SPDR Rottweiler Rescue

12/22/2025

𝙒𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜. 😕It's time he gets a place of his own.

Bear came to us from a home in Eastern Washington in 2023. He’s been in his foster home for a while now and still looking for his forever home. We learned quickly that he’s aptly named – he’s a big guy – but Bear is only part of his name, because the first part has to be “Teddy.” He’s 8 years young and originally weighed in at 125 pounds when we had him to the vet to neuter and vaccinate in 2023, although he's more fit and trim now and is approximately 115 pounds. Bear is a total love with people of all ages, including a being a good boy at the vet!

We were told Bear was good with other dogs, including little dogs (was raised with a small breed dog), but has never been around cats. We've found out initially though, that Bear was very reactive when meeting other dogs - barking and lunging in a threatening manner. His amazing foster has been working with him on this and even put him through a board and train program last year and he now does very well with other dogs. He gets along with his foster sister and brother (a Rottweiler and a Chihuahua) as well as regular sleepover guests. He would be fine as an only dog, but with good introductions, could live with another dog or two happily. NO CATS for Bear, and no kids under 10 years old.

He has good manners in the house (although he’s a dedicated counter surfer – still working on this!) and is eager to please. He’s crate trained and house trained as well. As mentioned, Bear had some leash reactivity to work through, but he's a smart guy and just needs someone to help him get over his excitement. He knows the basics now and can better interact with other dogs respectfully. He gets excited and is very strong, but he’s very food motivated and consistency in training always works with him. Bear loves to give high-fives and is just a happy boy. Watching him rolling in the grass with all four paws in the air is as adorable as it sounds.

Bear is ready for his forever home! Rottweiler experience would be ideal. Apply to adopt this sweet guy: https://forms.spdrdogs.org/Adoption/

Washington State Only: No interstate transports. Oregon, Idaho, and BC adopters will be considered

12/17/2025

‼️🆘📛𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 🆘📛🆘𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔. 🎄‼️𝑷𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑯𝑬𝑳𝑷!!!🎄‼️

𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃! 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏! 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐃. Kara (6 yo, spayed) is in urgent need of a quiet home with no children under 12 and NO other dogs for this girl She's had a very rough 3 months and while she started out very friendly with people, she's now shown aggression with the foster and his two adult children and is now in a boarding kennel 😭
Kara was left behind (abandoned) when her owners were evicted from their home in late September. She went to a shelter where she became very stressed, displaying kennel aggression/barrier reactivity. I had a home on my waitlist that sounded perfect; she went the adoptive home on October 19, where we learned that she's not good with other dogs, and unfortunately the placement didn't work out. She went back to the shelter on October 29, then to a foster-to-adopt on November 1st. Then to a boarding kennel on December 10, when the foster didn't work out. Please send a PM if you can help with KARA. She's currently in the Tacoma/Parkland area. 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏! .

𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗡 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗙𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗕𝗬 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗬. 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬! This adorable girlie is Missy — she's petite in build but she's a big-hearted pup with a huge love for her favorite ball and an even bigger capacity to love the people she trusts. Once you're in her circle, you're in for life. She’ll be your loyal shadow, nub wagging a mile a minute, always ready for a game of fetch or a cozy nap nearby. She’s the kind of dog who will make you say “oh my god look how CUTE she is!” about 100 times a day.
Missy is just 2 years old and is learning that the world isn’t so scary. She is unsure of new people at first and takes time to warm up, but when she does she's affectionate and snuggly - her superpower is her strong desire to engage with and connect with people. But she’s a smart girl and has been VERY responsive to gentle, consistent training. She's making huge strides every day with the help of supportive medication and a loving, and simply amazing foster home.

Missy’s Ideal Home:
• Adults only (no children)
• No cats or female dogs
• Might do well with a calm, respectful male dog who has great social skills
• Patient, experienced owner committed to continued training and slow, positive introductions

Apply to 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐏𝐓 Kara or Missy: 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬.𝐬𝐩𝐝𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬.𝐨𝐫𝐠/𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/

Apply to 𝐅𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 Kara or Missy: 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬.𝐬𝐩𝐝𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬.𝐨𝐫𝐠/𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦/

12/14/2025

***COURTESY POST***
Spokane/Idaho peeps, this one's for you. No cats/small animals, but she sounds like a gem.

Meet the beautiful Barley! This sweet, energetic six-year-old Rottweiler is searching for her second chance. Barley loves meeting new people, exploring outdoors, and spending time running and playing. She would thrive in a home that will give her lots of time to exercise, so if you're looking for an adventure pup, Barley's your gal! She thinks small animals look similar to her toys, so she needs to go to a small animal free home. 🧡

Barley's available now at our main campus location. You can meet her by making an appointment at spokanehumanesociety.org. She can't wait to meet you! 🐾

12/10/2025

URGENT NEED! PLEASE HELP! BREED EXPERIENCED FOSTER NEEDED.

Wilma (6 yo, spayed) isn't working out in her foster home and needs to be moved ASAP. ‼️I am in urgent need of a quiet home with no children under 12 and NO other dogs for this girl ‼️ She's had a very rough 3 months and while she started out very friendly with people, she's now shown aggression with the foster and his two adult children.

