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Rescue For Life Dog Rescue

Rescue For Life Inc, located near Merrill, WI, is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We deal with all kinds of dogs.

Pets by the thousands are being left homeless for a wide variety of reasons. We do not judge how these lovely souls got into our arms, we just welcome them. Our commitment is to finding them loving, forever homes using the most responsible and safe rescue means possible. We pull from the euthanization lists, owner surrenders, strays, etc. We make sure they get into the correct home that fits them the best. We have adopters and fosters from all walks of life.

11/08/2024

💥 Update on Malani's bill. We are currently at $315 covered. Leaving $325 left.

The Cardiologist contacted me today to go over the results of Malani's echo in depth and is recommending more testing for her heart.

We CANNOT do this if we don't have the funds. We REALLY need your help right now!!

I guess I'm going to try adding the donate button back to our page (Meta charges us fees for it now through PayPal Giving Fund 🙄) but it seemed to have worked better for raising funds for Vet bills. We will give it a try. For now:

💥WAYS TO DONATE💥

*Via PayPal at:
*Via Venmo at:
*Via Zelle at: [email protected]

*Cash/check donations can be deposited at:

Any Nicolet Bank Location

*Or mailed to:

Rescue For Life Dog Rescue
N4415 Burma Rd
Merrill, WI 54452

*100% of ALL donations go directly to medical bills and supplies for our rescued dogs.

EIN: 88-1372892

💥ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND GREATLY APPRECIATED!!💥

11/07/2024

UPDATE: SANDI HAS BEEN ADOPTED!!!

As promised.......meet Sandi!

🐾 **Name**: Sandi
🎂 **Age**: 5 years old
🌟 **Breed**: Yorkie Mix
🏡 **Favorite Spot**: Curled up on the your lap or playing with toys!
🍖 **Favorite Treat**: pretty much any treat you give me 😁
🎾 **Favorite Toy**: loves the crinkly toys
💖 **Personality**: Sweet, playful, and incredibly loyal
🎓 **Special Talent**: loves to run up to you and flip on her back real quick to give you her chunky belly 🤣

Sandi is a bundle of joy and sunshine wrapped in golden fur. She loves nothing more than spending time with her ADULT humans, whether it’s playing a game of fetch, going on long walks, or simply snuggling up for a movie night. Her big, soulful eyes and wagging tail can melt anyone’s heart.

Sandi gets along with other dogs, and even cats now (pretty sure she never saw them before here 🤣). Sandi needs a home with NO SMALL CHILDREN AT ALL! Not even ones visiting. She doesn't like them one bit! She prefers adults. And can be a little "shy" when you first meet her. She is very "talkative" which many mistake for her being aggressive. She's not!

Adopt Sandi, and you’ll not only get a loyal companion but also a best friend who will always greet you with a wagging tail and a whole lot of love!

Sandi is approximately 13 lbs which the vet says is right about where she should be 💞 I call her my "chunky lowrider" 🤣 she is up to date on vaccinations, dewormed, spayed and microchipped. She is being fostered near Merrill, WI and her adoption fee is $450.

If you would like to add Sandi to your family, you can apply for her at:

https://forms.gle/1wu3zoLKCUkaRpUKA

11/06/2024

UPDATE: WE ARE UP TO $290 DONATED! ALMOST HALF WAY THERE! I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS! Only $350 more to go! Invoice is posted in the comments!

Off to Green Bay we go! We had 1 $100 donation toward Malani's echo today. Thank you SO much. Every $1 counts!

That still leaves about $540 uncovered 🥺 we really need help covering vet bills guys or we will not be able to operate any longer.

Alot of places are going to not covering spay/neuter anymore cuz of the costs. We can't see doing that. So we really need your help!

💥WAYS TO DONATE💥

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHOOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OR THEY TAKE FEES OUT AND EVERY $1 COUNTS!!!

