Canaan Animal Sanctuary

07/25/2024

Adoption Day!❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾

Hercules and Tiki both made the cut from their foster to adopt period!

Exact words were…… there is no way we could make that choice or split them up now. We are so happy because both of these kiddos are going to get the life they deserve!

And they all lived happily ever after!!!🎉❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

07/24/2024

Finally, some good news!❤️

PeeWee had a recheck with her wonderful cardiologist, Dr Anon, yesterday.

We were concerned due to a bad day with some vomiting and lack of appetite along with increased coughing.

PeeWee was the most severe of all the heart worm positive kiddos we have pulled in the last year and is suffering from some permanent damage.

THE GOOD NEWS……….PeeWee previously had several large blood clots- GONE 🎉

Her Pulmonary Hypertension was so severe that her heart looked like the letter D. It is much better! Not completely back to a normal heart and probably never will be, but Dr Anon was very happy with the improvement. 🎉

She will retest for the heart worms in October. Last test a few weeks ago still tested positive for the antigen and hopefully not the worms themselves.

PeeWee felt so good SHE chose to take the stairs instead of the elevator.

Our little PeeWee is a fighter!❤️😘

07/22/2024

Hard to believe these babies are still looking for homes!🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾❤️

Five of Jamie’s litter( our pregnant street dog from San Antonio,Texas) were adopted, but three are still waiting.

They just seemed to fall off the radar. Chocolate Chip ( Black pup) has had several applications but nothing has worked out. Snickerdoodle and Shortbread have had no interest.

These three are so sweet and energetic. They love to play, play, play all day. At just 11 months old, they will need some guidance, just as all young children do, but will be worth the effort.

Please share these sweet little cookies to help find homes!❤️

Applications are required to schedule a meet and greet. Canaananimalsanctuary.org

07/21/2024

BOBA❤️

Our featured pet today is a “happy go lucky” guy even though he has a concerned expression on his darling little smushy face.

This guy has been loved at meet and greets bringing laughter and smiles, but sadly always comes in at second choice. Many who have inquired haven’t bothered to submit an application.

It has now been a year and the last several months no one has asked for him at all. 😔😢

Boba is approximately 6 years old and is the life of the party. He loves people and most dogs, but can be dog selective.

He would prefer a fenced yard where he can get his zoomies in for the day, but he’s just as happy snuggling on your lap and watching a good flick on television late at night.😊

PLEASE SHARE so we can find him a wonderful home. ❤️🐾🐾
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07/19/2024

This needs to end!

Puppy Mills thrive because of us‼️
We make them profitable. We create the demand.
And they will continue to dot our landscape across our country, keeping canine prisoners in horrific conditions, until we say “enough” and we stop buying what they are selling.
We can stop the mills by speaking out against them, by telling everyone we know about them and by simply refusing to purchase dogs which millers see as nothing more than inventory. It is up to us to say,
“NO❗️That is not what our culture is about.”
We like to think of our country as being animal friendly. The time has long since passed for us to stop patting ourselves on the back for being dog lovers while allowing such an insidious industry to exist in our country and doing nothing to stop it.
Missouri Has the Most "Problem Puppy Mills" in the U.S,
Missouri, is considered the leading Puppy Mill State in the Country,
and “Puppy Mill Capital”‼️

07/18/2024

Time for heart worm injections 2 and 3.
🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️

07/16/2024

We have been working hard over the last several weeks with Billy and Butch. Billy has made quite a bit of progress, but Butch is a harder case.
He has definitely improved, no more growling and attempting to bite and will even allow a little loving by touching and petting, but still runs and hides when trying to leash or pick up!

Patience is the key! We’ll keep working!❤️

07/10/2024

A story of hope and a happy ending!

It’s so easy to become discouraged with all of the negativity we are all exposed to on a daily basis in our lives.

We received a text for help from a former adopter. We have had to decline many owner surrenders and similar requests due to no more space, but as I heard the sad circumstances I had to say we would help.

Our adopters kind hearted sister had been doing work at a home where this sweet older senior was going to be euthanized near the end of the week. Not because he was suffering physically, but because he had some accidents in the house and his family was leaving on vacation and they made an appointment to drop him off at the vets office to end his life before heading out of town. She knew this baby was so sweet and cried over his circumstances. She agreed to foster for a short time until one of our regular fosters opened up. They had three of their own and she was worried they wouldn’t be accepting of this old guy, but felt she could make it work for a short time. His family agreed to let her take him, thus beginning the first day of his new life.

