Asheville Underdogs, Inc

26/03/2024

Avery is still in quarantine, but he is starting to realize that he is safe, and his happy puppy energy is coming out. 💕

21/03/2024

Avery is here!

He walks on a leash. He’s house trained. He knows basic commands. He has the softest mouth and the sweetest eyes and just wants to quietly sit next to someone.

He has a five day quarantine and then get neutered, but right after that he’ll be available and looking for the perfect home.

Thank you, Susan, Amy, and Nikia! 

20/03/2024

Avery is headed to us tomorrow! He is a young adult, probably still growing, sweet, dog-friendly, and easy-going, but stressed in a crowded, high-kill shelter.

At about 100lbs, we’re guessing Standard Poodle X (maybe that X=wolfhound, but his head seems a little broad for that). Thoughts? What do you think Avery is?

02/03/2024

Look who regrew the hair on his tail!! 

29/01/2024

Bubbles/Titan update: his new daddy describes him as the perfect dog. He is settling in well and loving his new life. Thank you, Scott and ABARS! 💕💕💕

28/01/2024

Update: B-3 (It’s where his name landed up. Don’t ask me, I don’t make the rules) is the result of an unholy union between a Muppet and a windup toy. He is 5 pounds of blurry, constant motion, and is recovered from his neuter surgery. Now we’re working on the concept of house training. (wish me luck), and soon he will be ready for his dental cleaning/extractions. 

13/01/2024

12/01/2024

It is with great sadness that I share the news of Rampage!!’s passing. He was ancient and infirmed when we pulled him from a high-kill shelter more than two years ago. Nikia Ellis and Myles fostered him and then chose to keep the decrepit little weirdo and indulge his every need. While I am saddened by his death, I am even more impressed by the love and devotion shown by my brothers and sisters in rescue.

03/01/2024

B-cubed is stoned but doing well. 💕

03/01/2024

03/01/2024

Buster Belvedere Buttons (a.k.a. B-cubed) was my pint-sized copilot today. Tomorrow is his neuter surgery. Send good thoughts.

25/12/2023

Buster/Belvedere/Buttons has put on about a pound (20% + of his body weight), so I’ve moved him from four meals a day to three. I had him quarantined until this morning when he got to meet some of the Wolfhounds and the small dogs. Then I put him back in the heated sub-basement. This is the door that leads from there to the first floor of the house. Excuse its appearance: it’s 107-year-old house. Anyway, he’s coming along really well and is super sweet and personable. That is the actual speed at which his tail wags when he’s happy, which is pretty much all the time. 

18/12/2023

18/12/2023

Tiny Buster has been busted out of Douglasville and will be here Wednesday!! He’s missing a little hair, and his corneas are ulcerated where his hair had matted and stuck to his eyeballs, and his teefers are looking a little funky, but he’s going to be just fine. Welcome, Buster!!

15/12/2023

Pupdate on Bubbles/Titan. 💕💕💕

15/12/2023

Bubbles/Titan is adopted!
This big boy saw Scott, and it was like he was being reunited with his long lost human. What a perfect match! 

27/11/2023

Bubbles couldn’t figure out how to get out of the truck. Then he decided that he really didn’t want me to be wearing a hat, so he took it off my head and put it somewhere, then came back to snuggle me while he contemplated the whole truck issue. 

27/11/2023

Bubbles is such a sweetheart! It’s funny how small 140lbs looks compared to the wolfhounds.

23/11/2023

Hi, my name is Karen, and I rescue really big dogs. Yes, I said I wasn’t doing this anymore. I can’t be trusted in this regard. 

Meet Bubbles. he is neutered, heartworm, negative, and up-to-date. He is dog-friendly, human-friendly, and cats give him the heebie-jeebies.

A wonderful shelter director named Maureen (💕) scooped him up from a high kill shelter and brought him to her very, very low kill shelter.

But, as everyone in animal care and rescue knows, this is the time of year when dumped and abandoned animals start pouring into shelters. This boy needed a place to land, and I am glad that he is coming here.

17/11/2023

A Lady Happ Photo update: she is clearly cherished by her new human family who indulge her love of clothing, shopping, and trips to Starbucks. Her heartworm treatment continues without any setbacks. Thank you so much for seeing this resilient little diamond and letting her shine! 💕💕💕

16/10/2023

Lady Happ update: To quote one of her humans, “It’s hard to imagine that she was ever unhappy.” 💕💕💕

05/10/2023

Lady Happy went into heat a few days ago. She is still undergoing heartworm treatment, has a heart murmur, and is more than eight years old, so all we can do right now is wait. Because a dog in heat in my house is chaos, we found her a nice sleepaway camp (a.k.a. foster), where she has a human all to herself, a fenced yard, a supportive family, and lots of love. Who knows, this may develop into a more permanent placement, but for right now she’s having a great time eating steak and hanging out with her new best friend.