Homeward Bound Rescue of MN (2025)

30/12/2024

Happy Monday everyone. We have some furry friends to share this morning. The first two dogs are local and are in need of fosters (or adopters), the 4 small dogs are all already in foster care, and are seeking their happily ever after. Please click on their photos for more information.

If you areinterested in fostering, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue/application/foster

If you are interested in adopting, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/preadopt

23/12/2024

Happy Monday everyone! Look at these adorable faces! Please click on their photos for more information.

If you are interested in adopting, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/preadopt

21/12/2024

Foster Found, thank you!

We know-- we just posted for foster needed for some other senior dogs and are struggling to find places for them.
However, this 10 year old deaf chubby senior with the gentlest heart crossed our radar so we have to try for her also.
Luna is 10, spayed, healthy, just fat and deaf. She lived with 10 cats and a small dog and is tolerant and patient with all. She was very friendly and gentle with strangers coming into her home when her owner died and messing around with her and her things. Now Luna is alone, in a kennel, wishing she had her couch and her human again. She is a 50 pound mixed breed.

Can anyone foster Luna?
Please email [email protected]

If you are new to fostering, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/application/foster

20/12/2024

These senior dogs need a foster to be able to get into rescue. Their owner passed away. They are all used to dogs and cats and are housebroken.

They are in need starting January 4
Please email [email protected] if you can house one as a foster

Bubba 13 years pug/chihuahua
Gracie Chihuahua
Daisy poodle

If you are new to fostering, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/application/foster

If you are interested in adopting, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/preadopt

16/12/2024

Two (separate) drivers needed!

A beautiful scared mother cat needs a chauffeur! Driver one needed December 19th, pickup in Forest Lake around 3 PM and driven to Lakeville MN to her foster home.

Second driver needed is helping a medium size friendly dog get from his owner in Luverne MN to foster care in Monticello MN on whatever day you can make this happen. Owner can drive an hour from Luverne to meet someone also if that helps.

Please email [email protected] if you can help with either. Thank you!

08/12/2024

**Fosters found, thank you! Still available for adoption!**

Urgent Fosters (or adopters) needed. These two beauties have a chance to come to us, but we need a foster commitment by tomorrow in order to say yes. Please click on their individual photos to learn more about them. Please email [email protected] with questions.

If you are new to fostering, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/application/foster

If you are interested in adopting, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/preadopt

07/12/2024

Fosters needed!

Please click on their photos for more information.

If you are interested in fostering, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/application/foster

06/12/2024

Fosters found with another rescue, thank you!

Pug Mix Puppies Need Fosters ASAP! Please read post completely.

Good morning HB followers. We are reaching out with a special request. These pups are in MN and urgently need fosters. They have ringworm, which means extra handwashing for their caregivers, topical treatment, and a few weeks time to have it heal. Ringworm sounds disgusting, but it’s the same thing as athlete’s foot- a fungal infection that is treatable. It’s not a worm. It’s from dirty living conditions most likely on a growing immune system . They need to be kept separate from resident pets. They don’t have anywhere to go. Please consider fostering! [email protected] with questions. Open to other rescues if they have availability as well.

Mom is a pug mix, dad is unknown, likely a large breed

If you are new to fostering, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/application/foster

03/12/2024

Driver found, thank you!

Driver needed Saturday!

Looking for a driver to pick up an incoming dog from transport on Saturday, late afternoon in Burnsville, and bring her to the Maple Grove area please.

Carley is a 40 pound female spayed mixed breed, very friendly, should ride crated or tethered please

Please email [email protected] if you can help.

03/12/2024

UPDATE 12/16: Chloe is seeing an ophthalmologist on January 3rd. We will pay an update following her appointment. Thank you!

Foster found! We will update once we have her, and her records have been reviewed by our vets. Thank you!!!

Special plea!

Chloe needs a very dedicated foster, adopter, or even another rescue that may have the current financial capacity to help her.

Chloe is an 8 month old female English Lab, well loved and well raised, seeking a new home due to a medical concern. Unfortunately, Chloe has juvenile cataracts that are causing her to go blind. She is 80% blind in the right eye, 20% blind in the left currently. This can often be corrected with surgery, should she be a candidate.

She is vaccinated and healthy otherwise, but does still need to be spayed, which if she comes to us, will be completed. Chloe is house trained, crate trained, dog and cat friendly, and used to living with small kids.

In a perfect world we would have the financial ability to complete the surgery(s), but as a small rescue, in full transparency, we do not, but we do want to help her. We would consider fundraising should she not find another rescue or adopter willing to take on her care quickly, and IF we could find a foster willing to commit long term to her care (which would include vet visits, surgery, recovery, etc).

Chloe will need an adopter who can either afford to do the surgery(s), or is committed to loving her with or without vision (and again, not all dogs are candidates for the surgery, so she would need further care to determine that). Being a Lab, she will enjoy life completely still, even without vision, and we are confident she would live a full life, blind or not.

