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Friends of Lebanon Animals

CLOSED September 2016. Friends of Lebanon Animals is no longer an active group.
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From 2012 - 2016, we supported the efforts of Lebanon, Tennessee's Animal Control officers to find homes and rescues for animals who find themselves in the facility. Because of the combined efforts of the ACO
in charge of rescue operations and the volunteers, the animal control had more than a 97% placement rate of adoptable dogs. This group is not a 501c3 rescue, nor do we have a physical location where we can accept or house animals.

06/14/2024

This is why it’s hotter than it use to be.

12/12/2023

“Kristina? You’ll stay with me the whole time, right?” He asked.

“I’ll stay with you the whole time, Sweet Boy. I’ll go with you as far as I can.” I honestly replied.

“Does it hurt when you go to Heaven?”, Sweet Boy asked. “No, it won’t hurt. You’re going to get sleepy when you go. When you wake up I won’t be there anymore, but there will be a tiny piece of you that stays here with me in my heart.” I told him.

“Will I ever see you again? Sweet Boy whimpered. “One day. I really believe that I’ll be there one day with your friends from the shelter.” I answered.

“I never meant to be mean. It was just for 512 nights I heard the shelter doors lock. I was in my kennel and it began to feel so small. The other dogs would bark, I didn’t sleep well, I wasn’t myself. That one home I went to, I tried, I really tried, but I was scared in their new home. They didn’t give me time, they made me come back to the shelter, then no one was coming and that’s when I got depressed. That’s when the spinning started, that’s when I stopped eating, and that’s when the guy with the white coat said I had kennel neurosis. Kristina, what’s kennel neurosis.” Sweet Boy stammered.

“It’s your mind, Sweet Boy.” You were never meant to be at the shelter for 500 days. Dogs are meant to be free, but your beautiful brain, it’s dying from being here so long, it happens in every shelter no matter how wonderful the place is. No one is coming and your brain is dying.” I admitted.

Sweet Boy looked at me like he understood. He knew he was declining. He knew he stopped eating. Stopped playing. He knew the drooling in his kennel, the spinning, it was all getting worse and despite how many volunteers loved him, he knew he didn’t love life anymore. He knew that in over 500 days no one was coming.

“So I never got a home? I failed you? I failed my trainers?” Sweet Boy asked as if he needed reassurance before he left. So, I told him the truth. “Oh Sweet Boy, you got a home. You got the most permanent home. Your home will always be in my heart. You didn’t fail. Humans failed you. The person who bred you to sell you, the person who hit you, the person who returned you after 48 hours without letting you decompress. They failed you. And maybe I failed you too, Sweet Boy. In a perfect world there would be room for all of you at the edge of my bed, but as you know, humans are incapable of being perfect.” I added.

“So, I want you to sit with me, with your head in my lap and try to sleep. I want you to know that your home is in my heart. It always will be. When you get sleepy don’t be scared. I’m with you as far as I can go. When you get there check back every few years and one day, I promise I’ll meet you at the Rainbow Bridge, because even though I know no one is coming in this life, I promise I’ll come for you one day. One day I’ll show up. I promise. Meet me at the Rainbow Bridge. For now rest and go to sleep. I’ll go with you as far as I can go.

Kristina Millman -Rinaldi

**Shelters across the country are FULL tonight. Please stop breeding and consider donating, fostering, adopting and advocating. DetroitDogRescue.com

11/20/2022

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Merry Christmas to everyone and every fur baby out there.

Shelter and volunteer favorite, Champ! He might not win a modeling contest anytime soon due to his neglected skin and ears, but he has a golden heart. Could you be his happily ever after?

3/25/15 Update: Safe, headed to a local independent rescuer! 21 seconds: Ricky havin a ball

Update: Adopted! 90 seconds: Volunteer Jennifer has started working with Maggie on "Off" and "Sit". Look how great she is! This was Maggie's only walk for the day so she was super excited to be out of her kennel. If you would like to adopt, foster or rescue Maggie call ASAP - time is critical for us due to lack of space, and getting one dog placed helps the next dog have more time. If you would like to volunteer to walk dogs please comment or send a message so you can attend the required *free* CERT training to be a City of Lebanon AC Volunteer. The next scheduled training is this Saturday. Fosters are the only volunteers who are not required to attend the basic CERT class, however a background check does have to be completed first.

(Update 2/25/16 Adopted!) Video spotlight: Ryder is even more stunning in person. He is excellent on leash, housetrained, calm yet spunky and playful. He mostly just wants to sit right next to you and craves affection. If you are interested in adopting or rescuing please set up an appointment ASAP

Update 6/15/16: Cedar was sent to a local trainer after bad experience with a foster from the rescue who pulled him...(NOT our local foster)! While at foster, he exhibited fear of men, but not all men. He has been at The Calm K9 for two weeks and will be coming back to the shelter this weekend for adoption! The trainer will work with the adopter to teach them leadership skills with this sweet boy, so he can have the best home experience possible! Short Cedar video from a volunteer. As you can see he is very smart - with the correct training methods, some TLC and patience he has abundant potential. "30 seconds: Cedar working for treats - smart boy - Adoptable at Lebanon Animal Control!"

(Update: Safe! In foster and going to a rescue!) Short Gwyn video from a volunteer: She is much cuter in person! Come meet her today and fall in love. "This unclaimed older adult has been a perfect dog. Walks wonderful on leash, appears house trained, very mellow and has not made a peep once. Has plenty of love but nobody to give it to. Her only odd behavior is she has a spot between her ears where she doesn't love to be touched - you'll see in the video that she pauses if I touch that spot but she has never growled, whined or done anything but an uncertain freeze. Maybe it is tender, maybe she was hit on the head at one time... kind of a mystery. Adoptable at Lebanon Animal Control."