Ozzie is a young Great Pyrenees whose owner apparently thought allowing him to run free was appropriate.  We had him x-rayed as we were concerned about the raised vertebra: we thought this might be a result of malnutrition or an accident.  And so it has proven; he was malnourished and had apparently spent a lot of time unable to exercise, as he had no musculature to speak of.

Ozzie is around 16 months old with a coat growing in every which way, extremely underweight and would love to have a family of his own.  He does well with other dogs, but would much prefer to cuddle up with a human who will give him all the affection he has lacked in his short life. 

And has he ever found his family!  His favorite position is apparently lengthwise on top of his new "Mom" in her recliner :-)) He also has two other dogs to romp and play and be happy with! 

He is in his forever home and is being spoiled horribly :-)

Taco spent about five months here and then we transferred her to a another rescue group and they very quickly found  the perfect home for her.

That group is A Pet's F.A.T.E. and their available animals can be seen at http://petfinder.org

Christmas herself is in a home with several other Malamutes and enjoying every minute of it, while all the puppies found homes as well. 

Our Noa playing nanny to Christmas'  puppies

Abby,  a darling little mixed breed,  was pulled from the Tri-Cities shelter.   She looked lost in those big kennel runs:  she was in with 2 other larger dogs and with her coloring she blended into the concrete.  When she was taken out, she was all kisses and  tail wags.  After a vet visit and shots she was placed on Petfinder.com and within a week we had an approved home for this sweet little gal. Her forever home is right here in the Tri-Cities. She has a full time stay at home mom and is in the process of being spoiled rotten.  Her name was also changed to Sadie.

New home...New life.... New name....Congratulations, Sadie, on your new forever home.

Foxie was rescued from Prosser animal control. This darling little one is about 1 1/2 years old. She was a habitual runner. This all started when her previous owners let her have a litter of puppies and then took them away. After that every time the door was open, she took off looking for her babies. So to avoid multiple tickets for "dog at large" her owner signed her over to  the shelter.   We work very closely with several shelters in the area, and when approached,  the Prosser shelter manager knew that we would find Foxie a great home.  She stayed with me for about 4 weeks while she was being evaluated. She was loving, and sweet. All she wanted was someone to love her and a family to call her own.  After Foxie was spayed and recovered from her surgery she was placed for adoption on Petfinder.com and we had several interested parties contact us.  After narrowing the field, Foxie and her new forever mom live in Ft Lewis, Wa. Foxie also has a new brother Tiny, and according to Foxie's forever mom they are getting along great! 

Good luck to Foxie and her new family: may they have many happy years together!

Hank was a sweetheart of a medium sized mixed breed dog who spent several months with us.  He'd been found wandering around looking for a home here in our area and no one could keep him.

He and Noa had such a great time playing together!

We sent him to another rescue group in Yakima and they found a home for him. 

Guardian Rescue was contacted by  a couple in  the Portland area.  They had gotten their mom 2 darling terrier mixes.  A short time later their mom had a stroke and had to go into a nursing home. And they already had 2 dogs so they needed these cute little guys placed. Off we headed to The Dalles, to take in the little ones.  We work very closely with other rescues in the area, and decided that Jake would work a lot better with one of the rescues that specializes in small dogs. They took Jake to one of their adoption days, and the 1st week Jake had a forever home with a 9 year old to call his own. From what his new family says, Jake and the 9 year old are almost joined at the hip! Thank you for your help with this placement Gina!

Have you ever seen a dog you just could not walk away from??
Well that would be Herbie. We were at the shelter to pick up Abby and in another kennel run was this sad older looking Doxie.  This is one of the hard parts about rescue: sometimes you have to leave a few, knowing that they won't make it through the weekend.  After we left the shelter I asked my husband if he saw the doxie: he said yes. I said he won't be here on Monday, he is too old and they will put him down.
At that he tried to get back into the building. The door was locked. All weekend there was a hush in the house.
    First thing Monday I was down at the shelter again, to ask about the doxie.  They said they still had him: I said not anymore.  My husband's face lit up like Time Square when I walked out the door with this little guy!
  And that is how we got Herbie.
     We had Herbie long enough to know he was special: he had a bit of clouding over his eyes, but such very expressive eyes nevertheless.  He got neutered and had all of his shots. After several weeks with us, he was put up for adoption. Herbie now has a forever home  in the Seattle area. His new owners give us updates and tell us what a clown he is. And it was love at first sight.  This story ended really well, but only because the shelter forgot to put a dog down.
If you have any second thoughts about a dog in a shelter  don't delay. He/She may not be as lucky as Herbie

Andrew with a 17 week old Caucasian Ovcharka puppy

This Mom was dumped in someone's front yard about 36 hours before her puppies were whelped and we offered to foster them for another group.  Honey arrived here with the first one still in the sack and then proceeded to deliver another 11.  Ten of these puppies survived and it was a riot watching them trying to walk, making lots of puppy noise and surveying their world. Once this whole crew started to develop individual personalities they were even more fun to watch.

Honey had a home to go to once the puppies were old enough and all of the puppies were also quite easy to place.

We were contacted by a couple trying to re-home their baby.  Lady is a blue heeler, a  breed that needs a job, and lots and lots of exercise.
The couple who owned Lady were living in an apartment, and poor Lady was going crazy with boredom.
Guardian Rescue took Lady in and sent her to Heeling Hearts Rescue in Pullman Washington. They had Lady in a forever home in about 2 weeks. Now she is playing on acreage and learning agility