Hannahs HOPE Inc

07/11/2024

HENRY UPDATE 110624:
HAPPY 5 YEAR HANNAH-VERSARY OL’ MAN! 🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🥳
I’ve known HENRY since before ‘The Pandemic’ 😷
which seems so long ago now 🫤
I have no idea when his birthday is, but I figured him to be about 6 when he retired here at Hannahs HOPE Inc, so this month, HENRY turns 11! 🎂🍔🦴

In those years of “gaining Wisdom”, HENRY has learned 3 things;
1) Potty is for outside 😎
2) What the word “Dinner” means 🤤
3) To stare at me like I’m speaking gibberish and can’t be bothered when I say ANY other word 😏

But he’s a Good Ol' Boy, he gets along with everybody and I Love him ❤️ You’re a Good Boy HENRY 🥰😎 🐾~

09/10/2024

Welcome New K9 Staff Member SQUEAK! 🥰

At the beginning of September, I got a call from a guy about a little Dog that he’d found.
For two days, he checked with his neighbors and the L&F sites for anyone who might be looking for her, but no luck.
After 2 days, his wife told him the Dog had to go and when he called the local ‘shelter’, he was told they were full and to “let it go where you found it and someone else will pick it up” 😠

The Dog only weighed 5 pounds, so he didn’t want to do that and rightly so. He lived out in the country and knew this tiny, little Girl would literally either starve to death or get eaten.
Could I take her?

I told him I was really sorry, that I couldn’t at this time, but if he brought her by, I would scan her for a microchip in the hopes that someone was missing her.
When he arrived, he had this scared, shaking, barely 5 pound little ball of fluff in his arms. I scanned her. Nothing. No chip 😔
“I can’t keep her”, he said… “My wife said absolutely not.” 😞

I looked down at her scared, little face with her crooked ear and she squeaked 🥺
Not a bark or even a yap. She looked at me and squeaked like a squeaky toy.
I couldn’t turn her away.
I told the guy I would keep her while I posted her on the L&F pages in the area to see if anyone had lost her.

Fast forward a month.
No one ever responded to my posts.
In the meantime, she and my little TOBY have fallen in Love and are inseparable 💞
They eat together, play together and sleep together.
She is now fearless and loves to play with any Dog she can get to play with her, big or small and has chosen her name.
Her name is SQUEAK 😊
Welcome to the Family SQUEAK! 🥰 🐾~

07/10/2024

Welcome New K9 Staff Member LONDON! 😎
I first met LONDON back in May when she came to board.
Her people had just moved to the area and couldn’t find a place to live that would allow Dogs, so they needed a place for LONDON to stay while they kept looking.

An adult, female American Bulldog, LONDON had not been exposed to many other Dogs and didn’t really get along too well with others, so I made some adjustments to the routine to accommodate her and keep her separate from other Dogs while still giving her plenty of outside and playtime… and I got to know her. She was a Sweet Dog, and OK with SOME Dogs, just not Everyone 😌

After about a month or so, in June, LONDON’s people called to say they were picking her up.
“Oh”, I said, “You found a place that will let you keep LONDON!”
“No”, she said, “We’re going to surrender her to the ‘shelter’”.

I explained to her on the phone that LONDON’s future didn’t look good. ALL the ‘shelters’ were full and IF they did take her in, being an owner surrender and with her behavioral issues, she would most likely never leave the ‘shelter’ alive.

I offered them half-price boarding and my help finding a new Family for LONDON, to give them some more time to find a place and they said they would think about it and get back to me.

About an hour later they called back and said they were coming to get her.
When they arrived, I asked again if they were going to keep her.
“No”, she said again, “We’re going to go ahead and surrender her to the ‘shelter’”.

Now honestly, I did not need another Dog, especially one that was not well socialized and was going to need a lot of work, but I could NOT, in good conscience, doing what I do every day, ESPECIALLY after she lived in my Home for a month, hand this Dog back to people who not only no longer wanted her, but were going to surrender her, KNOWING that she would most likely be euthanized, possibly before they were even out of the ‘shelter’ parking lot.

I handed her a surrender form and asked her to sign it.

