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We are a non for profit, volunteer run, foster based animal rescue based out of Brantford/Dundas Ontario.

20/01/2025

Little Pugsley has been growing up in rescue and we really can’t figure out why!

He first came to us with his mom, Morticia, and sister, Ophelia, at 4 weeks old. The two were born at the shelter after Morticia came in as a pregnant stray. Both have since been adopted. He’s now 4 months old and somehow still waiting. He’s your typical playful kitten and a sweet boy. There’s no doubt he will keep you entertained. He’s been raised in the most loving home and anyone that gets an Elaine raised kitty is very lucky!

Yes we are hoping more than anything that he finds a home with his bestie, Mia, but we do know taking on 2 cats is more responsibility than 1. That may be the reason applications haven’t been coming in and we don’t want to postpone their home even more. He also does great with the other cats in the home and snuggles them too. He and Mia do gravitate towards each other but are also completely fine doing their own thing separately. If they each had a home with another young playful kitty they would be very happy! We are still hoping a double adoption happens but we just don’t want to have them stuck in foster care forever if there happens to be two amazing separate homes that can fulfill their needs (mostly another kitty social cat). In March it will be 1 year that Mia’s been waiting and she really shouldn’t have to wait that long for forever.

If you think you can provide Pugsley and/or Mia a forever home, please fill out an adoption application on our website!

www.saltyanimalrescue.com/adopt

18/01/2025

Legend’s family has just gone through the hardest part of welcoming these souls into our lives.

We all thought he had more time and we are devastated for his humans. These angels are never ever with us long enough.

It’s almost exactly one year since he arrived at our local shelter. Up to be euthanized if rescue didn’t take him. He was likely bred for profit, as he was found dumped with 2 younger females believed to be his daughters. The hair on the tips of his ears were missing from suspected fly strike. Legend’s body showed the wear and tear of a dog that didn’t have the life they deserved.

He spent almost 6 months waiting for his perfect home with his foster mom, Amber. He got all the love a good boy could ask for and a whole team of supporters, but we always wondered why it was taking him so long to find a home. We later realized he was just waiting for the very best one.

Legend lucked out with the most amazing adopters. There was not one thing they weren’t willing to do for him. I’m sure he thought he was dreaming the whole time he had with them. His days were filled with endless swimming, toys, pup cups, truck rides and what he’s always wanted most, all the snuggles a Shepherd could get. We could not thank them enough for giving him this chance.

Adoptions like his are what we in rescue live for. He had, without a doubt, the best year of his life.

We will honour Legend by helping more just like him. We’ve named the new guy Ledger to do just that. I was told about Ledger the same day Legend passed and I knew it was a sign to take on the life of another GSD from the same place, with the same potential fate. He will be part of each Salty we take in, along with all the other angels we have lost.

He will always be missed and forever remembered as, the dog, the myth, the Legend❤️

17/01/2025

We’re hoping you can be a friend to the animals today, by showing some form of support to your favourite rescues/shelters!

The Betty White Challenge started 3 years ago on what would have been her 100th birthday. It’s become a tradition now to donate to animal welfare organizations on this day, in her memory. Thanks to Betty, this has been a big day for rescues.

If you’re able to donate even $5, we could really use the help!

We have a $531.87 balance currently due at our vet and the new guy’s upcoming vetting/neuter to cover. Cedar needs a booster and Harley will be due for his monthly stock up soon too. We’re also needing to raise funds so we can hopefully finally find him a home by offering the option of helping his future adopters with the initial cost of his allergy care. The ability to take in another animal depends on how quickly we can raise enough to get us back to where we need to be.

Unable to donate? We more than understand. Engaging with a rescue’s post with a simple comment, like or share is huge. It’s the only way we can find forever homes and raise awareness in our community. Go to 5 rescues, engage with or share 5 posts, and you wouldn’t believe how much that small effort helps.

Ways to donate:

Etransfer
[email protected]

REN’s Registry (Pacifica/puppy Acana needed)
https://www.renspets.com/registries/64d46c91d32d911788d39765

AMAZON Wishlist
https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/PIBJG9T05AW0?ref_=wl_share

You can also donate straight to our vet bills by calling Dundas Animal Hospital at (905) 628-6821.

Thank you to anyone who is or has been able to make even the smallest effort to help create a difference!

17/01/2025

He’s safe! We still really need a long term foster!

I feel there’s a need to repeat a few things to help some people understand how things work for a lot of rescues right now.

