The Kennel Cam will be on from 9AM-10AM PST today.
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Thoughts so far…
She’s a sweet, SWEET Akita. She has very good manners. She is decompressing and trusting. Wags her tail endlessly. Her babies are all plump and well fed. They are so young their eyes are still not open. Her ribs are showing and she is a voracious eater. Despite being skinny, desperate and malnourished, she waits patiently while we prepare her food and sits without being asked - and there is no food aggression/resource guarding. Her Akita Spirit is strong and while we don’t know what she’s been through, she is warm, has quiet, and her body and mind are healing. This was not her first litter. Imagine … she and her 8 babies that were no more than a day or two old were “found” as “stray” and ended in a high intake shelter whose staff did their best for her. She was not found as a stray, she was dumped and left to die. She and her little family are safe here now. ❤️
Mama Mia & her 7 puppies are home, safe, warm, dry, and wonderful. Mama Mia is skinny .... far too skinny to be handling the care and feeding of 7 babies. Just yesterday, there were 8, and the shelter called, and sadly, the one that was failing to thrive had passed. We are glad we got to Mia in time and she is here, ate a big lunch, and is now napping and feeding the babies.
We are so grateful for everyone's offer to help - again - this was a last minute-made-it-happen-rescue, and while we always have supplies here, we will need more. We are thankful to several people who are sending supplies, and will see what else we need in a few days. We will update our Amazon Wish List, and our Chewy.com wish list. The links to those lists are avail on our website:
www.akitaangels.org/donate
If you wish to send a monetary donation:
Zelle or Paypal: please use: [email protected]
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Akita Angels
P.O. Box 221353
Santa Clarita, CA 91322
About Akita Angels: Our Mission is to help save the lives of Akitas and other large, dominant and/or Primitive-Breed dogs through Education, Intervention, Advocacy, and Rescue. Akita Angels is a Non-Profit Public Charity under IRC (Internal Revenue Code) Section 501(c)(3). DONATIONS are tax-deductible to the extent allowed under law.
We are a volunteer-based organization and rely on voluntary donations to help fulfill our mission.
For more information about Akita Angels or ways to help, please contact us. Thank you for choosing to Adopt and Save a Life. Together, we are making a difference.
RESCUED! Thank you for Pitching In (Donation link below)
ARCHIE and CHASE are out of the Shelter and on their way to us. Thank you STEVE SANDALIS for spending your Sunday helping save the lives of these two beautiful Akitas.
Archie #A5616917 and Chase #A5616912 were surrendered after they got into a scuffle with the next door neighbor's 3 chihuahua's. It's a shame that people can't manage to contain their dogs on their own property. It's sadder when the bigger dog's lose their home or their lives for being dogs.
We are incredibly thankful to the entire staff at the LA County Department of Animal Care and Control. The staff at the Lancaster Shelter investigated the circumstances surrounding the incident.
We are also incredibly grateful for the entire team at the LA County DDIU (Dangerous Dog Investigation Unit) who took it a step further and conducted a thorough investigation of the incident which CLEARED Archie and Chase of any wrongdoing.
***** Investigations include, at a minimum: Interviewing all parties involved (both the owners of the Akitas and the Chi's); Physical inspection of the property of both dog owner's, etc. In the end, DDIU unit found that the statements didn't match up and onsite physical inspections of the properties resulted in more questions than answers about how two Akitas - separated by a 5+ foot concrete block wall, could came into contact with the three chihuahua's next door. ****
To be clear: Both Archie and Chase were NOT found to be a PDA/Potentially Dangerous Animal, or worse, and they were both released to us, a breed-specific rescue and Adoption Partner.
We appreciate donations to offset their expenses: Transport, Boarding, Veterinary, etc.
Please use ONLY the following methods for donations.
Paypal or ZELLE: [email protected]
US Mail/Check: P.O. Box 2212353, Santa Clarita, CA 91322
About Akita Angels: Our Mission is to help save the lives of Akitas and other large, dominant and/or Primitive-Breed dogs through
Minnow is officially available for adoption 😢💔
We have grown to LOVE him over the last 6 weeks, but he is so sweet, so smart and so special, he deserves to be #1. Applications are available on our website at www.akitaangels.org
EMERGENCY PLEA:
LOBO A5611058 (@ the L.A. County Downey Shelter)
** PLEASE SHARE **
( Imminent Danger of Euthanasia ).