*Via PayPal at:
*Via Venmo at:
*Via Zelle at: [email protected]

*Cash/check donations can be deposited at:

Any Nicolet Bank Location

*Or mailed to:

Rescue For Life Dog Rescue
N4415 Burma Rd
Merrill, WI 54452

*100% of ALL donations go directly to medical bills and supplies for our rescued dogs.

EIN: 88-1372892

💥ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND GREATLY APPRECIATED!!💥

11/03/2024

This little gem will be available for adoption soon. More info to come this week!

11/01/2024

According to Meta. Over 1,000 views on Malani's post. Not a single penny donated towards her appointment 🥺 this is why the smaller, good rescues cannot stay afloat folks. Vetting bills are going up and donations WAY down 😔

10/29/2024

💥💥DONATIONS NEEDED FOR MALANI 🥺

Many of you remember Malani. But for those who haven't heard her story.

Malani came to me at 3 months old, she was a breeder release from an Amish due to not being able to sell her because of a "slight" heart murmur. Their "vet" even noted that on her CVI. But when I got her in my arms, I could tell her "slight" heart murmur, was a lot more than "slight" because I could FEEL it in my hand. The next day, I took her to our normal vet and she was diagnosed with a grade 5/6 heart murmur. I was then referred to get her in for an echo asap. I took her to the University of Minnesota and had her 1st echo done.

She was then diagnosed with ventricular septal defect (as explained to me, a hole in her heart). They advised another echo done in a year or 2 to see if the hole closed itself or if she would need surgery or medication the rest of her life. The decision was made at that time that Malani would be a "permanent foster".

Malani has been doing "well" as long as we keep her from playing too hard or getting too excited. Lately her episodes of coughing from getting worked up have been getting worse. She doesn't have to do much at all for them to start.

I reached out from a referral to Dr. Miller at Lakeland Veterinary Imaging to see if she would be willing to do the echo. She has agreed to. We have an estimate of $640 for the exam and diagnostic testing. Her appointment is Wednesday November 6th at 10am in Green Bay.

Donations are WAY down right now and we need YOUR help to get this testing done for Miss Malani. Every $1 counts! If you can't donate, PLEASE SHARE!

💥WAYS TO DONATE💥

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHOOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OR THEY TAKE FEES OUT AND EVERY $1 COUNTS!!!

*Via PayPal at:
*Via Venmo at:
*Via Zelle at: [email protected]

*Cash/check donations can be deposited at:

Any Nicolet Bank Location

*Or mailed to:

Rescue For Life Dog Rescue
N4415 Burma Rd
Merrill, WI 54452

*100% of ALL donations go directly to medical bills and supplies for our rescued dogs.

EIN: 88-1372892

💥ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND GREATLY APPRECIATED!!💥

10/25/2024

UPDATE: It was brought to my attention that the link was to our adoption app and not the foster app. It has been fixed!

ATTENTION MERRILL AND SURROUNDING AREA!!! WE NEED FOSTERS!!!

PLEASE! If you can open your home for a couple weeks to save a dog's life. Send us a message or apply here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y-44V5svq_K_1sYthsxhlfoqNy9-OGbW0nYbTs_q9rM/edit?chromeless=1

If you absolutely cannot, PLEASE SHARE!!!

10/24/2024

💥 Once the election is done and you are ready to get rid of your political signs. PLEASE don't throw them away! Contact our page or Lost Dogs of Wisconsin. We use them to post lost dog signs when we are working cases! Just shoot us a PM and we can arrange pick up. Thank you!! 💥

10/19/2024

Did you know that you can foster-to-adopt? With so many hurricane shelter animals coming in from the South it's even more critical to help the animals within Wisconsin to find foster homes or better yet; adopters! By getting one kennel open we make room for one more that's been waiting! If you've ever considered fostering now is the time to make the leap. We can walk you through it step by step. Send us a message and we'll get you started! *Photo of one that's waiting to get into a foster home*.

10/13/2024

💥For those who have been wondering why we no longer have the "donate" button on FB. They took it away awhile ago and have added it back probably 6 months or so ago.

