Animals R Family

Animals R Family All-volunteer, 501(c)(3) dog rescue in CT/NY. We rescue senior pit bulls from kill shelters and find them loving homes.

We hold free spay/neuter days for owned pit bulls, as that is the only way to reduce the number of pit bulls killed in shelters. non-profit, volunteer group, surrender prevention, animal rescue, support and help

Lilly was diagnosed with likely lymphoma in her stomach earlier this week.At the moment, she is only eating "Mary's Gone...
01/26/2025

Lilly was diagnosed with likely lymphoma in her stomach earlier this week.

At the moment, she is only eating "Mary's Gone Crackers" and Hills's Hypo-Treats. We can not add Hypo-Treats to a Chewy wish list because they are prescription only, but if you would like to help her get some, we would be very grateful.

Lilly lived with Teddy Bear and Bear always taught her "that every day is a bonus" and that is the absolute truth for Lilly now. We are taking it day-by-day and every day is an absolute bonus.

Lilly is taking prednisone and other meds (anti-nausea, appetite stimulant, motility drug to help her stomach empty, etc) and these have been helping.

If you would like to he help Lilly, we would be very grateful:

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Stamford, CT 06906

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01/25/2025

Due to her diagnosis of likely lymphoma in her stomach, Lilly started taking prednisone yesterday, along with other meds (anti-nausea, appetite stimulant, motility drug to help her stomach empty, etc).

Today Lilly was alert and up and about and had a decent appetite. We discoved she enjoys "Mary's Gone Crackers" for snacking.

We will take it day-by-day. We hope she has many more good days.

If you would like to he help Lilly, we would be very grateful:

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PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906

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😢 Lilly Likely Has Lymphoma In Her Stomach 😢Lilly went back to her board-certified internal medicine specialist yesterda...
01/23/2025

😢 Lilly Likely Has Lymphoma In Her Stomach 😢

Lilly went back to her board-certified internal medicine specialist yesterday, who ran diagnostics, including an abdominal ultrasound

The vet’s comments: "A recheck abdominal ultrasound today unfortunately revealed severe diffuse thickening of Lilly's stomach wall and changes to the appearance of her stomach which were not previously documented and are concerning for developing lymphoma. Another type of stomach cancer or severe gastritis is also possible, although considered less likely. "

The only way to know if it is indeed lymphoma, or severe gastritis, is to do a sedated endoscopy with biopsy. This costs $4,000 and we do not have the funds. We have started her on prednisone and hope this helps her for some time.

If she has lymphoma, she at most will have a few months, but more likely a few weeks This is very shocking and devastating; we were not expecting this. And just as devastating is that we can not get her the endoscopy she needs to know for sure what is going on.

Our bill yesterday was over $1,000. We have been begging for help for Lilly with little response. Million thanks to those who did donate. We truly appreciate it and at least we do not lose all faith.

If you would like to he help Lilly, we would every grateful:

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➡️Zelle: [email protected]
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PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906
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🆘 SOS: Funds Urgently Needed for Lilly 🆘We have not gotten a single donation for Lilly.Lilly is very sickly. She has sto...
01/21/2025

🆘 SOS: Funds Urgently Needed for Lilly 🆘

We have not gotten a single donation for Lilly.

Lilly is very sickly. She has stopped eating and is lethargic. She is drinking huge amounts of water and peeing all the time, including throughout the night. She is going to see her board-certified internal medicine specialist tomorrow, Wednesday, and it is urgent. We know the basic testing will be over $1,000.

The last bloodwork in the summer of 2024 showed her white blood cells were low and that she may be in the beginning of kidney disease.

Lilly was returned to us after 8-years in October 2023 for being sprayed by a skunk. We had originally adopted her out in 2015.
Please help us get Lilly to the vet please. She can not wait. Thank you very much.

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Stamford, CT 06906

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🆘 Funds Urgently Needed for Lilly Please🆘Lilly is not doing well. She has stopped eating and is lethargic. She is drinki...
01/20/2025

🆘 Funds Urgently Needed for Lilly Please🆘

Lilly is not doing well. She has stopped eating and is lethargic. She is drinking huge amounts of water and peeing all the time, including throughout the night. She is going to see her board-certified internal medicine specialist this Wednesday and it is urgent. We know the testing will be over $1,000.

The last bloodwork in the summer of 2024 showed her white blood cells were low and that she may be in the beginning of kidney disease.

Lilly suffers from horrific allergies and swallowing / regurgitating issues. An endoscopy and biopsies confirmed IBD and GERD. She is on 4 meds daily currently.

Lilly was returned to us after 8-years in October 2023 for being sprayed by a skunk. We had originally adopted her out in 2015.

Please help us get Lilly to the vet please. She can not wait. Thank you very much.

