East Coast Corgi Rescue (2026)

31/10/2026

Happy Howl-o-ween from our ECCR Graduates!🎃👻💀 Look at some of these lovely costumes and Halloween and fall scenes! Everyone has been enjoying the beautiful fall weather. We keep in touch with our ECCR Families after the adoption is finalized. We love hearing updates from these wonderful families. Seeing these dogs happy, loved, and well-cared for makes all the hard work totally worth it! These dogs’ futures were rewritten thanks to our awesome transport volunteers, fosters, and supporters who always cheer for the ECCR puppers. We hope you all have a wonderful, spooky, fun, and safe Halloween! And don’t forget clocks go back tonight! 🕰️

29/10/2026

Say hello to the new guy, Calvin! Calvin is a 8.5 year old neutered male who came to us as an owner surrender. He grew increasingly anxious over the last year since the arrival of a new baby in the home. His anxiety was also causing issues with the other dog in the home and he was not getting along with her either. They have tried working with him, but nothing was helping to improve his anxiousness in the home. It caused them to have to keep him physically separated from the baby, and they felt he deserved to have a better life than that. So they made the difficult decision to surrender him over to us.

Due to the issues he had with the previous dog, we got him into a quiet foster home with no small children or other pets. He has been doing great there and he settled in really well. His fosters started working with him immediately on food guarding behavior as we were told that was an issue in his previous home. So instead of waiting to see if there was an issue, we wanted to get ahead of it and work on it immediately. Thankfully, he’s done really well and hasn’t shown any food guarding behavior. Now, resource guarding is a different story. He will resource guard his toys, and he becomes very obsessed with them. He seems to have a very unhealthy relationship with toys. We have removed all toys for now and this is something we will be working on and hopefully we can get him to have a healthier relationship with them.

After settling in, his fosters have noticed some separation anxiety behavior. If someone is behind a closed door he will start to whine and cry. We’re going to try to do more testing on this and start working on this so that he won’t be so anxious if he needs to be left alone. He really loves people and he loves spending time with them. He’s very sweet and overall very well behaved in the home. Even though he’s a senior, he still has plenty of energy and playfulness in him.

Calvin recently went to the vet for a physical exam, to get updated on his vaccines, and for lab work. He did great at his appointment. He wore a muzzle for safety precautions but he handled it really well. His blood work came back good and he was negative for heartworm and tick borne diseases. But his kidney values were on the higher end of normal. Thankfully his urinalysis came back normal so the vet is not concerned about his kidney function. His f***l was also negative for parasites. On the exam the vet did notice that he needs a good dental cleaning. So he will be going back to the vet in a few weeks for that. Here’s a message from his foster:

“Calvin is a distinguished older gentleman who plays like a puppy. He joined us after being in a loving stable home since puppyhood but he could not handle the stress of a new baby in the house. It has taken a few weeks for him to relax into his new surroundings. At first he wanted to constantly and obsessively play fetch to the point where he didn’t even want to go on walks. But eventually we figured out the toys were reinforcing his anxiety so we put them away. Since then he has been much calmer. Calvin is totally housebroken, good on a leash, and sleeps through the night. He is super smart and came to us already knowing 6 commands (touch, sit, stay, down, roll over & spin!) He has a heart shaped nose and a ridiculously expressive face and ears. He c***s his head dramatically whenever you talk to him, and sometimes his barks are a little grumbly and sound like words. He likes to be petted, but he isn’t a snuggler. He wants to be touched on his own terms.”

If you’re interested in adopting a dog from us, please submit your application. Our adoption applications are now open at: https://www.eastcoastcorgirescue.org/copy-of-adopt. Adoption is open to DC/VA/MD/PA/DE/NJ, or eastern panhandle of WV, residents only. We don’t allow people to apply for a specific dog. You must be ready and prepared to adopt a dog within at least 6 months. We can no longer hold onto applications indefinitely. The way our system works is, if your application is accepted, your adoption applications goes into one big pool. When a dog is ready to be adopted, we look through that pool to find the absolute best match for that particular dog. All contact with you will be through email. If you’re unresponsive to our emails your application will automatically be denied. If approved, your application will stay in our pool until a match is made. This could take some time depending on how many dogs we take in, how long they have to remain in foster for, and their specific needs. Each dog is different. Thank you for your understanding and support.

