Guardians of the Green Mile

Guardians of the Green Mile Guardians of the Green Mile, Inc. is a group of individuals that have come together to save Lives! Once the dog (or cat, etc.) YES. Employment Checks.
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is a group of individuals that have come together to save the lives of animals dumped or found as strays, From area shelters. We still genuinely believe that it takes a village to save a life. Through donations, adoption fees, and fundraisers, we pay for all vetting for the pet through Coyne Animal Hospital in Crown Point Indiana. And Hero Pet in Westville "Full vetting" includes all vaccines, hea

rtworm test (and treatment if needed), a fecal (and treatment if needed), spay or neuter, microchip, Veterinarian examination, dental (if needed), and any other medical/grooming care the animal might need. is completely vetted, we will place them into an approved foster home to get them healed and ready to be adopted. I Donโ€™t Want To Foster, I Want To Adopt. Can I Adopt the Dog Directly Through the Guardians? Please fill out and submit your application - Here is the link to our Adoption or Foster Application http://jotform.us/form/43196636952162

If you are interested in fostering or adopting a Guardian pet, We require Reference checks. Vet Checks All Animals must be spayed and neutered. and Home Checks Renters will have to provide a copy of their lease. Applicants must be 21 or older to apply. To make a Donation
https://gotgm.networkforgood.com/projects/184887-guardians-of-the-green-mile-general-giving-monthly

Gotgm Board Members. Sherri Christopher Founder / Executive Director. Jessica Holubiak Treasure. Dawn Tall Brown Secretary. Elizabeth Smejkal. Beth Kowalski. Sara Burrell ( Founding Member)

Stephanie Marcus.

When we get to see our babies grow from discarded souls into loving and loved members of the family, our hearts are so f...
01/11/2025

When we get to see our babies grow from discarded souls into loving and loved members of the family, our hearts are so full!!

Lynx, Orion, Vega, and Lyra are all doing wonderfully! We anticipate them leaving the vet sometime next week ๐ŸฅณCarina and...
01/11/2025

Lynx, Orion, Vega, and Lyra are all doing wonderfully! We anticipate them leaving the vet sometime next week ๐Ÿฅณ

Carina and Astra were the two sickest pups and are still proving that. They are fighters though and we are rooting for them!

The treatment for these 6 pups has been extremely costly, around $1500+ per puppy. Any little bit helps! Please follow the link below if you have anything to spare. The puppies thank you! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

https://gotgm.networkforgood.com/projects/244056-mopups-with-parvo

We have some incredible news for little Stella! We do not know if her vision is back because we cannot do testing until ...
01/10/2025

We have some incredible news for little Stella!

We do not know if her vision is back because we cannot do testing until she is 16 weeks old, but the cloudiness is clearing from her eye! When we first received her, it was completely clouded over and opaque. As seen below, the cloudiness has cleared from half her eye!

She is feeling much better and is an active, normal puppy. Sheโ€™s eating lots of good food and gaining healthy weight.

She knows basic commands, is crate trained, and is working hard on potty training. She is good with kids, cats, and dogs. The total package!

Fill out an application today ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

https://www.jotform.us/form/43196636952162

Our little parvo pups are proving truth to their namesake. They were named after constellations because it seemed the st...
01/08/2025

Our little parvo pups are proving truth to their namesake. They were named after constellations because it seemed the stars aligned for them when finding rescue. Boy, did the stars really align for them once they got here! They are not out of the woods yet, but have a fighting chance because of our donors and wonderful vet staff at Coyne CP. Theyโ€™ve been given the best medicine and care. They all seem to be slowly improving and we are sooooo hopeful they will make a full recovery.

As of now, we are sitting at about $1,500 per puppy. Any little bit helps. If interested in supporting these little lives, please visit the link below to make a donation. Thank you!

https://gotgm.networkforgood.com/projects/244056-mopups-with-parvo

Stella is about 3 months old and a unique little girl. She has one blind eye and one working eye. That doesnโ€™t stop her ...
01/08/2025

Stella is about 3 months old and a unique little girl. She has one blind eye and one working eye. That doesnโ€™t stop her though! She is full of s***k and personality in a little pint sized body!

She is crate trained, working so hard on potty training, and knows basic commands. She is good with kids, dogs, AND cats!

