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$7,340. ONE WEEK.

Tomorrow is Thursday, and we have six dogs leaving on transport, three dogs going in for spay surgery, and two heartworm positive dogs being treated.

And that’s just Thursday.

Monday, two dogs left on transport.

Tuesday, two dogs were neutered, one dog was spayed, and another received heartworm treatment.

Wednesday, Niko went to the vet for his vaccine follow up, heartworm treatment check in, and preventative refill.

By the time we add everything up for this week:

🐾 $2,400 in out of state transport
🐾 $2,705 in veterinary care
🐾 $275 in local transport for shelter pickups and vet trips
🐾 $1,280 in transitional boarding
🐾 $680 in foster supplies and restocking

TOTAL: $7,340

Seven thousand, three hundred and forty dollars spent in ONE WEEK to keep dogs moving from shelters to safety, get them healthy, keep them housed, supply our foster homes, and get them where they need to go.

We know that is a substantial amount of money. Thankfully, not every week looks exactly like this. Some weeks cost far less.

And some cost even more.

That is the reality of rescue.

There is no pause button on heartworm treatment. There is no free ride when six dogs need transport. Spays and neuters still have to happen. Foster homes still need supplies. Dogs sometimes need transitional boarding while we bridge the gap between the shelter and their next destination.

Every single piece costs money.

That is why continued support matters so much.

If you can donate, please help us carry this week. Whether it’s $2, $5, $10 or more, it goes directly toward keeping this lifesaving machine moving.

If donating isn’t possible right now, you can still help us tremendously.

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$7,340 in one week.

It’s a lot.

But look at how many dogs are getting somewhere safer because of it. ❤️🐾

Sometimes rescue plans come together exactly the way we expect them to.

And sometimes… the wrong dog walks into the room and changes the entire plan.

That’s Betty’s story. ❤️

We are painfully aware of the overwhelming number of dogs at Harris County Pets. But with so many animals and such a fast paced race against the clock, we simply don’t know every dog sitting in the shelter. Often, a dog comes onto our radar when a networker reaches out because a foster or adopter has expressed interest and there is the beginning of a plan.

Betty wasn’t on our radar.

Another dog brought Betty to us.

A sweet Belgian Malinois named Stormy had a foster offer. Her potential foster wanted to meet her in person to make sure she was a good fit, so we placed a hold on Stormy and arranged the meet and greet.

The foster waited in the private room while shelter staff went to Stormy’s kennel and brought in a dog.

Except…

That dog wasn’t Stormy.

After a few confusing minutes, everyone figured out what had happened. Stormy was actually in another room meeting a family who was quickly falling in love with her.

Which left this sweet brown and white girl sitting in the room with our foster.

Then our foster asked a question none of us had a good answer for:

“How do I send this sweet girl back to the kennel?”

As a group, we decided she didn’t.

The plan changed.

The foster changed gears.

And Betty became an UltiMutt dog. ❤️

Once we learned more about her, Betty’s story became even more heartbreaking. She had been pregnant, and her pregnancy had been terminated. We can’t know exactly how a dog experiences that loss or understands what has happened to her. What we can see is a confused girl seeking an incredible amount of reassurance, comfort and closeness right now.

She has been through a lot.

But there is something pretty remarkable about watching what happens when a shelter dog lands in a good foster home.

Within just 24 hours of leaving the shelter, Betty’s personality started making its way to the surface.

And what a beautiful personality it is.

She is sweet. She is loving. She wants reassurance. She wants connection. And little by little, she is realizing that she is safe.

Betty has some healing to do, both physically and emotionally. We’re going to give her all the time, patience and love she needs to get there.

And then comes the really good part.

Finding Betty the family she was apparently destined to meet because of one very fortunate case of mistaken identity. 🥹❤️

Betty is safe with UltiMutt RSQ.

If you’re interested in giving this incredibly sweet girl her forever home, please reach out to us. We would absolutely love to find Betty the family she deserves.

While we’re filling you in on Quincy’s diet and nutrition, we figured we’d give you an update on some of the other things we’re working through with him, particularly his not so happy tail.

Quincy has definitely split the end of his tail open. Happy tail sounds like such a cute, harmless thing, but it can actually be painful, messy and frustrating to heal. Every time that tail gets going and hits a wall, kennel, door or another hard surface, it can reopen the injury and start the healing process all over again.

For now, we’re keeping it cleaned, protected and wrapped while watching it closely.

We’re also hoping that time is going to be part of the treatment. Quincy has been through a lot of changes in a very short period of time. Shelter life, leaving the shelter, traveling, new people, a new environment and an entirely new routine all create stress, even when those changes are ultimately good ones.

Over the next several days, as that stress begins to settle and Quincy learns the rhythm of his new schedule, we’re hoping the frantic tail activity settles too and gives this poor tail a chance to heal.