Welcome to the Family LONDON! 🥰 🐾~

07/10/2024

🌀 HERE WE GO AGAIN 🌀🙄 HURRICANE MILTON EVACUEES ‼️
Hurricane MILTON is heading for Southern Florida this week, so
The Dog Den Crestview / Hannahs HOPE Inc is ready for Evacuee Boarders 😉
If you’ll be heading to the Florida PanHandle to escape the storm and need a place for your Dog(s) to ‘PLAY When They STAY’,
we DO have room available!
Just give us a call and we’ll get you all set up 📞 850.296.7955 📞
Stay Smart and Stay Safe! 😎 🐾~

23/09/2024

With Hurricane HELENE possibly striking the Florida PanHandle this this week, The Dog Den Crestview is double-checking all of our supplies and making sure we’re ready. (We've done this before) 😉
If you’ll be heading out of town and need a place for your Dog(s) to ’weather the storm’, we DO have room available! 😀
Just give us a call and we’ll get you all set up 📞 850.296.7955 📞
Stay Smart and Stay Safe! 😎 🐾~

With Hurricane HELENE possibly striking the Florida PanHandle this week, The Dog Den Crestview is double-checking all of our supplies and making sure we’re ready. (We've done this before) 😉
If you’ll be heading out of town and need a place for your Dog(s) to ’weather the storm’, we DO have room available! 😀
Just give us a call and we’ll get you all set up 📞 850.296.7955 📞
Stay Smart and Stay Safe! 😎 🐾~

07/09/2024

Finder checked neighborhood for owners, but couldn't keep.
Brought to Hannahs HOPE Inc after Animal Control hours on Sept 6 🐾~

02/09/2024

27/08/2024

I promise, I did NOT forget National Dog Day! 🐕
This past Friday, after 6 years, my desktop computer crashed, (motherboard failure), apparently reaching what Dell calls "EOL"... "End of Life" 😔 and I have been without a computer.
ALL, and I mean ALL of my files, (client records, forms, passwords and PICS) have been inaccessible 🙄
Until my new 'puter arrives, (hopefully today), I have been trying to survive on an old backup laptop 😱 In the meantime, I hope Everyone had a Happy National Dog Day! 🐾~

13/08/2024

BRUCE & NINA UPDATE 081324 ~
NINA has joined her partner and soulmate, BRUCE, on the other side of the Bridge 💔

NINA & BRUCE joined the HH Family in March of 2021 at 11 years old when the Rescue they had been living at shut down, having found Homes for all the Dogs there, except them.

BRUCE passed in January or this year (2024) and I was worried that NINA would soon follow.
At first, NINA, now 14, was depressed, but with extra attention and Love, she came around and bounced back, spending most of her time with SOPHIE 😌

Sadly, in May, SOPHIE crossed the Bridge at 16 ½ and NINA was once again alone 😢

NINA loved her spot on the couch and that’s where I could always find her unless she was outside or it was dinnertime.

By July, I knew her time was short and we spent every evening together, on the couch, talking and watching the “Young Uns” play while we watched TV.

On the morning of July 4th, NINA wouldn’t go outside.
I sat on the floor with her, pet her and told her if she wanted to go, it was OK.
BRUCE and NINA were waiting for her… and she let go 😔

From the day she arrived at Hannahs HOPE Inc, NINA was one of the sweetest, most gentle Dogs I’ve had the honor to know and that never changed.
She was patient with the Littles and always welcomed any Dog that wanted to lay next to her.

It feels different without NINA here, but I still feel like she’s here.
I can feel her when the Littles she played with sit in her spot on the couch and she will always have a place in my heart, with all the other Dogs who have come, lived and passed in my Life.

You’ll always be my “NINI” ❤
Run Free NINA… and PLAY! 🐾~

27/05/2024

🇺🇸 Happy Memorial Day 🇺🇸 🐾~

23/05/2024

🎬 She Came for the Party 🥳💔 🐾~

In the Summer of 2010, long before I met Ranay or there was Hannahs HOPE Inc, I volunteered for a Rescue to Foster a stray Dog who was pregnant and needed a place to have her Puppies.
I picked her up from the Rescue and brought her Home.
She told me her name was SOPHIE 🥰

A few weeks later, she had 10 happy, healthy Babies and all was going well until 7 weeks later when she suddenly got very sick. She was running a temp of around 105, so I rushed her to the vet where she was diagnosed with a serious case of mastitis and given at best a 50/50 chance of surviving 🥺
I informed the Rescue, brought her home with meds, separated her from her Puppies and started nursing her back to health.
SOPHIE pulled through 😌

About a week later, the Rescue called and wanted me to bring them the Puppies. Now.
I told them that SOPHIE wasn’t quite ready yet, but was told if I didn’t, the police would be called, so the next day I loaded them all up in the van and took them back to the Rescue.

