
07/08/2025
🚗🐶 A Life-Saving Journey – Thank You All! 🐶🚗
A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated to help sweet Izzy — and to those who helped her and four other lucky pups get safely to their new lives in the Pacific Northwest! 💛
If you haven’t heard Izzy’s story: she was dangerously ill with pneumonia and needed intensive care, oxygen, and medications to survive. Thanks to your incredible generosity, Izzy got the treatment she needed. 💕 Once she recovered, it was time to get her to our rescue — and that’s when the second miracle happened.
✈️ Due to Izzy’s health, flying was not an option, so our incredible transport coordinator, Michelle Alexander, stepped in and crafted a plan. Izzy couldn’t leave without her best buddy Buster — they’re a bonded pair — so of course he came too!
Then we learned about another bonded pair, Bonnie and Ginger, in Kentucky with nowhere to go. One is a puggle, so flying wasn’t an option for them either. And because we believe in making the most of every mile, we added one more beagle — little Ziggy — who is headed to a foster-to-adopt home!
Here’s what the journey looked like:
📍 July 3: Bonnie and Ginger started their journey in Lancaster, KY with five amazing volunteer drivers each driving a section of the route.
🏠 That night, they arrived at the home of the generous Jenny Edwards, who not only hosted them but also bathed all five dogs, fitted them with secure gear, and packed their travel supplies.
🚗 July 4: One rockstar driver picked up all five dogs and made the long drive to Denver.
✈️ July 5: Two of our incredible volunteers, Kate (from Seattle) and Ruth (from Portland), flew to Denver and drove the pups west.
🏡 Ziggy will meet her foster-to-adopt family in Puyallup, Izzy and Buster will go to their foster home in Olympia, and Bonnie and Ginger will settle in with their Portland-area foster.
To every person who donated, drove, packed supplies, hosted, fostered, or supported from afar — you made this possible. Thank you for being the heart of rescue. ❤️
✨ Izzy & Buster and Bonnie & Ginger will be available for adoption as bonded pairs soon.
🐾 Ziggy is heading toward her forever!
👉 Learn more and apply to adopt at www.beaglerescue.org