HOARDERS and HOARDING cases affect other dogs, good dogs, sweet dogs, great companion and family dogs. How? Why? Dogs seized during HOARDS must be held as EVIDENCE and room has to be made to house EVIDENCE dogs. Yet ANOTHER RECENT HOARDING CASE has impacted this shelter in Southern Calif.
Please help. This boy is breaking us. Sweet Lobo (Wolf) was dumped in the parking lot of a Southern California shelter. His former owner didn’t even bother to walk him into the shelter.
From the ACO who found him:
“He was so mellow - just walked right up to me and I did his intake; he was very calm, sweet, and non reactive during all our vaccines and intake process.” Lobo is just 5 years old, but is a kind, old soul. He sits quietly in his kennel - watching everything going on around him. I’ve never heard him bark, not once! He walks great on leash and is completely non reactive towards other dogs around him. Lobo appears to be healthy / no medical conditions noted. "
I look at this face, these eyes. He is so calm. So patient. Is it resignation that he has been betrayed by his former owner? Or has he accepted that his life is coming to an end.
PLEASE - do NOT, DO NOT BLAME THE SHELTER. The staff at the shelters HATE, ABSOLUTELY HATE this AS DO WE. What can anyone do. Too many dogs, bad people breeding dogs! bad rescues doing bad sh*t like pulling dogs and stacking them up (HOARDING) with no plan or place and leaving their boarding facilities with a big, fat unpaid bill. They walk away, and dogs, good dogs, sweet dogs like LOBO, die because there is not enough space, or not enough time for each dog to get the attention they need.
He is LOCATED at: LOS ANGELES COUNTY DOWNEY Shelter.
He is AVAILABLE for public adoption NOW.
This is his Final 48 hour EMERGENCY PLEA: 💔 He will be euthanized in the next 48 hours.
If you are able to h
Minnow continues to try to get the big dogs to play
(and, Loki is a Saint!)
Ashley and Gus Gus Pupdate
This young power couple is through Memphis, Tennessee and ETA at HOME is tonight!
This morning, Gus Gus dramatically quit his job (as Co Pilot and Navigator) by tearing up the map and a puppy pad. All jokes aside, a 40 hour drive across the US is NOT easy for anyone, much less a pup.
GoAshley! Go Gus Gus! #love
ADOPTED! Baby Gus Gus is heading for the East Coast.
Weeks in the making .... Baby Angus, aka "Gus Gus", has his forever and ever and ever home. Ashley, a Veterinary Technician who lives just outside Baltimore, Maryland, got on a plane this morning and landed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) this afternoon. After a long, LONG flight on a very small plane, Ashley picked up the car she reserved and three hours later, pulled up to our house. I put little Gus Gus down on the driveway and he immediately ran towards her, his little black furry booty happily bouncing with each step, and he rushed into Ashley's arms. The two of us… we were tearing up. This video ... sort of unplanned ... captures the true essence of RESPONSIBLE RESCUE.
From the first time we posted Gus Gus until even today, we have received almost 40 inquiries on him. Quite a few. Was it his unique, all black color (with just a tinge of white here and there?) or his smug, proud poses which really was just a facade for the happy, alert, smart, curious and loving puppy he really is. He still ... seriously ... looks like an Akita, but DNA showed he is almost 50% Alaskan Husky and 50% Chow Chow. Seeing how he had changed over the past few weeks with Andre Ford, his Fiance Susie Foth, Andre Ford Jr., his fiance Ashley, and Susie's boys Drew and Bradley -- and let's not forget their little furry pack comprised of Tippet, a 1 year old female Akita, and Owens, a now 2 year old Golden Retriever, Gus Gus had started to assert his little self and become more vocal, giving a few soft yodels at Dr. Ron’s earlier today.
People might think ... why her? Why adopt a dog to someone out of state when I'm right here in California. The answer is simple: We will always, ALWAYS put THE DOG's best interest FIRST, and a prospective-adopter-Human's wants and wishes second. Somewhere those needs and wants must meet in the middle. Dogs in rescue, no matter how young they come in, have already been let down by their
EDUCATION • INTERVENTION • RESCUE • ADVOCACY
