I have tiny paws!

In Nebraska!

With Raven in Nebraska

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November 24, 2007
Make that 8 lives saved! Buck has been adopted!

I'm pleased to announce that we just received word that Buck has been adopted into a loving new home. Another Kansas success story bringing our total to 8 dogs now in happy loving homes! Thank you to all who helped us make this happen. Thanks to those who drove to rescue and transport Buck, those who fostered him and those who donated. We couldn't have done it without all of you pitching in to make this adoption possible!

Happy Day!

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November 10, 2007

Sorry for the long delay in updating but I have great news to report. Levi traveled from Hutchinson Kansas to Beatrice Nebraska where he was fostered for a short time before being transported to Des Moine, Iowa where another foster mom, part of our rescue team was waiting for him. From there he went to Columbus Ohio where he is now in the process of being integrated into his new forever pack. One of our original rescuers who adopted one of the first girl puppies has decided that Levi's home is with her, his sister and her two huskies Mellow and Caelen.

Buck is now in the hands of a very respected German Shepherd Dog rescue in Colorado. He's still looking for his forever home but we are confident that he'll find it in no time.

So another chapter closes in the Kansas 6 pack plus one story. One of our dedicated rescue group members still checks the shelter website each day just in case their only other brother ever appears there. If he does we'll be ready to do whatever it takes to save the little fella.

Thank you to all of you for your donations, emotional support and prayers. They've all meant a lot to everyone on the rescue team.

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October 14, 2007

We did it! Both Levi and Uncle Buck are now safely out of the shelter and at home in Nebraska with one of our rescue group members. Two members of our Kansas Puppy Rescue team made the drive to Hutchinson today to pick up our precious cargo. We had already paid their adoption fees earlier in the week and Levi was neutered just a few days ago.

Both dogs were friendly and happy to be leaving the shelter. Levi is adorable and Uncle Buck shocked all of us at how truly beautiful he is. We'll be posting updates and new pictures in the coming days as we learn more about what these two guys are like.

As you can see in the new photo Levi has tiny front paws.... Just like his sisters! We're as sure as can be that he is in fact their long lost brother.

We would like to thank the staff at the Hutchinson shelter for helping us to keep these two pups safe until we were able to arrange the transport to pick them up. We think they're great!

Meet Uncle Buck

At the Hutchinson, KS. shelter

His name is Uncle Buck and he is an owner surrendered German Shepherd Dog. By looking at his photo you can tell he is underweight and most likely was not cared for properly in general. We are coordinating with a different set of official rescues to place Uncle Buck in an experienced GSD foster home where he can get the help he needs until he finds his forever family.

Both of these dogs were at deaths door. Sadly the Hutchinson shelter takes in too many dogs and cannot rehome all of them. There aren't enough people adopting there in Hutchinson and it would seem there aren't enough rescues and fosters to help them ease their burden, so great dogs like Levi and Uncle Buck are routinely euthanized to make room for the incoming dogs.

Posted: December 2006
Hutchinson, Kansas

Lena was adopted in iowa	Leta was adopted in Ohio	Luna was adopted in Ohio
Lexi was adopted in iowa	Lana was adopted in Ohio	Lea was adopted in Ohio

The Rescue of the 6 Kansas Puppies is Complete!

Thanks to a team of Dogster.com members who facilitated the rescue from California, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Orleans and Ohio, We also want to thank all of the other Dogsters nationwide who contributed donations to help pay for the transport, food, medical care and other basics that the 6 girls needed once they left Kansas.

Here we were back on 12-16 living with the first lady in Hutchinson KS. We lived in her basement for 6 days.		Then we moved to her friend's backyard. We got rained on but we were alive!

Here is how their story began...

It was almost Christmas day 2006 and nobody wanted the 6 under socialized girl puppies. Their two brothers had found new homes but It was suggested to the owner he should just shoot the girls. Instead he left them in his back yard for months until he could no longer afford to feed them and then decided to dump them near a farm.

A woman in Hutchinson heard about their plight and asked to have the puppies brought to her. Knowing she could not keep them she reached out to Dogster.com. The puppies lived in her basement for 6 days.

Due to extenuating circumstances all 6 puppies had to be removed from the house unexpectedly. Their next stop could have been the local kill shelter.

Thankfully her friend took the girls for a couple of days and kept them in her yard as Dogsters from coast to coast got together online to undertake an amazing rescue effort before she was forced to surrender the 6 puppies to the areas over burdened shelter. Due to their lack of socialization they would have been in jeopardy of being euthanized as they weren't suitable pets. They were going to need a lot of time, patience and care to become loving pets.

The rescue truly began on Thursday the 21st with one member driving 12 hours roundtrip from Des Moines, Iowa to Hutchinson, Kansas to pick up all 6 puppies.

One of the girls was adopted by a family in Iowa but they returned her the next day due to her fear issues of being around people. Later their foster mom adopted both of them as they had already become part of her family.

Four continued on12/26 with volunteer drivers up to Columbus, Ohio to stay with another Dogster. Yet another Dogster member and a NJ shelter worker offered to help transport 2 of the puppies to New Jersey a week later where a no-kill shelter was prepared to take them in, spay them and find them homes if we would provide some $$$'s to cover the costs.

We soon discovered that the foster parents were unwilling to send the pups to the no-kill shelters who had so generously offered to give the girls safe havens until homes could be found. They felt what little progress the girls had made at becoming less fearful of humans would be undone if they were placed in the shelter system. The fosters set to work searching for homes as the rest of the team did their best to market the pups online through Dogster.com and CutestDogEver.com.

Our efforts paid off. All of the pups found forever homes and the rescuers are so grateful that they were able to be a part of such an amazing experience.

Thank you to all who donated money to the cause. Medical, food and vet bills totaled out at around $1000, the rescuers and other sponsors have offered to absorb the additional costs involved as yet another contribution to the puppies. Giving time, money and love was not a hardship for these very special little girls.

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