HERO Hound Rescue

01/17/2025

Hey HERO peoples! Guess what day it is?? It’s 🎶 5 DOLLAR FRIDAY 🎶

Sorry it’s been a while since we have posted, Michelle has been a little under the weather and we have battled snow for 2 weeks now, almost 18” of the cold white stuff, to be exact. So lots going on here.

Just wanted to update you guys on a couple of things that happened in the last few weeks!
1. Greta (I call her Greta the Great) was spayed and is all healed up! She is thriving in her foster home with Kay Peper. She is also ready to be adopted! We Will be posting about her VERY soon, so stay tuned!

2. Maxie (our girl that had the 5.5 lb tumor removed) has healed up completely and was moved to a foster home where she could finally learn the ins and outs of being a dog. Unfortunately, Maxie had a “seizure type episode” and her foster thought it be best to return Maxie to HERO Mama Sue. We are Not sure what caused this to happen, maybe just the stress of moving, having surgery, moving and moving again? She is an older girl and so it can be more stressful. Maxie has not had any more episodes since returning, we are continuing to monitor her ♥️

3. Macie! Macie is a beautiful senior Beagle girl that is around 9 years old. Her foster Mama says “Macie is very loving. She carries her lovey with her every where she goes, like it's a puppy. She plays with the other dogs in my home even though they are half pints! She has nothing but Love to give!” Macie needs to see a Veterinary Ophthalmologist SOON. She has been having some problems with her right eye. After a visit to Our primary veterinarian, he thinks it may be a melanoma (tumor) 😞

We have over 5,000 followers on our page!! If even just 1/3 of you donated just $5, we could not only pay our vet bill off in its entirety, Macies would be covered as well!! Our current vet bill is $5,300. While they do continue to provide care because they’re amazing, Imagine how awful it feels to know that we not only can’t help any more dogs right now, we can’t pay our Vet that has saved so many lives for us!! If you can donate, there are many ways to do so, listed below. If you can’t donate, please share!! Sharing is caring too ♥️
Also, If you can foster, PLEASE reach out to us! Fosters are needed desperately 😢

Cashapp: $HeroHoundRescue
Venmo:
Paypal: [email protected]
Direct to vet: 931-364-7799 Hero Hound Rescue/Michelle Bowen

12/28/2024

Who is ready for a Maxie PUPdate??
Remember Maxie? The older Beagle gal with the 5.5 lb tumor protruding from her abdomen?? Look at her now!! Maxie is doing amazing!! Her wounds have healed and she has gotten rid of that horrible cone of shame! HERO Mama Sue said Maxie has really blossomed since the cone came off. We are pretty sure it scared her. But now look at her! She not only has the love of the foster humans, but also her foster siblings 🐾 She is finding love that she never even knew existed! Maxie will be moving on to a longer term foster soon where she can continue to learn to hunt the next refrigerator meal and hold the couch down! She will be available for adoption soon (in the coming months). We are still learning who she is, and SHE is still learning who she is!! Now that she is all healed and unrestricted, she continues to grow!! ❤️ 🐾
HERO Mama Sue sent me this Updated picture of Maxie (on top). The only thing better than one Beagle… is more Beagles!! 🐶 Bethany

12/26/2024

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas from the HERO Hound family! 🎄🐾🎁

Let's see those pups enjoying their best lives this holiday season!

12/25/2024

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas from the HERO Hound family! 🎄🐾🎁

Let's see those pups enjoying their best lives this holiday season!

12/22/2024

‼️ SANTA CLAWS IS COMING! 📣

With the Christmas Pawliday only 3 days away, it seems like a great time to share pictures of our Festive Fidos! No matter their age, breed, or size, lets see them all!!
This is my Charlie Brown laying under HIS Christmas Tree. 🎄 He is watching and waiting patiently for me to set Santas 🎅🏼 Cookies out on the counter LoL- Bethany

12/17/2024

Featuring sweet Miss Daisy who would love a home of her own where she can get all the love & be someone constant companion 🥰🐾💜

Miss Daisy has a lot going for her, she adores kids and people (pulls the leash to get to anyone who might show her love 🥰). She loves the outdoors weather it is sunning outside or getting leash up for a walk.

Miss Daisy is good with dogs and is not bothered by critters in the yard, so cats are probably ok. Can get tested, if requested.

Her only negative: she is food protective/driven around other dogs 💔. She has NEVER been aggressive to a human over food just other pups.

When Miss Daisy came to us, she was about 45lbs (now 36ish) & had several large bladder stones from being fed a diet of hot dogs and human scraps. When her owner passed, the son threw her outside to fend for herself due to her being moody with food around his dog. She wandered around for food and love 💔.