Not one reputable rescuer isn’t drowning. I’m supposed to be on a rescue break and I’m still struggling. There seems to be a lot of people lately spreading false information about rescues in general. It’s defeating to all of us. I’ve seen numerous comments on multiple random posts that really have me losing faith in humans. Too many seem convinced that all rescues are horrible scammers stealing animals and profiting off of them, making up fake sob stories. Not all of us are the same, but nobody needs to steal animals. Sadly nobody needs to lie either. I actually have to limit myself on what I say. If people only knew what these animals go through. There are endless amounts needing help in our community and actually dying because nobody has the ability to help anymore than we already are. No this is not just in other countries, this is the GTHA and surrounding area.

This and the fact that people still think rescues make money off of these animals and shouldn’t charge adoption fees. Most rescues are not funded. We rely on donations alone, which are not easy to come by lately. Our government doesn’t care. Most rescuers are not paid. Believe me, if I was paid I wouldn’t be struggling to pay my own bills because I foolishly prioritize spending my time trying to save lives instead of working full time for money. The cost that goes into making sure these animals actually receive the vetting and supplies they need and deserve isn’t cheap. Very few animals cost us less than their adoption fee. Some cost us $20,000 and have no fee. Rescues put so much time and our literal souls into these animals. Many of us have missed out on a lot of things in life to make theirs better.

Misinformation and lack of awareness harms these animals. It needs to stop. More education is needed in our community. The goal for everyone should be to help these lives. We have enough ignorance to fight against already. We need people to do better. If they don’t change, nothing else will.

More of the new guy soon!

14/01/2025

ADOPTER OR FOSTER NEEDED ASAP!

Dogs continue to be euthanized at an extremely depressing rate in shelters all over Ontario. We are all sick of having to post the same pleas over and over. People need to be aware of what is going on in our community.

There’s a Shepherd that came in as a stray, dumped at a local dog park. He was supposed to be euthanized this past Friday but an amazing staff member agreed she would take him home, if it meant he had more time. She can’t take him long term but saw his potential. His life depends on a rescue being able to take him asap. The shelter does their best to try to get these animals out. None of us want them to die. There are constantly too many coming in and finding appropriate foster and forever homes is very hard. Im still technically on an intake break but I can’t let good dogs die simply because they wound up with the wrong owners.

If someone can commit to fostering, Salty can take him. He needs a long term foster that can handle a young GSD, help with his manners and a bit of initial stranger danger. That can provide him with structure and the physical/mental stimulation he needs. Must use a crate. No kids right now but dog and possibly cat potential (depending on foster experience and dog). His requirements may change once in our care and we can do a proper assessment!

There’s very also the option of Cedar’s foster mom taking the new guy on if we can get Cedar adopted. He was just there, a day away from being euthanized himself. He’s a great dog and the ultimate snuggler. He’s good with dogs and cats and we feel he could also work with kids in the right home. Cedar finding a home means another life saved.

Check out his Petfinder bio. If interested, please fill out an adoption application.

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/cedar-74695621/on/brantford/salty-animal-rescue-on714/

If you can commit as a long term foster for our shelter boy, please fill out a foster application!

Adopt Cedar⬇️
www.saltyanimalrescue.com/adopt

Foster⬇️
www.saltyanimalrescue.com/foster

Sharing and engaging with rescue’s posts saves lives. I can’t say it enough. We can’t find spots for animals to go without people seeing them.

12/01/2025

Finding Mia and/or Pugsley a home means more kitties we can help! They’ve been waiting way too long. We received some very sad news yesterday and finding homes would make things a little brighter over here.

Mia and Pugsley would still love to find a home as a pair. I can’t count the amount of cute pictures Elaine has captured of these two together!

Obviously if they find the perfect separate homes, with other playful kitties, we won’t want to make them (Mia especially) have to wait even longer for their family.

Mia was living outside and found heavily pregnant. She had her babies last March and was a great mama. They all found amazing homes, but she’s still somehow waiting. Foster mom, Elaine, in that time, was also fostering other kitties, including Gertie and her crew. Mia always loved on the kittens (she’s a very sweet girl with other cats) but has never loved a kitten as much as her twin, Pugsley. Mama Morticia had no problem with Mia deciding to adopt her child. We’re not sure if it’s because he looks so much like her, or he loves that she lets him freely torment her, but these two decided they’d like to stick together. She didn’t even love her own babies this much!