Wilma, now being called Kara, was left behind (abandoned) when her owners were evicted from their home in late September. She went to a shelter where she became very stressed, displaying kennel aggression/barrier reactivity. I had a home on my waitlist that sounded perfect; she went the adoptive home on October 19, where we learned that she's not good with other dogs, and unfortunately the placement didn't work out. She went back to the shelter on October 29, then to a foster-to-adopt on November 1st.

At first it seemed like she was doing well - friendly to everyone she meets - but she's had three incidents now and they are no longer willing to keep her.

Please send a PM if you can help with Wilma. She's currently in the Tacoma/Parkland area. PLEASE HELP.

12/07/2025

We had to say goodbye to Debo yesterday. 😭

While his amazing foster angel, Trisha, was able to get him back to normal weight, after two months of treatment and medications we saw almost no improvement on the constant coughing and difficulty breathing/catching his breath (after slight improvment, his most recent labs and x-rays were worse again), we made the difficult decision to give him peace from his suffering.

He went to the Rainbow Bridge surrounded by love - and broke all of our hearts in the process. Run free, sweet boy - you were so loved.

12/03/2025

SAD UPDATE: Bear passed away last night at the shelter. We are so sad and upset.🌈💔 RIP Bear

I had a foster for Bear, and we were waiting on a dog introduction test with him (to see how he was with other dogs, as the foster has two dogs, cats, and young children). The shelter was busy, but had planned to do the dog introduction on Wednesday. But on Wednesday, Bear wasn't feeling well. He wouldn't get up and was very lethargic and depressed. They ran bloodwork again (all normal) and took some more xrays, but nothing was showing up. He was being treated (IV fluids) and they'd planned to do more diagnostics, but Bear had other plans and left for the Rainbow Bridge instead.

We know he didn't have an easy life, with the scars on his muzzle (likely from his muzzle being taped), being a "stray" (owners who adopted him from Tacoma n 2023 didn't respond to shelter contact) who'd possibly been hit by a car, and having two blown knees (and they'd likely been like this for a while). He wasn't even 3 years old.

The foster and I are both upset, wishing we could have gotten him out sooner, given him some attention and care, so he didn't have to die by himself on the shelter floor. We tried, but it was too long to wait for Bear. Run free, sweet boy. I'm so sorry I failed you. 🌈💔

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I was contacted today about this guy, and he needs help.

Bear will be 3 years old in a month. He was adopted out by the Tacoma Humane Society as a puppy in March 2023. Someone turned him into them a couple of weeks ago as a stray, thinking he'd been hit by a car. The shelter has been trying to reach the people who adopted him in 2023 (microchip) but they are not responding to attempted contacts.

Upon thorough exam, Bear, who looks to be about 10 pounds underweight, was found to have torn CCLs in both knees (bilateral). It looks like this isn't a recent injury, as there are degenerative changes to the knees (in vetspeak: X-rays show bilateral stifle effusion with mild degenerative changes to stifle joint including distal patellas. Hips well seated, normal curvature of femoral head. Bilateral torn cruciate ligaments with mild degenerative changes to stifles.)

He's on pain medication and will need to have surgery to repair his knees, which is quite expensive ($10,000 for bilateral knee surgery is a ballpark cost).

I haven't met Bear in person, but the shelter says he's been a very nice and interactive dog, he has been mostly cooperative during his intake and vet exams (doesn’t like palpation of his back legs- we know why now). He seeks attention from people and pulls moderately on leash. Bear can be barrier reactive in his kennel and will bark.

The vets examined his hypopigmented hair which is in a circular pattern around his muzzle and noted that it is consistent with a possible previous tape muzzle application.

Looking for a stand up foster or adopter for this guy - I don't have the time or bandwidth to do all of this myself. He sounds like a nice dog and is so young. With bilateral TPLO or TTA surgery, he could be almost as good as new. With donations, SPDR can pay for this surgery.

Western Washington State. Will consider adopters in Eastern WA, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and BC. Please fill out our adoption application: https://forms.spdrdogs.org/Adoption/

12/02/2025

Kara (posted here before under her former name of Wilma [shelter name], then was Juno for a week with an adoption that didn't work out), has been in foster for several weeks now and is doing well, but is need of a home of her own.

I learned recently that Kara is actually 6 years young, not 3 years old as was thought. I also learned from her history that she's definitely not good with other dogs and needs to be an only dog in the home (although she was okay with the senior Jack Russell terrier in the home that originally adopted her). She is spayed, microchipped, and up to date on vaccines. She's a good sized girl at 91 pounds, is house trained and crate trained, with good house manners, and knows basic obedience. She rides well in the car and is good on leash. She was at the vet recently for a hot spot (doing well now) and was a good girl for the vet too. And best of all, she's absolutely lovely with almost all humans she meets - friendly and affectionate to people of all ages. She recently was a little concerned over the foster home's adult son and barked at him when he came over - a first! She eventually warmed up and licked his hand/let him pet her, but wasn't completely comfortable with him.