As an only dog, Miss Daisy would be in heaven. She has the sweetest smile & her tail never stops going around like a helicopter! Her foster mama her Badonkadonk since her weight causes her to sway when she walks, it’s her cute swagger.

Daisy is currently in Columbia TN, but travel can be arranged for the right home. If interested, please apply at herohounds.org/adopt

12/15/2024

It’s officially dumping season, my least favorite time of the year. 💔 Right now, two horrible things happen daily:

1. “Hunters” who are done for the season, dump their no longer needed beagles & hounds to fend for themselves in the cold winter

2. People are abandon their older dog companions in order to trade them in for Christmas puppies. 💔🐾

This sucks and we hate to post it, but it is the truth that brings down spirit of the holidays every year for us in rescue. We want to save them all, but we have limited fosters and resources and adoptions are slow cause everyone wants Christmas puppies, not our amazing rescue pups.

Right now, we see your posts, tags, messages, but like all shelters & rescues we are beyond overwhelmed. All the photos below have been posted in the last week & are just a few of the ones we have been tagged in.

If you want to make a difference, go to your shelter or a local rescue to foster and/or adopt an amazing pups. I guarantee you the stress of rescuing a pup & training them to enjoy the good indoor life will be less than that of training a puppy. These pups will value your love in ways you won’t believe once they trust you & you will literally be a HERO when you save a life.

12/14/2024

Maury County TN Residents & Neighbors: our amazing fosters Kay & James have their Christmas display officially on at 828 Academy Lane in Columbia, TN! 😍🎅🏻🎄.

Lights are on nightly from 6-10 weather permitting & they are raising donations for HERO Hound Rescue, so if possible please bring dog supplies to drop into our donation bin or they have signs with our Venmo ID.

Please do not block the road or the neighbors’ driveways. Columbia Academy has graciously agreed to allow parking in their lot directly across the street from the house.

Feel free to walk onto the lawn to see the lights but please stay behind the candy cane/tree border. The actual lawn is covered in cords and is very dangerous to walk through.

Giant thank you to Kay & James for always support HERO & fostering some of the most in need of rescue hounds..a lot of pups owe their lives to their generosity. 🙏🐾🥰

12/13/2024

In less than a week, Maxie has realized cuddling in a warm bed at night is the best 🥰🐾💜

Maxie is still nervous about HERO Mama Sue, especially when she is up moving around, but she trusts the pack & is following their lead on most things like how to use the doggie door, where to go for meals & where to sleep 🥰

Maxie’s stitches might be coming out next Tuesday 🙏. We are hoping when the cone of shame comes off, the trust in Mama Sue will rise quickly. Maxie is one strong, smart & sweet girl, so we just know her future is bright!

We are still raising funds to cover her surgery, her donation post is pinned to the top of our page. We greatly appreciate all the support!

12/12/2024

Leroy is our longest foster being with HERO for 3 yrs in March & while we love him, we would love to see him have a home of his own 🙏🐾💙

Leroy is seriously one of the best beagles we have had, sweet, loving, goofy, gets along with everyone & every animal. We believe Leroy’s biggest obstacle to being adopted is that he need heart medicine due to prolonged exposure to heartworms. 🥺

Leroy came to us in March 2022 & we truly didn’t think he would make it, his heart was failing, he had pancreatitis, he was so weak, but we didn’t give up. It took nearly 2 yrs and 2 heartworm treatments to get him heartworm negative. He has gone from 3 meds, 2x a day to 2 meds, 1x a day (which we have an abundance of).

Leroy was in a foster-to-adopt home, but he didn’t adjust well to their home that was near a busy area & train tracks. We believe the noises of outside was too much causing him to have many accidents, so a home locating somewhere calm would be ideal.

Leroy is about 9-10 yrs old, but may be younger as we are basing his age on how advance is heartworms were 3 yards ago. Leroy has so much energy, loves to play with young beagles & puppies…he believes they are his chew toys 🙈

Another Leroy “issue” is he is food crazy & will eat anything. When rescued, he was skinny & couldn’t keep down food. Now that he is healthy, he will eat anything from lettuce to paper if he thinks it is food 😳. He is also super clingy & loves to be as close as possible to his people.

