The Snuggle is Real Animal Rescue

21/02/2026

Join us and Scroungy Dogs and Pretty Pups Rescue, Inc. to meet adoptable dogs from both rescues! It's a great day to find your new best friend ❤️🐾

DON'T FORGET TO STOP BY BERTHOUD PET SUPPLY THIS SATURDAY FOR OUR ADOPTION EVENT. Please COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION online ahead of time if you are hoping to adopt!

18/02/2026

Hi TSIR friends! Did you know that our 100% volunteer-based organization is powered purely by love? Our rescue pups, on the other hand, run on kibble.
Please help us power the zoomies — consider donating to our dog food fund via Chewy! ⚡🐶

https://www.chewy.com/g/the-snuggle-is-real-animal-rescue_b95982390 -list&wishlistsortby=DEFAULT

26/01/2026

Mouse is looking for her furever home🐭🏡 Contact us to adopt!

Meet Mouse:
Hi everyone! I'm Mouse! My human friends describe me as a SUPER lovebug. ❤️ I'm a 5-year-old bully-breed mix with so many snuggles to offer. My favorite things are people and attention - if you've ever wondered what 35 pounds of velcro feels like, meet me to find out! I also love squeaky toys, and I'm friendly with children and cats!👪😺 I don't hate other dogs, but I'm sometimes a little grouchy with them. What can I say, I like to have my family's full attention! I would be best in a single-dog household or with a human who has experience in supporting dog-dog interactions while we adjust to each other.

I have a bit of a bother with my pancreas. My human friends say I have "Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency," whatever that is. But don't worry, I don't let it slow me down! I just need a prescription diet and some medicine powder added to my food. I still enjoy hikes, car rides, and long walks outdoors!🏞

02/01/2026

In collaboration with our partners in rescue (shout out to MaxFund No-Kill Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, Humane Society of Boulder Valley, Rebel Animal Rescue, Animal Rescue Friends of Floydada, and Wise Dogs), TSIR saved 4️⃣5️⃣ lives in 2025 - all adoptable dogs and cats that were otherwise slated for euthanasia.

We are so grateful that all of our 2025 foster-program alumni (pictured) found loving furever homes 💗 We enter 2026 with hopes of a more humane future! Cheers to our community of animal lovers, and wishing all our four-legged friends a joyous new year!

31/12/2025

A belated and joyful CONGRATULATIONS to these recent TSIR adoptees! 🎉

Wishing happy tails and trails to Juno, Penny, Tucker, and Nova 🐶🐱 We're so grateful to their adopters for giving them such loving homes. 💗🏠💗

Cheers to a pawsitively wonderful 2026! 🎆
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23/12/2025

Happy holidays from the Snuggle is Real Animal Rescue! And a huge thank you to everyone who has made our little organization part of your holiday giving. Between Colorado Gives, corporate giving, our raffle fundraiser, and our recent vet care Gofundme, we raised nearly $4000! We are overwhelmed by the generosity of our community 🥰 That's enough to cover Hila's knee care and save more lives in 2026! Here's where those funds will go:

Picture 1 captures the big grin of our first intake of 2026. This sweet tank of a pitty girl is smiling because she just received a ticket OUT of the Texas shelter and off the euthanasia list! She'll be looking for her furever family in January.

Photos 2 and 3 are sweet puppers in the same shelter who caught the same lucky break! MaxFund No-Kill Animal Shelter and Adoption Center has generously offered to welcome them, and TSIR is coordinating their transfer. Your donations have allowed us to fund their transportation and pre-transport veterinary care!

The final picture celebrates the outcome of our pet portrait raffle! We had 18 non-anonymous donors while the fundraiser was active, all of whom were entered into the raffle. The adopters of this TSIR alum (pic 4) won the prize! We can't wait to see local artist, Katie Gabriel 's masterpiece.

Thank you again to everyone who donated, shared, advocated, adopted or volunteered for animal rescue organizations this season. Wishing you all a warm and festive holiday!

23/11/2025

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In 2024, researchers at ELTE University in Hungary uncovered something powerful about rescue dogs — something many adopters have felt in their hearts but never had scientific proof for.

Dogs who grow up with trauma, abandonment, or life on the streets form deeper emotional bonds with their new owners than dogs who never experienced hardship.

