Ruff Start Rescue of East TN

08/16/2024

*****UPDATE TO ADD PICTURES*****

🆘 Urgent Need of Donations 🆘

HOARDING CASE: 4 small dogs surrendered to us yesterday (working on more to be surrendered 😭)

These babies need extensive vetting, are severely malnourished, and flea/tick infested!

We are in need of monetary donations for vetting and continued healthcare to nurse them back to health!
OUR VENMO IS POSTED BELOW⬇️

‼️ FOSTERS ‼️

Anyone willing to help nurse theses babies back to health. Please fill out a foster application on our website
Ruffstartrescuetn.org

❤️ They are safe and decompressing.❤️

This are not the best pictures as it was when we first brought them in, will get better pictures soon!

08/16/2024

Another successful adoption for our sweet Daisy, now called Riley. She is the sweetest girl and went to a wonderful family with 3 girls and a new dog sibling. She is fell in the life of luxury! And already loving life at her new home. Thank you for adopting!

08/13/2024

🐾🐾Hey yall!🐾🐾

We are still on the hunt for some great people to join our already amazing group of fosters!

We have so many dogs waiting to be rescued, and we want to help them, we just need some help with that!

🐾WAYS YOU CAN HELP🐾

🌟-Fill out a foster application! It’s quick and easy!

🌟-Share our page to your friends! By sharing, maybe someone you know has room to foster!

🌟-Make a donation. We run off of donations and the more we get, the more fluffy faces and wet noses we can save! We even have an amazon wish list if that makes donating easier!

We appreciate all the support our little rescue has recieved so far! We hope to keep growing and continue serving our community with your help!

08/12/2024

So meet Nugget, a new intake to the rescue! He is absolutely precious! About 8-10 weeks old male bull terrier mix. He will be around 50 lbs full grown. He is a real cuddle bunny and loves attention. Working on potty training,leash walking and still due puppy shots and neuter. Will be available soon when his shots and neuter is completed. Message if interested in a meet and greet or complete an application on our website

08/10/2024

🐾COURTESY POST🐾

Location Rogersville TN

Father & Son duo looking for their furever homes.

The owner died unexpectedly a month ago and they need to find a quiet home to adjust to.

Rufus is around age 12 and Fred is 5.

Fred weighs in around 80 pounds and Rufus a little lighter at 70.

They need a good bath and flea/tick treatment. They are Doberman mixes, neutered and have rabies vaccine. They are used to being outdoors, roaming the land.

A fenced yard is a must so they don’t wander off. Rufus loves to hunt frogs and Fred just wants someone to throw a ball to him or go for a car ride.

PLEASE NO children or small animals.

Please contact April 860-480-2650 or email Dale at [email protected]

🐾THESE PUPS ARE NOT IN OUR RESCUE, this is a courtesy post to help dogs in the community also looking for homes🐾

08/07/2024

UPDATE: We have 3+ dogs that need rescue! Please reach out if you can help foster. They are all smaller dogs under 30 lbs.. WE NEED HELP!

Have you ever wanted to help out a local rescue but don’t know how?

Interested in seeing how your family would manage taking in a new animal?

WE NEED FOSTERS!!!

On a daily basis we are contacted about helping local dogs and even puppies. We aren’t able to help as many as we would like simply due to not having the space to foster them.

NO FINANCIAL BURDEN.

We will take care of the finances for any animal you foster. This includes vet, food, toys, etc.

We only ask that you provide space and are open to people meeting the dog. We will even provide the space if you don’t want someone at your house.

If you or someone you know is interested in helping out, please visit our website to fill out a foster application or contact us with questions.

https://ruffstartrescuetn.org/foster-application/

08/07/2024

We have taken this little cutie pie in to help a sister rescue. We have this sweet girl in our foster rescue, however this is a courtesy post for our sister rescue. She is 3-4 years old yellow lab and believe to be full blooded. Very sweet and completely house trained. Crate trained and kennel trained. She also is trained to doggie door. Great with other dogs and loves children! Reach out if you would like to meet this sweet girl

08/07/2024

I want to give a big shout out to Laura who saved our little nugget off the road and sheltered him until we could get him into our rescue! She also donated money for his vet care and 2 bags of puppy food…. We love you Laura! Thanks for being this little puppy’s hero!

