Villalobos Rescue Center - Life 4 Paws, Inc.

06/26/2025

🐾✨ 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 – Your Ride-or-Die Companion ✨🐾
📍 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐀

✅ Dog-friendly – no issues with toys or food
✅ People-oriented – bonds deeply once she trusts you
✅ Home-ready – no chewing, no destruction
✅ Prefers people over toys (but will play!)
✅ Polite with treats – not food motivated
✅ Super smart – knows commands & follows hand signals
✅ Crate trained & great in the car
✅ Kid-friendly & gentle
✅ Confident in familiar settings, cautious with new objects
✅ Can jump a 5ft fence – secure fencing or leash walks needed

Spears doesn’t need much—just love, guidance, and a person to call her own. 💛
Ready to meet your new best friend?

https://vrcpitbull.com/dogs/spears/

06/25/2025

IT'S HARD TO ASK FOR HELP

It's been a sad week in the world of animal rescue. First, a transport van filled with dogs going to their new homes in NY, exploded into flames (they are still investigating.) The driver managed to save a few of the dogs, but the rest perished in the fire. Our hearts are broken along with theirs as we worry about these types of things every time we hit the road ourselves.

Then, a very much beloved wildlife rescue took her own young life after years of cyber-bullying, leaving behind a heartbroken husband, a daughter, and, of course, her sweet rescued animals.

My heart is so heavy right now. Amid all this sadness, we too have our own worries of trying to keep our doors open. The decline in donations is more than words can describe.

If you scroll through our social media pages, you will see that we rarely "beg" for money. We assume that people are aware that we are a non-profit organization, which relies on donations. Unfortunately, it's simply not the case. At times, we feel invisible.

Yet when I do post for help, it has become all too common for the haters to insert their ugliness of "You don't need the money. You drive a luxury car"...mind you, I drive a 1997 and a 2003 vehicle. And the list goes on of the things they pick at of "why we don't need the money." Of course, the issue of us housing HUNDREDS of dogs and cats never plays a part in their rant against us.

So it is with hesitation that I have to ask for help. Last month y'all helped us raise the money we needed to get our transport van repaired (she's got about 200K miles on her, but she's hanging in there). We cannot thank you enough! However, we now move on to other needs.

Our work truck is in the shop with an unpaid bill. Our very high vet bills can never seem to get down to a zero balance. And the list goes on. Any and I mean any donation that you can spare would be so greatly appreciated.

Here is the link to our donation page: https://vrcpitbull.com/how-you-can-help/donations/

And to the haters...please just keep scrolling by. The sadness and despair that all of us animal rescuers are feeling right now cannot deal with anymore. We are simply asking for help to continue saving the dogs (and cats) that everyone claims to love so much.

06/24/2025

WORDS HURT.

Tributes have poured in for YouTube fox rescue star Mikayla Raines who has died by su***de aged 29. Raines’ husband Ethan made the announcement in a video on social media, in which he revealed his wife had been subjected to horrific online abuse. He claimed that the abuse was not only coming from ...

06/24/2025

06/23/2025

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐨… 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐊-𝐎! 🐾
𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭 𝐚 𝐕𝐑𝐂 𝐝𝐨𝐠❤️

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 C͟L͟E͟A͟R͟E͟D͟ 𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑡’𝑠 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛！

If you’ve been following Good Morning Villalobos, you’ve seen us spotlight some incredible dogs looking for homes. Their stories are powerful, and now we’re turning their moment into a movement—with a game we call BARK-O! 🎉

Each square on the board is a dog waiting to be virtually adopted—and we want to CLEAR THE BOARD! When you virtually adopt a dog, you’re not just helping them—you’re joining a mission and a community.

✨ Here’s what you get when you virtually adopt:
• 🖼 Your name featured under your VA dog’s photo on our website
• 💌 A heartfelt welcome letter
• 📲 Access to an exclusive Facebook group moderated by Tia herself
• 📣 A digital flyer you can share to help get your dog adopted
• 🐶 A personalized Amazon wishlist for your VA dog so tou can send care packages.
• 💬 Monthly live group chats for updates & connection with fellow virtual adopters

And yes—every adopter gets a shoutout on GMV Saturdays and maybe a little surprise!

🎯 𝐓𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠
𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐯𝐫𝐜𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫@𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤.𝐜𝐨𝐦
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝟑𝟎𝟎$ 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.

These dogs need you.
Let’s have fun, make an impact, and clear that BARK-O board! 💙🐾

Catch us live on YouTube and TikTok Saturday at 9 AM central for Good Morning Villalobos.

06/23/2025

06/23/2025

THOUGHTS?

"The Dog Daddy' - real name Augusto Deoliveira - is an American dog trainer who has been almost universally condemned by the dog-training community for his ...

06/22/2025

WE WILL TAKE YOUR THRIFT STORE WORTHY GOODS!

We are revamping our thrift/vintage store. I have a really cool surprise coming up, and we could use more items.

Clothing, footwear, jewelry, and any little knick-knacks that you think we could resell to raise money for the dogs of VRC.

You can mail your goodies to:
Villalobos Rescue Center
5541 Hwy 1
Napoleonville, LA. 70390

If you have any questions, you can email us at: [email protected]

06/21/2025

06/21/2025

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