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PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906

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❄️ Super Senior 13-Year-Old Samson Nesting in for the Snow Storm and Arctic Temps ❄️Samson lived with the same owner in ...
01/19/2025

❄️ Super Senior 13-Year-Old Samson Nesting in for the Snow Storm and Arctic Temps ❄️

Samson lived with the same owner in SC since he was a puppy - all 13 years of his life. When Samson was picked up as a stray, and the owner traced via his microchip, the owner did not want him back. Did the owner even realise Samson was missing? Probably not. In the south, people keep their dogs as “outside dogs” and let them roam. How can you have a dog for 13 years and not want him back? Are you not in love with Samson after all that time? Are you not bonded and attached? Apparently not.

To sign over Samson to a packed, overwhelmed shelter with new dogs flooding in every day, and knowing that a 13-year-old senior has close to zero chance of being rescued, is cruel. The owner was abandoning Samson to be killed in a strange, loud, scary place surrounded by strangers. People who abandon their dogs like this are a threat to society.

The staff at this shelter are some of the best. They want every dog to get out alive. They work so hard and are so dedicated. They send out emails every single day with all the dogs that need rescue - very few municipal shelters do that.

We saw Samson on one of those daily emails and decided to save him. His life was not finished. It would have been easier, and cheaper, to rescue some of the many puppies the shelter has, but that is not rescue. So many “rescues” are just pet shops – taking puppies, not spaying/neutering and then selling them. Rescue is taking those that need it the most. Samson’s vet bills have been over $1800 so far, and that does not include his monthly supplements ($500 a month).

Please consider helping Samson. He deserved a better owner. With your help, he will have a better future. We need your help to help Samson. Thank you.

➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson
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PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906

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For LA Residents With Pets Who Have Been Displaced by the Fires: Stand Up For Pits Foundation, Inc will pay for you to ...
01/17/2025

For LA Residents With Pets Who Have Been Displaced by the Fires: Stand Up For Pits Foundation, Inc will pay for you to have a hotel room for 3 days.

$5 Friday For 13-year Old Samson There is nothing better than seeing a rescue dog sleeping deeply and soundly knowing th...
01/17/2025

$5 Friday For 13-year Old Samson

There is nothing better than seeing a rescue dog sleeping deeply and soundly knowing they are safe after having been rescued from a shelter.

Old man Samson sure loves to sleep and we are so happy he can do that in peace.

We are currently treating Samson with Posatex for severe infections in both ears. He is going through his deworming protocol (6-days of Panacur repeated in 3 weeks / Drontal Plus given twice, 2-weeks apart / 14 days of flagyl). He is on thyroxine for his hypothyroidism. His hypothyroidism may have contributed to his tarsal ligaments collapsing (he is walking on his ankles). He is on supplements for his severe OA (osteoarthritis), which are over $500 a month

Please consider donating for $5 Friday. Seniors are not cheap and require a lot of vet care. Yes, it would be easier to just rescue and flip puppies, without even doing spay/neuter, which seems to be the norm these days, (which is beyond unethical and disgraceful), but we chose the seniors as they need to be rescued the most.

Samson is an expensive rescue and has a long medical journey in front of him. If you would like to help Samson with $5, we would really appreciate it. Thank you very much.

To help Samson:
➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson
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➡️ Venmo:
➡️ paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily
➡️ Zelle: [email protected]
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PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906

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Super Senior 13-year Old Samson Has Had a Busy Week! Samson was at the primary vet for an hour on Tuesday evening and ha...
01/16/2025

Super Senior 13-year Old Samson Has Had a Busy Week!

Samson was at the primary vet for an hour on Tuesday evening and had bloodwork, urinalysis, x-rays etc. The blood and urine were sent out to the lab and the test results came back the following day.

Samson was due to see the cardiologist at 9:40pm the same night, but the cardiologist was running late and could not see Samsom until 11pm, which was just too late, as it is also a 2 hour round-trip, so we postponed that appointment till next Tuesday. We were seeing the cardiologist because Samson tested positive for heartworm at the shelter .

The lab work results came back on Wednesday and Samson is negative for heartworm! This can happen because the SNAP test shelters use are little white sticks. Under-resourced and overwhelmed municipal shelters do not have funds to send out blood to a lab so use the little white SNAP sticks, as it only costs a few cents per unit and the results are available right away, but false results can happen. This is why the vets always test again and send blood out to the lab.

We will still have to see the cardiologist at some point before he can have a dental down the road.

Samson's major issue is that his tarsal ligaments have collapsed. That is similar to ankles in humans. He's basically walking on his ankles, rather than on his feet. That can be caused by hypothyroid , bad nutrition, etc, and often needs to be corrected with surgery. His test results came back positive for hypothyroid, so we've started him on thyroid medication. We will check his thyroid levels in a month again and redo the heartworm test at that time just to make sure.

