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Blue Ridge Canine Safehouse BRCSafehouse is a female veteran owned kennel that caters exclusively to rescue dogs Blue Ridge Canine Safehouse is a veteran-owned, woman's small business.

My kennel serves the rescue and shelter communities in many ways. I offer restorative boarding (short and longterm) and training. I specialize in behavioral modification, emotional rehabilitation and long-term boarding for rescue dogs. We use science-based, fear-free techniques and believe that changes happen in the mind and the heart of the dog, rather than in the mere outward behavior.

Joshy is celebrating Independence Day weekend in style while he waits for his perfect home. He was rescued from a hoardi...
05/07/2025

Joshy is celebrating Independence Day weekend in style while he waits for his perfect home. He was rescued from a hoarding situation by Dogs Deserve Better Blue Ridge. Joshy had spent years living in cruelty. A tiny outdoor pen, wired shut and with almost no shelter from the elements. Despite the way they found him, Joshy is desperate for a human to call his own. Somehow, Joshy knows all the dog things. He’s potty and crate trained, he rides nicely in a car, he walks well on a leash, he sits for his treats. We feel like at one point, Joshy belonged to someone who loved him. We will always wonder what circumstances brought him to that hell he lived in for the past several years. Joshy is an older (but not ancient) guy, probably around 8-9. He’s neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. He truly is just waiting for a home. Joshy is a very typical Heeler. He doesn’t bother other dogs and goes out in play groups with them, but he stares at his friends and looks generally pointy. Some dogs don’t like this. Joshy also likes people and greets new people socially, but needs a little time to truly bond. Heelers bond hard. When Joshy loves and trusts you, it will be with his whole heart. Until then he will be a little aloof and not desire lots of snuggling. But once he trusts you, you can trust him to be there until the world ends, Mad Max style. Interested in making Joshy your bff? Apply to ADOPT him through DDBBR at https://www.dogsdeservebetter.org/adopt

Here’s a memory from 2019. We miss little Dea on the right sooooo much. So many things have changed since then. Our curr...
04/07/2025

Here’s a memory from 2019. We miss little Dea on the right sooooo much. So many things have changed since then. Our current opinion is that we are still thankful for freedom from the King of England, but we are now under the reign of another leadership which has, during the week we celebrate independence, decided to pass a bill that strips many Americans of basic necessities and has created a detention camp in the marshlands of Florida that is so disgusting I would not even wish to use it for temporary dog sheltering. May your Independence Day be a reminder of the Freedoms we love, and may we want those same freedoms for others rather than believe we are more entitled to them by station of birth.

Happy Independence Day! Via this photo from 2019 because I didn’t have time to stage a current 4th of July pic 😂
I hope we’re all enjoying our freedom from the Queen, beans on toast, and England’s taxes!

Such a sweet little man… SOMEONE ADOPT HIM!
04/07/2025

Such a sweet little man… SOMEONE ADOPT HIM!

Our longest resident Carter absolutely had the best time at the parade🇺🇸
He had an amazing day out of the shelter and meeting people❤️💙🤍
More photos are in the comments!!! Share any photos you would like to share from the parade! We hope everyone had an amazing time❤️

Yay Rufus! So glad we could be a part of his journey!
03/07/2025

Yay Rufus! So glad we could be a part of his journey!

If you can help our friends at KSAR, they would be very grateful:
03/07/2025

If you can help our friends at KSAR, they would be very grateful:

It's the hottest summer here in memory, and some of our facilities are dangerously hot. This fundraiser will cover the costs of a small solar power system for one of o...

02/07/2025

Where do we even begin as our hearts break each day for a senior dog who has been in our care for so very long without any interest at all……. Carter who everyone has grown to know at our shelter still sits day after day waiting for that right family to come by wanting to meet him but sadly it never shows….. We try so very hard for Carter as he loves sitting on the hill side watching the cars hoping one day he may just be the dog who gets to leave in one with a family…. It seems it’s becoming nearly impossible as Carter arrived in our care last August as a microchipped stray in the Wal mart parking lot. Was he a senior dog dropped?? That we will never know, but what we do know he is an absolutely amazing boy who deserves a chance no one is willing to give. Carter is dog reactive, which makes him need a home without other animals. That may come from Carter’s previous life no one knows about and sadly it’s costing him his senior years at a shelter. Carter is almost 9yrs old and weighs about 55lbs. Carter walks well on leash, loves toys, very friendly with people and truly wants to be someone’s very best buddy. Carter needs you to share him in hopes….maybe….one day those cars he loves to watch…. just maybe will be there to give a senior boy the best life he never knew was possible…..
Help senior boy Carter!!! Our hours are Monday, Tuesday, Friday 10-2 and Saturday 10-3 to meet Carter!!

01/07/2025
Such a cool little dog - I’m so thankful to Dogs Deserve Better Blue Ridge for taking her into a foster home.
01/07/2025

Such a cool little dog - I’m so thankful to Dogs Deserve Better Blue Ridge for taking her into a foster home.

Regardless of your views on politics, no one should starve. No one. We fight for starving animals… and then stand back a...
01/07/2025

Regardless of your views on politics, no one should starve. No one. We fight for starving animals… and then stand back as humans suffer? I am so proud of our area Mennonites for standing in solidarity with the hungry people of Gaza.

A group of Harrisonburg-area Mennonites broke a 40-day collective intermittent fast calling on elected officials to stop starving Gaza.

KITTENS!!! 🐈‍⬛ if the kitty stork has not yet visited your home, this is your sign!
01/07/2025

KITTENS!!! 🐈‍⬛ if the kitty stork has not yet visited your home, this is your sign!

01/07/2025

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