Puppymill rescues are different from shelter dogs and owner surrenders.  Most are more shy, need housetraining, and are experiencing everything for the first time in their lives.  It takes patience, love and understanding, but the rewards are unexplainable. To watch one of these survivors run and play for the first time is like watching a baby walk for their first time. To finally get a little kiss brings tears to your eyes and also a sense of pride watching their accomplishments.

Not all of our rescues come from puppymills though.  We do at times pull dogs from shelters that are in danger of being euthanized. 

      Each new dog that we take in are isolated for a minimum of 2 weeks to make sure that they don't have anything contagious. 

     They are brought up to date on vaccinations and wormed for parasites.

     They are seen by one of our vets and spayed/neutered, microchipped, heartworm tested and if needed a dental cleaning is done.   

     All dogs are completely vetted before they will reach your home.  We will get to know them a little better during that time so that we can help you make the decision as to which foster dog would work best in  your home.  

We ask our foster homes to provide lots of love and encouragement as well as a premimum quaility dog food.   We do not feed our fosters foods that contain corn, gluten meal, or lots of fillers.  If you are feeding your own pets diets that contain these ingredients we encourage you to do a little research on commercial pet foods.    Dads, Alpo, Iams, Science Diet, Beneful, Dog Chow, Old Roy,etc are just some of the very low end foods that we object to feeding.

Here are a few links that you can read about foods. 

http://www.thepetcenter.com/imtop/contrast.html

http://www.petfoodratings.net/dogs.html

http://www.dogaware.com/dogfeeding.html#commercial

http://hubpages.com/hub/Dog_Food_Review

http://dogfoodchat.com/dog-food-ratings/

http://www.fda.gov/cvm/petlabel.htm

We do prefer that our foster homes to have a completely fenced yard  so that these little ones have the freedom to run and play safely.  We also look for  someone that does not work full time because many of these dogs need human companionship to help them overcome their fears.  Another dog in the home for them to buddy up with would be great.   Many times they will learn by watching another dog in the home.  It also gives them a little company while you are away from the home.