Samson has elevated liver enzymes and his urine was dilute so he will need to see internal medicine specialist.

The X-ray's showed really bad arthritis in his elbows and spine so he's taking supplements.

Samson is on a medical journey. If you would like to help Samson with his medical care, we would be very grateful:

➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson
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PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906

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✈️ Super Senior 13-year-old Samson Flying Private Like A Pro✈️ These pics were taken on the final leg of Samson’s trip f...
01/13/2025

✈️ Super Senior 13-year-old Samson Flying Private Like A Pro✈️

These pics were taken on the final leg of Samson’s trip from NC to Westchester, NY. He looks so happy and looks like he has always flown private.

Tomorrow is a very BIG day for Samson. In the evening, he goes to the primary vet for a full senior workup including:

➡️ Bloodwork: CBC / Chem / 4DX / Thyroid panel and anything else the vet recommends

➡️ Urinalysis via cystocentesis. (Cystocentesis is when a needle is passed through the abdominal wall into the bladder and urine is withdrawn to get a sterile sample.)

➡️ X-rays of his heart, back, limbs.

After that, we make a two-hour round trip for Samson to see a board-certified cardiologist for a consultation, ECG and Echo. This is to determine if we can start heartworm shots right away, the extent of the damage caused by the heartworms, and if he has any other heart conditions due to his age.

There is a board-certified cardiologist 5-minutes from where Samson is being fostered, however the one which is one hour away is the most experienced with dogs with heartworm from the south. He has been treating them for decades and he has more knowledge and experience with these cases than any other board-certified cardiologist in the greater NYC area.

We drive our dogs to wherever they will get the best vet care, even if it means a 2 hour round trip at night (his appt is at 9:40pm).

Tomorrow is going to be very expensive, as all his testing is being done in one day.

Please, please, please, consider helping Samson. We really need your support and help please. Samson deserves to be healthy and happy, and we cannot do it without your support. Thank you.

To help Samson:
➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson
➡️ Donate on this post
➡️ Venmo:
➡️ paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily
➡️ Zelle: [email protected]
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PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906

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🎊 Connecticut Dog Killer Heidi Lueders Finally Goes to Jail 🎊On Wednesday, January 8th 2025, Heidi Lueders reported to Y...
01/12/2025

🎊 Connecticut Dog Killer Heidi Lueders Finally Goes to Jail 🎊

On Wednesday, January 8th 2025, Heidi Lueders reported to York Correctional Institution in Niantic, CT to serve a 15-month sentence.

Lueders had been found NOT guilty of killing five dogs, but found guilty of destroying the rental home she lived in.

Back in November 2018, five dead dogs - Meeko, Gunner, Brooklyn, Achilles, Buddha - were found in the rental home. Lueders was arrested and charged with five felonies. Lueders waived her right to a jury trial and asked for a bench trail - a trial conducted before a judge without a jury – as a judge would be less swayed by evidence than a jury. She was found not guilty of killing the five dogs. The US justice system is broken, and Judge Peter McShane is a broken judge and a broken human.

Judge Peter McShane said he found Heidi Lueders “not guilty“, as the prosecutor had not proved the case “beyond a reasonable doubt”. However, if the remains of five kids had been found in the home, Judge McShane would have found her guilty, no matter how inept the prosecutor. But because they were just dogs, Judge McShane issued a “not guilty” verdict. He is a broken judge and a danger to all for allowing a dangerous criminal like Lueders to go free. People who abuse and kill dogs, abuse humans too.

Lueders had been arrested on two separate occasions for attacking two different women. Lueders has been arrested for attacking her OWN family members and threatening to SHOOT them if they called the police. (Despite this, her parents continued to pay her exorbitant legal fees). Lueders clearly demonstrated that she is a threat to both humans and dogs. She should never be allowed to walk the streets again. Judge McShane utterly failed in his duty to keep citizens safe from criminals like Lueders.

You can contact Judge McShane here:
Judge Peter A. McShane
Judicial District Courthouse
1061 Main Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Tel: (203) 579-7250
Fax: (203) 579-6928

The CT State AG did not care about this case, did not care if Lueders walked, because it was “only dogs”. The state put the young, inexperienced prosecutor Felicia Valentino on the case, even though she had NEVER tried a court case. The state saw this as a good opportunity for Valentino to get court experience. None of this is surprising as CT AG William Tong HATES dogs, and hates bully breeds even more. He made that very clear, when some years prior, residents talked to him about issues at Stamford Animal Control and Tong compared the dogs to a 200lb pet chimpanzee named Travis, who had been kept as a pet by a Stamford resident, and who had gone on to rip a woman’s face off. (Travis was shot and killed by a responding police officer who was also attacked).

Judge McShane did point out that “not guilty does not mean innocent”; it just means the state failed.