I told the staff at the Rescue that per Doctor’s orders, under no circumstances were the Puppies to be put with SOPHIE, as she was still recovering and could quickly get sick again and die if the Puppies were allowed to nurse.

While I was inside doing the final paperwork, they were taken from my van and put in a pen.
When I went outside to say goodbye, I found them all together, with the Puppies trying to nurse.

When I again told the Director that the Puppies were weaned and were not to be with SOPHIE, I was told “If you’re that worried about it, you can just take them all”… after being told on the phone the day before that the cops would be called if I didn’t bring them back immediately. I stood my ground and waited until SOPHIE was put in a separate pen before I left and I told her goodbye.

2 days later, I couldn’t stand it anymore. I knew the Puppies would all find Homes, but I was worried about SOPHIE, so I went back. When SOPHIE saw me, she started howling and jumping in her pen like I’d never seen her do before. I told the director I was worried about her and wanted to adopt her and with a shrug of her shoulders she just gave her to me as I realized she clearly wasn’t interested in her, just her Puppies 😕

So I again brought SOPHIE Home and we spent the next 14+ years together. She Came for the Party 🥳❤

We had a health scare or two over the years, but SOPHIE always bounced back, was always a great surrogate Mama to other Puppies who passed through and was the Happiest of Dogs 😊

For the last year or so, she had started showing her age and slowed down considerably. She had arthritis, but was still happy and on her better days would still play with “her” young ‘uns and her ‘Littles’.

Last Wednesday night, after eating her dinner and going outside with her BFF NINA, she came inside, went to her spot and laid down as usual.

At bedtime when I went to say goodnight, she looked at me and I knew something was off, so I laid down next to her and while she licked my hand and face, we talked about all the years we’d had together, all the Dogs we’d seen come and go, how much we’d been through and accomplished together, how much I Loved her and I told her that if it was time, it was OK to go.

About 2 hours later, she passed, peacefully, with her head on my arm, both of us laying on her rug in her favorite spot 💔

This video was taken that day, 14 years ago, when I brought her back Home from the Rescue 😎

SOPHIE was SO happy to be back with her Friends, (all of whom have since passed), 😔 and they were all happy to see her again.
To this day, it is one of the Happiest memories of my entire Life.
I can only hope that I gave her half the Joy that she brought me in her Life 💕

Run Free, my Sweet SOPHIE, with your Friends on the other side, as you did that day 😌 Run Free, my Sweet SOPHIE…
and PLAY! 💔😢 🐾~

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09/05/2024

UPDATE - PLEASE SHARE! 🐾~
MAYA went in for her 6 week follow-up visit with her surgeon on Tuesday and he said everything looks Great, but she needs another 2-3 weeks of crate rest for the bones to completely knit together.

HUGE Thanks to Michael & JJ and Paul & Beth for their donations, bringing the total amount raised to $875 of the $5000 her surgery cost 😎

Please, PLEASE take a minute to SHARE this fundraiser.
Even if you can’t donate, someone you know might be able to and want to and every little bit helps.
Believe me, a share is just as appreciated as a donation. Word of mouth is key to this kind of fund-raiser… the more people that hear about it, the more people can help. No Shares = No Donations 😔

THANK YOU Again to Everyone who has donated and shared.
I cannot put into words how much your help means to me, MAYA and the other Dogs of Hannahs HOPE Inc 😌

Happy Mother’s Day Weekend! 🥰 🐾~

Hannahs HOPE Inc is a non-profit, 501(c)3 Senior & Special Needs Dog Sanctuary in NW Florida… Jordan Rack needs your support for Surgery for MAYA's Broken Leg