Mia being barely 2, is still young enough that she puts up with his playful kitty behaviour. Pugsley (4 months) being more social, can help Mia even more with her shyness when it comes to humans. Although she’s made huge progress! They’re sweet little babies and will provide endless entertainment. I think it’s a match made in heaven and we would love if we could find an adopter able to give this shy girl and crazy kitten a home together, forever. Pugsley may have some continued URI flares (weepy eyes mostly) but it’s nothing that’s not manageable and will get better with time!

If they don’t find a home together they very much need another cat loving kitty in the home. They both could work in a home with kids and dogs, if Mia has some extra time to warm up!

If you think you have room for Mia and/or Pugsley please fill out an adoption application on our website.

www.saltyanimalrescue.com/adopt

09/01/2025

I’ve been behind on so many thank yous lately! What a better way to say it than with another success story that couldn’t happen without your donations and support.

Pico has already been doing so well settling in with her new family. We were expecting her to be terrified and take extra time to come around but of course she’s proving me all wrong! She’s taking things better than us 😂. It must mean she’s knows she’s home. We are so happy for the little baby. This is what it’s all about!

We had multiple people put on fundraisers for us recently and it’s so very appreciated. We were stocked up on some needed supplies and funds raised to go toward the never ending vet bills. Thank you to everyone involved!

and both put on supply drive, was able to help raise $227.97 with her fundraiser and we had multiple Amazon wishlist items sent! Sometimes it’s hard to track down a donator to thank them or to know who it’s from, but please know your support doesn’t go unnoticed and makes such a difference.

Thank you to everyone who makes even the smallest effort to help us be able to change live’s just like Picos for the better!

06/01/2025

The glow up!

For Lionel and Haze, it took altogether over 13 weeks to get them ringworm free. Frankie, Katniss and Rue lucked out with just under 10!

At least 3 are STILL trying to recover from the upper respiratory mess they had when they came to us. Haze and Katniss (Freya) continue to have URI flares and Lionel is fighting a chronic ear infection.

Frankie is now living her best life and this little shorty loves to climb. She’s doing amazing in her forever home with her kitty sister. She’s such a spoiled baby and doesn’t let anything stop her. Her mom is in school to become a vet and she couldn’t have found a better match!

Katniss (now Freya) is also such a spoiled girl. She’s still trying to kick the URI but I think that’s a glow up if I’ve ever seen one! Katniss was one of the worst looking of the group. She almost looked like her face was rotting when we first got them. She now lives the kitty dream life and she is so incredibly loved.

Rue (now Brioche) was the one that almost got away. Lucky for her, the buyer backed out last minute. Now she’s so very loved with her mama and doggy brother. She struts her stuff and is no longer the shy girl she once was. She really found her purrfect match!

Many of you know we ended up keeping Lionel and Haze. Haze is still shy but is such a chirpy lover girl. Lionel is an absolute menace (Maine c***s are something else) but we love that angel more than anything. We are still working on getting them healthy but couldn’t be more obsessed. They have brought endless amounts of joy (and chaos) to our lives. They’ve also been able to help so many other Salties on their rescue journeys.

We couldn’t have had this success story without the hard work from Elaine and her family fostering Rue and Katniss, and foster dad stepping up to the challenge for the other 3. It was endless baths, cleaning and meds, but the result was worth it. We had so much support for these guys and are forever grateful to everyone involved with their rescue!

06/01/2025

Happy birthday Harley!

FOSTER OR FOREVER HOME NEEDED!

It’s Harley’s 2nd birthday. It’s hard to celebrate when he’s now spent his first 2 birthdays in foster care. He keeps having people apply only to ghost, say they are no longer interested, or simply aren’t a match for his needs.

At this point he just needs a foster. I know everyone has shared so many times but please try one more time for Harley’s birthday today. All we need is one special person to see it. That’s all it takes. This lump of love needs you!

We need to make sure he goes to a home where he’ll succeed and not be at risk of ending up back in the same situation. We need someone who won’t give up on him no matter what.

No adoption fee

Harley was found with his 4 siblings (3 of which we took in) at 8 weeks old, dumped in a bin behind a mall. Our local shelter had found Harley and his sister a home together. At 6 months old, both him and his sister were returned, as the two had developed allergies. Due to there being no space, before we knew it, Harley’s sister was euthanized. We knew we couldn’t let Harley have the same fate.

