.” A week or so later, she gave birth to her puppies in his chair while we were at the girls’ dance performance. 😂 Sorry, babe, but you know she was worth it!

She was the actual first KY rescue before this rescue was formed. That was the summer of 2010. I didn’t really know anyone yet so I guess you could say she was my first KY friend.

We found homes for those puppies and as far as I know, she outlived them all.

She was gentle, kind and wise. She always chose to eat last, taking what was left if necessary. She would not take treats until everyone else had theirs first. She was traumatized by the gravity fed waterer and for many years she would tip toe in slow motion to the water bowl.

She never wanted attention, she just wanted to be close.

In 2018 she was diagnosed with bladder cancer. She had lost most of her vision and hearing. Her teeth were very bad but no one dared try to anesthetize a 16 year old girl. So we spoon fed her when we realized she could not chew.

15+ years with this dog was a blessing. Walking out of that clinic without her just hurts.

I’m not sure how life goes on without all these dogs, but somehow it does. One thing is for sure, Dolphin gave me more than I ever gave her and she was one of a kind.

We love you, girl 💔

11/20/2024

I’ve been holding on to this one…the end of an era.

Dollar was the dog that forced me to start a rescue and seek help for financing these animals. We found Dollar on the backroads of rural KY like many, many strays in July of 2014.

To make a VERY long story short, Dollar collided with the golf cart while playing and not paying attention and broke her leg. While at Ohio State getting her leg surgically repaired, Dollar broke with parvo and started exhibiting signs as she was waking from anesthesia.

During her journey, I posted to Facebook and a particular person really fell in love with Dollar. After a long haul, it was arranged in December to surprise her new owner as Dollar’s new adoptive momma.

Dollar was given the best life. Her family put more love and effort into her well being than most people invest in their children!

We have kept in touch over the years and on September 29 I learned that Dollar had passed away. While there were many dogs before Dollar, she was the ONE that created Back Roads. So many dogs (1000s) owe their lives to Dollar, the trailblazer. 😉

Here are a few pics (my favorite was the photo shoot we did to surprise her new mom!) and a couple of the posts of her journey with us:

https://www.facebook.com/backroadsrescue/photos/a.1508182429415827/1673525116214890/?type=3

https://www.facebook.com/backroadsrescue/photos/a.1508182429415827/1520730054827731/?type=3

https://www.facebook.com/backroadsrescue/photos/a.1508182429415827/1684371971796871/?type=3

11/20/2024

On October 6, 2014, we were called to check on a momma and her pups that were abandoned. My parents were in town and they went to help.

My mom fell in love with one pup in particular and quickly claimed him. The mom and the rest of the pups went to All Herding Breed Dog Rescue of Illinois, where they were adopted. The pups were so skinny and sad when we found them and the momma’s face pleaded for help. She got it, and we followed them through their adoption journey online. Pics of their condition and also momma’s adoption day are included here.

Today we said goodbye to mom’s “pup,” Buckley (another Back Roads original) after a very quick onset and progression of cancer. He began limping one morning a week or so ago and it progressed all day and a swelling formed over his shoulder. We hoped it was a sting but by Monday morning he was very painful and swollen. The vet did a fine needle aspirate and discovered a nasty cancer.

He was spoiled for a couple days but continued to swell, so we made that dreaded decision to let him go.

Cancer sucks and short lifespans do, too. 🥺

11/19/2024

We’ve come to that season where our Back Roads “originals” are passing on and we can only hope that we will see them again someday. 🥺

The morning of our fundraiser 5k, Bruzer (aka Sunni) was brought to us in 2015 from a fellow rescue friend. He chewed my hand off when she handed him to me! I can still feel those sharp little fangs sinking into my freezing cold hand 😂 I figured he’d end up living with me forever because, typically, no one wants a biter.

At the time I worked at a vet clinic and a few weeks after getting him, I boarded him at the clinic while I went out of town. I got a text from my friend and co-worker saying that a young couple, Abby and Brandon, were at the clinic to meet this little dog.

Then she told me he snapped at Brandon.

Then she told me that Abby HAD to have him!!!

Being my skeptical self, I jokingly assumed this dog would be returned to me once he chewed off someone else’s hand. He needed the right person/people.

Bruzer found his family that day. There’s no doubt in my mind they were meant for him, and he for them and they loved him as their first “child.” He was spoiled rotten and he got to have a human sibling for the last 15 months of his life. What more could a little dog ask for?!

