Hey, newbie figured I would kick off with the great topic of saving the pups. Feel free to share. Saved 3 to date..

I have 2 rescued dogs now. I have rescued 3 others and a cat in the past

I have rescued a yellow lab who lived with me for 10 years before passing. Great dog smartest thing I ever did, its been over a year but I am getting ready to rescue another soon.

I am just about to adopt a lovely Lab called Hodor - may post some pics

My mate walked into an animal shelter on Christmas Eve
about 15 years ago.

He went to the section for those set to be euthanized
the next day.

There sat a lonely quiet dog with sad big brown eyes.
He looked at her.
She looked at him.

The attendant opened the door and the dog followed my
mate to the car, jumped in, and they have never been
separated since then. Best traveling dog ever, seems
to adore looking out the windows with a smile on her
face.

Yes, she smiles :-)

When he is around the dog is on his heels wherever
he goes. She jumps him when he comes home from work.
She sleeps on the bed.

She is so very necessary to us, the joy of her is
boundless. I canna imagine life without her.

I'm a foster failure... One of my pups was my foster. The other was a rescue, I got of Craigslist.

Ive rescued a few dogs but two yrsrs ago i was walking in shelter in palm springs. i looked into the room where they put the sick and on there way out and saw a puppy i had to have. they knew i knew he was a very high content wolf hybrid. your not allowed to own over 25% without special permit. i called every morning for a month until they said come get him. its been 2 1/2 years. turns out he is 85% grey wolf and 15% malamute. He is about 150 lbs and is the happiest most social dog anyone has ever met. People know hes a wolf by his size and looks right away. They end up petting him and getting a picture.

Awwwwwwwww..methinks shelter animals are especially
grateful and show it the rest of their lives.

Cats need homes too.

I have rescued cats and dogs ...
and even bought a special breed ... he was a Dane...
lived very happy life for as many yrs as he could ...
know I just spend a lot time with neighbors dog ...
second time around with another of their dogs...
I love and care for her like its my own ...
but as soon as I leave to go somewhere if not to cold ...
and I leave her out ... she heads back to her original home...
and greets me when I return...

My "Love-lite" was brought to me on Mother's day last by a scoundrel trying to sell/pass her off as a purebreed. _

Which not even weaned was criminal on several levels.

Already dehydrating I implored her to allow me to take us to the local super store where my friend and pet advocate backed up my claims that she was in dire straits.
No bigger than a coffee cup I wondered if the sizeable cost of essentials was going to empty more than my soft purse she was smuggled in. Puppies and pensions are not always compatible.

As we got the essentials for this orphan of course the "Cruella" disappeared and I became the foster until the county declared her abandoned and mine. Praise God.


But it was a long month of tube feeding and carrying the wee one around between the blessings. Lol

And try as I might to talk myself
out of letting her connect she is firmly embedded in my heart.

every animal I've ever had have been rescues! from my very first cat (the mother found her way to my window one extremely cold blizzardy winter night.. my dad said "figures it would find HER window" lol.. mom brought it in after about 30 mins of my pleading, 2 days later she had a litter.. we kept the runt.. it had 12 toes! lol the rest were given to good homes!)

I was never much of a dog person, we weren't allowed them when I was a kid (too much responsibility.. my dad used to say) but I dated one guy who had a dog.. a doberman.. awesome pet.. great companion.. but he was badly hurt in an accident and didn't make it.. I realized I was more heart broken then my then bf.. then I got hit by a car.. the 'typical therapies' weren't helping so I talked to my doctor and suggested I take control of my own 'recovery'.. first thing I did was go to a nearby shelter.. found this gorgeous (albeit very shy) Pyrenees Mountain dog pup huddled into a corner, softly crying.. I picked him up, snuggled and crooned to him and felt his little heart gradually slow as he started to relax.. the shelter said he was badly abused where they got him from and cried constantly.. to the point no one wanted him.. they were surprised he had stopped while in my arms.. without a moments hesitation.. I took him home.. I tried several 'names' to see if he'd respond.. finally he did.. his name was Bear! he was the beginning of me becoming whole again.. he helped me walk again and regain use of my left arm.. he was my best friend during a very difficult time.. 3 yrs later, while I was moving myself and kids, he stayed with a friend overnight.. her kids forgot about the dog and left the door open.. he ran (presumably heading home) and was hit by a car.. what I could never understand was.. how you could miss a 110 lb huge white 'polar bear' in broad daylight! I carried him to my car and brought him to my vets to 'dispose' of.. hardest thing I had to do.. leaving his side..

the next was another rescue, this one from New Mexico.. a Bernese Mountain dog pup.. she fared the travel well and Delta did an amazing job with her care!! a friend who lives there has a friend that saw this pup being tossed from a moving car on a highway.. right out the window.. she brought her to my friend who took the pup in (she's a big bernese fan and had 3 of her own already) plus her neighbor is apparently one of THE best vet surgeons in the USA so the dog was given to the vet to see if there was anything they could do for her.. he gave her a mechanical elbow and the dog recuperated at my girlfriends house for a few months and I got things set with the airlines & customs.. my gf named her "Miss Molly Brown" cuz her spirit was one that never gave up... I picked her up at the Montreal International Airport on April 16th 2003.. and lost her 7 yrs later as she died in my arms from cancer.. she never did give up till I told her it was okay to let go! her ashes sit on my fireplace mantle.. alongside Bear!

my kids encouraged me to get another pup.. so I decided to get another rescue of course.. Feb. 14th 2011, while I was out with my kids, a couple were walking an adorably playful pup.. her owners were very aggressive towards her, yanking her collar and even hitting & kicking at the pup.. I made, rather loudly, a comment to my kids about how some people shouldn't own animals.. the man replied "well if you think you can do better.. here.. YOU take the mutt, our son dumped it on us and we didn't want it anyway".. I didn't hesitate, I grabbed the leash, thanked them, and walked away.. she's now 6 years old.. she was only a few months old when I got her though.. she's afraid of just about everything.. thunder, lightening, heavy rain, black outs LOL.. but when it comes to protecting ME or the home? she's fierce!!! she's always with me.. sometimes when she wakes up, if she doesn't see me, she starts to whimper, I call her name and she comes running up to hug me.. she's my now best friend.. funny how life unfolds some times eh? after I initially got her, I did some checking and it turned out.. she was born on the same day my Molly passed away! Xena's a Labernese.. (Lab / Bernese mix - new breed) and the BEST Valentines gift EVER!

sorry for the "short novel"

had one for 10 years. I may have saved him, but he returned the favor 100 fold.. he was my pal.. my best friend

I cried like a baby when he had to be put down.. because of failing health

Loved that dog.. part of the family.

Fostering is a great way to find a dog.
I fostered 5 great Pyrenees before moving from TX..
Both of the great Pyrenees I had were rescues from the shelter in Austin.

I have a rescue Yorkie, along with a rescue tuxedo kitty.

Growing up in my family, we got puppies and kittens from newspaper adds. They probably would have wound up in shelters and they were mixed breeds, so they were rescues. They were all great pets.

Just saw a story on the news that 60% of feral cats in Idaho Falls have to be killed. People have to spay and neuter.