Lady

I know that we are a dog rescue, but I have had horses all my life, and when I was told of a mini that needed help, I had to go take a look, and one look was all it took. This poor baby had been been grossly neglected she had been saved and helped somewhat but still needed a place to go to. I brought her home, to the rescue ranch. She came with her best friend. Lady is a very sweet horse, even though a human had neglected her. Her front hooves was elf like, and the front hoof walls had grown inward. So instead of walking on the sole of the hoof she was walking on the walls of her hoof, she needed help to literally get her feet under her, she stayed with us for 6 months, in that time she won the hearts of ALL the volunteers and everyone that visited our ranch. She was our star foster , and I really think she knew that, as she would always come to the fence for anyone that wanted to meet her. We got her back into shape and kept her on a trim schedule. Lady brought life to the rescue, she made everyone feel her love. When I knew that I was getting too attached to her, I knew it was time to find her a new home where she could be happy and live out her days in happiness. We found such a home, she now lives with another mini andShe has a life that she has always dreamed of..... she will be truly missed around here.....

Our Buddy

Buddy is a terrier mix, that was our longest resident foster dog. He came from a home that collected animals, he lived with several other dogs. He was not altered and was allowed to breed. Not for profit but just because! Buddy would not allow us to touch him at all upon meeting him, in fact we did not touch him for the first two days after bringing him home, this dog was a very scared, timid and wary little dog. Being the person that I am, I saw that he wanted love but was not sure of humans, or how to respond to love. I gave him his space, and he wanted love more than he wanted space, so he fought to be with humans, he jumped fences, he chewed thru the fences, the walls, anything that stood between him and humans.He had spunk, I saw that he wanted to trust but he needed time, and we gave him a whole year of time. He lived with a few foster homes. He needed to experience different environments, he had to learn to act like a dog, and to accept love from everyone. We took him to a few events, and each and every time he would shiver from being so afraid of the whole experience. We were almost ready to give up and accept the truth, that he would never be able to be placed with a new family, and we tried one last time, and it was then that he was seen by a person that fell for his cute face... it took a few more weeks to get him ready for his transformation, we placed him in the new home, to see if he could adapt...and Guess WHAT???? He did, and so he was allowed to stay and though he is still in the learning process, he is truly happy and so are we. Buddy taught us that you cannot put a time limit on love, and that we have to give these special dogs more time to adjust, and they will. Time, Love, and Patience will be our new rules to live by.....

Tiny Tim

Tim was a from a puppymill, the new owner did not want him because he had renal disease and would be blind soon. We took Tim in, and kept him in foster home, till we could finally tell if we could save his eyesight, but it was not to be, so we found him a home with other yorkies, and he loves his new life, and guess what,.. you would never believe that he is blind.

Bo

Bo is a purebred Cocker spaniel. that showed up in a volunteer's backyard and we believe he had an angel that led him to us. Bo was severely abused, so much that he would shiver and shake and hide if you even looked at him, our hearts bled for him. He was placed in a couple of homes to try and get him used to strange people coming in and out, it took months of rehab to get him to allow folks to look at him, without him shaking, he was not totally healed but he was ready to allow someone to help him, and w e found a special couple that wanted to make his life easier, he is doing much better and he loves his new home, thank you for giving Bo his chance!!!!!

Black Jack

Black Jack, came up from New Orleans. he is a Hurricane Gustav survivor. But his story made us cry, he was released to a shelter when he was just a young pup and because he had a deformed foot, no one wanted him, no one would adopt him, so this guy had to grow up in a shelter, he lived for almost a year in a kennel, a cage, can you imagine what he missed out on,, what he needed so much of and had none, they told us that he was in need, and that was all it took, we brought him here to Michigan. we knew that we HAD to find him a special home, for he truly deserved one. And we found it, he is now the love of someone special, and he is truly happy at last, and never to live in a kennel again.