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We mainly specialize in very old dachshunds pulled from shelters, puppy mill dachshunds, and severely disabled dachshunds that require ongoing medical care, We have blind and deaf, and 7 with IVDD and countless that have come here for hospice care. The sanctuary is run out of our home. The dogs have free run of our home. We have adopted out 41 some dogs and helped another 47 to the bridge in the last 10 years. We have tried to provide the best last chapter for these dogs so that when it is time to go to the bridge they have known love, they have been owned, they had a name, they have known the feel of a warm bed (mostly my bed). Each of our departed dogs were held in my arms as they passed and each one broke our hearts but we saw them through all the way to the end. This is the hardest part of rescue or any pet ownership and we are proud of all of our work.

Since 2006, The Dog Alliance has been improving the lives of families and individuals through therapeutic programs which incorporate the powerful connection between dogs and humans. Key programs include: Hounds for Heroes is the service dog program of Austin Dog Alliance. In addition to being trained to be unobtrusive in public, our service dogs are trained to mitigate the symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS), anxiety and or depression. Each dogs performs a minimum of three tasks that enable their partner to lead a more "normal" life. The tasks are selected after extensive conversations with the adopter. S+CORE! (Students + Canines = Opportunities for Rewarding Employment) capitalizes on the relationship between canines and adults to build job skills to provide life-long employment options for adults with disabilities. Students who complete the 86-hour program are provided job placement and coaching as they transition to paid employment. The Bow Wow Reading Dogs program teaches reading skills to at-risk readers by providing highly trained dogs and their handlers to local elementary schools, every week of the school year. Pet therapy visits in nursing homes and hospitals. Over 145 pet therapy dog handlers and their dog partners visit more than 50 hospitals, nursing homes and hospices in the Austin area. In 2015, they provided more than 6,000 hours of volunteer service visiting the elderly and sick in our community.

Arkansas Paws in Prison is committed to rehabilitating inmates and giving rescue dogs a second chance at life by preparing them to be loving, obedient, adoptable pets. The Paws in Prison program pairs inmate trainers with rescue dogs for eight to ten weeks of obedience training and socialization in preparation for adoption. Prior to graduating from the program, each dog must pass the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen Ready test. Because the dogs are properly socialized and trained, their chances of adoption improve drastically, and the risk of being returned to a shelter for unruly behavior decreases significantly. Many of our program’s “graduates” have gone on to become therapy animals and service dogs, including the first water leak detection dog in North America. Paws in Prison collaborates with animal shelters and rescues throughout the state to advance its goal to reduce the number of dogs languishing in shelters and reduce the number of dogs euthanized each year in Arkansas. Since the program began in 2011, more than 2,400 dogs have been rescued, trained, and adopted by loving forever families. Additionally, Arkansas Paws in Prison strives to decrease recidivism rates by providing incarcerated individuals with the opportunity to give back to the community and acquire skills that support successful rehabilitation and re-entry into society. Over the years, Paws in Prison has continued to expand its capacity to fulfill the need for vocational training and rehabilitation programs for offenders. Male and female inmates at seven prison facilities throughout the state now have the opportunity to learn the vocational skill of dog training. Inmate trainers attend weekly professional training classes and maintain a daily journal of their dog’s progress, which improves their literacy and communication skills. In addition to employment skills, participants also gain interpersonal skills. The program teaches them responsibility, compassion, and to care for others. Many of the trainers are hired for animal-related jobs after parole. A number of released participants have dedicated their lives to saving animals and work for Paws in Prison’s partner rescues and shelters, and several have established successful careers as service dog trainers. One former inmate trainer now works in the prisons as a professional dog training instructor, teaching inmates in the program and serving as an example of what can be accomplished with hard work and dedication after incarceration. Arkansas Paws in Prison Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The program is supported by donations and the sale of recyclables. You can make a tax-deductible donation online or by mailing your donation to Arkansas Paws in Prison Foundation at 1302 Pike Avenue – North Little Rock, AR 72114.

PLACING SERVICE DOGS WITH PTSD VETERANS

K9 Guardians Is A 501c3 Nonprofit Tax Exempt Organization, Whose Mission Is To Raise And Train German Shepherds As Service Dogs For The Purpose Of Providing Them To Veterans Of Foreign Or Domestic Wars That Suffer From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) And Other Service Related Disabilities

Chicagoland Bully Breed Rescue (CBBR) is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization with a 20-year history of rescuing, rehabilitating, and re-homing so-called “bully breed” dogs—American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, American Bulldogs, and other bully mixes

We are a 501(c)3 rescue group specializing in canine victims of sport fighting, and assisting veterans with no/low cost care for their pets.

Martina Animal Rescue rescue animals. They help veterans when they have to go in to the hospital. They feed their dogs and help them with flea meds and feed their animals.

PointerRescue.Org, Inc. (PRO) is a non-profit group of coordinators and volunteers across the United States dedicated to the rescue of purebred Pointers (sometimes called English or American Field Pointers).

To help heal the emotional wounds of military veterans by using the power of the human-animal bond to provide a second chance for shelter animals by rescuing, training and pairing them with America's servicemen and women who could benefit from having a companion animal.

The Rescue for PTSD is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to adopt and train shelter/rescue dogs to be psychiatric service dog partners for military veterans suffering with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to aid in the restoration of their emotional and physical independence.

To rescue, rehabilitate, & train homeless, neglected & disabled farm animals; focusing their primary attention on miniature horses and smaller ponies. That after rehabilitation can in time be adopted out to a loving and lifelong home; where they will be able to live out their life in a loving, caring and healthy environment. As a part of our organization, they are a sanctuary to several disabled equine & other farm animals suffering from disabilities; being crippled, blind, with a lifelong disability or illness.