That Crazy Dog lady

01/16/2025

It’s wishlist Wednesday! Even if I don’t post it every week, it just sounds good.

First I want to thank everyone that filled the need last month. I wish I was the type of person that had time to write thoughtful thank you notes. I am in my brain, but not in real life.

I also wish Amazons little cards were working to send thank yous. Lately they’ve just been unwrapping the gift digitally and not giving me the option of sending a thank you email.

So….. thank you, thank you, thank you!

You sent food, puppy pads, toys, and other much needed necessities for puppies going on the January transport. They all got lots of goodies for Christmas. I didn’t even get pics I was working so much, most of the time I left the unopened boxes on the porch for fosters to come get what they needed.

I appreciate you so very much. And so do the fosters.

We are getting another load ready and hoping that February means another successful transport. I am down to the last 35 lb bag for a variety of puppies we are working on (thank you Paws 4 Life!)

I’m headed out on a much needed vacation but I’d love to be able to make sure the fosters have everything they need. They know where to find it when it arrives.

These puppies have been saved from roadsides, bad situations, and just today possible euthanasia.

They are given a second chance because kind people are willing to keep them safe and healthy until we figure out the rest.

Thank you for supporting our mission anyway you can.

https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/13SC6GM4EKG0Q

01/15/2025

A step in the right direction. This will helpfully give some relief to our shelter up there that stays overly full.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18DZH9NGqY/?mibextid=wwXIfr

01/14/2025

Update: help found!

One of my clients reached out to me the other night about some pups she found in the road on her way home. It was about to freeze here and they may not have survived. So I asked for a foster and a foster was found.

Unfortunately one of these girls escaped the yard and was hit by a car, she is no longer with us. We are all devastated. But possibly her sister dog is the most upset.

She is not getting along with the foster’s dogs. And we need a new foster, or a rescue that has their own foster base.

I stepped outside my comfort zone on this. I prefer to help people already helping instead of making dogs my actual responsibility. I only pick them up if I can foster myself. Otherwise I do my best to network them. It is rare that I ask for someone to foster “for me”. I prefer to share my resources to help those already helping. I don’t have the resources to have a bunch of dogs “under me”. If you’re in rescue this may make more sense.

Anyways…. This pup needs somewhere to go.

She’s maybe 9 months old. We haven’t been able to get her into a vet yet. But getting her aged, vaccinated, and a heartworm test is on my very long to do list.

Then networking her for transport or whatever.

It’s only been a couple of days, and those days have been tough. We just haven’t gotten there yet.

Can anyone help?

Foster?
Take her into your rescue program on off my plate?

We got her out of the cold but we just need some help on this one. The foster would like her moved ASAP.

01/13/2025

Monday work flow….

Just meeting the donkeys I never realized my client has. I come here to let the dogs potty, but just a reminder I do farm visits as well.

These are my new best friends. Because I had treats. 😉

01/09/2025

I woke up this morning and for the first time since 3/23, I have zero fosters to attend to.

It’s a very weird feeling. I’ve had puppies crated in my living room so long that it feels weird to not find any there this morning as I start rotations.

Little Bodie (who I fostered for another rescue to get on transport) left Monday to North Shore.

And little Denali left late last night to New England. He is adopted through my rescue partner and going to a wonderful and experienced home.

Both of these babies were perfection. I could’ve easily kept them both.

Bodie is the sweetest and most loving little guy.

Denali is the smartest and sassiest little guy. The perfect Husky baby in my opinion.

I will miss them both dearly, but I’m ready for a break. We’ve fostered nearly 200 since 8/22. Our last break was mid December of 22 until March of 23. And it’s been nonstop since then. Sometimes multiple litters at a time.

We are ready to focus on our pack of misfits for a bit. I’m really hoping maybe I can find a trainer to help me reintroduce at least a few of them.

It’s time for our family and pack to heal a little, with less distractions.

Happy tails, Bodie and Denali! I let you go because I love you.

01/09/2025

Safe! May need a new foster in a couple of days.

Urgent! Foster needed. Pups possibly dumped in Kilgore.

Finder is going back to look now. They need a warm place to go before this rain and ice start.

“I probably already know the answer, but I’m gonna put it out there anyway just in case. I just drove home and I’m actually pulling up my driveway. right before you get to my road someone’s thrown out two little small brown Chihuahua mix looking puppies maybe Chihuahua dachshund mix? I have literally nowhere to stick them. They are going to get hit without a doubt.”

