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This little beauty was brought to our attention by Judi Melton . Judi posted that she saw this pup last night confused a...
11/13/2025

This little beauty was brought to our attention by Judi Melton . Judi posted that she saw this pup last night confused and wandering on Page Hollow rd in Pittsfield Pa. She tried to lure her but she was too scared. So I gathered some info from her and Frankie Notoro Johnson and I (Vicki) headed out to set up food stations and cameras hoping the dog was still in the area. Judi came out and showed us where the last sighting was and then we set it all up and headed home. Approx 3 am she found our food station πŸ‘ Bright and early this morning Linda Loomis and I headed out to build the Missy trap. First we went around the neighborhood to make sure she didn't belong to anyone. Just a few hours later she showed up and couldn't resist the goodies in the trap. She has a good weight to her so she hasn't been on the run too long and its possible she was dumped there. She is a sweet girl who is just scared right now. If anyone recognizes her please contact Paws Along the River Humane Society Thank you Judi and Linda and Frankie for all of your help and posting about her. No more snowy, wet ,cold nights for you honey, better days are coming ❀️🐾

These four Little Cuties are the product of the Mommy/ Daddy duo we trapped back in mid October. Frankie Notoro Johnson ...
11/10/2025

These four Little Cuties are the product of the Mommy/ Daddy duo we trapped back in mid October. Frankie Notoro Johnson and I visited them on Saturday. Two males and two females and oh are they ever the sweetest little puppies and Mommy remembered us and is just as beautiful as ever !!! Please consider adoption at Paws Along the River Humane Society

Just πŸ‘€ at this handsome little devil whose name is Bear !!! This is the second rescue on Sunday. This pup has been runni...
11/10/2025

Just πŸ‘€ at this handsome little devil whose name is Bear !!! This is the second rescue on Sunday. This pup has been running for days as well. Becca Little Fish Noyd was the first person to spot this dog and she posted about it and then we were being tagged in the post .Jeff Johnson the Drone operator didn't need to put his drone up for the Pug since the Pug was right there when he arrived so I asked him if he would fly and look for the Chihuahua which was only a couple streets away. He flew the drone for over an hour, but we weren't able to spot him. While we were there on Lewis Street in Jamestown we talked to several of the neighbors who had just seen the dog yesterday so we knew we were in the right area. Two of the neighbors allowed us to do food plots and cameras in their yard. Once that was done Tracy M Horner and I headed home. I just got back to Warren when she texted me and said the neighbor called and said the dog was out there ,just then I got a picture from our camera showing him eating so I turned the car around headed back to Jamestown got the trap set up... just down the road from the food station she saw the dog crawling under a pole barn type leanto so we knew that was where it was seeking shelter. We decided to grab the trap and stick it down there. Just then it started to pour for 2 hours it rained as we sat in the car waiting because we knew the dog was going to come out as soon as the rain stopped which he did, he was just walking around but for some reason his nose did not follow the scent Trail and lead him to the trap which was maybe 30 to 40 ft away from the pole barn so he headed up back toward the food station and I ran down and stuck the trap closer to the barn and then went up to the food station where he was and tried to lure him but he wasn't having any part of it so he ran back down to where the trap was and finally made his way into the trap !!! Thank God !!! It was breaking our hearts knowing that these two small pups might be out in 20Β° weather during our first snowfall of the year. We were going to do whatever it took to get these baby's off the streets yesterday !!! A big thank you to Jeff Johnson who came out on a Sunday to help us out and also to the wonderful neighbors on Lewis Street in Jamestown New York we all came together to save these pups!!! No one seemed to be looking for Bear however he has a collar on with an identification tag which has an address and a phone number on it. When I called the phone number it went to a voicemail, I left a message I received a text from that number shortly later that says you have the wrong number ...I texted back saying I have a dog here with a tag on it that has this phone number on it please call me and they did not respond which is very sad for this dog this is the most loving friendly happy dog once I got him home and gave him a bath and trimmed his nails. As you will see in the videos below he is such a sweetheart he will most likely be going to Pick of the litter shelter today. If anyone recognizes Bear ,please reach out to us as soon as possible at 716-397-2506 thank you

A successful 10-hour day of trapping yesterday we were able to get two small dogs who have been running for days off the...
11/10/2025