If it gets re-linked, it HAS to be through Meta Pay which is now linked with PayPal Giving Fund. They take out fees (even for us non-profits 🙄) which is an absolute joke! So not many have set it back up. Thus the reason we have the other links posted and pinned to the top of the page and ask you to please use them to donate.

We do have a PayPal Giving Fund account setup on PayPal, but we don't use it due to them taking out fees. It's $0.99 per $25. Remember we always say every $1 counts? It really begins to add up!! Especially when donations are at an all time low. So please use the PayPal listed instead of searching for it.

Thank you from all of the pups at Rescue For Life! 💥

09/20/2024

As promised. Here is Taz's invoice for today's neuter.

Taz is doing great and is already "drunk" walking so they let us leave with him already to get him settled in at HOME!

09/20/2024

UPDATE: Taz is out of surgery and recovering and slowly waking up with us in "his" room. He did and is doing very well!

It's NEUTER DAY 🥳 when I pulled my phone out and told Taz I need a picture for all of his fans, well....you can see by the 1st picture what he did 🤣 so much character in this guy!

It's also ADOPTION DAY 💞 after Taz's neuter is complete (the vet is allowing us to stay with him the whole time minus the actual procedure and we can take him home as soon as he can walk) we will sign the official adoption paperwork!

I have decided to waive Taz's adoption fee since this family has done so much for him already since January and with donations, his vetting has almost been completely covered!

Thank you to EVERYONE who has donated to help him get to where he needs to be. It truly does take a community to help dogs like Taz.

I will update at the top of this post when he gets released. They just took him back for surgery. We are the only people here at this time (they even locked the door so noone can come in 💞)

09/13/2024

Thank you SO much to the private donor who just donated the funds needed for Taz's neuter 😭💞 she is someone I hold dear to my heart as she has been my mentor my whole life and where I get my love for animals and doing what I do. I love you 😘

Taz. You are one loved little boy!

Any funds raised above what is needed for Taz's care will be used towards other vetting bills for our many other dogs in our Rescue. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!!

09/13/2024

Taz is of course doing amazing! But his foster momma argues that his sleep schedule still isn't where it should be 😴 this is Taz at midnight protesting to come back in the house 🤣

I wanted to come and post another huge THANK YOU to the wonderful person (I will not post a name unless they give permission) who sent us another check in the mail for $100 yesterday along with a beautiful thank you note to go towards Taz's medical bills. I have shared the note with Taz's foster momma as well 💞 thank you SO much for your kind words and your donation!

That leaves about $92.50 left of his first vet visit and we were told his neuter is going to be approx $190. So please if you can! Help us help Taz! His neuter is supposed to be next Friday!

💥WAYS TO DONATE💥

**PLEASE USE FRIENDS/FAMILY OPTION FOR PAYPAL AND VENMO-OTHERWISE THEY TAKE OUT FEES AND HAMMER US WITH QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT WE ARE "SELLING" 🙄**

*Via PayPal at:
*Via Venmo at:
*Via Zelle at: [email protected]

*Cash/check donations can be deposited at:

Any Nicolet Bank Location

*Or mailed to:

Rescue For Life Dog Rescue
N4415 Burma Rd
Merrill, WI 54452

*100% of ALL donations go directly to medical bills and supplies for our rescued dogs.

💥ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND GREATLY APPRECIATED!!💥

09/11/2024

💥WAYS TO DONATE💥

*Via PayPal at:
*Via Venmo at:
*Via Zelle at: [email protected]

*Cash/check donations can be deposited at:

Any Nicolet Bank Location

*Or mailed to:

Rescue For Life Dog Rescue
N4415 Burma Rd
Merrill, WI 54452

*100% of ALL donations go directly to medical bills and supplies for our rescued dogs.

💥ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND GREATLY APPRECIATED!!💥

09/09/2024

Taz had a great weekend and is doing very well on his medications. He of course is a "stinker" with taking his meds and spits them out the second he detects them in any treat so they have to go down the "old fashioned" way 🤣 which thankfully. He's so laid back and loves his foster momma so much he just sits there and let's her do it!