24/10/2026

We are sad to have to provide this update. Senior Sanctuary Member Baby crossed over the rainbow bridge and gained her angel wings. Baby came to us in November 2023 at 13 years old from a shelter in New Hampshire. She was surrendered to the shelter due to her family losing their housing. She was very nervous and scared at the shelter, and the shelter contacted us to pull her. Since New Hampshire was so far outside our boundaries, we tried to connect the shelter with some of our rescue contacts up north. Unfortunately, no one was able to help. So, with the help of the shelter and some of our transport volunteers, we pulled her from the shelter and transported her down to us and into a foster home.

Baby had lived with her previous family since she was a puppy. She was never walked and she was p*e pad trained. She had never been to a vet before arriving to the shelter. She arrived very obese and in need of some dental care. The shelter got her started with some basic vetting and vaccines, and we quickly got her into the vet once she arrived to us. She was very overweight at about 45 lbs and she arrived with some upper respiratory congestion, a cough, and soft stool. We did a full blood panel, urinalysis, and f***l. Her f***l came back completely negative. Her bloodwork had mostly normal values, except she had a slightly elevated white blood cell count, which could’ve been related to her dental disease and upper respiratory infection. Her liver values were also slightly elevated, so we were going to monitor this. Her urinalysis showed some crystals and protein in her urine, but there were no signs of infection. Baby went home with a probiotic and antibiotics to help her soft stools and upper respiratory infection.

Baby did well in her foster home and she settled in. Her stools were improving and her cough improved as well. Her foster worked on housebreaking her and she was making progress. She went for daily walks and she already looked like she was starting to trim down a bit. She formed a great bond with her foster immediately and she was a very sweet girl. She did have some separation anxiety, but it slowly improved. Due to her age and overall health, Baby officially entered our Senior Sanctuary Program.

After Baby arrived, she continued to have diarrhea and nothing we tried was firming up her stools. We started her on a prescription gastrointestinal diet. She had re**al exams, f***l a**lyses, bloodwork, and she was put on a probiotic. None of these determined any issues or causes for the diarrhea. Once we changed her diet, all her stools were normal! She was also on a joint supplement to help with her arthritis, making it easier for her to walk. Baby got approval to have a dental cleaning done and she went back to the vet for it. She had one tooth pulled and the rest were cleaned. They said she was already missing a couple teeth, and we were glad she only needed one more removed.

Eventually Baby’s foster noticed that she had been acting a little off. Her anxiety intensified and she started to pace a lot and she was chewing on her toes. She also started to have some accidents in the house when she was left alone. This behavior was very unusual for her, so we got her into the vet to get checked out and rule out any new medical issues going on. The vet did bloodwork and a urinalysis. Her bloodwork came back good, but her urinalysis tested positive for protein in her urine. The vet was concerned about possible renal issues going on. She went back to the vet for a blood pressure check. Her blood pressure came back normal so she was started on an ACE inhibitor. She was also started on an omega 3 fatty acid supplement and prescribed some anxiety medication to help with any anxiety she was experiencing. Thankfully this got her blood pressure under control and well managed.

Baby was pretty stable and doing well for a while and she eventually got down to 28 lbs. She was much more fit compared to when she first came to us. Her mobility also improved and you really wouldn’t realize how old she was if you met her. Last year she struggled with more gastrointestinal issues and a**l gland issues. She was needing to have them expressed often and she still struggled with some diarrhea. We changed up her prescription diet to a new one, which did help, but didn’t solve her issue completely. We also started having her regularly professionally groomed so she could have proper sanitary trims to help keep her clean back there. She was also struggling with some skin issues, so she was regularly bathed with a prescription shampoo to help calm her skin.