Meeko, Gunner, Brooklyn, Achilles and Buddha suffered the most agonizing, horrific deaths – being starved of food and water - suffering immensely while their organs slowly shut down, all the while crying and begging for Lueders to help them. The evilness, cruelty, and depravity of Lueders is hard to fathom. The suffering and agony the dogs suffered is hard to fathom. Lueders has never apologized or showed any remorse. At every court appearance, she had a smirk on her face and threw off attitude.

Maybe Lueders will have some dog-loving cell mates. Maybe she will take a bad batch of he**in. The world will only be a safe place when people like Lueders are not allowed to walk the streets to attack humans and kill dogs.

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Details of the case:

Heidi Lueders was President of Bully Breed Rescue CT (rescue was since disbanded). Lueders starved 5 of the rescue's dogs to death in her home.

Celly Roberts was the property owner who rented out her 37 Prince Street, Fairfield, CT home to Lueders. Lueders had been renting the house starting 21st Sept 2017 and paid a rent of $2250 a month, though in the last months she had failed to pay the full amount.

On Sunday, 11th November 2018, Lueders texted landlady Roberts to say that the heat had not been working for a few days. Roberts sent out a plumber that night, but he could not fix the problem. Lueders was home at the time, but the plumber only saw the basement, which is accessed via a door in the immediate entrance way. It is like a T-junction with one door leading down to the basement and the other to the kitchen and rest of the house. The plumber could hear dogs barking, which turned out to be Heidi’s two personal dogs who were alive and living in that hell hole.

Roberts went to the home on Monday, 12th November 2018, night with a HVAC specialist to fix the furnace. Lueders had texted Roberts saying that she would not be home, as she had a meeting to attend. Lueders instructed Roberts NOT to go into the kitchen, as her dogs were there, but just use the door that leads directly to the basement. However, when Roberts arrived, the door to the kitchen was wide open and she was devastated at what she saw.

There was a tsunami of garbage, junk, he**in packs, needles, trash, dog f***s and dog urine everywhere. The TV was on and a space heater was on. At that point, Roberts did not see the decomposed dogs as there was so much garbage, f***s and drug paraphernalia, it was hard to walk anywhere, and it was dark outside. Lueders’s personal dogs were not there. Celly called the police immediately due to the he**in packs and needles. The police came to the house, but were unable to enter as they did not have a warrant.

Roberts arrived back at the house around 3:00pm on Wednesday, 14th November 2018. The sun was streaming into the open-plan sun room / living room / dining room. Roberts waded through the f***s and trash towards the sun room and that is when she found the first carcass of a dead dog in a crate. Roberts found three more decomposed dogs at that time. The fifth dead dog was found by the police later that night.

In summary...

Downstairs:
➡️1 decomposed dog in a crate in the dining room (right next to dining room table).
➡️1 decomposed dog in a crate in the sun room.

Upstairs:
➡️2 decomposed dogs in the spare bedroom, each in their own crate.
➡️1 decomposed dog was locked in a tiny room. The dog was loose, not in a crate.

This means Lueders slept in her bedroom every night with two starving dogs, crying out in agony, in the spare room ….on one side of her bedroom …. and the screams and suffering of the loose dog locked away in the tiny room on the other side. There was also a dead snake and a dead lizard in separate tanks.

The police, animal control and detectives arrived soon afterwards, however they had to wait hours to get a warrant to enter. They finally did later that night and were there to the wee hours of the following morning. Animal control took the carcasses and sent them to a lab upstate CT for autopsy / testing.

There were a total of eight crates in the house. Four crates had decomposed dogs in them. Four crates were empty … who knows what happened to the dogs who once lived in those crates.

Incredibly, the yard of the house was in perfect condition and Heidi had guys coming to mow regularly. There were Amazon boxes full of dog food, toys, treats, coats, beds on the front porch.

About 10 months previously, a neighbor had called the Fairfield Health Department about a horrible stench. The health department employee walked around the perimeter of the property and said everything was fine.

Keep in mind that while Lueders brutally tortured these dogs to death, she fed and cared for her two personal dogs, who were alive and lived in this death chamber.

Before renting this house, Heidi had rented an apartment on Hope Street in Stamford, CT. When she moved out of that place, the floors were covered in dog f***s and maggots! There was a large dog-size stain on the floor.

Super senior 13-year-old Samson arrived last night!Million thanks to pilots Tom and Jackson from Pilots N Paws for flyin...
01/11/2025

Super senior 13-year-old Samson arrived last night!

Million thanks to pilots Tom and Jackson from Pilots N Paws for flying Samson from NC to Westchester, NY yesterday and took such great care of him.

Heartfelt thanks to the amazing human who fostered Samson for a week in NC while we waited for the weather to clear. This is the same person who helped us rescue Old Man, Bear and Meredith.