We are completely open to another rescue helping her if they can.

Please email [email protected] if you think you can help (foster/adopter/or another rescue)

If you are interested in adopting, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/preadopt

If you are interested in fostering, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/application/foster

21/11/2024

Give to the MAX story:

"Our family adopted Blaze in September 2017. After hearing about this poor 7-year-old dog who had a really rough life. Had multiple homes not due to anything he did wrong. Having a loss in our home of one of our beloved dogs and knowing how much harder it is for senior dogs, in addition a black lab is to find a home, we gladly took him in. No one could have known that unfortunately our time with him would be very brief. This precious boy died in my arms 5 months later of what we found out after an autopsy was done by our vet, that he had a tumor at the base of his heart that ruptured. Something no one would have never known as no symptoms until the end. Even if there were early signs, there was nothing that could have been done. I like to say he was finally loved so much that his heart exploded.

Fast forward to 2021 and we experienced the passing of our 17-year-old dog Chase. We really weren't sure we were ready to get another dog and then Bear's picture happened to pop up on my Facebook feed. When I saw his picture and finding out, although the circumstances were much different, he wasn't very old, but he too had a few homes already. I just knew we had to make sure he went to his final home, as we had for Blaze. He has been such a blessing for us. He fit right in like the missing puzzle piece. We had another large lab (Ben) who was a rescue that we took in after Blaze's passing. He is very much a couch potato, but when Bear came to live with us he gets him playing with him outside, chasing and play fighting as puppies do, and intern our Ben with his extremely laid back demeanor helps Bear with his anxiety issues that he had with new environments; Bear sees that if Ben is calm then things should be okay. We call Ben, Bear's therapy dog. Bear too has done his share of being therapeutic though. He loves everyone, but he really attached himself to my husband and I know Bear's antics have helped get through some tough times. I have no doubt his picture popping up when it did was meant to be."

If you would like to donate for Give to the MAX day, please click the link below.
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Homeward-Bound-Dog-Rescue

21/11/2024

It's Give to the MAX day. We've got another story to share this morning. Jethro's family wanted to share a bit about him and their adoption experience:

"Jethro, along with his two brothers, his mom, along with countless others were saved thanks to Homeward Bound Rescue . Jethro, his two brothers and Mom specifically were saved from a high kill shelter in the south. Without Homeward Bound Rescue, Jethro and countless others would not be here today to get a new chance at life to become someone’s best friend and loyal companion. I personally am a repeat adopter from Homeward Bound Rescue. Jethro is my second pup. I chose them again specifically because of the love, care and effort they put into saving a dog/cats life, and giving them the best in home foster to experience life till they are matched with their forever family. I adopted Jethro at about 3 months old. He came in a shy, reserved pup that bonded to his people, including his foster family. Jethro is now 3yrs old and honestly my best friend and loyal companion, always by my side ready to cuddle. He is super smart, sometimes too smart! He has completed obedience school, loves walks, car rides and basically any adventure I’m up for so is her. He absolutely loves going to Doggie Daycare! He also loves his dog brother and his kitty’s. I honestly couldn’t imagine my life without Jethro here by my side, through the ups and down of life. I’m so grateful to Homeward Bound Rescue for saving him and countless others through the years."

If you would like to donate to Homeward Bound for Give to the MAX day, please click the link below:
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Homeward-Bound-Dog-Rescue

21/11/2024

Give to the MAX story. Meet Badan, who was surrendered to a rural shelter by his owner, at 8-10 years old. Badan was quickly adopted once he made it to MN.

"He is well loved, quite spoiled already. We've found that he loves a scrambled egg in his breakfast food and he loves to snack on cheese. We are very close to teaching him a new trick of shaking hands. He has his own beds throughout our house, but he prefers to sit in the living room, watching everyone. Our son's girlfriend made him a blanket that keeps him cozy. We have a fenced yard that he loves to trot around, always wagging his tail. Just the happiest guy in the world. We are wondering how he's going to do this winter since he probably isn't used to as much cold and snow as we get here. He's loves being outside! Our resident dog is finally coming around to having him here (she's just more particular about other dogs), and they have started to play with each other. We feel so blessed to have found him. Obviously, his previous family loved him very much and it shows. He's just the sweetest, most patient dog.

Also, thanks to you and the rescue for all the work that you do! "

If you would like to donate for Give to the MAX day, please click the link below. Your donations help us continue our mission to rescue dogs like Badan.
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Homeward-Bound-Dog-Rescue

21/11/2024

It's Give to the MAX day! Our biggest fundraising day of the year. We are kicking today off with a very memorable story. Please read about Hazel below:

Meet Hazel. Hazel's is one of those stories that forever stay with you. Hazel was dumped by her family at a rural, high kill shelter. The shelter sent out a video of her after they left, in a attempt to find a rescue to pull her. In this video, Hazel is visibly frantic, but continues wagging her tail as she paces back and forth, every person that walks by, she waits in excitement, and the devastation on her face is visible as she realizes they aren't her people coming back for her. As the video progresses, you can see her spirit start the break. We immediately tagged Hazel, and when she made it to MN, we vowed she'd never have to go through something so traumatic again. This sweet, loving soul just wanted to be loved.