She is searching for her people. Fill out an application today! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

https://www.jotform.us/form/43196636952162

Stella ๐Ÿ‘‘Stella has had all the applicable tests run and has been given a clean bill of health. As of now, the doctors ar...
01/07/2025

Stella ๐Ÿ‘‘

Stella has had all the applicable tests run and has been given a clean bill of health. As of now, the doctors are pretty sure she has no vision in that cloudy eye. It doesnโ€™t stop her one bit! She is sweet and s***ky.

If interested in meeting this 12 week old cutie, fill out an application today!

https://www.jotform.us/form/43196636952162

01/05/2025

https://gotgm.networkforgood.com/projects/244056-mopups-with-parvo
Please click the link above to help us!!!


Saturday January 4, 2025, we received 6 absolutely sweet and adorable 12 week old puppies from Missouri. There was supposed to be seven but one died unexpectedly on Friday. With that knowledge, we started to fear the worst. We made sure the transport volunteers got to our friends at Coyne Crown Point in time today to see a doctor.

Two were sick, really sick. Worms larger than anything that should come out of such a small puppy were seen in their very loose stools. White gums. Lethargic. They were all tested.

Confirmed Parvo.

Something so easily avoided with vaccinations, something thankfully we havenโ€™t had to deal with in years. We are so careful - no paws on the ground until they are fully inoculated. These puppies were not given that โ€œshotโ€ at life yet.

We have to save them! At upwards of $1500 per puppy treatment is needed. Please help!

Little Holly Berry is still looking for her forever home. She is medium sized, fully trained, non destructive in the hou...
01/04/2025

Little Holly Berry is still looking for her forever home. She is medium sized, fully trained, non destructive in the household,and overall, a snuggly love bug. But, she doesnโ€™t care for other dogs at this point.

If you or someone you know is looking for a new buddy, please give this a share or fill out our application linked below!๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ

Holly Berry is available through Guardians of the Green Mile (www.gotgm.org) of Portage, IN. Application can be found here: https://www.jotform.us/form/43196636952162

Meet Comet! Comet is a 7-Month-Old male Heeler mix. He is 33 lb and completely potty trained. Comet would benefit from a...
01/02/2025

Meet Comet! Comet is a 7-Month-Old male Heeler mix. He is 33 lb and completely potty trained. Comet would benefit from a home that gives him a chance to exercise or would be interested in doing a dog sport. Heelers are very active dogs which often leads to herding behaviors. Please do research on the breed! So far, Comet has shown that he is able to calm down and settle after exercise.

Comet is available through Guardians of the Green Mile (www.gotgm.org) of Portage, IN. Application can be found here: https://www.jotform.us/form/43196636952162

Meet Stella!She is a 12 week old baby girl who joined our rescue because of her ongoing medical needs. She has something...
01/01/2025

Meet Stella!

She is a 12 week old baby girl who joined our rescue because of her ongoing medical needs. She has something going on with her eye. One day it turned cloudy and she is now blind in that eye. Our vets spent a day looking her over and running tests to get to the bottom of her issues, but no resolution was found. They are leaning toward it being some sort of injury to her eye at this point.

Youโ€™d never know sheโ€™s a special needs little girl by her behavior. She is full of personality and s***k.

She will be on a medical hold for a couple weeks while we evaluate her vision issues and make sure she has a clean bill of health.

If interested in meeting her when she is ready, you can fill out an application by following the link below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

https://www.jotform.us/form/43196636952162

Hello and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and all of our amazing supporters and followers!Sherri here โ€“ director and founder of yo...
12/31/2024

Hello and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and all of our amazing supporters and followers!

Sherri here โ€“ director and founder of your favorite little dog rescue: Guardians of the Green Mile Dog Rescue!

As we come to the close of 2024, I find myself reflecting on this year. It is hard to put in writing my feelings of this year's events. While we had so many amazing adoptions this year, 62 to be exact, we had 53 intakes and so many of them completely heartbreaking cases. And we had to turn down so many dogs that needed placement. So, so many requests for owner surrenders. โ€œNo time for the dog.โ€ We all work, dogs sleep while we are gone. I promise theyโ€™d rather sleep in the only home they have known than be sent to a shelterโ€ฆand likely be euthanized for space. In all of my 14 years in rescue, I have never seen so many abandoned, starved and neglected animals. It is truly heartbreaking to see where we have become as a society.

