Lucky Farms Animal Rescue

10/09/2025

Dogs rarely react out of 'nowhere'. We often don't realise that there is a lot that happens BEFORE the dog explodes.

Its very similar to us having a bad day.
1. You get up in the morning but your alarm didn't go off.
2. You end up stuck in traffic and are 15 min late to an important meeting
3. You forgot your lunch and now you have to buy lunch but you don't have time.
4. You're playing catch up all day and on top of that you're hangry.
5. You come home and your partner asks you to do something in the house adding to your already insane workload for that day.

Response: An un-necessary argument that usually would never turn into an argument... but because you've been trigger stacking all day this time its the straw that breaks the camels back. In that moment.

Dogs have little events like this also happen, and if we don't realise it.. then suddenly they seem to overreact to what usually would be a non issue.

10/09/2025

Should be social, but not obsessed with people and dogs.
Should be house-trained quickly, but not wake us up in the middle of the night to go outside.
Should be motivated to train with food, but not so much that they snap at our fingers.
Should play fetch with us, but not chase the cat.
Should be fun when we have time, but calm when we don’t.
…
Aren't we expecting a bit too much, too soon?
Dogs are not born knowing how to navigate our world. We have a lot of rules that make no sense to them (such as chasing a ball yes, chasing a cat no). There are a lot of things to learn and it is OUR task to teach them gently.
If you get a puppy, do not expect them to fit into your life seamlessly. There will be a lot of management and training involved in the first 6-12 months. Adapting to all the (pretty random) rules we have for them takes TIME.
I see so many requests from frustrated puppy owners who really did not consider that puppies do not come knowing how to be a “good dog”. They are annoyed by the potty training, worn down by the chewing and biting and irritated by the amount of supervision the puppy requires.
They may even feel like the puppy is antagonistic - always doing what they do NOT want.
Think about it: The puppy didn’t ask for any of it. Didn’t ask to be separated from the littermates, didn’t ask to be placed in this or that family, and didn’t ask to be taught our 100s of rules. Still, they are just happy to be with us and go along with everything.
It is the LEAST we can do to give them the time and patience to fit in!
The next time you are frustrated by your puppy, think about how complex our world and rules must be for them. How different from the first 8 weeks of their lives. And how they still wake up with a smile every day and want to be our friends.
And just be their friend and guide in this complicated human world! 🐾

10/09/2025

10/08/2025

🩷🩷Brulee ... Sweet enough to melt your heart, sassy enough to keep you on your toes!!

🩷Available for adoption🩷

🩷Brulee
🩷approximately 6 month old female Great Dane Puppy
✅ UTD on age-appropriate vet care, vaccines & preventatives
🐶 Good with other dogs
🐱 Good with dog-savvy cats
👧🏻 Kids 8+ yrs old unless they've recently lived with a giant breed dog. She is a puppy so mouthing and jumping is to be expected.
🚨 Will need continued work on housebreaking, crate training, manners & basic obedience
⚠️All dogs in household MUST be spayed/neutered.
⚠️ Due to disturbance concerns, LFAR does not place puppies in apartments, townhomes, or homes with shared walls
⚠️Giant breed experience and physical fence PREFERRED
🌎 Location Nashville TN area
🚗We adopt NATIONWIDE but require adopters to travel to the foster home with their current dog/dogs (to ensure they will be friends) to pick up
🚫No exceptions to the above requirements will be considered

Meet Brulee – as sweet as the dessert she’s named after, with just the right touch of sass to keep life interesting! 🍮 This 6-month-old Great Dane puppy had a rough start in life, which left her on the smaller side for now. Whether she stays a “fun-sized” Dane or surprises us by catching up, one thing’s for sure: her heart is already full-sized. 💕

Brulee is a perfect mix of sugar and spice – affectionate, playful, and full of puppy mischief. She’s the kind of girl who will melt your heart one second and make you laugh the next. With her resilience and zest for life, Brulee is ready to trade in her rocky beginning for a forever family who will love her for the sweet, sassy masterpiece she is.

Could this little crème brûlée be the missing piece of your family recipe? 🐾

Brulee is UTD on age appropriate vet care, vaccines and preventatives. She is currently in a foster home in the Nashville TN area. We adopt NATIONWIDE but require adopters to travel to the foster home with their current dog/dogs (to ensure they will be friends) to pick up. Out of respect for our foster family's time and privacy, we do NOT arrange meet and greets without an approved application on file. If you're interested in adopting Brulee, you can view our standard requirements (please thoroughly review these as we are very stringent with these), age based adoption fees and fill out an adoption application https://www.luckyfarmsrescue.org/adoption

If Nashville TN is too far... no worries ... we have other wonderful Great Danes looking for homes in AL GA OH VA.