About a year ago there were still concerns about her GI tract and her a**l glands. It got to a point where one could not be expressed and it was suspected she had a tumor there. Due to her age, we decided against surgery or any further testing of it and our focus was to just keep her as comfortable as possible. She did pretty well and we managed her GI issues, skin issues, and a**l gland issues the best we could. Sadly, out of no where, Baby started to become very restless and agitated. She was not able to rest or sleep, and she would pace constantly. We had her seen by her vet who prescribed some medication for her. Unfortunately, no matter what medication we tried, she could not settle for more than a couple hours. This went on for a couple of days without improvement and we were getting quite concerned, so we got her in to the emergency vet. The emergency vet was very concerned about Baby and thought her restlessness was due to pain and anxiety. They said if she did have an a**l gland tumor, it’s possible it grew and was starting to press on her spinal area, causing pain which was then causing the anxiety. Because none of the medications we tried were helping her, and this was now becoming a serious quality of life issue, there was nothing we could really do for her except release her from the pain. With her foster right by her side, Baby peacefully crossed over the rainbow bridge.

While all of us at East Coast Corgi Rescue are sad that Baby has gained her wings, we are glad that she got to cross the bridge knowing what love and care was. We are grateful for her foster and the life she provided her. So, even though we are all sad and heartbroken, we are so happy that she got to enjoy the last almost 3 years of her life happy and loved. We are relieved that she is no longer suffering in any way.

Thank you to everyone that has supported Baby and thank you to her foster for the love and care that she provided her. 🐾💕

22/10/2026

We are so happy that Jax has also found his forever home! Jax came to us back in July as an owner surrender. His family felt he needed more exercise and attention than they could give him. They said that he loved to be outside, but the only outside time he got was when he went for walks. They did not feel this was fair to him and that he wasn’t getting enough exercise. So they made the decision to surrender him over to us.

We got Jax into an experienced foster home and he did great there. We were told he was dog and kid friendly, so we got him into a foster home that had both so we could really test him. Jax immediately bonded with the kids and he loved being with them. He did well with the resident dogs, but in the beginning he was pretty indifferent to them. They coexisted well, but he didn’t interact with them very much and mostly ignored them. Once he settled in and got comfortable, he started to interact with the resident dogs more and sometimes engaged in play with them.

Overall Jax did so well. He came to us quite overweight so his foster immediately put him on a healthy diet and started daily exercise with him. He loved going for walks and being outside. He also enjoyed playing with toys. He loved being with his people and he absolutely adored the human children. While he continued to do great with the resident dogs, he was definitely a human’s dog rather than a dog’s dog.

Jax went to the vet while he was with us for a physical exam, got updated on his vaccines, and had lab work done. He did wonderful at the vet and he was a very good patient. He was very overweight 46 lbs. The vet felt his ideal weight is around 35 lbs so he needed to lose about 11 lbs. His bloodwork was good and his f***l was negative for parasites. The vet was concerned about his teeth and felt he needed a good dental cleaning. He went back to the vet a couple weeks later for his dental. We were so happy that he was down to 44.6 lbs! He still had a ways to go, but he was on the right track to getting to a healthy weight. His dental went really well. He had to have two extractions, but the rest of his teeth looked good and they were all clean now. He recovered in his foster home and he did really well.

Jax needed a corgi experienced family who would maintain rules and boundaries in the home. He did well with consistency, structure, and a routine. He was dog friendly but he wasn’t cat tested. He was also kid friendly and he did best with older kids who had dog experience and knew how to behave around them. He needed a family who would continue helping him on his weight loss journey, maintaining his healthy diet, and providing him with daily exercise. He also would’ve loved a yard he could run and play in. He did best with someone who wasn’t gone all day every day as he really enjoyed being with his people.

We found the perfect home for Jax! His new family is home often, which he loves! He immediately became their shadow and he loves spending time with them. He has a new human brother whom he loves too. He also has a new fur sister and they get along great together. They have really bonded and he has definitely been showing his playful side. He has a fenced in yard now that he loves to spend time in. He still loves being outside. We are so happy for Jax! Here’s a message from his new family:

“It feels like Jax has always been part of our family. He has adjusted really well to our daily rhythms, he’s enjoying learning the sights, sounds and smells of our neighborhood, and he’s teaching our basset hound how to play! He’s such a funny little character — not a day goes by that he doesn’t make me laugh. We’re starting to work on his manners a bit. He does not like the command “stay” because he insists on following me everywhere! He adores his teenage human brother, and he’s very popular with the neighbors!”

