Bone Voyage Dog Rescue

20/06/2024

Is anyone flying from Guadalajara to JFK or Newark or Montreal? We have a dog who needs a ride. We will pay for the dog’s airfare, get you to the airport and get you checked in.

14/06/2024

Friday, June 14 weekly update

10 of the dogs slated to travel did so this week. They are all destined for happy lives.

2 dogs were locally adopted thanks to a few beloved community members, Steve Cross, Jill Shurling, and Sasha Flores Lara.

We still have 37 dogs needing placement.

We always need food.

We always need crates

We always need local adoptions

We really need money.

We unite dogs from Lake Chapala communities with their new families.

14/06/2024

Come and get your hamburger and a free Bone Voyage t shirt. Also, 25% of all proceeds go to us!

13/06/2024

What an amazing story of collaboration from this community. Steve Cross has a client, Jill Shurling, a huge dog lover. She had heard about a man who was looking for two dogs to adopt as his last dog had passed. We got in touch with him. Sasha Flores Lara went to him and helped to work out a great solution to ensure the dogs were safe as he lives where he works and it is near a busy street. Pepper and Panda, we’re tied to our door a few weeks ago and really needed a soft landing. Thanks to everyone involved, they will lead happy lives and help run a business! Many thanks to all who helped!

12/06/2024

Just another clarification of exactly what is happening with Bone Voyage Dog Rescue. We have two shelters housing only medium sized and large dogs. One is located between Lucky Dog and Clicker Pets. The other is located on Beto’s property. The shelter next to Lucky Dog housed 32 dogs. We have placed them all and are currently flying and adopting them out locally. On July 1, the doors will close and we will vacate that facility. It is expensive to run a shelter. We want to use what money we have left to place the remaining Bone Voyage dogs who are currently under Beto’s care. Also, we are dissolving the 501c3 which is a non profit status in the US. There are a lot of reasons to do this, but suffice to say, it is difficult to maintain and probably should never have been formed. There are people working to place the dogs with shelters and private individuals. What we need is help with sustaining the BV shelter located at Beto’s. We have people working on supplying foood. We have severances we need to pay employees and other related expenses that will be ongoing. We will work very hard to raise the money we need to finish the job we have started.
We have come a long way in just about six weeks. From having no ability to meet our financial needs to placing and flying over 40 dogs so far. It is heartbreaking work and we just ask for grace and understanding that this is stressful and sad and we have no choice.

You can donate by going to www.bonevoyagedogrescue.com. Click on donate

11/06/2024

Don’t believe everything you read on Facebook. July 1, the shelter located next door to Lucky Dog will close. All of those dogs have been placed and are flying over the next few weeks along with a lot of BV dogs located at Beto’s facility. There is a team of people trying to place the remaining dogs as well as a team raising money and a team doing a food drive. Beto has been paid without fail. We have a finite amount of money that will be used to continue to operate Beto’s location. However, it is finite which is why there is a group working on fundraising.

09/06/2024

How can we express our gratitude and appreciation to this community? We are among Angels! One in particular is Darla Boisjolie. She returned from a trip and found out about our struggles. She jumped in and managed to find donations of 14 bags of food to help Beto and the 41 dogs he is left to care for and place. This is a tremendous help! We love you, Darla!

07/06/2024

Update June 7, 2024

We are currently trying to place 41 dogs. Our numbers would be lower, but two dogs were tied to the door last week.

This week, we flew 11 dogs. Many thanks to Susan Watkins for taking 4 to Portland.

Our dogs are medium sized to large and we are finding them very hard to place. The challenge is to find rescues willing to accept a large dog.

We will close our doors to the shelter between Lucky Dog and Clicker Pets on July 1. We can no longer afford the rent and operation costs.

We are dissolving the 501c3 as of the same date.

We will still have some dogs to place.

How you can help

Adopt- we have some amazing dogs available. Please consider them if adopting.

Foster- any of our dogs would benefit greatly by being in a foster home

Donate- we are scrambling for crates to fly the dogs in, food, medical care, you can donate by going to www.bonevoyagedogrescue.com and click on donate. You can also send a message and we can arrange to pick up your donation.

Volunteer- if you aren’t physically able to come out to the shelter, we have administrative things we need help with.

We appreciate your kind words, support, prayers, and concern. This is a very difficult and sad time for those of us in rescue sand the community who supports us.

06/06/2024

Meet Mitzi. Mitzi is very fortunate. She has been accepted up north and to date is the only BV dog scheduled to go on the big red bus. Mitzi needs her teeth cleaned. It is over $600 USD to get them
cleaned where she is going. We would love to send her with pearly whites. Dr. Marcos is willing to do it
for $1500 pesos. Is anyone willing to help Mitzi get her big break?
Donate at www.bonevoyagedogrescue.com or drop by Cans & Cats, or contact Carolyn Cothran.

04/06/2024

Sometimes things don’t always go as planned. 4 more dogs are flying out today, but we had a glitch in the paperwork. Huge thanks to Susan Watkins and Sasha for saving the day!

02/06/2024

Update, June 1

So we are working very hard to fly and send our dogs to safety. We have placed all but 37. However that is only about half. 8 dogs flew this week. Many thanks to The Pancho Project, The Barking Lot. We are nowhere near to the end. Here is what we need:

Adopt. Local adoptions of our beautiful dogs mean the world. Come and see us

Foster. Dogs fostered in homes are adopted more quickly

Donate. We need crates. Our dogs are flying. Crate are expensive. Each donation makes a huge difference. We need food, money

Volunteer come and walk dogs. Help with some administrative things

Be a flight Angel. We need someone to fly to Portland

29/05/2024

Avery has her own little girl, now. Thanks to Amanda Wheeler and The Pancho Project!

29/05/2024

This is Lucas. He is a super sweet boy around a year and change. All he has ever known is the shelter. He is curious and a little tenative but always willing to try to learn new things. He has a place to go in a couple of weeks. Would anyone be will to foster him for awhile to help him transition into the real world?

24/05/2024

UPDATE. Friday, May 24

Thanks to our fabulous community, we had a couple fundraising activities this week. We took some dogs to Tobolandia on Wednesday. Many thanks to Diane Smith at Simply Joyful for the sold out spaghetti dinner. Also huge thanks to Jayme Littlejohn at The Bravo Theatre for donation a portion of their ticket sales to movie events!

We have 42 dogs still to place. It is pretty tough going since most shelters in the US and Canada are full. However our long term relationships are paying off!

We have no bus scheduled at this time.

We continue to take great care of our dogs while watching closely every peso we spend!!

Next week, we will have a meet & greet at Ay Chihuahua on Wednesday. Come out and see their facility and meet some Bone Voyage dogs

As always you can help by

Donating- money, food, crates, canned food flights for dogs or angels

Volunteer- walk dogs, help at events

Foster- dogs do get adopted faster when they have been with a foster

Be a flight Angel

We are in a true race against time. We have got to place these dogs before we run out of money.

23/05/2024

We are still adopting out locally!

22/05/2024

Tobolandia was much fun today!

22/05/2024

Come and meet our dogs and see At Chihuahua!