I have shared with our fosters and volunteers the story of our logo, and now I will share with you. The Paw represents the founding members: me in the center as the founder and each of the 4 pads are the others that started the rescue with me nearly 12 years ago. The feathers and mighty wings are there to represent the village it takes to save a life - that would be all of you that follow us. The Adopters, Fosters, Donators, Volunteers, Transporters. Yes, even the people that take the time to hit share on our posts to help us get our pups seen (for adoption or to help us cover medical expenses). YOU MATTER! YOU are what the feathers represent.

I did not realize at that time that those very same feathers are there to protect our hearts. Hearts so fragile, so easily shattered when the dogs we pull are so broken. You pray for them with such emotion that your heart just falls out of your chest. This rescue work is probably the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. But on the other hand, it is also the most rewarding thing too.

We Guardians, we donโ€™t do it alone. We canโ€™t do it without YOU โ€“ without your strength, your prayers and support! You all answered the call for help each and every time a medical case or an abuse case was posted for financial assistance with donations. We are so grateful!!! I wish we never had to reach out again. But we know there will be another one soon.

CORALINE, GRACIE & HOPE, SCOUT, REMO, FELIX, BISHOP, ETHAN

These are just a few of the urgent puppies and dogs that you have stepped up to help us save. Sadly, we lost Wrangler and Snoopy (fospice dogs), Remo to untreatable seizures, and baby Hope. We cannot always save every single one. Those that passed, they had all the love we could give them before they crossed to the Rainbow Bridge. Nobody left this world alone. We held them, we loved on them. We grieve them still and always.

On the flipside - there were the babies! We had so many puppies adopted this year (so much p**p!!!) and our GOTGM family just keeps growing as we move these babies into loving forever homes! If you are reading this and you are one of our puppy adopters, we are so grateful to have you in our family! Please keep in touch through our Puppy Parentโ€™s group โ€“ we love the Pupdates!

It costs serious money to take care of our dogs. Our adoption fees barely offset the cost when we have healthy dogs brought into the rescue. This year, we had many that were sick, emaciated, needed surgery. Our vet bills are our highest expenditure. In 2024, we spent $69,158.60 just in Vet/ Medical expenses.

Our puppy/dog intake number, just 53 this year, is down from past years for a few reasons: The amount of big/expensive medical cases we took on (we have to be careful to not keep bringing animals in when we have so much going out in medical expenses plus longer foster time for medical recovery). And not enough foster homes. We need foster homes open to save more lives. We really could use your help with that!

Please consider fostering a dog! And if you canโ€™t foster, please share our link to Foster/ Adopt so we can bring on more foster families. We provide everything you need: food, crates, all medical care, flea & heartworm prevention, toys, treats, leashes, collars. Everything. You just have to provide the safe and loving home for them. Hereโ€™s the link: - https://www.jotform.us/form/43196636952162

This is also the time we ask if you can make an end of the year donation, and share the link to our donation page. It will help us reload the medical funds to continue to provide vet care for those pups in need. We literally can not do this without our wonderful communityโ€™s support.

https://gotgm.networkforgood.com/

We truly are grateful and appreciate all that you do to help us save lives!

A special thank you to all the people that do a monthly donation. No amount is too small, it all adds up in the end! Even $5 a month means we have enough over the year to give two months of heartworm preventative to one of our adult dogs.

Thank you to our Event Sponsors that helped us make our events a smashing success!

Woofstock may have gotten rained out at the very end, but up until 9:20 pm, the place was packed and ROCKING! We counted nearly 2500 people that came to support us that night. Thank you to our great bands at Woofstock, SOUTH OF 30. And HENDRIX EFFECT! Everyone had a great time!. SAVE THE DATE FOR 2025, Friday 8/15/2025 at the same location.

In closing, we want to sincerely wish you a very SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025! We look forward to continuing to serve our community in every way we are able to in saving lives. With your continued support, we will!

Sherri and the whole GOTGM TEAM.

Pretty girl Ember is the last of her litter looking for a forever home! She is sweet as pie, around 5 months old, potty ...
12/30/2024

Pretty girl Ember is the last of her litter looking for a forever home!

She is sweet as pie, around 5 months old, potty trained, crate trained, and knows basic obedience. Sheโ€™s good with other dogs, has been around kids and cats, and is the total package!