I wanted to come and post a huge THANK YOU to the wonderful person (I will not post a name unless they give permission) who sent us a check in the mail for $100 this weekend along with a beautiful thank you card to go towards Taz's medical bills. I have shared the card with Taz's foster momma as well 💞 thank you SO much for your kind words and your donation.

We've had a lot of medical expenses recently in the Rescue (we can never say "no" when a dog needs help!) So the donation to Taz's care definitely helps!

09/06/2024

Taz did AMAZING at his Vet appt today! He was a little nervous when we first got there and had to be carried in. But after his exam, shots, and blood draw, he was walking all over the place. In and out of the doors, outside and let us get a urine sample, back inside (without being carried) and walked around the waiting room and then right back into "our room" to hang out for his 4dx results. His foster momma has done an amazing job preparing him for touching for his appt!

4dx tests for Heartworm, Ehrlichia, Lymes and Anaplasma. Taz was negative for all except Lymes. Which explains why he's been sleeping a lot. So he is on some medications for the next 30 days to fight the infection down. Lymes is something that never goes away. It can "flare" back up at any time.

We are still awaiting the rest of his blood work results. We should have those by Monday. And his urine results I should have by tomorrow late morning. As long as his blood results come back great, he is all setup to be neutered on the 20th!! Wahoo! And his foster to adopt family is super excited because then that will be the day that we sign the adoption paperwork 😊

Taz's foster to adopt family still wishes to remain anonymous. All they want to focus on is getting Taz completely healthy and work on his training. They said "having Taz in their household is thanks enough". And to those of you who live close by and know who the family is. Be respectful. Keep your distance. Taz does NOT like people randomly walking up to him. He needs A LOT of work. Let this family work at his pace to get him to where he needs to be. Then maybe they will come forward. Until then. We will continue to respect their privacy and let them concentrate on Taz.

As promised. I have also posted the invoice for today if anyone would like to donate towards it.

WAYS TO DONATE:

*Via PayPal at:
*Via Venmo at:
*Via Zelle at: [email protected]

*Cash/check donations can be taken to:

*Any Nicolet Bank Location

*Or mailed to:

Rescue For Life Dog Rescue
N4415 Burma Rd
Merrill, WI 54452

*If we so happen to raise more than the goal, any donations over our goal amount will go to the next animal that needs to be saved.

*ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND GREATLY APPRECIATED!!*

09/01/2024

Taz is doing SO well! His vetting appointment is this upcoming Thursday the 5th. We and the vet decided it would in his best interest to let him decompress for a bit before transporting him.

At this appointment, Taz will be getting all vaccinations, bloodwork, x-rays (due to a few reports of him being "bumped" by cars) and a full examination. And anything else we need to do for him.

I have been contacted by a few people asking if they could help in any way. The best way to be able to help right now is through donations to help cover his vet bills for this appointment and his neuter appointment at a later date. I will be posting the receipts for his appointments on this page for all to see to know where your donations are going! I am a very transparent person.

WAYS TO DONATE:

*Via PayPal at:
*Via Venmo at:
*Via Zelle at: [email protected]

*Cash/check donations can be taken to:

Any Nicolet National Bank Location

*Or mailed to:
Rescue For Life Dog Rescue
N4415 Burma Rd
Merrill, WI 54452

*If we so happen to raise more funds than needed, donations will be put towards our monthly vet bills OR to the next animal that needs to be saved.

*ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND GREATLY APPRECIATED!!*

Address

N4415 BURMA Road
Merrill, WI
54452

Telephone

+17152121856

Website

http://rescueforlifedogrescue.org/

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Videos

Alot of you have been asking about little Malani. She has been doing good. She has her up and down days. Some days she sleeps alot. Days like today.....she's ripping and roaring and ready to go 🤣 enjoy this video of her from today....sorry about the quality. She was making me super dizzy 🤣

#rescueforlifedogrescue #adoptdontshop #rescuedismyfavoritebreed

💥💥PLEASE READ💥💥 Malani & Piper. Two totally different aspects of needing help. But come from the same world of Amish Breeding. I am literally BEGGING at this point. 🔥I am still personally trying to cover the bills for Phoebe. 🔥Malani has her Cardiology appointment in a WEEK and we haven't even raised HALF of what it is going to cost for that appointment. 🔥Piper is in DIRE need of a dental due to YEARS of neglect. Her appointment is scheduled for July 5th. We literally have NO FUNDS to be able to do this for her when we can't even get together the amount for Malani. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization. We run SOLELY on donations. We are all VOLUNTEERS here. We don't get paid monetarily to save the lives that we do. We get paid in kisses and seeing the joy in the faces of our fosters and adopters. We are at a turning point right now. These next couple weeks will make us or completely break us. I cannot keep personally taking out loans left and right to pay for Vetting Services. Yes, I am talking about shutting down. Donations are at an all time low. And Vetting is at an all time high. Everyone sits behind keyboards and bashes Rescues and Shelters for not helping every dog or every cat. Guess what? If everyone of them donated just a DOLLAR a day to a Rescue or Shelter instead of sitting behind a keyboard talking trash. We could save A LOT MORE! If we cannot raise the funds we need by the middle of July, July will be our last month as a Rescue. I pray this does NOT happen. I've put my everything (literally every penny, blood sweat and many tears) into this. But I am being left with no choice. WAYS TO DONATE: *Please use the Facebook donate button on Rescue For Life Dog Rescue's page or *Via PayPal at: @rescueforlifedr *Via Venmo at: @rescueforlifedr *Via Zelle at: [email protected] *Cash/check donations can be taken to: *Nicolet Bank at: 810 N Division St. Colby, WI 54421 (or any Nicolet Bank Location) *Or mailed

Don't mind the mess! We are doing some deep cleaning lol. These 2 are best friends. They are allowed to play like this for just a few minutes a couple times a day to keep Malani from coughing. And Lyra (now Cali) has made herself at home with our pups and our 2 boys (cats). Our 2 boys have NEVER been so playful and active (finally losing weight) so we have decided after Cali's adopter backed out that she will just stay here with us 💞 make sure you watch the whole video. These 2 are so funny 🤣

#rescueforlife #adoptdontshop #rescuedogsrock

Update on Sky and her little "army". All eyes & ears are open except 1 boy that is a little behind with his eyes opening. They are almost there. But not quite. They are all doing great! Gaining weight, exploring more, no longer nursing 24/7 on Sky. Which gives her a break to come out and cuddle a couple times throughout the day 💞 which seems to be her favorite thing! Updated pictures with names will be coming soon for the babes! Until then, enjoy the kitten puddle 🫠

Momma went for a walk around the house to stretch her legs finally. So here is a cute kitten pile for you 💞

If you can watch this video to the end it's worth it! You will get to see some adorable "puppy" play as I am working with these ladies to get closer with them. And update on Rascal & Buddy at the end! Have a wonderful day everyone 💞

DNA Test drawing & Pupdates

With everything going on this weekend I completely forgot about the drawing today for the DNA test. I will do a live drawing tomorrow evening. I have to catch up with everyone who got tickets and get things setup. Keep an eye out. I'll go live around 7pm and also give updates on our Parvo pups at that time! I took a cute little video of the "old ladies" as I call them 💞 every day they are coming out more and more. Today they found out what a TV was. They watched it for hours! We were also able to get things squared away and cleaned up for them to start exploring outside of their pen. They LOVED it! Went alot better than I thought it would. And 2 of them even played with toys!!! They will be groomed this week now that they are settling in and opening up. Our amazing groomer will come here to my home to groom them so they aren't getting set back by being moved around. Enjoy this cute little video clip 💞 I am off to try to reboot from the weekend! Goodnight everyone and thank you ALL SO much for your understanding, shares, donations, private messages, etc. There is NO way we could do this without each and every one of you!