Congratulations to Jax and his new family! 🐾💙

19/10/2026

Another future has been rewritten! We’re so happy that Zelda has found her forever home! Zelda came to us back in July as an owner surrender. Her family was moving overseas for work and they were not allowed to take her with them. There was also the concern of her traveling that distance at her age. They tried to find other long term options for her, but they did not have any family or friends who could take her. So they made the difficult decision to surrender her over to us.

We got Zelda into an experienced foster home and she did great there. She settled into her new pack immediately and made herself right at home. This girl was so sweet and easy going from the beginning. She arrived very overweight though and she was very unfit. She couldn’t walk very far and her belly nearly dragged on the ground. Her foster immediately put her on a healthy diet and started her with daily exercise, slowly working on building up her fitness and stamina.

Zelda was very well behaved in the home and she could be trusted to be left out. She was housebroken, knew basic commands, thrived on routine, and quickly learned the household schedule. She did great with the other dogs and she was very dog friendly. As she got more fit and healthy, she even joined in on their backyard chasing games. As she became stronger and more excited about her walks, she started pulling on the leash. Her fosters worked with her on polite leash walking. She also showed a strong prey drive.

Zelda went to the vet while she was with us for a physical exam, got up to date on her vaccines, and had lab work done. She did great at the vet and handled her vaccines like a champ. She was a wonderful patient. She was very overweight at 50 lbs. Her f***l was negative for parasites. Other than being very overweight, she was very healthy.

Zelda needed a family who would help her continue on her weight loss and fitness journey. She got down to 48 lbs while she was with us, but she had quite a ways to go still. As she gets more fit and loses the weight, she’ll really enjoy going on adventures and outings. She loved being outside, but she had to be monitored while outside as she could be a bit of an escape artist. She really just loved being near her people and being close to them. She was dog friendly, but she needed a home without any cats. She did best in a quiet home with no small children. She did best with a routine and on a schedule. In general, she didn’t respond well to chaos and uncertainty. This girl just needed the right family to spend the rest of her golden years.

We found the perfect home for Zelda! She instantly made herself at home and felt so comfortable there since day one. She now has a corgi sister whom she loves and has really bonded with. They are always together. Her family has kept her active and kept up with her healthy diet. She is looking more fit and trim! She’s loving having a quiet home with a consistent routine and some stability. We are so happy for Zelda! Here’s a message from his new family:

“Zelda has settled into her new home beautifully. From the moment I met her, I had a feeling she would be a wonderful addition to our family, and she has proven that every day with her sweet and well-behaved nature. Introducing her to her new sister, Petula was calm and easy and within just a few days the two were already napping together in the same bed. They are now the best of friends. Zelda is enjoying her new routine, especially keeping watch from the back porch for deer patrol and taking long neighborhood walks with a happy spring in her step. We are also proud to share that her weight-loss journey is going wonderfully—she is now down to 39 pounds!”

Congratulations to Zelda and her new family! 🐾💕

16/10/2026

Meet the new girl, Chunky! Chunky is a 5.5 year old spayed female who came to us as an owner surrender. Due to changes in her family’s circumstances, they could no longer provide her with the care, time, or life they felt she deserved. So they made the difficult decision to surrender her over to us.

We got Chunky into an experienced foster home and she arrived very scared and wary of her new people. Her fosters let her settle in and get comfortable on her time and she’s been doing really well. She’s slowly getting more comfortable and making herself at home. Now she’s finally feeling safe enough to play and show more of her personality. She even makes little gremlin sounds and snuffling noises. She’s also crate trained and does well in her crate. When she first arrived, she wasn’t really interested in eating, which can be normal during the adjustment period. After a few days she started to eat a little but would mostly pick here and there and not finish her meals. We thought that maybe her mouth was in pain, so her foster started to soak her food which did help.