Samson is very, very, very arthritic. Bear had bad arthritis, but Bear was a spring chicken compared to Samson. We started Samson on supplements: Ellevet, Antinol Plus and Movoflex Advanced. These are not cheap, but they are the best for OA (osteoarthritis), are backed by clinical trials, and are the supplements recommended by the board-certified OA specialists at the Animal Medical Center in NYC. We make sure our dogs get the very best vet care and that includes meds and supplements. Samson takes 8 Ellevets, 4 Antinol Plus and one Movoflex Advanvced per day … this comes out to over $550 a month! Please consider buying some of his supplements from our Chewy wish list. He deserves to be as pain-free and comfortable as possible. If his blood work is OK, we will also start a NSAID.

https://www.chewy.com/g/animals-r-family_b107119927 -list

Next week Samson is having bloodwork, urinalysis via cysto, x-rays, deworming with the primary vet. He is also having an ECG and Echo with the board-certified cardiologist to see if we can start heartworm shots right away. The heartworm infection is causing Samson to have laboured breathing. Please, please, please, consider helping Samson. His initial vet bills will be $5,000. Millions of thanks to those who have donated so far. We appreciate it a lot and it means the world to Samson. We simply can NOT rescue these seniors without your support. Thank you.

To help Samson:
➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson
➡️ Donate on this post
➡️ Venmo:
➡️ paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily
➡️ Zelle: [email protected]
➡️ Checks:
Animals-R- Family
PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906

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🛩️ Super senior 13-year old Samson is airborne and on his way from NC to Westchester, NY 🛩️Samson rocked up to the small...
01/10/2025

🛩️ Super senior 13-year old Samson is airborne and on his way from NC to Westchester, NY 🛩️

Samson rocked up to the small airport this morning as if he has been flying private all his life!

Samson completed the first leg with pilot Tom. He had a plane change in Maryland and is now heading to Westchester, NY with pilot Jackson - both pilots are with Pilots N Paws. Thank you so much!

We have set up a chewy wishlist for Samson's supplements for his arthritis:
https://www.chewy.com/g/animals-r-family_b107119927 -list

Next week Samson is having bloodwork, urinalysis via cysto, x-rays, deworming with the primary vet, and an ECG and Echo with the board-certified cardiologist. Please consider helping Samson, if you can. His initial vet bills will be $5,000. Millions of thanks to those who have donated so far. We appreciate it a lot and it means the world to Samson. We simply can NOT rescue these seniors without your support. Thank you.

To help Samson:
➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson
➡️ Donate on this post
➡️ Venmo:
➡️ paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily
➡️ Zelle: [email protected]
➡️ Checks:
Animals-R- Family
PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906

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Samson is getting ready for his flight tomorrow from NC to Westchester, NY with pilots Tom and Jackson of Pilots N Paws,...
01/09/2025

Samson is getting ready for his flight tomorrow from NC to Westchester, NY with pilots Tom and Jackson of Pilots N Paws, who will be flying him in two legs.

We can not wait to meet this sweet old man, who was abandoned by his owner after 13 years.

We could just start flipping puppies, like so many rescues do now, and sell ("adopt") them without even getting them spayed/neutered. But that isn’t rescue. That is a pet store masquerading as a rescue.

Rescue means rescuing those that need it the most .... and that is seniors with medical needs. Please help us get Samson the vet care he needs. Without support, we cannot help Samson, or any other seniors.

We have set up a chewy wishlist with his supplements for his arthritis:
https://www.chewy.com/g/animals-r-family_b107119927 -list

Next week Samson is having bloodwork, urinalysis via cysto, x-rays, deworming with the primary vet and an ECG and Echo with the board-certified cardiologist. Please consider helping Samson, if you can. Millions of thanks to those who have donated so far. We appreciate it a lot.

To help Samson:
➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson
➡️ Donate on this post
➡️ Venmo:
➡️ paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily
➡️ Zelle: [email protected]
➡️ Checks:
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PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906

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01/08/2025

“Woof, I would like to introduce myself, I am Samson. I am 13 years old. I was picked up as a stray in SC, and when the shelter contacted my owner via my microchip, the man said he did not want me anymore, even though he had me since I was a puppy. After 13 years, he threw me away like garbage. I did not deserve that.

I was very sad and found myself living in a cement cell in a loud and scary shelter. So many dogs flooding in every day. So many dogs killed for space. I was so scared and thought I would die. But then humans at Animals-R-Family said they would take me and fix my health and find me a great home, like they did with Rocky (Old Man).

The humans are fundraising for my vet bills, but it has been slow, so I thought if I woofed a message, it might help a little. I am so thankful to those who have donated; you are so kind and generous, could I ask that you please share as well. Thank you. Next week I have a lot of vet appointments which is going to run into the thousands.