A successful 10-hour day of trapping yesterday we were able to get two small dogs who have been running for days off the streets before the temperatures dipped into the twenties and snow blanketed the ground. First was the little black pug Roxie, that Delia Ferraloro Crooks had posted about . Good Samaritans and police officers were trying to capture her but we're unsuccessful and this caused her to flee further away from home . She was a little more than 2 miles away from home at this point . Tracy M Horner texted me late Saturday night and said there hadn't been any sightings that day so I got up and made up eight large signs and we decided we'd go up and post signs in the morning and also we reached out to Jeff Johnson and asked him if he could fly his drone early that morning. So we were meeting up at 7:00 a.m. I got there early and I was sitting there where the dog had last been seen more than 24 hours ago not thinking that she would still be there that's why we wanted to fly the Drone. I looked up through my car windshield and they're was Roxie heading toward my car. I immediately called Greg her owner and told him to head up there . When she got closer to my car I tossed out some cut up hot dogs and she nibbled on a few of them and then came up within 5 ft of my car I tossed out a couple more pieces and then I slowly got out of the car but of course she trotted away... I hurried and set the trap up and baited it up and just then the owner come driving up around the corner, he called out to his dog but of course she was in survival mode and would not stop and come back. He brought another one of his pugs with him which was Roxie's buddy so I had him let that dog out because he said that pup was safe to be off leash. So the pug named Susie ran toward Roxie and she took off because she was scared and didn't know who that dog was . She went down into the little ditch there and then the dogs met nose to nose and immediately Roxie came out of survival mode and started wagging and started playing and jumping around, they came running back toward us and I told the owner to get them in the car quickly but they were not coming to him or wanting to get into the car ,so I said well we're still going to have to trap the little bu**er I guess, so I opened the trap back up and backed off and the white pug walked away and Roxie started to go into the trap but she paused like she was going to come back out so I hurried over there and tripped the trap and we had her !!! We transported her home and she was reunited with all of her Buddies and she won't have to spend the first cold snowfall on a lonely road ❀️ please see video in comments and the next post will be about the little chihuahua that we captured shortly after Roxie.

Update: ThermalSeek Wildlife & Pet Recovery  launched their drone last night but we did not see the dog anywhere. Its po...
11/06/2025

Update: ThermalSeek Wildlife & Pet Recovery launched their drone last night but we did not see the dog anywhere. Its possible we are too late, but if anyone lives in this area please share this post and if anyone sees this dog please call 716-397-2506 right away. Time is of the essence for this boy.πŸ™ Thank you to the folks who donated towards the drone ❀️

This starving pup never returned to a feeding station that he/she had visited previously in Gowanda NY . We are putting a drone up this afternoon along with Elise Able in hopes that we can spot him. We don't know if we are going to find him but we want to give him every chance possible, we are hoping that he got enough nourishment from what he did eat and just moved on to another location. We think he was dumped there with 5 other dogs. Elise trapped 4 of them so far. Please say a prayer for this dog. If anyone has seen this dog recently please please message me immediately .And if anyone would like to donate toward the drone please message us, it would be greatly appreciated .Thank you ! πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

11/05/2025

While out looking for a dog near Friendship NY, we stopped by Rescue Pups Inc (Doggie heaven) to get a serious dose of love , kisses and happiness from all of the pups that are up for adoption.And they didn't disappoint, Lisa has so many beautiful, happy ,loving dogs there, so if you are considering adopting ,please check out Rescue Pups !!! πŸ™‚

Sometimes no matter how hard we try we just don't get to these poor babies in time. Lisa Hitchcock from Rescue Pups Inc ...
11/03/2025

Sometimes no matter how hard we try we just don't get to these poor babies in time. Lisa Hitchcock from Rescue Pups Inc brought this dog to my attention a couple of days ago so I made connections with the Kelly Roll who posted about him and we went out and posted signs around the neighborhood today in Bolivar New York. A gentleman by the name of Gary called me and said he had been seeing the dog around his house for a few days, I asked him to dump food for it and I would come out in the morning with a trap. He went out to do that and he came upon the dog laying in the leaves lifeless ,he was still alive but barely holding on, Lisa raced over there along with Dennis Peters the dog control officer for that area and she scooped the dog up put him in her car and headed for the emergency hospital but he passed away in the car on the way to the hospital. Between being loaded with ticks and most likely fleas he was probably suffering from anemia as well as Lyme's disease, starvation and dehydration .We are so sorry that we couldn't get to him in time. Lisa has named him Friend. I'm glad that we found him alive and that he had Lisa's warm caring hand on him when he died. Thank you Gary and Dennis for helping us find this dog and a huge thank you to Lisa for her willingness to get this dog to an emergency vet and doing whatever it took to save him . Rest in peace our friend you did not deserve this . We love you. πŸ’”πŸ˜­πŸ™πŸΎ