Shortly after she arrived we got Chunky in to see the vet and sadly she’s a mess. She had a physical exam, got updated on her vaccines, and had lab work done. We wanted to make sure we had her eyes looked at as they tear a lot and they just didn’t look right when she arrived. She has very significant dental disease and swelling in her mouth, so the vet put her on an antibiotic to treat any infection there may be. She was also prescribed pain medicine since we think she possibly wasn’t eating because her mouth was painful. Her eyes actually don’t have anything wrong with them directly, which was great news. The vet thinks her eyes are a combination of the issues with her teeth and infection and she’s actually missing part of her lower eyelid on her left eye as well. We knew she definitely needed to have some significant dental work done. She also came to us intact, so we also added that to the list of things that needed to get done. The vet also felt she probably had puppies at some point in her life.

We did a full lab work up on her to make sure everything was good since she was going to need two surgeries. Her bloodwork came back mostly good, her globulin count was mildly high, but the vet thought this was secondary to the infection and inflammation in her mouth. She was negative for heartworms and tick borne diseases. The vet was not concerned about this and felt it was safe for her to proceed with surgery. Her f***l was negative for parasites. We also did a urinalysis on her which was positive for a UTI and it had a large amount of epithelial cells. The vet thought these cells could be secondary to the infection, but an abnormality like a mass was also possible. To help rule out any other possible issues, we opted to do an ultrasound on her.

Unfortunately her ultrasound showed that she had a large amount of kidney stones. We had x-rays done to help get a better picture of them and to help determine how many there were. It looked like she had 5 big stones but a lot of smaller ones. So on top of needing to be spayed and have a dental done, she needed to have the stones removed. She went back to vet for her surgery and the vet was able to do her spay and remove her stones at the same time so she only had to be opened up once. We did not get a count on how many stones there were, but she had a lot of them and they were all smooth and round like pebbles.

Chunky has been back in her foster home recovering and she’s been doing really well. She absolutely hates the cone of shame and she looks very sad with it. She has it off when she’s able to be fully supervised, otherwise she has to wear it because she does try to go at her incision. She also started a new prescription diet that she will need to stay on long term to help prevent any new stones from developing. She will also be going back to the vet in a couple weeks for a much needed dental cleaning and probably some extractions. She will remain in her foster home while she recovers from that as well. She will be feeling like a brand new dog once we’re done with her! Here’s a message from her foster:

“Chunky took a while to warm up to us and spent most of her time hanging out on our screened in porch. She now wants to be around us all the time, especially my 11 and 13 year old daughters. She spends her days sitting under my desk and has a preference for the ladies in the house. She’s a little wary of my husband but sometimes lets him pet her. She is very nervous around new people, running away from them. As she’s recovering from her surgery, we’re seeing her playful side come out. She has a couple of little toys that she enjoys. Chunky and our dog co-exist, and she has nipped/growled at him a few times which we think was resource guarding her people. She’s very sweet and enjoys attention and pets. She seems to like going for walks - she does get startled easily by loud noises, barking dogs. She greets other dogs on leash during walks without an issue. She’s doing better with house training - although we take her out a lot. She gets VERY excited for meals.”

If you’re interested in adopting a dog from us, please submit your application. Our adoption applications are now open at: https://www.eastcoastcorgirescue.org/copy-of-adopt. Adoption is open to DC/VA/MD/PA/DE/NJ, or eastern panhandle of WV, residents only. We don’t allow people to apply for a specific dog. You must be ready and prepared to adopt a dog within at least 6 months. We can no longer hold onto applications indefinitely. The way our system works is, if your application is accepted, your adoption applications goes into one big pool. When a dog is ready to be adopted, we look through that pool to find the absolute best match for that particular dog. All contact with you will be through email. If you’re unresponsive to our emails your application will automatically be denied. If approved, your application will stay in our pool until a match is made. This could take some time depending on how many dogs we take in, how long they have to remain in foster for, and their specific needs. Each dog is different. Thank you for your understanding and support.

13/10/2026

We are so happy to announce that Luna has found her forever home! Luna came to us back in May as an owner surrender. She was surrendered with Luca (now Frank) and we decided to separate them since they were not bonded and they were both intact. Her family was dealing with both financial and medical hardships and they were not able to care for her anymore. They also struggled with Luna having accidents in the home, which was causing her to be crated a lot and for long periods of time. So they reached out to us to surrender her.