The study looked at former street dogs now living in loving homes. Researchers found that these dogs:
• show stronger emotional dependency
• are more sensitive to their owner’s presence
• rely more heavily on human comfort during stress
• form attachment patterns similar to children who finally find safety after instability

In simple terms, dogs who were once alone cling harder to the people who saved them.

It is not weakness.
It is gratitude shaped by survival.

Rescue dogs learn early that the world can be cold and unpredictable. So when they finally find someone who feeds them, shelters them, touches them gently, and stays… they give every piece of loyalty they have.

Their bond is not just affection. It is trust rebuilt from scratch.
It is love learned the hard way, and therefore given more fiercely.

If you have a rescue dog, you already know this feeling.
The way they watch you.
The way they follow you from room to room.
The way they rest their head on you like they are anchoring themselves to something safe.

Science finally confirms it:
Rescue dogs do not just love.
They love differently — deeper, stronger, and with the full heart of an animal who remembers what life was like before you.

19/11/2025

❗️Update❗️To reflect Colorado Gives season, this raffle opportunity has been extended to Tuesday, December 9th!

🎉🐾 **RAFFLE FUNDRAISER!** 🐾🎉
Support our rescue AND win a beautiful keepsake of your furry friend!

For the next 14 days, **ANY donation amount** enters you into a raffle to win a custom, hand-painted 9x12 pet portrait — generously created by talented local artist Katie Gabriel of 🎨💕

Every dollar helps us provide medical care, food, and safe transport for animals in need. Your support truly makes a difference.

👉 Donate, help save lives, and maybe take home a one-of-a-kind portrait of your pet:
https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Snuggle-Is-Real-Animal-Rescue

Thank you for always standing with us. ❤️🐶🐱

03/11/2025

Poor sweet Hila has had a tough start to life. Please consider donating to help her heal from her CCL tear 💔

When sweet 5-month-old Hila the hound mix was first picked up as a stray in rura… Elizabeth Ritchie needs your support for Help Hila Overcome Her Final Hurdle

18/10/2025

**Update 11/5: Still in Need! Tucker is now going into boarding, but rescue funding will not go very far to that end**

Meet Tucker - a very sweet boy looking for his furever home! A few fas facts about Tucker:

✅ Dog-friendly
✅ Friendly with all humans
✅ Crate-trained
✅ Neutered and Vaccinated
✅️ Very smart and food-motivated
✅️ Comes with professional training support to help him reach his full potential

Tucker's foster mom has moved out of state, so he is urgently seeking an adopter (or foster placement). Let's help him find his hap-paw-ly ever after! 🐶

10/09/2025

A few adoptees from Summer 2025! Here are the updates their pawrents shared 🎉

🐶Koda's mom shared that he "is doing great and loves spending his days outside."
🐱🐱Ricky and Mort's dad shared that they are "settling right in!"
🐶Frank's dad shared, "Frank is settling in great! He seems very happy with his new home."
🐱 Perspehone is reportedly "spoiled" and loves watching video games!

Congrats to the rescuees and their fabulous adopters! TSIR is honored to have helped these 5 furkids find their ways home 💗

22/05/2025

Hey, TSIR friends! Here's a quick recap on what we've been pup to lately! 🐕

As you may know, foster-based, volunteer-based organizations like ours face a continuous uphill battle to procure sufficient labor, funds, and foster homes to stay afloat. Our organization has found that balance particularly hard lately, as some of our key volunteers and fosters moved out of state in 2024.

But not to worry - we've stayed flexible to continue saving lives! In addition to running our foster program, we often network for animals in danger and facilitate their transfer to larger, No- and Low-kill organizations on the front range.

Here's how it works: First, we learn of animals in SOS situations. 🆘️ Next, we get busy seeking placements for these furkids among our rescue partners. 🔍We then cover the cost of their pre-transport, out-of-state vetting. 💉Lastly, our volunteer transport drivers help deliver them safely to these fabulous organizations! 🚗💗

Here are a few shots of the many transfers weve facilitated this year! Particular thanks to our friends in rescue, MaxFund No-Kill Animal Shelter and Adoption Center and the Humane Society of Boulder Valley !