29/11/2025
Rescue gratitude 11/29 from our friends Kimberly and Clay…..not only have we placed two anazing pups with their but we also worked on a rescue with them as well.
Let’s see what is on their minds today….
My family is so thankful for Callie's Place, both because of the animals we have adopted from them and because of the way they have stepped up to care for animals we couldn't care for at the time.
We have known Tracey and Barry for many years, so when our dogs (both of whom we had taken in because others could not keep them) died at Christmas 2017 and Christmas 2018, our daughter, who was away at school, began a constant surveillance of the Callie's Place page, looking for a new dog for us to adopt. Since she was away at school without a dog, she REALLY wanted us to have a dog when she got home. In March 2019, she found Bells on the Callie's Place page and fell in love. When we inquired, Bells had already been adopted, and everyone was completely bummed. Shortly after that, though, Bells came back to Callie's Place then came home to us! Even though he was found on the streets in Birmingham, Harry Truman (his new name, since we have a tradition of using presidents' and first ladies' names) has now been with us for 5 ½ years. He is 11 pounds, barks furiously at everyone when he first sees them—even us—, loves bones, and within an hour is in everyone's lap. He is my husband's best buddy—the one who kept him sane during the loneliness of that time in 2020. He is the one who can make my adult children calm and content, even when their worlds are going haywire. And he greets me every afternoon when I come home from school—sometimes disobediently from the driveway but always with love and enthusiasm 🙂
Knowing how much Harry is to our family, when my mother-in-law's dog died, we started looking at Callie's Place for a dog for her in 2023. Tracey found us a sweet, loving little girl named Mazie, who has become my mother-in-law's constant companion and family, and who we would take home with us in an instant.
Then last spring, the teachers at Omnia Classical School, where I work, found two sweet babies who had clearly been dumped. Our hearts were broken! Two of the teachers—who all love animals as much as they love kiddos—eased them out from under a car and brought them inside and away from all the action that we knew would scare them crazy. Animal Control had been called and we knew that they were full up and chances for these two to find forever homes from there was not good at the time. I furiously texted my husband, who texted Tracey, who found a place for them! Animal Control let us keep them, since we had someplace for them to go, so I handed them over to Tracey, cowering in a box. Today they are sweet boys ready for adoption. I couldn't take them home then, but I hope to be taking at least one of them home soon!
Thank you Callie's Place for loving and caring for animals and loving the people who love them by doing so! Your dedication is a gift to animals and people alike! May the Lord bless you and the people-animal families you bring together!
Tracey edit : Love love love my animal loving friends who hopefully within the next week will be meeting Boone and Crockett and adopting one of them! Love repeat rescue business!