We got Luna into an experienced foster home and overall she did pretty well. It was obvious from the beginning that she was not housebroken as she was having accidents in the home. But, she only p*ed inside and she always pooped outside. We felt this was probably behavioral, but we couldn’t rule out a possible medical cause like a UTI. Her foster worked on potty training with her and made sure she went out often. She definitely loved being outside and expelling all of her energy. She was in a foster home with other corgis, but her high energy was a bit much for them since they were older. She was cat tested and she thought cats existed solely to stalk, chase, and potentially catch. She lived with small children previously, but the fast running and movement would trigger her to herd and nip them.

Luna went to the vet while she was with us for a physical exam, got updated on her vaccines, had lab work done, and we got her scheduled to be spayed. She came to us really underweight at only 14 lbs. She was a small girl, but you could feel her ribs and spine. She was good for the vet except when it came to drawing her blood. To help reduce the stress we decided to just have it done when she went back for her spay. We did a urinalysis to check to see if she had a UTI and that came back normal, so we were able to rule that out as the cause of her accidents in the home. Her f***l also came back negative for parasites. We were able to get her scheduled to be spayed, which happened a couple weeks later. When she went in her for spay she was up to 15.1 lbs! She was making great progress and was slowly putting on weight. They were able to draw her blood, which came back normal, and she was negative for heartworms and tick borne diseases. Her spay surgery went well. They did discover she had a hernia, so they fixed that too. She recovered back in her foster home, with the help of some drugs to keep her calm and chill so she could properly heal.

Once Luna fully recovered, she was back to her normal, energetic self. With a UTI being ruled out, we knew her accidents were solely behavioral. Her foster really worked on the housebreaking. She made great progress and after a few weeks she didn’t have any more accidents! Her foster still had to stay on her to make sure she was going out often, but she was doing great. She was crate trained and definitely needed to be crated when left alone, she couldn’t be trusted to free roam. She loved to spend time outside running around, playing, and exploring the yard. Her foster worked on getting her to settle and relax more inside, she was like an energizer bunny.

Luna needed a corgi experienced family who could really meet her physical and mental needs. This girl had tons of corgi energy and she needed the proper outlets to expel it. She’d also greatly benefit from group obedience classes to work on her training, manners, and socialization. It would also be great mental stimulation for her. After some further dog testing, we felt she needed to be the only dog in the home, but she did well with dogs outside of the home. She was not cat friendly, but could’ve possibly lived with older kids. Due to her high energy needs, she wouldn’t do well with people who were gone all day long. Luna was a sweet girl who had a rough start in life and she needed the right family to help guide her to be the best version of herself.

We found the perfect home for her! Luna now gets to live life as a farm dog and she loves it! Her family is very active and she gets tons of physical and mental stimulation now. She has so much room to run and explore and plenty of animals to keep in check. She is loving life as an only dog and she has really been thriving. We honestly could not have found a better home or environment for her. We are so happy for Luna! Here’s a message from her new family:

“Luna has unbounded energy and a joyous enthusiasm for life. She’s adventurous and the “what time?” friend—always ready to go, with just a touch of FOMO. We’ve taken her on a few outings, and she has been friendly with everyone she meets. She seems to enjoy her role as the resident farm dog, whether she’s keeping an eye on the horses, sending the groundhog scrambling back to its den, pushing the deer along, or zooming across the yard at breakneck sp*ed. Despite all that energy, she’s remarkably quiet; delivery drivers can come and go without a p*ep. Luna is incredibly smart—she learns quickly and doesn’t forget—and she has perfected both the corgi stare and the stubborn streak that comes with it. She’s also not shy about offering her opinion when she has one. At the same time, she’s wonderfully adaptable and seems to know how to read the room. Some days she’s perfectly content sleeping on the couch while I work; other days we’re constantly on the move. She seems equally happy sitting on the porch or heading out for a hike, as long as she’s with her humans. She did great at the vet, weighing in at 17 lbs., and has been tolerant of both nail trims and baths. We’re eternally grateful to her foster mom and all of the ECCR volunteers for the time, care, and support they gave Luna and for helping bring this wonderful pup into our lives.”

Congratulations to Luna and her new family! 🐾💜

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