Thank you for helping me and for caring about seniors like me. I am very grateful. Love, Samson”

To help Samson:
➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson
➡️ Donate on this post
➡️ Venmo:
➡️ paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily
➡️ Zelle: [email protected]
➡️ Checks:
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PO Box 2444
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🐶 13-year Old Samson Is Asking For Help Please 🐶Samson is due to arrive on Friday from his temp foster home in NC. His i...
01/08/2025

🐶 13-year Old Samson Is Asking For Help Please 🐶

Samson is due to arrive on Friday from his temp foster home in NC. His initial vet care - full senior work-up, Echo and ECG with a board-certified cardiologist and heartworm shots will cost $5,000.

The senior work up at the primary vet, and Echo and ECG with the cardiologist, are booked for the same day next week. That will be thousands in one day and we need to have raised the funds before then.

Samson had no chance of being adopted at the shelter due to him being 13-years and being heartworm positive. No other rescue would take him. We rescue the seniors with major medical, as they deserve to live out their remaining years healthy and loved.

Please consider donating for Samson to get the medical care he desperately needs. Thank you for caring about the seniors!

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Countless dogs will freeze to death this week due to the brutally freezing temperatures affecting many part of the US.If...
01/07/2025

Countless dogs will freeze to death this week due to the brutally freezing temperatures affecting many part of the US.

If you think it is ok to leave your dogs outside, please go stay with them. The coroner will gladly pay a visit the following morning to collect your body.

If you leave your dog outside in these tortuous life-threatening temperatures, it is safe to say you are a POS, an animal abuser and a threat to everyone in society. The only place for you is jail.

It is time that law enforcement and the courts got serious about animal abuse, as those people are a threat to everyone. The US is going backwards in so many ways and the level of animal abuse and cruelty is worse and worse and has become totally normalised.

If you see a dog chained or penned outside, please call your local animal control and police. The dogs are depending on humans to SAVE their lives.

🆘 Warhol Loves Dogs and Cats. Needs Adopter ASAP🆘Warhol is about 8 months and weighs only 29lbs, so will prob be 35lbs m...
01/06/2025

🆘 Warhol Loves Dogs and Cats. Needs Adopter ASAP🆘

Warhol is about 8 months and weighs only 29lbs, so will prob be 35lbs max fully fown. He is itty bitty.

Warhol loves dogs and loves cats too. He is a happy guy who is loving and sweet.

He is at one of our shelter partners and needs out asap. Please share in case there is someone who is looking for a dog who loves dogs and cats. Thank you.

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Due to her diagnosis of likely lymphoma in her stomach, Lilly started taking prednisone yesterday, along with other meds (anti-nausea, appetite stimulant, motility drug to help her stomach empty, etc). Today Lilly was alert and up and about and had a decent appetite. We discoved she enjoys "Mary's Gone Crackers" for snacking. We will take it day-by-day. We hope she has many more good days. If you would like to he help Lilly, we would be very grateful: ➡️Donate on this post ➡️Venmo: @animalsrfamily ➡️paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily ➡️Zelle: [email protected] ➡️Checks: Animals-R- Family PO Box 2444 Stamford, CT 06906 Thank you very much! Please share!

“Woof, I would like to introduce myself, I am Samson. I am 13 years old. I was picked up as a stray in SC, and when the shelter contacted my owner via my microchip, the man said he did not want me anymore, even though he had me since I was a puppy. After 13 years, he threw me away like garbage. I did not deserve that. I was very sad and found myself living in a cement cell in a loud and scary shelter. So many dogs flooding in every day. So many dogs killed for space. I was so scared and thought I would die. But then humans at Animals-R-Family said they would take me and fix my health and find me a great home, like they did with Rocky (Old Man). The humans are fundraising for my vet bills, but it has been slow, so I thought if I woofed a message, it might help a little. I am so thankful to those who have donated; you are so kind and generous, could I ask that you please share as well. Thank you. Next week I have a lot of vet appointments which is going to run into the thousands. Thank you for helping me and for caring about seniors like me. I am very grateful. Love, Samson” To help Samson: ➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson ➡️ Donate on this post ➡️ Venmo: @animalsrfamily ➡️ paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily ➡️ Zelle: [email protected] ➡️ Checks: Animals-R- Family PO Box 2444 Stamford, CT 06906 Thank you very much! Please share!