Harley’s a very sweet 2 year old boxer/bully mix. He’s a happy, goofy boy that enjoys life with his humans. He loves snuggling on the couch, but also adventuring outside (even tagging along rollerblading!). Wherever you are, he’s happy to be. He’s does have a few things to work on. He can be reactive to new dogs/people but once he knows you, he’s all about the love. He just lacks some confidence in new situations and needs some guidance on how best to engage with the world. He’s been fostered with a trainer and all his quirks are very manageable with training follow through. He needs exercise but isn’t super active. Great in crate.

Good w/ balanced dogs that won’t increase his reactivity. Cats with proper intro. Kids he would love in a structured home!

He’ll likely have manageable allergies for life. We have his 5strands results. We’re trying a different food, still stuck on apoquel/Keto. We’ll do what we can to support his adopters with funds, allergy wise.

Apply⬇️
www.saltyanimalrescue.com/adopt
Or /foster

04/01/2025

The time has come for Cedar to start the search for his forever family!

Anyone who has met this angel can’t believe he ever had his life at risk. He is such a precious soul.

Cedar came to our local shelter as a stray. He was quite underweight and nervous of people at first. He’s now starting to pack on the pounds and learning that he doesn’t need to be scared. He’s such a grateful bub and his foster mom is currently his favourite human.

Cedar is thought to be a year old. He’s just a baby. He’s been making lots of progress in his foster home but his biggest challenge is still his stranger danger, especially when it comes to men. It took him a little to come around to his foster dad but as you can see, they’re slowly becoming besties! Once he trusts you, you will not find a dog that loves you more. He does well with other animals. He would do best in a home that can provide structure and take things slow. He’s making progress with the crate. He will need someone willing to follow through with basic training, which his foster mom, Jordan, has already started. She also thinks he could work in a home with kids, with a slow intro and some time to gain his trust!

He’s a smoll boi and won’t be more than 50lbs at a healthy weight. He definitely has more of the Shepherd traits but we believe there’s some Husky in there with that curly tail! He walks well on leash. Like all dogs, he needs his exercise but he’s not super high energy.

Cedar is a snuggler and I think that’s his number one request for a family. He wants and deserves a life full of snuggles.

If you think you can provide Cedar the home he deserves, and all the snugs, please fill out an application on our website!

www.saltyanimalrescue.com/adopt

27/12/2024

I’ll be taking advantage of the holiday time to take the next week off from the rescue to try to recover from an awful cold!

I’ll still be making sure to get to applications. If anyone is needing anything otherwise, please email [email protected]!

We will also be accepting apps for Cedar bug (who for now is enjoying all the snugs with his foster mama) when we’re back in action too!

Hoping everyone has a happy New Year!

26/12/2024

Merry Christmas from some spoiled Salty babies!🎄

24/12/2024

Santa’s almost here! Peeky Claus is wanting to remind everyone to leave out all the extra cookies and treats!😅🎄

23/12/2024

We need a Christmas miracle for Harley.

FOSTER OR FOREVER HOME NEEDED!

516 days. He’s more than doubled the record of longest dog in our care and officially has had the most amount of applications ghost him or decide they’re no longer interested. This will be his second Christmas and birthday (Jan 5th) with us.

All Harley wants is a forever family. He’s needing a new foster asap so his foster can have a little break!

His people are out there. I know they are, but we NEED them to see him! He needs the shares.

We need to make sure he goes to a home where he’ll succeed and not be at risk of ending up back in the same situation. We need someone who won’t give up on him no matter what.

No adoption fee.

Harley was found with his 4 siblings (3 of which we took in) at 8 weeks old, dumped in a bin behind a mall. Our local shelter had found Harley and his sister a home together. At 6 months old, both him and his sister were returned, as the two had developed allergies. Due to there being no space, before we knew it, Harley’s sister was euthanized. We knew we couldn’t let Harley have the same fate.

Harley’s a very sweet 23 month old Boxer mix. He’s a happy, goofy boy that enjoys life with his humans. He loves snuggling on the couch, but also adventuring outside (even tagging along rollerblading!). Wherever you are, he’s happy to be. He’s still young and does have a few things to work on. He can be reactive to new dogs/people but once he knows you, he’s all about the love. He just lacks some confidence in new situations and needs some guidance on how best to engage with the world. He’s been fostered with a trainer and all his quirks are very manageable with training follow through. He needs exercise but isn’t super active. Great in crate.

Good w/ balanced dogs that won’t increase his reactivity. Cats with proper intro. Kids he would love in a structured home!