If you believe you may be the perfect match for our Leroy, please apply at Herohounds.org/adopt

12/10/2024

Who’s ready for a Maxie PUPdate?!??😍

Maxie has been discharged and has been doing great in the HERO House Right with HERO Gma (Thank you Mama Sue as I like to call her ❤️)

Maxie loves her new blankie from Della, Maddon & Julie with Fur Angel Blessing Blanketeers! She loves it so much she takes it with her everywhere she goes…. Literally! She may not look happy in the photos, but she is just ready to lose the cone of shame which will come off VERY soon 💜 🐾

Thank you to EVERYONE for your love and support for Maxie since this all began. Because of your kindness and willingness to help, we were able to move quickly on getting the medical help she needed so she could get the chance she SO deserved ❤️ And well, just look at her. How can you not love this girl? - Bethany

12/09/2024

HERO Alum Ruthie had ACL surgery last week & is healing well! 🙏🐾💜

Ruthie came to HERO in Sept 2020 when she stopped being able to use her back legs after a hunt. HERO had just started in July, we had $87 in the bank & her surgery was estimated to be between $4-5k! 😳

Ruthie began our now 5 year journey of taking on the biggest cases even when our resources said we should pass. HERO was Ruthie’s last hope, if a rescue wasn’t found her hunter was going to euthanize her within days.

Ruthie was diagnosed with IVDD, intervertebral disc disease, but with surgery & lots of rest, she recovered. As a hunting dog, the hardest part of her recovery was keeping her calm for months while she healed. We fought her urges to hunt by forcing her to be a lap dog & our bond grew.

Due to Ruthie’s likelihood of needing more surgeries in the future & her bond to her HERO mama, we decided to adopt her & make her part of the HERO House forever. She is spunky (hence the ACL tear), the tiny boss of our house, but the things we wouldn’t do for her! 🥰

12/07/2024

Meet Koda a 10 month old beagle boy looking for his furever home. Koda is your typical energetic, goofy and loud beagle puppy who just wants to play most the day away then crash with his people.

Koda is about 20lbs, good with dogs, cats and kids as long as they can handle his crazy beagle playfulness. Koda is a loud player and just loves to hear his beagle voice, so will not be suitable for an apartment. Ideally, he needs a large yard to get those zoomies out.

Koda is working on housetraining and is doing well, but as a puppy will need someone to continue to work with him.

Koda is fully vetted and microchipped.

His ideal family would be one that wants a high energy playmate for another pup or maybe just some rambunctious kids. One that is prepared for puppy antics & loves of love.

Koda is currently in foster in Smyrna, TN, but transport can be arranged for the right home.

Apply at HeroHounds.org/adopt

12/06/2024

Sweet Maxie is eating & as in good of spirits as she can be for having such an extensive surgery 🥰🐾💜

Maxie's is so at the vet being monitored, but we should be bringing her home soon. S you can tell by all the blankets our vet staff is making sure Maxie is super comfortable while she heals! 🥰

We do have a few foster offers that we are coming through for Maxie at the moment, so a big thank you to this who have offered!

Her fundraiser & donation info for her care is pinned to the top of our page. Thank you to all who are supporting Maxie! We couldn't do it without you!

12/04/2024

Maxie's our miracle girl: 5.5lbs of tumor removed, spayed, dental & heartworm negative! 🎉 🐾💜

Our vet gave Maxie a 50/50 chance, but said she not once tried to crash or was in danger. For now, Maxie will be recovering at the vet for a day or 2 until she is eating, walking, & feeling more herself.

Maxie's tumor weighed more than 20% of her body weight, so we know she has to be feeling better with it gone, but being so large, her incision is large making the healing process longer.

Sweet Maxie, I know the next few months are going to be confusing & maybe a little hard with a lot of changes, but you will be back to loving life soon! 🥰

Maxie's Cuddly is pinned to the top of our page and donations can be called in directly to the vet at 931-364-7799, Venmo: , Cashapp: $herohoundrescue, paypal: herohoundrescue

12/04/2024

So not the news we were hoping for, but Maxie has about a 50/50 chance of making it thru surgery which will be preformed tomorrow 🙏🐾💜

The tumor is very vascular and fast growing which makes it a challenge. The alternative is to simply let her go, but we believe in giving every pup a chance & in giving Maxie an end of life where she can be painfree.

We are partnering with Cuddly to raise the funds needed for Maxie. Cuddly has been an amazing partner many times & we thank them for their ongoing support of animals in need.

Help Maxie, and show HERO Hound Rescue - Hound Education & Rescue Operations that they are not alone in their quest to save animals. HERO Hound Rescue - Hound Education & Rescue Operations is a rescue located in Spring Hill, TN. They are a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, verified by CUDDLY.  On Thanksgiving...

12/03/2024

Prayer & Good Vibes for Maxie who is at our amazing vets office awaiting surgery to remove her tumor along with spay & dental 🙏🐾💜

It's and HERO, Maxie & all our special hounds can really use your support today. 🙏

Venmo:
Paypal: [email protected]
Cashapp: $HeroHoundRescue
Herohounds.org/donate
Vet Office: Hero Hound Rescue, 931-364-7799