🆘 Please Help Super-Senior 13-year old Samson 🆘 The last old man we rescued was actually called Old Man. He was adopted, is now called Rocky, and living the life of a much-loved, spoiled pooch. We would like to rescue our next old man ... 13-year old Samson. His initial vet care - full senior work-up, Echo and ECG with a board-certified cardiologist and heartworm shots will cost $5,000. (Later he will need a dental.) Please help us help Samson. Right now he is sitting on the cement floor of a noisy shelter. The shelter is full. He needs out and he needs medical care. We have raised $525 so far - many thanks to those who donated. We are very grateful. We need to raise a lot more to pay for his vet care. Please consider donating. Without funds, he will die at the shelter. ➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson ➡️ Donate on this post ➡️ Venmo: @animalsrfamily ➡️ paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily ➡️ Zelle: [email protected] ➡️ Checks: Animals-R- Family PO Box 2444 Stamford, CT 06906 Thank you very much! Please share!

🆘 Help Us Rescue 13-Year-Old Samson 🆘 We would like to give 13-year-old Samson a happy new year, but without your support this will not be possible. This is Samson’s life right now. He is lying on a purple blanket on a cement floor at a loud, overcrowded shelter. Samson is heartworm positive; he has severe arthritis. He needs out asap. The shelter is full and new dogs come flooding in very day, so he can be killed at any moment. (This is why spay/neuter is the only solution to the current crisis - get involved wherever you live). We have raised $400 so far for his health care - million thanks to those who donated. However, Samson needs $5,000 to get him the initial vet care he needs and without the funds we cannot rescue him. Please consider donating if you can. Samson deserves more than to die on the floor of a shelter. Thank you very much! ➡️ https://donorbox.org/help-us-save-13-year-old-samson ➡️ Donate on this post ➡️ Venmo: @animalsrfamily ➡️ paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily ➡️ Zelle: [email protected] ➡️ Checks: Animals-R- Family PO Box 2444 Stamford, CT 06906 Thank you very much!

🎅 Clover Enjoying A Relaxing Video And Music While She Waits For Santa 🎅 Thank you to everyone who has ordered items off Clover's Chewy wishlist. We are very grateful and appreciate it more than you know. We would love to complete her list. This year has been horrendous, with donations plummeting, so we appreciate every little bit of help for Clover. Thank you so much!🎄 https://www.chewy.com/g/animals-r-family_b107119927#wish-list This is the first holiday season where Clover is not chained 24/7 with a muzzle on her face, or being starved to death. Many thanks to her foster family who have been allowing her to decompress, walking her many miles every day, and giving her lots of love. Clover's Backstory: Even though Clover is at most 1.5 years, she has only experienced abuse and cruelty in her short life. Initially, Clover and her litter mates were being given away at a Walmart parking lot by scumbags who said they were going to shoot the puppies if they weren't gone by the end of the afternoon. (This is why spay and neuter is so important.) Unfortunately, Clover then ended up with someone who chained her 24/7 outside with a muzzle on her face. She was only a small puppy! Then Clover was "saved" from the life on the chain, only to end up with someone who almost starved her to death. We had a split second chance to rescue her at the end at September, and we did, to end the cruelty and abuse she had endured. She would be dead now if we had not rescued her. Even though humans have tried to destroy and kill her, Clover only wants love and affection. Humans do not deserve dogs. Ways to donate: ➡️Donate on this post ➡️Venmo: @animalsrfamily ➡️paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily ➡️Zelle: [email protected] ➡️Checks: Animals-R- Family PO Box 2444 Stamford, CT 06906 Thank you very much!

🎅 Clover Enjoying A Relaxing Video And Music While She Waits For Santa 🎅 Thank you so much to everyone who has ordered items off Clover's Chewy wishlist. We are very grateful and appreciate it more than you know. We would love to complete her list. This year has been horrendous, with donations plummeting, so we appreciate every little bit of help for Clover. Thank you so much!🎄 https://www.chewy.com/g/animals-r-family_b107119927#wish-list This is the first holiday season where Clover is not chained 24/7 with a muzzle on her face, or being starved to death. Many thanks to her foster family who have been allowing her to decompress, walking her many miles every day, and giving her lots of love. Clover's Backstory: Even though Clover is at most 1.5 years, she has only experienced abuse and cruelty in her short life. Initially, Clover and her litter mates were being given away at a Walmart parking lot by scumbags who said they were going to shoot the puppies if they weren't gone by the end of the afternoon. (This is why spay and neuter is so important.) Unfortunately, Clover then ended up with someone who chained her 24/7 outside with a muzzle on her face. She was only a small puppy! Then Clover was "saved" from the life on the chain, only to end up with someone who almost starved her to death. We had a split second chance to rescue her at the end at September, and we did, to end the cruelty and abuse she had endured. She would be dead now if we had not rescued her. Even though humans have tried to destroy and kill her, Clover only wants love and affection. Humans do not deserve dogs. Ways to donate: ➡️Donate on this post ➡️Venmo: @animalsrfamily ➡️paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily ➡️Zelle: [email protected] ➡️Checks: Animals-R- Family PO Box 2444 Stamford, CT 06906 Thank you very much!