Thank you, Abby and Brandon, for giving your boy the best life any rescue dog could long for! You have been in our thoughts and prayers. We hope you find peace in the life you provided him. We know the hurt and the hollowness that is caused by the loss of a dog.

(I hope it’s okay that we stole a photo for this post.)

Much love from your Back Roads family…

11/10/2024

It’s CONSTANT. It NEVER stops. But we just keep going, one spay/neuter at a time!

11/03/2024

Happiness is:
Farm life!

River has lived on the farm since he was just a couple of months old. Sweetest boy. He and his litter mates were found abandoned on a river bank back in August 2016. All but River and his brother, Onyx, were adopted.

11/03/2024

Happiness is:
nature’s toys 🐶🐾🍂🍁

Racer spent wayyyy too much time in a crate. He came to us severely malnourished and open sores at the points of each hip bone. His foster, my mom, fattened him up and had him vetted. She gave him the chance that he deserved.

He is flourishing and LOVES toys. He. Is. A. Superchewer! Luckily he only chews on toys. And sticks. 😂

11/03/2024

Happiness is:
hanging with your pack on a warm fall day 🐾🦴🐶☀️🍂🍁

10/17/2024

Good dogs, growing old🥹

Hyper Piper In A Diaper (approx 6 or 7?) and Dolphin (at least 15)

10/06/2024

Of course it’s time for some Harry Potter pups ;)

Their story: The woman said there was another pup with this crew where they were dumped. That one was killed in the road. 😭
They stopped to move his body out of the road. She looked over and saw one looking at them. Then they found all 4 together. Every shelter and rescue was full, so she fed them and took care of them the best way she could.

When we had room open up, of course we took them.

Meet our Harry Potter litter of four boys!

If you’d like to help us support our pups and dogs, you can:

Call payment to West Liberty Vet Clinic on our account (606) 743-3776

https://www.paypal.me/backroadsrescue

www.backroadsrescue.com/donate

Venmo backroadsrescue

09/24/2024

Scan the QR code for your limited edition beer stein! 100% of proceeds will go to our community spay and neuter initiative! Our goal is provide 25 spay/neuter for those in need of financial assistance! 🍻🐾

08/31/2024

Mark your calendars to join us at Barktoberfest Street Fair in Morehead, KY! We will be raising funds for our spay/neuter initiative 🐾

🍺 special edition beer steins will soon be on sale with 100% sales goes towards spay/neuter funding. Each stein will come with free tickets to enjoy a sample of craft beer from each brewery!

🥨 come hungry and thirsty! There is plenty of fun to be had by all 🐾🥨🍻

08/04/2024

URGENT help needed rehoming these TWO kitties. To no fault of their own, these cats need a new home fast. Their owner has been stricken with very serious health issues and cannot care for them any longer. They’re healthy, live indoors and have no medical or behavioral issues. They are altered and vaccines were maintained, but they are overdue (we will update - no fee to adopter).

We desperately want to keep them together, as they are older kitties, but will separate if needed. Please text 937-605-4060 with serious inquires only. Located in Springfield, OH. Transport can be arranged.

Thank you!

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Grayson, KY
41143

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http://www.backroadsrescue.com/

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Update on Renly: 🐾 30 pounds 🐾 Approximately 1 years old 🐾 Demodectic mange and obvious skin infection 🐾 Roundworms, hookworms, whipworms 🐾 Skin is too tough (and painful) right now to do bloodwork for 4dx heartworm test - will hopefully do that in a couple weeks at follow up Treatment plan: nexgard, deworming, antibiotics, antifungal, steroid, pain meds Follow up in approximately two weeks. Thank you for the donations thus far! He will be recovering inside with his own soft bed and will be safe, with plenty of food and fresh water. What a little fighter. ❤️‍🩹

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PayPal address [email protected] Back Roads Animal Rescue: we rescue the mistreated, save the injured, and love the abandoned animals of Carter County Kentucky. We fully vet every animal as recommended by our trusted veterinarians. Most of our dogs get transferred to other reputable partner rescues out of state. We are currently seeking qualified foster homes for all of the animals to whom we are committed. We constantly are in search of valuable team members who are both professional and compassionate. Finally, we NEED transport drivers to participate in one or more leg of weekend transports!