Long story short , after just a couple of days they fell in love and decided to do whatever they needed to do to make it work. She said they wanted to give him the best life in whatever time he had left and I’m confident they will. 💙❤️

Oh, and he has had zero accidents in their house!
Happy life to all!

07/04/2024

Happy Independence Day!

Please keep your pets safe and remember the fireworks can be very scary for many!!!

07/03/2024

The kittens and their momma are being spayed and neutered today.

Sadly, Carmen Miranda wont be going with them. Several trips to the doctor and she still has bad diarrhea and is losing weight.

Her foster Mom has tried different foods, meds and probiotics to no avail. She’s been tested multiple times and went to COVE Monday evening on emergency and still no definitive answers. So for now we just wait and pray. 🙏🏻

07/02/2024

Possibly the best news ever for Tiki and Hercules!❤️💙

We had a meet and greet for not one, but both of these kiddos. The family loved them both so much they couldn’t decide, so they asked about possibly adopting both. 🎉

This hinges on a sweet little dog named Tessa who currently rules the roost. She did well with both Hercules and Tiki, but it wasn’t love at first site, so they will foster to adopt to ensure that they are a good fit.

Fingers and paws crossed for the best outcome!!!😊

06/25/2024

Cutie and her therapist are working hard in her therapy sessions, but we haven’t seen any significant improvement yet.

It’s only been three sessions and we aren’t giving up hope. Nerve damage can be difficult to fix. She is currently having laser therapy, PEMG mat therapy and the water treadmill. ( no photos because Miss Sally is on the treadmill with Cutie helping her to work her injured leg)
We are planning on adding acupuncture, but are still looking. So many acupunturists are not taking new patients at this time.

Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. We don’t want to go the alternate route of amputation if we don’t have to!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

06/20/2024

Day 2 today of therapy for little cutie!

Everyone that see’s this little girl falls in love!❤️🙏🏻

06/19/2024

Kendall’s first heart worm treatment injection is today and the poor girl is a nervous wreck!

Prayers for you sweetheart 🙏🏻❤️

06/15/2024

Last night our dear boy Moe suddenly left this world. I am thankful I was able to hold and pet him as he departed. 😢

Moe came to us about 15 years ago with his sister as an owner surrender. He was not a kitten, but was ornery and sometimes a biter and like so many cats, never found a home to call his own. So Canaan became his home.

He mellowed through the years and with patience became a wonderful addition to our sanctuary family.

Soar with the angels Moe!
You were loved!❤️

06/14/2024

Our hope was that Cutie’s injury was a simple fracture and surgery would fix everything.

It turns out it is nerve damage which can’t always be repaired. The earlier treated the better. The doctors feel this injury is older than first believed.

She will begin therapy consisting of three different methods and if no progress is noted in three weeks they recommend amputation. 😔

I know many dogs do remarkably well as tripods, but our goal is to keep all limbs when possible. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

06/13/2024

Billy, Butch and Cutie arrived last night and are so grateful to be in Ohio. They settled in before bedtime with some Freshpet, fresh water and some good loving.

Cutie will visit the orthopedic doctor this afternoon. Her little leg just hangs. 🙏🏻 We are hoping we Can fix whatever is wrong, but the doc in Texas believes it is nerve damage and not repairable.😔 We will do whatever we can. Thankfully she doesn’t seem to be painful!

Welcome to a new beginning little ones!❤️💙💙

06/10/2024

We were so busy trying to help find little Smore/Hazel that the good news about these two didn’t get posted.😢

I’m so happy we were able to find a foster so we could get Billy and Butch out of the euth room and on their freedom ride.

Little Butch is going to need a lot of decompression time and patience.

They are in boarding in San Antonio and will leave on transport Tuesday morning. Little Cutie will be on that transport as well.

We will welcome these babies with open arms to Ohio Wednesday evening.💖💙💙

06/08/2024

💔😭I just received horrible news from her momma. She found her in a field about half a mile from her house. She still had her collar and Weiss walkie on. She was gone!!!!She thinks she was hit.