Fill out an application to meet her today ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

https://www.jotform.us/form/43196636952162

If this rain was snow, we'd have gotten 2-3 feet across the Region...and Luna would have loved it! ๐Ÿ˜† She is not a fan of...
12/29/2024

If this rain was snow, we'd have gotten 2-3 feet across the Region...and Luna would have loved it! ๐Ÿ˜† She is not a fan of the constant rain and mud. (Me neither.) She enjoyed yesterday's sun and refused to come in most of the day. She enjoyed the bit of snow we had not too long ago even more.

Luna is an active adult. She is very playful and loves to cuddle on the couch. She gets along well with chill males, but can be a little testy with females. Typical to the breed, she has a very high prey drive, so no cats. She does take twice daily medication which costs about $12 a month.

Luna is available through Guardians of the Green Mile (www.gotgm.org) of Portage, IN. Application can be found here: https://www.jotform.us/form/43196636952162

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12/27/2024

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Have Christmas money burning in your pocket? Here's a comfy, cozy, and soft purchase that also helps the dogs in our care. It's a win-win!

Pictured below are the designs we currently have. We are delivering what we can and organizing meet ups for those of you a bit farther out. Pickup/Meetup can also be done in Hammond, Portage, Valpo, Michigan City, Westville, and Wanatah (plus more as needed).

If you need it shipped, shipping is estimated at $20. We will confirm before arranging the shipping.

Our volunteers have worked hard to make these beautiful blankets. Support our rescue while also picking out a wonderful gift for yourself or a loved one. Blankets are available for purchase at the link below.

https://gotgm.auctions.networkforgood.com/auctions/blanket-fundraiser-2024

Introducing Holly Berry! This young lady is estimated to be 2 years old and 45 pounds. She was found as a stray, which i...
12/26/2024

Introducing Holly Berry! This young lady is estimated to be 2 years old and 45 pounds. She was found as a stray, which is truly unbelievable considering that she is so well behaved. Holly Berry is 100 percent potty trained!

We do not have cats or children in our home so I can't speak to her tolerance of them. She has met multiple strangers, men and women, and has been affectionate towards all of them. She's a bit tentative around our two 90 pound male labradors who are loud and high energy, but who can blame her? She was rescued off the street, was on stray hold in a noisy Animal Control environment for 3 days before we pulled her out, took her to the vet, gave her a thorough scrubba dub dub and then took her to be spayed. She's been through a lot but she's also come a long way!!!

Holly Berry is soft and snuggly, playful, petite, super smart and awesome! Will you welcome this loving pup into your family?

Holly Berry is available through Guardians of the Green Mile (www.gotgm.org) of Portage, IN. Application can be found here: https://www.jotform.us/form/43196636952162

From Our Gotgm Family to yours. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas, Ethan even sent us some pictures of his 1st Chri...
12/25/2024

From Our Gotgm Family to yours. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas,
Ethan even sent us some pictures of his 1st Christmas. It is truly a miracle he survived.

Snickers hit the family jackpot ๐Ÿ˜Š We hope they all have a very Merry Christmas and live happily ever after ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ’œ
12/24/2024

Snickers hit the family jackpot ๐Ÿ˜Š We hope they all have a very Merry Christmas and live happily ever after ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ’œ

Bitter Sweet Brutus Update. It has been a month and 4 days since this little guy was able to get away. We are blown away...
12/23/2024

Bitter Sweet Brutus Update. It has been a month and 4 days since this little guy was able to get away.
We are blown away at the amount of community support for our search for Brutus.
No stone was left unturned. We utilized drones, tracking dogs, trail cameras, night vision equipment, traps, flyers, yard signs, walked the neighborhood, and more.

We'd like to thank & apologize to anyone that may be accidently missed in this list: Steph Baker, Lindsay Balash,Kim Nordoff, Ana Smith (and mom), Cathi Ann, Jane Steward, Holly Chakos, Anthony Parham, Amy Lucas, Michelle of MC Animal Control, Barb Pakan, Mimi Bianchi, Connie Karras, Rocco Paliga and so many more! Weโ€™d like to thank the residents for various support, as well as local businesses for posting our flyers, and MissPrint for printing flyers!

Although we wish we had the best possible updates for both Brutus & his house mate Riley, our hearts are warm from all of the support & knowing Riley was saved by an amazing family. In the wake of this tragedy. We are still praying for a miracle.

Address

PO Box 182
Portage, IN
46368

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 8pm

Website

https://gotgm.networkforgood.com/, https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/in/portage/guardians-of-th

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