01/08/2025

Courtesy post:

Rusk, TX

URGENT - I'm looking for help networking the dogs I have outside in a fenced in yard right now. I know we have bad weather coming but there's nowhere for me to keep them inside. I'm hoping posting an urgent plea for these girls, maybe we can find them homes before the bad weather gets here or people that could possibly take them in out of the cold. I have put a bale of straw in their dog houses and getting a heat lamp hooked up this afternoon. I really don't want them out in this weather, but I don't have anywhere to put them inside. They have pretty thin coats and I want to do what I can to try and help them get somewhere warm. They're lab mix females, spayed/rabies, born Nov 9, 2023. Here's a picture of what I have been able to put together for them for now. Again, I've done the best I can and not sure what else I can do for them. I have since removed their water bowls outside the dog houses (I have a heated water bowl coming today, hopefully). Please let me know if you can help network for them at all! Thank you!!

01/07/2025

January transport day was a success! 35 puppies from our area made it to safety. Never to spend another night in the cold.

They are due to arrive at North Shore Animal League America tonight.

All because people step up to help the pups of their community that are in need.

Thank you Bill and Sherene, Donna, Rhonda, Sandra, Shere, Larry, Michelle, and my kids (for putting up with my nonstop puppy deliveries).

Fostering saves lives!

01/06/2025

Transport Eve…..

Paperwork. Last minute details. Coordinating various things. Loving up our foster pups before we send them off to their next destination of this journey to HOME.

This team saved a lot of puppies together.

I am grateful to every person who stepped up to help.

I would name them all by name but my brain would for sure glitch and forget someone.

So to those that have visited various properties delivering kennels, houses, and food.

To those that have been out to vaccinate and deworm puppies.

To those that have taken them to vet appointments.

To those that have looked after them on their property, keeping them safe and heathy.

To those that have helped me get some better systems and spreadsheets in place.

To those that transport to transport.

To those that donate food, supplies, and funds for the vet.

To the rescues making room on transport and in their beautiful no kill shelter.

These puppies thank you. And I thank you.

This is a community effort and achievement.

But the bill belongs to me at this point. If you see it in your heart to donate please call Wright's Veterinary Clinic when they open again on Tuesday. I owe over $500 for this transport currently.

December transport was about the same and Paws 4 Life generously paid the balance that I wasn’t able to get enough donations for. The holiday season is tough for rescues everywhere. We understand. And we are grateful for every dollar people invested in these puppies getting to freedom.

Thank you for helping us save them!

01/05/2025

Update: help found! Supplies on the way!

Help needed today if at all possible!

If you live in Kilgore and are on our local page you certainly know about a local dog who is always wandering around. A husky mix.

Her owner is going through a tough time. And it’s been on the heart of kind lady in the community to assist mama and her pups how she can.

She has mama. Pups are still at the owner’s home.

We need to get them to the home with mama and set up to be comfortable with the bad weather coming in.

I’ll be honest. So many of these situations take up so much of my time. I want to help them all. But I can’t drop everything I’m doing all the time to make it happen. This weekend is the first time
I’ve had anytime to do anything other than work. I need to focus on a ton of things: my family, home, dogs, and transport tomorrow.

Can anyone assist us with a few things in Kilgore today?

I have an igloo and probably a crate that she needs. Or if someone else has these things and I don’t have to round them up that works too. Because I’m headed out to vaccinate pups and then hopefully focus on my house.

Pups needs to be warm tonight.

We need:
An igloo for the babies
Crate for the mama
Food for both (I can give someone money from
Venmo donations)
Straw for the igloo
I have dewormer and vaccinations for the pups (today or whenever)

I don’t have time or a truck to deliver anything in.

I’m doing my best to assist without doing it myself. I hope everyone understands that.

Who can help?

01/05/2025

If you live in an area that doesn’t yet have a voucher program, please take advantage of this.

Thank you Dehart Veterinary Services for all you do!

01/04/2025

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They take care of my yard so I don’t have to. And have been so kind to our family during a difficult season.

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01/03/2025

Update: ride found, now we just have to pay this bill. 😉 Donations for vetting for these 30+ puppies to the vet are appreciated.

We had one stinker of a stray puppy get away from his caretaker and driver to the vet yesterday, only to show up while his litter mates were at the vet.

Can anyone get 1 single pup to Wright's Veterinary Clinic from 1249 E in Kilgore at 2:30?

If he can’t get to the vet today he will miss transport Monday. 😢

01/02/2025

Update: ride round! Donations needed to Wright's Veterinary Clinic to finish vetting. These transports typically cost us about $500 for health certs, fecals, and whatever else we still need (rabies if old enough, meds if anything surprises us in fecals).