I am devastated! I was there when she and her siblings were born. I’m so sorry my darling baby girl! I’m so angry my prayers weren’t answered the way i had hoped. I pray she didn’t suffer!💔😭

Please send prayers for her adoptive mommy. She is having a very hard time dealing with this. She left work early when she got word that Hazel had taken off. She has been searching ever since ,until her grim discovery today😢

Please keep this little girl in you prayers🙏🏻
Marysville friends keep your eyes open. Last seen in the Bearswamp Rd/ Westlake Lee rd area

We were notified today that little Hazel, formerly known as Smore, was out for a walk when she was spooked and took off. She is only 10 months old and was just adopted a couple of weeks ago so is not quite used to her new home or surroundings.

We took her fur mommy with us and searched the area, hoping she has been hiding nearby, but we had no luck.

Her mom has contacted all agencies and shelters, put flyers in mailboxes , posted on fb, neighborhood sites, and PetFBI. She is microchipped and they have been notified. A reward is being offered.
She is currently making neon posters. Pet recovery services have been contacted.

Please share! I am sick with worry for this darling! So are her parents!😭

06/08/2024

This is the kill list today at one shelter! How can you even begin to deal with this???😭💔
Changes need to be made! It doesn’t have to be this way!

06/06/2024

UPDATE: SAFE❤️

Thank you Mylynda Drake for fostering!!!

We have a hold until 11:30 tomorrow morning. Accepting applications for new fosters now to try and save these two!

Are any of our already approved fosters/adopters able to foster these two.
They are in pre euthanasia!😭

06/06/2024

Robbie did it!!!🎉❤️

Not sure if it was his infectious and energetic personality or that darling little underbite, but they loved him. Hera, one of his new fur sisters couldn’t get enough play time with him and Gracie ( minpin/chi) tolerated his non stop activity with patience.

He is now know as Loki Robert and already has a name tag to prove it. We love and miss you baby boy but are happy you have a home to call your own!

Thank you Sue and Dan for helping, loving, and caring for so many needy dogs and cats throughout the years and many thanks to Dan for his service. He is a Gulf war veteran.

Happy tails to all ! 💙

06/03/2024

Goodbye for now 💔

After receiving a call for help, we took Darrin and a few other cats from a sweet woman’s yard in Hilliard. They were ferals that she had fed for years and even allowed them in her home when temperatures dropped to dangerous levels. She cared enough to have little shelters made all over her back deck, had them altered (TNR) and made sure they always had food.

Her husband had passed and she began struggling with health issues. Family members decided it was best to place her in a facility, but she was worried for her beloved colony of cats. We agreed to take them in. They were vetted and placed up for adoption, but we knew they had very little chance. Through the years Darrin had become friendlier and allowed some petting and love.

Fast forward almost 7 years later, it was dinner time yesterday and i couldn’t find Darrin. That feeling of panic was starting and then sadness as i found him behind a door.

He is with his original momma who cared for him, as i have heard she passed a few years ago.

Rest in Heaven sweet boy!❤️You mattered!

06/02/2024

Fingers and paws crossed!

This little boy is headed for meet and greet number 2. Lets hope this energizer bunny can control his Wild JRT side!😂

06/01/2024

Freedom Ride🎉❤️ You are safe now Cutie!😘

This big eyed little darling was hot by a car and was taken to ACS. She has an injured leg, but seems to be well otherwise.

She is out of the shelter and safe with her Texas foster momma, Jolene Valenzuela. Thank you Jolene for your help!❤️

Many thanks to Laura Dodd for sponsoring this girl and making it all possible ❤️as well as her Ohio foster momma ( and possible adopter) Wanda Stivison. ❤️We couldn’t have pulled her without a commitment.
You three saved another life!💝

05/31/2024

Introducing Chiquita and her cute little bunch of bananas!

Chiquita had a home but was never spayed and was allowed to roam outside freely. Approximately 6 weeks ago she welcomed her beautiful babies into the world. The owner was ready to dump the kittens outside to fend for themselves, but lucky for them they had two kind hearted people watching out for them. We were contacted and like most rescues, have no room or additional foster homes.

After a little work we found two former fosters that agreed to step up and help. Otherwise we would not have been able to help these little ones. Thank you Jeanie and Patty!❤️

Our good samaritans secured the kittens and were able to talk the owner into surrendering momma as well. Many thanks to Jessie and her friend for not turning a blind eye or giving up on finding rescue.❤️

Chiquita and her bunch will be vetted, spay/neutered when age appropriate, then placed for adoption.

(I forgot to mention that Momma was named Chiquita because She was delivered with three of the kittens in a Chiquita banana box)😂

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