Congratulations Ian Ferguson on winning Echo’s Spay Basket!
Thank you all for your support, she is now home with her foster and resting 💗
Adoptable Goose is learning all about bathtime!
Gotti desperately needs a saviour!
*Courtesy post as we don’t have the funds to take in more dogs right now*
Gotti (Gaw-tee) is in desperate need of a saviour right now. This beautiful Bull Mastiff/Cane Corso mix boy just turned 2 years old two days ago.
Unfortunately, Gotti has not had the best upbringing, and recently the uncle of the person who had him took him in to get him out of the situation he was in. Sadly, because this boy has not done well with the other dog in the home, he is needing to be confined to a basement for much of the time, this going on since Christmas time. He really needs a good home where he will be given the best life he deserves with his very own person/people.
Large breed/specific breed experience would be a must for this boy. He has not had the best guidance and leadership in the past, and really needs that now. As you can see in the video, he does very well with the uncle who has been doing the best he can with him. You can also see how smart and willing to please this boy is in the right hands. He also LOVES car rides!
This boy would need a pet free and child free home. He does not get along with other dogs and is not known with cats. His needs are too high for children.
He has shown some forms of fear aggression in the form of growls with both his previous owner, and also people who are fearful/intimidated by him. He has never bitten anyone. He is just insecure and lacks experience and leadership. In the right hands, this boy will flourish. He will only be going to the exact right person/people for him.
If you think you may be the just the right person this boy needs to give him the best life possible, please send us a message in our inbox. If we think you have great potential to be a match for this boy, we’ll pass you along to the person who has him.
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Smiley just got her new wheelchair, and look at her figuring it out already! Yay! To learn abut her whole story, please see our last post for her and the attached video. ❤️❤️❤️
We are partnering with one of our amazing foster volunteer families, who has taken it upon themselves to rescue a truly deserving and amazing dog who is desperately in need of rescuing, in Iran. This family had adopted a rescue dog from Iran before and through their rescue connections there, they learned about Smiley. They simply could not leave her behind to suffer and die.
So they have arranged for, and paid for, all of her medical care and testing there, as well as a foster home until she can be brought to Canada in a few months. She will need wheelchair assistance to walk her whole life. One will be provided with her, as seen in this video.
They have asked for our support in seeking out the very best home for her who are willing and able to give her the best life she truly deserves. We, of course, will do everything we can to help!
If you would like to learn more about this sweet girl, please send us a message and let's chat. We really want to give her the chance at a forever home here in Canada where she will be loved and cherished always.
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This very sweet boy was saved from death in a Quebec shelter recently and he is waiting patiently in boarding in Ontario for a rescue to take him in. His only fault was that he came into the shelter from the streets with a fungal skin infection and hot spots, and they don't tend to medical cases in those shelters. His skin is all cleared up now though, and he is ready to find his new forever home!
We would love to be able to be the rescue that claims him, but we need a foster/adopter placement ready to take him when he comes in order to commit. Could that be you? Someone hoping to adopt him if he is the right fit would be the most ideal.
Marshmallow is a 2 year old husky mix, likely with lab judging by his looks. He is not too big at around only 45-50 lbs. This boy is super friendly and sweet and even knows some commands. He is not super high energy, although he does pull some on the leash and will need to learn some leash manners.
In the shelter and boarding environment around other barking dogs, he can be vocal, and he is a husky mix, a breed that tends to be more vocal. He likely will not suit apartment living or having very close neighbours who may be bothered by barking sometimes.
He has shown no negative behaviours around other dogs in the boarding facility, however, direct interaction there is not possible, so actual testing with other dogs (cats and kids too), cannot be done until he is here in our (foster's) care. Bonus if the people in the home he comes into are willing and able to help assess him with dogs/cats/children.
If you would like to be Marshmallow's soft place to land so that he is able to come to the Maritimes to us, please send us a private message and let's chat. The sooner we can find him a place, the sooner he can get his freedom ride towards his new future filled with love and safety and security. And he sure deserves to have that.
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How has this boy not gotten a home yet?! Look at him!!!! We cannot believe it! One approved home fell through due to breed specific legislation where they live, and many have said they are going to apply, and none have done so yet. This poor boy has been waiting almost a year now, and he is awesome! Please share this post far and wide so it reaches as many people as possible.
His bio:
"4-year-old Duke is still waiting for his forever-family and home. Duke is a local owner-surrender (due to a housing crisis) and is currently being fostered in NS.
He's a big bundle of love at almost 90 lbs! He loves his people more than anything else in the world. Whoever adopts this boy will have a very loyal best friend and side-kick for life.
He is non-destructive when left alone, and is fully crate trained too. He loves taking long naps on the couch and being near his people as much as possible. He is great in the car and would love going on errands/adventures with you. He loves anything on wheels and would make a great dog for a local or long haul driver (pic and video shared in comments of original post on rescue page). Duke walks well with his front fitting harness but he can be a very strong dog and does require an owner with experience handling stronger dogs. Because he loves people so much, he needs some help containing his excitement and remembering not to use his mouth/jumping up sometimes, and redirecting to a more preferred type of behaviour. He simply needs consistency with his person. He is a very strong boy and would do best with mature, dog-savvy kids(14+).
Duke's foster home doubles as an in-home dog boarding location. As a result he has been in close proximity with a range of different dogs, although he does have his own private living space. He mostly ignores his foster siblings/other boarders, and craves his person's attention more. He can get over stimulated when directly meeting new dogs and he needs help learning how to stay calm. We suspect he wasn’
*Nao needs a home for New Years!*
Finally introducing sweet little Nao, one of the girls we recently had saved just a few hours away from euthanasia in a Quebec shelter. She, just like Nellie, came in as a stray, even more scared and nervous than Nellie was, and this makes a dog unadoptable in their eyes, which is why she was going to die. We just could not let that happen!
Nao is just around a year old, and weighs just 22 lbs! She's teeny tiny! She is super cuddly once she warms up to you, and honestly thinks she is 100% lapdog! She could not tolerate the shelter or even the boarding environment, and so the boarder has her in her own home right now. She will need a home where she can take her time to get used to everything new in her world. Working on her confidence will help this girl so much.
Nao is fully crate trained and in fact, her crate is her safe place. She is neat in her crate, but may pee some when first let out of her crate, so may need to be carried out at first. The more confident she gets, the less this will happen.
She is on the higher energy side, and would suit a more active family best. She would also do best in a more rural home where it's not too busy with people traffic.
Due to her shy and nervous nature, we do not think Nao would be suited to a home with young children at this time. Not to say she wouldn't love them, but she has not been properly decompressed enough to be able to assess this, and is not ready yet for that kind of energy in her home. She has had some limited interaction with other dogs and shows fear based barrier reactivity if in her crate, but will happily sniff others and have them come close if not in her crate and in the boarder's lap. So we can only place her with other dogs (potentially cats) if experienced fosters/dog people, who have the skills and ability to slowly assess her within your home safely with other dogs/cats can be found.
Nao has had a full health check, been vaccinated, and also had a 4dx bloo