She's good on walks, although does pull a little. She's in a home with a cat, but has been kept separated, as the cat isn't used to dogs and she's displayed some interest in him. With the right situation, it's *possible* she could live with a dog-savvy cat with slow introductions. (See video in comments with her seeing the cat.)

Apply to adopt Kara: https://forms.spdrdogs.org/Adoption/

Washington State, no interstate transports. Oregon, BC, Idaho, and Montana adopters will be considered.

11/30/2025

‼️FOSTER OR ADOPTER NEEDED!‼️

MISSY IS STILL LOOKING FOR HER FOREVER HOME and IN NEED OF A NEW FOSTER HOME BY JANUARY.

Seattle Area ONLY! This gorgeous girl is Missy — she's petite in build but she's a big-hearted pup with a huge love for her favorite ball and an even bigger capacity to love the people she trusts. Once you're in her circle, you're in for life. She’ll be your loyal shadow, nub wagging a mile a minute, always ready for a game of fetch or a cozy nap nearby. She’s the kind of dog who will make you say “oh my god look how CUTE she is!” about 100 times a day.

Missy is just 2 years old and wasn’t set up to succeed early on in her life. Because of that, she’s still learning that the world isn’t so scary. She is unsure of new people at first and takes time to warm up, but when she does she's affectionate and snuggly - her superpower is her strong desire to engage with and connect with people. For now, walks, car rides, and vet appointments where she encounters new people and stimuli are her biggest hurdles (reactive), but she’s a smart girl and has been VERY responsive to gentle, consistent training. She's making huge strides every day with the help of supportive medication and a loving, and simply amazing foster home (Missy couldn't have found a more perfect situation to learn how to become a whole, confident dog).

Because she’s been with a dedicated foster family since late March who’ve been working on her training, we have both a ton of information on her AND have built a fantastic support network. We essentially have the whole Missy handbook plus established petsitters, a vet who knows how to work with her, an amazing trainer, and her foster family, all available as a resource. *To ensure her adoptive home's success, we need to keep these available to her, and are only considering adoptive or foster families in the Seattle area, as far north as Edmonds/Lynnwood.*

Missy is crate-trained and settles in well at night. She sees her crate as a safe space, and we’re working hard to keep it a positive place for her. She carries her favorite yellow ball everywhere. She loves it so much it’s even been used as a reward in training. (See adorable video of her with her ball in the Comments!) She loves going to a sniff spot to run and play with her ball.

Missy’s Ideal Home:
• Adults only (no children)
• No cats or female dogs
• Might do well with a calm, respectful male dog who has great social skills
• Patient, experienced owner committed to continued training and slow, positive introductions

She has so much love to give and just needs someone who sees the amazing girl she’s becoming. Once Missy loves you she makes you feel like the most important person in the world. Her happiness is contagious. With consistency, love, and patience, Missy will be the most loyal, goofy, ball-carrying best friend you could ever ask for.

If you think you might be the person Missy’s been waiting for, fill out an application to adopt or send us a message if you can foster her! You won't regret it - she's a diamond in the ruff!

Apply to adopt this sweetie https://forms.spdrdogs.org/Adoption/
Washington State – no interstate transports. SEATTLE AREA ONLY

If you can foster, please send a Message.

11/29/2025

Want to help SPDR Rottweilers? Donate! ‼️
I have had several dogs this year that have been very expensive:

Gabriel - a male in foster that came from the Whatcom Humane Society just 6 weeks ago. Between neutering, vaccines, deworming, flea control, and checking urine (unusual submissive wetting - mature male), he's cost me over $1,200.

Debo - the medical expenses on Debo are ongoing. So far it's been more than $3,000, and while he's gained 30 pounds, he's not improving as we had hoped and remains very sick. Just when we think we have to make the decision to let him go to the rainbow bridge, he rallies.

Missy - she's been in foster since early April and has had behavioral needs we've been addressing with a behavioral trainer and a behavioral vet ($2,000) - we're seeing great improvement - as well as her spay and vaccine update - another $2,000. Combine this with regular need for boarding in the past 8 months (in home/Rover care because we would lose all the ground we've gained if we took her to a regular kennel), and she's cost over $6,000 - so far.

Lyla - Between vet care (spay and vaccines) and 3 weeks of boarding (her foster couldn't keep her any longer and I couldn't find another place for her), the costs were more than $4,000.

Between these four alone, I've spent $15,000 for care in the past 8 months. And there have been many others with "regular" vet care fees (less than $1,000 each) in that same time frame.

PLEASE HELP by donating money to the Rottweiler Breed fund with Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue (SPDR).

Here's a link to our donation page: https://www.spdrdogs.org/donate You can donate by mailing a check to our PO Box, or use Paypal. BE SURE TO INCLUDE A NOTE THAT YOUR DONATION IS FOR THE ROTTWEILER FUND (otherwise it goes to the General Fund and I can't use it for Rottweilers in need).

We are a 501c3 nonprofit for over 30 years and your donation is tax deductible.

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11/25/2025

***COURTESY POST***
Molly is back at Seattle Humane - https://www.seattlehumane.org/pet-detail/?pet=59284316

No cats. Other dogs in home are a maybe - call the shelter to see.