08/06/2024

Picking this little nugget up today! Still looking for foster for this little boy! Somebody open up your heart and home for this little guy! Rescue pays for everything! Thanks

08/05/2024

Anyone interested in fostering a puppy he was found on road and approximately 6-8 weeks old. Rescue will pay for everything! Please reach out and message if you could open your heart and home to this little nugget! Thanks!

08/04/2024

A big shout out to Dee and Dennis Smelcer for their VERY generous donation we received in the mail today.. love you guys so much and appreciate your support!

08/04/2024

07/28/2024

Bear found his new mama and is living the high life.. Bear and Elena are a perfect match for each other! He is loving walks and snuggles at his new house!

07/26/2024

Dolly found her new forever home to this sweet couple!

07/26/2024

Bruiser found his forever home with two new siblings and great new parents… he is loving life!

07/21/2024

Thank you so much Karen and Steve for your wonderful donation. It s greatly appreciated and very useful in helping a pet in need!

07/19/2024

So one of our winner sweet Jackie does not have a dog so she donated it back and we did another drawing. Congrats Cate Lach

07/19/2024

Here is the drawing and the winners. Thank you so much everyone!

07/19/2024

Stay tuned! Drawing for the baskets is tomorrow! Good luck everyone!

07/17/2024

Just look at this sweet girl.

Lady is a local rescue. She is about 6-8 months old and is a lab mix from the best we can tell.

She is very sweet, and while she enjoys being around other dogs and cats, is happiest laying with people. If you are looking for a new puppy to watch your evening tv shows with or check out a ball game, come meet Lady.

She will be ready for adoption after August 14th, so you have plenty of time to get to know her before taking her home.

https://ruffstartrescuetn.org/lady/

07/15/2024

Thank you so much for the donation today Kym Clevenger! We could not do this without your support. You have helped so many dogs!

07/15/2024

A big shout out to Scottie Dunn, Bubba Tillman and Servall cleaning. For the HUGE donation today! This will help so many dogs! We love you guys and could not do this without your support!

07/14/2024

Come get your ticket! We will be drawing next week on live feed!

POSTING AGAIN! Get your raffle ticket and help the rescue with vet costs!
Puppy/dog basket we are raffling off to bring in much needed funds to help more dogs! Tickets are $5.00 each and there is well over $250 in the basket. 100% of the raffle ticket goes to rescue to help with vet costs! Just message your name and phone number and we will put the number of tickets you want in for the drawing once we receive the money.. you can Venmo us for the tickets. VENMO CODE IN COMMENTS!

07/14/2024

Great news for anyone looking to add to their family.

Bryce and Lola are a pair of German shepherds currently being fostered locally. They are a brother/sister pair and would love to be adopted together.

Thanks to a local sponsor, the adoption fee for adopting them together is reduced. Their fee is $200 each, but if adopted together, it is $300 for the pair.

All adoption fees assist with medical and fostering care provided by Ruff Start Reacue of East TN. If anyone is interested in sponsoring any of our adoptable pets, please reach out to us.

If you are interested in meeting Bryce and Lola, check them out at https://ruffstartrescuetn.org/pets-in-need/

07/14/2024

POSTING AGAIN! Get your raffle ticket and help the rescue with vet costs!
Puppy/dog basket we are raffling off to bring in much needed funds to help more dogs! Tickets are $5.00 each and there is well over $250 in the basket. 100% of the raffle ticket goes to rescue to help with vet costs! Just message your name and phone number and we will put the number of tickets you want in for the drawing once we receive the money.. you can Venmo us for the tickets. VENMO CODE IN COMMENTS!

07/12/2024

Puppy/dog basket we are raffling off to bring in much needed funds to help more dogs! Tickets are $5.00 each and there is well over $200 in the basket. 100% of the raffle ticket goes to rescue to help with vet costs! Just message your name and phone number and we will put the number of tickets you want in for the drawing once we receive the money.. you can Venmo us for the tickets. I will post the link in comments!

07/12/2024

Bear is enjoying his summer day walks but still waiting for his place to call home. Come on out and meet Bear. You won’t find a better playmate for you or your kids.

https://ruffstartrescuetn.org/puppy-1-page/

07/10/2024

Received this wonderful donation today from chewy, but it did not let us know who donated this..
just heard from the donator! Thank you so much Chris Babb. You’re the best!

07/10/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Ashley Sturgill, Jennifer R. Boneta, Cara Bledsoe, Priscilla Robertson,