His body has quite a bit of recovering to do, inside and out. Thankfully, Quincy is finally somewhere that we can address all of it. ❤️🐾

🐾 Quincy’s Plate: Recovery Starts with Nutrition

With Quincy, the goal isn’t to simply feed him more. It’s to make every bite count.

Because his body is depleted, we want to pack as much quality nutrition as possible into reasonable portions without overwhelming his stomach or digestive system. Huge meals aren’t the answer. High quality protein, healthy fats and calorie dense nutrition are.

Quincy’s recovery meals include high protein kibble along with beef liver, boiled egg, freeze dried fish, dog safe peanut butter, blueberries, goat milk, colostrum powder and Ultra Oil. We even blend his cooked eggshells into a fine powder to provide an additional source of calcium.

And then there’s enrichment! His Kong gets stuffed with goodies like yogurt and duck and frozen, giving him some extra calories while also giving his brain something fun to do.

This will be a slow and steady recovery. We don’t want rapid weight gain or enormous meals that put unnecessary stress on his digestive system. We want to gradually rebuild what his body has lost: weight, muscle and strength.

Nutrition is especially important because Quincy is also heartworm positive. His overall nutritional status matters as we work toward getting him healthy enough for the next stages of his veterinary care. We’re including omega fatty acids as part of his balanced recovery diet, but nutrition supports his medical treatment. It doesn’t replace heartworm treatment.

And Quincy’s story comes with an important reminder.

He wasn’t simply deprived of food. Parasites depleted him from the inside while prolonged stress took an additional toll on his body. Intestinal parasites can rob a dog of nutrients even when that dog is eating.

So yes… look at your dog’s p**p. 😂💩

Nobody wants the title of Chief P**p Inspector, but changes in stool can be one of the first signs that something isn’t right. Keep your dogs on appropriate parasite prevention, have f***l testing performed as your veterinarian recommends, and pay attention to changes in their bathroom habits.

For Quincy, recovery won’t happen overnight.

One meal. One pound. One day at a time. ❤️🐾

🚨 TESSA MAY NOT HAVE ANOTHER DAY. 🚨

Meet Tessa A659169, a beautiful 3-year-old girl who has been waiting far too long for someone to see beyond her fear.

Tessa arrived at the shelter as a stray on July 16 with six puppies. One by one, her babies left.

But Mama stayed behind. 💔

Now, at just 42 pounds, Tessa has become one of the shelter’s longest-stay girls. She is RESCUE ONLY and extremely urgent, and she may be subject to humane euthanasia tomorrow morning.

Please don’t mistake Tessa’s fear for aggression.

Tessa is NOT aggressive. She is scared.

She allows gentle handling and pets. She walks wonderfully on leash. She even allows herself to be picked up.

But the most beautiful part of Tessa comes out when she is with other dogs. 🐾❤️

Around them, this frightened little girl begins to change. She wants to give kisses. She wants to play. She wants to interact. She is currently doing great with a kennelmate, and it gives us a glimpse of the dog Tessa could become once she feels safe.

🖤 3 years old
🖤 42 lbs
🖤 Heartworm negative
🖤 Loves other dogs
🖤 Walks great on leash
🖤 Allows gentle handling and affection
🖤 Shy, timid and fearful—not aggressive
🖤 Long-stay resident
🖤 RESCUE ONLY

The shelter simply is not the environment where Tessa can thrive.

She needs a quiet place to decompress, another friendly dog would likely be a wonderful confidence builder, and most of all, she needs someone willing to give her time, patience and safety.

Tessa already watched all six of her babies leave.

Now it has to be Mama’s turn.

She has survived the streets. She raised her babies. She has spent months waiting quietly in a shelter kennel.

Please don’t let tomorrow morning be where her story ends. 💔

🚨 TESSA A659169 NEEDS RESCUE NOW. 🚨

Please share her. Tag rescues. Offer to foster. If you are a Rescue Partner who can help Tessa, please step forward tonight.

Someone gave her babies a future. Now Tessa needs someone to give her one, too.

Dumpling is only 3 years old, and she is absolutely PRECIOUS. But today, her story is a heartbreaking one.

While Dumpling was at the shelter, a volunteer suspected that she might be pregnant. She was evaluated by the veterinary staff, and sadly, those suspicions were confirmed.

Dumpling was in a late-term pregnancy that was determined to be unsafe for her because of her body and the size of the puppies. The devastating decision was made to terminate the pregnancy, and eight little lives went to the Rainbow Bridge.

Eight puppies who never got their chance.

This is not the outcome anyone wanted. It is not the ending we would have chosen for those babies, and we cannot change what has already happened.

