Category: Success Stories
The stories of successful rescues by our amazing volunteers!
Success Story – Little Ruthie
UPDATE 2/24/2019 – Ruthie has been adopted! Ruthie is SUCH a cutie pie and is looking for her forever home through Animal Rescue Relay. Little Ruthie would LOVE to have a new home before Christmas!! Please message Heidi Nelson at hmountaingirl17@aol.com to get an application, then a home check!
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Success Story – Handsome Beckham
UPDATE 2/3/2019 – Beckham has been adopted! Beckham needs a home! 1.5 year old Border Collie/ Shepherd mix, house trained, great with dogs and kids. He has fantastic manners, walks great on a leash, gets along fantastically with other dogs, and is an absolute gem. Loves people and just wants to be with you. […]
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Success Story – Gentle Gunner
UPDATE 4/22/19 – Gunner has been adopted! We took Gunner out of Clearlake Shelter knowing he was heartworm positive, but after a few months of being cared for he is finally clear of his heartworm treatment and ready to play! He is a typical velcro German Shorthaired Pointer: insanely sweet and very gentle. He is […]
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Success Story – Butch and Buster
Butch and Buster are bonded brothers are super sweet and would love a big property to roam around on. They love to lean up against you and get attention, and are good with other dogs! Their owner sadly passed away, and Butch and Buster ended up on death row at the shelter. Animal Rescue Relay […]
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Success Story – Gentle Icee
UPDATE 2/3/2019 – Icee has been adopted! Meet Icee- hands down one of the easiest dogs you’ll ever have in your home. She is 7 to 8 years old. Utd on shots. House trained, non-destructive which means no crate for her, but she is crate trained. Gets along with most dogs but prefers the submissive […]
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Success Story – Adorable Vader
UPDATE 2/3/2019 – Vader has been adopted! Vader- what can you say about this little guy other than he is adorable! He is about one-year-old neutered, a mix of something small and something small… ? He definitely likes to play and he definitely loves people. He would be best in a home with children over 8 […]
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Success Story – Lovebug Dollie
UPDATE 2/17/2019 – Dollie has found a home! Dollie is an Australian Shepherd about 2 years old! She is a total love bug and goofball! Never a dull moment with her! She is vocal therefore when you talk to her she will talk back to you. Once you get to learn her voice you will […]
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Success Stories – Nimbus
UPDATE (12/3/2018): Nimbus, now Norman, has been adopted! This beautiful boy is so happy in his new home. Nimbus is looking for his forever home!!! You won’t find a fluffier, sweeter, and goofier boy! Nimbus is about 1 1/2, neutered UTD on shots, chipped, house trained, great with other dogs and […]
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Success Story – Lift Off for Lily!
This pretty little lady had a long journey to get to her new home in Puyallup, WA! She was an owner surrender in Fresno, CA, and then fostered in Nevada. Then she got a flight with Pilots and Paws from Reno to Medford, OR, where the pilot was grounded because of heavy fog in Seattle. […]
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Success Story – Beautiful Tundra
UPDATE 2/17/2019 – Tundra has been adopted! This little girly needs a wonderful home because she is so amazing. She was rescued from euthanasia and brought to Reno through Heidi Neilson and her awesome rescue. She is 3-4 yrs old, LOVES other dogs, Walks well on leash and is just amazingly sweet. I wish I could take […]
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Success Story – Maggie the Cuddler
Sweet Maggie is still looking for her forever home! Maggie is 4 years old and LOVES people. Maggie seems to love dogs, but resource guards her humans and would probably do best as an only dog. She would do great with people who will hike with her and take her on adventures. She loves to […]
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Success Stories – Alice
Alice update!!!!! Chrisann fell in love with her as soon as she saw her! Alice definitely scored as she gets to be a lucky puppy living in gorgeous Lake Tahoe! Absolutely huge thank you too Bill for watching Alice in Reno for a few days so Chrisann could get her wrist feeling better after a surgery last week.
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Success Story – Ruger the Trail Dog
So Rudo- changing to Ruger- fits right in. He is still intact (Tuesday snip-snip) and gets along great with every single critter on our property. AND he’s a great trail dog!!! Ruger is the total package folks. If you are interested in adopting please pm me or email hmountaingirl17@aol.com so I can send you an […]
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Success Stories – Hardy Finds a Home
THIS is why we give dogs a second chance. Hardy was set to be euthanized Thursday night. We pulled him at the last minute from the shelter in Battle Mountain and Aco Melvin drove him here this morning just to get him exposure. Jasen Arias with Furrever Reno told me in the middle of the day that he […]
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New Adoption!
This amazing pooch was adopted on February 23rd! We are glad she is going to a new home!
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2017 Success Stories
We are proud of what we accomplished in 2017 and want to thank everyone who helped us get 40 dogs to their new homes in the last six months! In 2018 we hope to relay at least 100!
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