10/08/2025

It feels harmless.
Until he can’t stop himself from dragging you across the park.
He is locked onto that dog and he is determined.

"She just loves all other dogs".
She probably does and it may be manageable now (especially if young) but what is happening now will likely continue.
Easier to manage when she was 5 kilos, not so easy now you have a 30 kilo dog.

The thing is with some labels, they can be used to "minimise" behaviour that we see and continue to allow, but don't really like.
"Social butterfly" is one of those labels which some use to describe reactivity, but people still tend to lean towards allowing this behaviour to continue, day after day in the hope it will get better.
"He will settle down soon"
It is highly unlikely without help as he's learning that pulling harder “works".
It gets him there and he knows it.

Inside you may know it's an issue, you may have that niggling feeling that it doesn't feel very "social".

"Maybe they will grow out of it?"
Serious question (and I don't mean for it to sound harsh).
When?
When will that magic date on the calendar just click in?
Why would this change for your dog when they are reinforced/rewarded with every tug and pull?

Worst of all, it's not your fault.
I need you to really hear that.
It isn't your fault.
It's societies "obsession" that we must allow dogs to meet all other dogs or they will never ever be a "social butterfly".

10/08/2025

‼️Foster or foster to adopt families needed to help save shelter dogs’ lives and keep dogs from going to a shelter‼️

Every shelter and rescue we know is overwhelmed. We are struggling to find qualified foster homes which we need in order to be able to help more dogs.

We receive multiple surrender requests daily. We receive multiple shelter requests daily. We are forced daily to turning away dogs in need because we have no foster homes for them.

We currently are open to qualified foster families in TN GA AL MO MS KY OH IN IL SC NC VA WV MD DE PA and can provide transport to these states. Please understand we are not open to other states due to not having the volunteers to transport to that state or contracted vet care.

We provide for all of the dog’s financial needs. You provide the love and understanding ❤️ with guidance from our experienced volunteers.

We do have high standards for our fosters as we do want to provide our dogs with better than the poor circumstances many come from. So all pets in home must have history of standard vaccines (rabies and dhpp/ we will accept titer testing) and heartworm prevention (for dogs). All pets must be altered (spayed/neutered) unless medically ill advised or too young to safely alter.

If you can provide a loving temporary (or permanent) spot on your couch for a giant breed dog in need, please email us at [email protected]

10/08/2025

10/07/2025

🩷Available for adoption🩷

🩷Brulee
🩷approximately 6 month old female Great Dane Puppy
✅ UTD on age-appropriate vet care, vaccines & preventatives
🐶 Good with other dogs
🐱 Good with dog-savvy cats
👧🏻 Kids 8+ yrs old unless they've recently lived with a giant breed dog. She is a puppy so mouthing and jumping is to be expected.
🚨 Will need continued work on housebreaking, crate training, manners & basic obedience
⚠️All dogs in household MUST be spayed/neutered.
⚠️ Due to disturbance concerns, LFAR does not place puppies in apartments, townhomes, or homes with shared walls
⚠️Giant breed experience and physical fence PREFERRED
🌎 Location Nashville TN area
🚗We adopt NATIONWIDE but require adopters to travel to the foster home with their current dog/dogs (to ensure they will be friends) to pick up
🚫No exceptions to the above requirements will be considered

Meet Brulee – as sweet as the dessert she’s named after, with just the right touch of sass to keep life interesting! 🍮 This 6-month-old Great Dane puppy had a rough start in life, which left her on the smaller side for now. Whether she stays a “fun-sized” Dane or surprises us by catching up, one thing’s for sure: her heart is already full-sized. 💕

Brulee is a perfect mix of sugar and spice – affectionate, playful, and full of puppy mischief. She’s the kind of girl who will melt your heart one second and make you laugh the next. With her resilience and zest for life, Brulee is ready to trade in her rocky beginning for a forever family who will love her for the sweet, sassy masterpiece she is.

Could this little crème brûlée be the missing piece of your family recipe? 🐾

Brulee is UTD on age appropriate vet care, vaccines and preventatives. She is currently in a foster home in the Nashville TN area. We adopt NATIONWIDE but require adopters to travel to the foster home with their current dog/dogs (to ensure they will be friends) to pick up. Out of respect for our foster family's time and privacy, we do NOT arrange meet and greets without an approved application on file. If you're interested in adopting Brulee, you can view our standard requirements (please thoroughly review these as we are very stringent with these), age based adoption fees and fill out an adoption application https://www.luckyfarmsrescue.org/adoption

If Nashville TN is too far... no worries ... we have other wonderful Great Danes looking for homes in AL GA OH VA.

