Our latest news

Puppy Proposal in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Get ready for your heart to be filled with the joy of young love! We recently got an email asking for help. This time, it was for something romantic…creating the perfect marriage proposal! Kolton had planned his proposal to Ashley for months. “My girlfriend’s two passions in life are mountains...
Read More
A Healing Bond
The human-animal bond is an incredible thing to witness. We often see just the initial sparks during the adoption process, so it makes our hearts swell when adopters send follow-up stories to us, and Queso’s is one we’ll never forget. Queso is a beautiful, fluffy, affectionate cat and she was ad...
Read More
A Man’s Best Friend
One of the most rewarding feelings is knowing that an animal you helped will be treated as a loved and cherished companion for the rest of their life. This is exactly why we love receiving follow-up calls and emails from our adopters so much! When we heard from Jazz’s adopter, we found ourselves b...
Read More
Partnership Helps Peonie
We love partnering with other organizations to make good things happen for pets in need, so we were excited when the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center reached out to see if we could help with a special case. Peonie had been with the ASPCA for several weeks going through their rehabilitation pro...
Read More
Trout Runs Circles Around Recovery
Our hearts shattered when we first met Trout. We didn’t know the exact details of her life before Brother Wolf, but could clearly see pain mapped across her tiny body. This precious puppy was covered in burns – burns so deep that they had impacted her brain and nervous system making it difficult...
Read More
Changing the Narrative
The quote “be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle,” was etched on a plaque in the kitchen of my childhood home. My dad now displays it as a bumper sticker on his car, next to Brother Wolf stickers and “who rescued who,” another beloved saying in our family. The quote about...
Read More
Cautiously celebrating thanks to you!
After three weeks of monitoring the health of over 80 dogs, we’re cautiously celebrating today as we announce that our pneumonia quarantine is over! We’re so lucky that thanks to quick, emergency vet care, we did not lose any dogs to this illness. Many of our dogs have their full energy back now...
Read More
Helping Living Beings Thrive
Animal welfare professionals are in the business of helping living beings thrive. Every day we interact with animals from different backgrounds with varying needs and we work to make them feel healthy, safe, and happy. As an industry, we create best practices in shelter medicine, design, and managem...
Read More
EMERGENCY – We need your help
Friends, We need your help. Over the last 16 years in animal rescue, we have learned that things can change for the better or worse in a second. We are currently living that reality, and this time, it’s bad. We noticed a few dogs were acting strange. Usually running to greet us and give kisses, [&...
Read More
You Helped Sweet Casper Heal
Friends,   With a costly surgery pushing Casper’s family towards homelessness, they worried about how they would take care of him. Despite being deeply loved, Casper’s health had badly declined over time. His body was covered with open sores and wounds, and his arthritic hips caused him to...
Read More