He’ll likely have manageable allergies for life. We have his 5strands results. We’re trying a different food, still stuck on apoquel/Keto. We’ll do what we can to support his adopters with funds, allergy wise.

Apply⬇️
www.saltyanimalrescue.com/adopt
Or /foster

22/12/2024

Mia and Pugsley would still love to find a home as a pair. I can’t count the amount of cute pictures Elaine has captured of these two together!

Obviously if they find the perfect separate homes, with other playful kitties, we won’t want to make them (Mia especially) have to wait even longer for their home. It would be a bit of Christmas miracle if we could find them one together though!

Mia had her babies last March and was a great mama. They all found amazing homes, but she’s still somehow waiting. Foster mom, Elaine, in that time, was also fostering other kitties, including Gertie and her crew. Mia always loved on the kittens (she’s a very sweet girl with other cats) but has never loved a kitten as much as her twin, Pugsley. Mama Morticia had no problem with Mia deciding to adopt her child. We’re not sure if it’s because he looks so much like her, or he loves that she lets him freely torment her, but these two decided they’d like to stick together. She didn’t even love her own babies this much!

Mia is still young enough that she puts up with his playful kitty behaviour. Pugsley being more social, can help Mia even more with her shyness when it comes to humans (although she’s made huge progress). They’re amazing little babies and will provide endless entertainment! I think it’s a match made in heaven and we would love if we could find an adopter able to give this shy girl and crazy kitten a home together, forever. Pugsley did recently have a virus that gave everyone a bit of a scare, but he’s back to his crazy kitten self!

If you think you’re able to make their Christmas wish come true, or you think you have room, and a young kitty friend or two, in your home for Mia or Pugsley, please fill out an adoption application on our website.

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www.saltyanimalrescue.com/adopt

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Little Pugsley has been growing up in rescue and we really can’t figure out why! He first came to us with his mom, Morticia, and sister, Ophelia, at 4 weeks old. The two were born at the shelter after Morticia came in as a pregnant stray. Both have since been adopted. He’s now 4 months old and somehow still waiting. He’s your typical playful kitten and a sweet boy. There’s no doubt he will keep you entertained. He’s been raised in the most loving home and anyone that gets an Elaine raised kitty is very lucky! Yes we are hoping more than anything that he finds a home with his bestie, Mia, but we do know taking on 2 cats is more responsibility than 1. That may be the reason applications haven’t been coming in and we don’t want to postpone their home even more. He also does great with the other cats in the home and snuggles them too. He and Mia do gravitate towards each other but are also completely fine doing their own thing separately. If they each had a home with another young playful kitty they would be very happy! We are still hoping a double adoption happens but we just don’t want to have them stuck in foster care forever if there happens to be two amazing separate homes that can fulfill their needs (mostly another kitty social cat). In March it will be 1 year that Mia’s been waiting and she really shouldn’t have to wait that long for forever. If you think you can provide Pugsley and/or Mia a forever home, please fill out an adoption application on our website! www.saltyanimalrescue.com/adopt

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We at Salty Animal Rescue are here for one reason, to help advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves. We are the founders, Karly and Katelyn Saltarski. As sister’s we have shared a passion for animals since before we could talk. From day one we have submerged our lives with animals, especially the ones in need. We have always dreamed of one day being able to help those animals and now our dream has become a reality! We cannot wait to finally have the opportunity to give these animals a chance at the life we know they deserve.

We cannot explain how much being able to start this journey means to us, and we are excited to get the chance to share it with you. Having the companionship with an animal is one of life’s greatest gifts and we hope you have the chance to experience that with Salty Animal Rescue. We are a registered non for profit rescue meaning we are not government funded. Our rescue depends solely on fundraising events, donations, and adoptions fees. This allows us to pay for our operating costs, vet care for all animals and supplies. It also allows us to hold spay and neuter clinics for strays and those who cannot afford to pay for certain animal care, throughout Canada. It is extremely important to us to make sure each animal is placed in the best home for them. To us rescuing isn’t just taking an animal out of a bad situation, but making sure they will never have to be in that situation again. That is why we will be working closely with our foster families to ensure we receive the most knowledge of our animals. This will guarantee we place them in homes we know they will be in “furever”. We are 100% volunteer based, with committed volunteers who selflessly help Salty Animal Rescue with our mission. Our volunteers help us by opening up their loving homes to animals as fosters, donating their time to help with fundraising, helping with adoption/foster applications and so much more. We owe a lot to our volunteers as we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without them.

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