🎅 Clover Asking for Food & Treats Please 🎅 This is the way all formerly abused dogs should be spending the holidays: chewing a treat ... on a comfy bed .... in front of a tree ... while listening to soothing music. Many thanks to Clover's foster family for all they are doing for her. We really need food and treats for Clover please. (And she would love a few toys). Thank you to those who have ordered items so far. We are very grateful. We would love to get everything to Clover before the 25th. We appreciate every little bit of help for her. https://www.chewy.com/g/animals-r-family_b107119927#wish-list Clover's Backstory: Even though Clover is at most 1.5 years, she has only experienced abuse and cruelty in her short life. Initially, Clover and her litter mates were being given away at a Walmart parking lot by scumbags who said they were going to shoot the puppies if they weren't gone by the end of the afternoon. Unfortunately, Clover then ended up with someone who chained her 24/7 outside with a muzzle on her face. She was only a small puppy! Then Clover was "saved" from the life on the chain, only to end up with someone who almost starved to death. We had a split second chance to rescue her at the end at September, and we did, to end the cruelty and abuse she had endured. She would be dead now if we had not stepped in. Even though humans have tried to destroy and kill her, Clover only wants love and affection. Humans do not deserve dogs. Ways to donate: ➡️Donate on this post ➡️Venmo: @animalsrfamily ➡️paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily ➡️Zelle: [email protected] ➡️Checks: Animals-R- Family PO Box 2444 Stamford, CT 06906 Thank you very much!

Please take a minute to watch this video. Millions of pit bulls are killed every year in shelters. These are loving and perfect family pets who are murdered en masse because shelters are busting at the seams, and hundreds of new dogs arrive every day. The US is the ONLY developed country where this happens. There have never been more rescue groups in existence, pulling record numbers of dogs from shelters, yet the amount of dogs killed has skyrocketed. Clearly the rescue world is failing in the way it operates. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Spay / neuter is the ONLY solution to reducing the number of dogs abandoned and killed at shelters. We have spayed / neutered 87 pit bulls in the last 7 months. We would like to fix another 13 dogs before year-end, to hit our goal of 100 spay / neuter surgeries. Please consider donating for Giving Tuesday and help us raise $6,500 so we can spay/neuter 13 dogs. You will literally be saving thousands of lives! Please be part of the solution! Donate on this post Venmo: @animalsrfamily paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily Zelle: [email protected] Checks: Animals-R- Family PO Box 2444 Stamford, CT 06906 Thank you very much!

Please take a minute to watch this video. Millions of pit bulls are killed every year in shelters. These are loving and perfect family pets who are murdered en masse because shelters are bursting at the seams, and hundreds of new dogs arrive every day. The US is the ONLY developed country where this happens. There have never been more rescue groups in existence, pulling record numbers of dogs from shelters, yet the amount of dogs killed has skyrocketed. The rescue world is failing in the way it operates. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Spay / neuter is the ONLY solution to reducing the number of dogs abandoned, and killed, at shelters. We have spayed / neutered 87 pit bulls in the last 7 months. We would like to fix another 13 dogs before year-end, to hit our goal of 100 spay / neuter surgeries. Please consider donating for Giving Tuesday and help us raise $6,500 so we can spay/neuter 13 dogs. You will literally be saving thousands of lives! Please be part of the solution! ➡️Donate on this post ➡️Venmo: @animalsrfamily ➡️paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily ➡️Zelle: [email protected] ➡️Checks: Animals-R- Family PO Box 2444 Stamford, CT 06906 Thank you very much! Please share!

This Thanksgiving weekend, 10-year old Rocky (fka Old Man) is thankful for his new forever home, and his forever mom who spoils him with lots of toys. Rocky did not know what toys were in the first decade of his life. His teeth tell the story of a life lived on a chain. He never got to experience the joys of a squeaky toy. Now he's making up for lost time and his forever mom spoils him with a massive collection of toys! Rocky is also very thankful to everyone who donated towards his medical care, so that he could get the vet care he needed, which led him to be adopted into his wonderful forever home. Thank you so very much to everyone who helped Rocky along his journey. He is alive, healthy and thriving, thanks to you!

*** Free Spay / Neuter For Pit Bulls - Sponsors Needed *** By the end of this month, we will have spayed/neutered 88 pit bulls in just 6 months! None of these dogs will be ever be adding to the massive overpopulation problem we have. We would like to do a spay/neuter day in November and are looking for people, or businesses, to sponsor the day so that we can hit 100 surgeries this year! If you are upset and angry about all the dogs killed in shelters, please get involved. Spay/neuter is the only solution to reducing intake and kill numbers. If you can not help, please share. Thank you!

This memory came up of Teddy Bear from exactly one year ago. He was such a character!

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