Our first transport of the New Year goes out on Monday. We have 30+ stray and abandoned puppies ready to hitch their ride to the biggest no kill shelter in the world.

These 4 have to get to their vet appointment first. They can only be seen tomorrow at 4pm to make it on transport.

My work schedule tomorrow is jam packed with daily and holiday clients. I cannot help. The man taking care of them on the road doesn’t have a vehicle.

Can anyone help get them from Kilgore to Gilmer at 4?

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!

Shout out to everyone who stayed home with their pets in their jammies.

I finished my client rounds early and had a very relaxing (long overdue) night with my kids and the dogs.

It’s not often I get to lounge on the sofa and we have to do it rotations for the safety of adult dogs who refuse to get along. But I felt like a got some quality cuddle time with all of them.

We celebrated with chews and peanut butter stuffed bones. They were some very happy pups.

I hope your family and fur babies had a safe and fun celebration.

And that 2025 brings you many blessings.

12/31/2024

3 years ago today I lost my heart dog, tragically. I won’t recount the whole story but just know that fireworks and other explosions common to our area were a factor. But only my own bad decision is truly to blame.

Please, if pet owners only take one piece of advice that I’ve given this year, let it be this.

Secure your pets for the night as soon as possible. Don’t leave them in the yard early assuming it will be ok. The party starts early and goes on all night. In some places I’ve lived it goes on for days.

Take your pets out on leash to potty, especially after dark.

Or keep them inside as much as possible.

If you’re not home provide background noise and a safe space inside.

If your pets must go outside unattended check your fences and gates now.

Check their microchip information before you head out.

Make sure they have a collar and tag on.

I had prepared to be home with my dogs and kids at dark and for the rest of the night.

I had his trazadone ready.

He had his collar, tags, and his GPS charged up.

But he never made it home. It was one of the worst days of my life. I’ll miss him forever.

Keep your pets safe and secure tonight, don’t let it be your biggest regret.

This is Yukon, and Bandit, who I know he sent to heal my heart just a year later.

Please have a safe and Happy New Year’s Eve.

12/31/2024

I moved to TX in 2021, and collected my first dumped puppy within a couple of months.

In 2022 I collected 10 more (but only kept 4).

In 2023 I collected a bunch and fostered for rescues as well. Around 70 total.

All of those years I felt so proud that we had saved some lives.

But 2024 has blown me away!

For so long I struggled to help rescues by fostering and rescue myself, to save as many pups as possible.

In 2024 I saw so many people come together to save lives.

Fosters helping fosters
Fosters helping multiple rescues
Big rescues helping small rescues
Rescues helping independent rescuers
Communties supporting seasoned rescuers and new people stepping up to help
People sharing and networking
donating what they can: time, money, supplies
Drivers to transport and vet appointments
People doing laundry
People taking pictures
People giving vaccines and delivering supplies.

People saving dogs, together.

The following stats are not the accomplishment of one person or even a small group of people. They are the accomplishments of an entire village of crazy dog people.

I’m proud to know you all, even if only on Facebook.

Thank you for being part of the huge success we’ve all had in 2024.

69 puppies fostered at my home (only 2 going into 2025 with us)

Over 1000 vaccines given (yes I could probably come up with a closer number but I’m tired and just guessing) a lot of puppies in the community and puppies rescued.

North Shore Animal League Americal League America for nearly 150 puppies (I haven’t dug out all the papers to verify)

Several puppies in the community adopted out through my partner in Massachusetts.

So many puppies given a chance that wouldn’t have had a lot of options otherwise.

We did this!

We can’t save them all, but we saved a ton!

Together.

Thank you so very much. Truly, if you helped in any way I appreciate you more than words can say.

✌️❤️🐾

12/30/2024

Liberty City, TX

This is “Mama”…..

Mama is a stray dog that has been looked after by a kind family. She had a litter on the streets, they kept that litter safe and then we got her pups on transport.

Getting mamas on transport is harder, we have to have behavioral evaluations, heartworm tests or treatments if positive, and approval/space for bigger dogs. It’s complicated.

I do my best to advocate for street mamas as much as I can but I don’t always have solutions for them. Other than keeping their pups safe and making sure mama’s get spayed.

This mama is a chicken killer. Her life has been threatened by neighbors.

The caretakers (not owners) have done their best but she cannot be contained. They haven’t found her a home yet.

She’s scheduled to be spayed 1/15 but she may not make it to that. If the neighbor decides to make good on his threats.

She needs a home without chickens and with plenty of experience or patience.

Or she’s needs a foster so a rescue can help.

And then she needs a rescue.

Adults are not my wheelhouse. But I try.

Can anyone help us help this beautiful mama?