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Looming over rescue this month is the situation with Iowa dogs. 130 White Fire dogs were placed by the North Iowa Humane Society, working with San Francisco Samoyed Rescue, and 40 (30 puppies and 10 breeding females) were sold to … Continue reading →

Over the past couple months we have been bringing Sophie and Tessa into the house more hours each week. Living in the garage means they would never be integrated into a pack, and that’s the goal. Since their outdoor area … Continue reading →

This report will necessarily be short for two reasons. First, it was a slow month; second, Ron spent most of it either in the hospital or recovering. Fena has been with Kathi Bacon for a while now, and she is … Continue reading →

It has been a month since Fena moved in with Kathi, and she is doing wonderfully, making small but significant steps toward being a less fearful dog. Initially she lived in an “apartment” in part of the living room, but … Continue reading →

Our 18th annual Rescue Picnic was July 21, and it was one of the best ever. The adopters who came have been at picnics many times before and most of them knew each other already. The weather was perfect and … Continue reading →

We decided a month ago that we should find a home for Nanuk, who has been here since December. Because he is 10½ years old, we kept him with us because it’s difficult to place Seniors and he played so … Continue reading →

When we were helping a dozen dogs a year, we used to say that May brought us the majority of them. Not true today, but we did have two dogs enter rescue last month. First was a four year old … Continue reading →

Rescue continues to center around the three Iowa puppy mill girls we have had for three months. On April 13, Sophie was not eating and we became worried enough to take her to the vet. An x-ray showed little bits … Continue reading →

Our lives have been consumed with the care of the three puppy mill girls. We take turns sitting with them in the garage, which has been converted to their home, trying to get them used to human presence. Getting them … Continue reading →

Sophie, Fena, and Tessa have been here for a month now, living in the garage. Progress has been slow and we have come to realize this will be a very long term project. We moved the cars out, picked up … Continue reading →