What we CAN do is make sure this is the last sad day in Dumpling’s story.

Right now, Dumpling needs someone to say YES to her.

She needs a long-term foster who can give her a safe, quiet place to recover while we search for her forever family. Even better, we would love to find the family who looks at this precious girl, sees everything she has just endured, and says, “You’re coming home with us.”

A family willing to love her through her recovery and make sure the rest of her life looks nothing like the chapter she is leaving behind.

Dumpling is only 3 years old. She is incredibly sweet, absolutely precious, and she still has an entire lifetime ahead of her.

Today was heartbreaking.

Tomorrow, we want her second chance to begin.

Please help us find Dumpling her foster or forever home. ❤️

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Remember Pearl?

She was the sweet little bully who was left behind after her family was evicted.

Pearl had clearly been used for breeding. She was thin, missing large patches of fur, and starving for two things every dog deserves: food and love.

But perhaps the saddest part was that Pearl was heartbroken.

She didn’t understand that the people she loved didn’t care enough to take her with them. They were her whole world, and they left her behind like trash.

A few compassionate neighbors began feeding her and desperately trying to find help. Her story made its way to social media, where hundreds of people commented.

Someone needs to save her.
Where are the rescues?
Somebody DO something.

With the help of an incredible animal lover named Lisa, Pearl was brought to our attention.

So we did something.

We said yes.

We got Pearl off the street and into our care. We started addressing the neglect, rebuilding her health, and showing this sweet girl that being loved doesn’t have to hurt.

And then something happened that rescues experience far too often.

The crowd disappeared.

The hundreds of comments became silence. Outside of a small handful of wonderful people, almost no one has asked about Pearl. The donations she received weren’t enough to cover the care she needed.

But Pearl didn’t disappear just because the social media post did.

She still needed us.

And today, we’re asking you to remember Pearl.

We need $446 to complete the last of her veterinary care and get this girl completely family ready.

Pearl has already done the hardest part. She survived being neglected. She survived being abandoned. She fought through the physical and emotional damage and has worked so hard to become healthy again.

Now it’s our turn to fight for her.

We need to raise $446. That’s it. If 45 people gave just $10, Pearl’s remaining veterinary care would essentially be covered.

And there’s even better news…

Pearl is ready for pre-adoption! 💜

Pending completion of her final veterinary care, this sweet pocket bully is ready for the thing she deserved all along: a family who chooses her and keeps choosing her.

Please donate if you can. Share if you can’t.

But most importantly…

Remember Pearl. 🐾

TWO DOLLAR TUESDAY meets TONGUE OUT TUESDAY! 👅☀️

Two Dollar Tuesday is important because rescues need funds to function. Unfortunately, the vet does not accept doggy kisses as payment, and we have yet to find a utility company willing to take fur in exchange for keeping the lights on.

Which is really a shame.

Because if we could pay our bills with DOG FUR, we could pay our bills, your bills, your neighbor’s bills and probably half the county’s bills twice a month. 😂

But since the world insists on actual money, those little $2 donations really do matter. When a whole bunch of people give just a little, it helps us cover food, supplies, medications, vaccines, surgeries, heartworm treatment and all the everyday expenses that come with saving dogs.

But today is ALSO Tongue Out Tuesday, and Murphy would like to remind everyone that fundraising is important…but so is being ridiculously adorable. 👅

This boy loves sunshine almost as much as he loves affection, and judging by that little Murphy tongue, he is soaking up plenty of both.

So whether you toss $2 toward the rescue today or just stop scrolling long enough to admire Murphy’s perfect little tongue, we appreciate you being here and supporting these dogs.

Happy Two Dollar Tuesday AND Tongue Out Tuesday from Murphy! 🐾☀️👅

TWO DOLLAR TUESDAY! 🩵🐾
Featuring a special cameo appearance by the absolutely adorable Pecan… because apparently she heard there was fundraising happening and assumed everyone came to see her. 😂

With so many new foster additions, things are BUSY around here! Every new dog we welcome into UltiMutt RSQ comes with another list of needs. We’re constantly restocking foster supplies, and lately the veterinary expenses have been coming just as fast.

We’ve got underweight dogs who need good nutrition and time to recover. Dogs needing vaccines. UTIs to treat. URIs to kick. Upcoming surgeries. Heartworm treatment. Preventatives. Medications. Rechecks.

You know… rescue business as usual around here.

And while $2 may not sound like much, when a whole community throws in two bucks at a time, those dollars add up FAST. Two dollars becomes part of a vaccine, medication, food, supplies, surgery and ultimately another dog getting exactly what they need.

Your TWO DOLLARS matters.

And Pecan would like it officially noted that she accepts absolutely no responsibility for how many people donate simply because she’s ridiculously cute. 😂🩵🐾

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