We found Hazel a wonderful family, who has loved her unconditionally the last 10 years. She even has an adopted kitty brother now too.

Dogs like Hazel are why we fight so hard to keep rescuing.

If you would like to donate to Homeward Bound for Give to the MAX day, please click the link below.

https://www.givemn.org/organization/Homeward-Bound-Dog-Rescue

21/11/2024

**We have all been adopted. One tan sibling (not pictured) remaining**

Check out these adorable small breed babies who are searching for their forever homes. Please click on their photos to learn more about them.

If you are interested in adopting, please fill out an application at www.homewardboundrescue.com/preadopt

20/11/2024

We've got another Give to the MAX story to share this morning that once again involves multiple Homeward Bound alums. We absolutely love when adopters come back to us more than once.

Biscuit (formerly Caroline) and Chip ❤️

"Chip came into my life during severe pre-partum depression. He saved my life. He will forever be my soul dog.

Biscuit was and is still the sweetest ❤️"

If you would like to donate for Give to the MAX day, please click the link below. Your donations help us continue our mission to rescue dogs like Biscuit and Chip.
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Homeward-Bound-Dog-Rescue

19/11/2024

Give to the MAX 2024 story. Meet Homeward Bound Alum, Manu:

"This is what my dog Manu looked like when he came to us. Little or no hair, infections galor, a terrified creature. With a little time, love, and patience he morphed in to an exceptional beauty with more energy than I can keep up with.
He is the poster child for second chances. Someone somewhere threw that boy away and left him to die. He fought and struggled till he found another someone willing to take a chance on him. I feel blessed they did.

A rescue agency saw the potential and they were willing to risk themselves to help. They risked their money their time and most improtatnly their hearts. Agencies like that are filled with people who feel deeply about the animals and the work they do. The loss of one can cut deep, yet they continue.

That’s life though, isn’t it, taking chances? Risking who we are now to become who we’re meant to be. All the while hoping someone sees the potential in us and might help us realize it.

Figuring out we are not alone and dependant on each other is a huge step more of us need to take. Reaching a hand to help someone or some beast up, is a hand or paw there when you fall. It’s been said many times before about rescue animals, “who rescued who?” Its true, my Manu has put a Manu sized hole in the wall and eaten my blinds and door frame but he is brought more joy and laughter into my home than I can measure.

We, all of us on this world are a part of something, a part of each other. Might as well make the most of it and go forward together. Lend a hand to a beast or a buddy or both. I promise one way or another your life will never be the same.

May the holes in your wall never be bigger than Manu sized."

If you would like to donate for Give to the MAX day, please click the link below:
https://www.givemn.org/organiza.../Homeward-Bound-Dog-Rescue

19/11/2024

This morning's Give to the MAX story involves not one, not two, but three former Homeward Bound animals.

In 2010, when searching for a fur baby, I came across an adorable rat terrier/chihuahua puppy (Tia) who instantly stole my heart. After submitting the adoption application to Homeward Bound, I was informed she came with a "bonus"...a kitty! 😀 I learned that Tia had complications after being spayed (she went into cardiac arrest, and the vets were able to revive her, but her recovery was difficult) and the beautiful orange tabby kitten (Chaz) snuggled and comforted Tia during her recovery. An instant friendship was created! At my meeting with Tia and Chaz, I knew I couldn't separate these two and became a proud Mom of a puppy and kitten!

After adopting Tia and Chaz, I learned that Tia and her littermates had a challenging start. Their birth Mom lost her life after being hit by a car. The 3 puppies had not been weaned yet so required bottle feeding. Homeward Bound lovingly rescued the puppies and were taken in by their Foster Mom, Linzy. At the time, Linzy was already fostering a yellow lab, Annie and her puppies. Upon introducing Tia and her litter mates to Annie, this Mama dog nurtured and nursed them along with her own puppies.

We were blessed to have Chaz for 8 years until he unexpectedly passed in 2018. Without hesitation, I contacted Homeward Bound to adopt another kitten (Kasha), as Tia was grieving the loss of her best friend.

Tia, now 14 1/2 and Kasha, 6 are buddies.
I can't imagine how empty my life and home would have been had I not had Tia, Chaz and Kasha.

I cannot thank Homeward Bound enough and will be forever grateful for rescuing them and giving them a chance.

My fur babies have filled my life with so much unconditional love and joy! 💜"

If you would like to donate to Homeward Bound for Give to the MAX day, please click the link below:

https://www.givemn.org/organization/Homeward-Bound-Dog-Rescue

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