11/02/2025

I have been so out of the loop lately w fb but it’s time to rev things up again because there are dogs counting on the rescue.
Can you do me a HUGE favor as a crazy hermit animal loving socially awkward person who is just trying to make a difference in the life of some dogs in need? Can you please LIKE our page and share this post?
Our algoryrhm is not what it used to be from my infrequent posting 😒 but if you all can help me it would mean the world because I’m gonna be posting some dogs that are going to be harder to adopt out. They deserve to live. We are gonna need so, so, sooo much help to get them put in front of the right person who could change their life & adopt them, PLEASE, I am literally begging here!
All it takes is ONE share put in view of the right person! πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™ WE CAN DO THIS!

This is the pup thats facing euthanasia on the 5th. Any Rescues / Foster's out there that will give this girl a chance ?
10/30/2025

This is the pup thats facing euthanasia on the 5th. Any Rescues / Foster's out there that will give this girl a chance ?

Any rescues  or fosters out there that can help ??? Please !!!! Please share post πŸ™ Please give this poor girl a chance.
10/30/2025

Any rescues or fosters out there that can help ??? Please !!!! Please share post πŸ™ Please give this poor girl a chance.

Whenever I get several texts in a row and I see that they are from one of the Dames Tracy M Horner , I know that we are ...
10/29/2025

Whenever I get several texts in a row and I see that they are from one of the Dames Tracy M Horner , I know that we are going to work !!! She sent me a post about this tiny little pup that Vicki Norman had just adopted and only had her for less than 20 hours. This little peanut only weighs about 4 lb and it was going to be in the 20's last night !!! So I got the message about 8:00 p.m. I immediately loaded the trap in my car and headed to Jamestown to meet Tracy. There had been a couple of sightings yesterday as far as 1.3 miles away. But I had advised that when a dog goes missing from an area they're not familiar with they tend to circle back around and come back there because that's all they know at that point. So just before we had gotten there Vicki's daughter spotted Viva a few houses up from there ,which made us very happy to know that she made her way back so we immediately got to work setting up the trap and the cameras when we heard a little ti**le of a bell out in the yard where the Normans have a beautiful Halloween display. We couldn't see her because she's black and she was so small so we immediately ran into the house we waited 10 minutes but she didn't show up on camera so Tracy and I went out made sure everything was okay with the
trap and we left and went up the road just to wait .We could also hear her barking a house or two over we weren't sure if it was her but after we caught her then we were positive it was her. So just before 11:00 p.m. the camera went off and there she was, we watched her for more than 8 minutes before she got up enough nerve to venture into the trap . When I tell people that a dog that they've only had for a matter of hours is probably going to come back home, most of the time they think I'm crazy, but it happens over and over again !! We do not give dogs enough credit they are super smart and they know how to get back to where they left from. It even amazes me after witnessing it many many times. This little 4 lb one and a half year old dog was over a mile away and was gone for 9 hours but she found her way back !!! When we took the trap into the house to let her out I scooped her up in one hand and I brought her out and she wanted nothing to do with me she saw Vicki her Mom sitting there and she ran right to her and jumped in her arms and didn't move an inch πŸ₯Ή I was amazed at the bond that they had built in just a matter of hours, it was true love no doubt .This little pup is going to have a wonderful life with Vicki and James and we're so glad that we could save her for them because she was running on busy Foote Avenue in Jamestown New York and she was so small that she could have fallen prey to something as small as a fox ! And as always thank you God for keeping her safe until we could get her trapped πŸ™See pics and videos in comments πŸ™‚

Update: the owner of this dog is going to surrender her , so she will be up for adoption very soon. Dog control officer ...
10/27/2025

Update: the owner of this dog is going to surrender her , so she will be up for adoption very soon. Dog control officer Nicole Welka says that she is a very nice dog and that she has already been spayed

We were tagged about this beauty a few days ago. Ashley Rivera-Ayers had been feeding her and trying to capture her but wasn't able to. I reached out to her and we set up food stations and cameras to see if she was still coming to eat and she showed up on camera last night !!! Today Kim, Tracy M Horner and Vicki went up today and set the missy trap with delicious rotisserie chicken and she was in there in 2 hours πŸ™‚ We transported her to DCO Nicole Welka where she scanned her for a chip and she is chipped !!! So hoping the owner will respond πŸ™ Thank you Ashley for caring and setting food out for her, that is so important in keeping a dog in one area for trapping !!!

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