10/07/2025

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Monday’s musing...

10/07/2025

As much as my dogs learn and know how to live with the kids, the kids learn and know how to live with the dogs. What do I mean by that?

The kids know that their own activities have to be paused sometimes to take care of the dogs needs first. Feeding, exercise, enrichment, training, it’s part of their life and not a choice, but an obligation.

The kids know that the dogs are not pieces of furniture to lay on or move, they give them space when they need it and vice versa.

The kids know that management of their possessions- like toys and shoes - prevents them from being destroyed, and that no blame will be placed on the dog if they forget this.

The kids know that being invasive, pushy or physically inappropriate with the dogs (laying on them, climbing on them etc) will be treated the same way as if they were seen playing with matches in the house. The dogs are not toys nor are they there to be their entertainment.

The kids know that their mannerisms affect the dog. Running and screaming, dragging a toy behind them or throwing things are interpreted differently by dogs and they understand this. They know that they need to modify their behavior if they want the dog to modify theirs. It is a two way street.

The kids know that if the dog is eating, chewing or busy, you leave him alone. And if he has something in his mouth you’d like back, you get an adult, always. No exceptions.

The kids know that the dogs can say no. They can ask for space and have bad days and it’s okay.

The kids know the dogs are a privilege not a right. They are family members with their own needs and personalities.

And in return? The dogs know the kids are safe. They are trustworthy and fun. They want to be around them and seek them out.

No matter what the breed - a working Belgian shepherd dog, a senior hospice pit bull or a Japanese chin. It is not about being the boss, or the alpha, it is about respecting an animal and it’s needs and learning to live together in harmony. These are the boundaries that create bonds that last a lifetime.

- Helen St. Pierre

10/07/2025

Happy first Birthday Miki (formerly Miska)!!

No gift will ever be better than the gift of your amazing family!'

10/06/2025

🩶Available for adoption🩶

🩶Tut
🩶approximately 18-24 month old male Great Dane (DNA test confirmed)
✅Neutered & UTD on vet care, vaccines & preventatives
🐶Good with other dogs but due to play style no small dogs.
🐱No cats at this time - seems a little overly interested and unaware of size
👧🏻Kids 8+ yrs old due to not having lived with young children as well as having no awareness of size
🏠Housebroken & crate trained
🌎Location Nashville TN area
🚗We adopt NATIONWIDE

Meet Tut – the Great Dane with the “Teen Spirit” (and the manners to match… someday).

Tut is an estimated to be 18-24 month old blue Great Dane, smack dab in the middle of his teenager phase—which means he’s tall enough to reach your counters, smart enough to know he shouldn’t, and mischievous enough to try anyway.

He’s great with other dogs, but his “OMG NEW FRIEND!” enthusiasm means he plays like a linebacker—so, no small or delicate pups, please.

True to his “Velcro Dane” heritage, Tut’s specialty is becoming one with his human. He’ll lean on you until you’re holding him up, rub against you like an 100-pound cat, and look deeply into your eyes like he’s reading your soul (and possibly checking for snacks).

He’s also got the most expressive, adorable ears and a signature strut—a prancing, high-stepping gait worthy of a Tennessee Walking Horse, which we lovingly call The Tut Strut.

It’s suspected that as a puppy, Tut broke one of the bones in his hind leg, leaving it a few millimeters shorter than the other. The vet says it may cause a little arthritis later in life, but it doesn’t slow him down one bit—he’s still a galloping goofball with places to be and people to lean on. You can see countless videos of his play with other dogs on our Facebook and Instagram.

He may be on the smaller side for a Dane, but Tut’s personality is Texas-sized—funny, loving, and just a little over the top. With continued training and manners work, he’s going to be the perfect blend of gentle giant and goofball sidekick.

If you’ve got space in your home, your heart, and your lap (he insists he’s a lap dog), Tut is ready to lean his way into your life forever.

Tut is neutered and UTD on vet care, vaccines and preventatives. He is currently being fostered in the Nashville TN area. We adopt NATIONWIDE but require adopters to travel to the foster home with their current dog/dogs (to ensure they will be friends) to pick up. Out of respect for our foster family's time and privacy, we do NOT arrange meet and greet without an approved application on file. If you’re interested in adopting Tut, you can view our requirements, age based adoption fees and fill out an adoption application at https://www.luckyfarmsrescue.org/adoption

📸 fabulous photo by Press Pause Photography