Sanctuary Rescue

Two More Weeks!

On a scale of 1 to 132.7, how scrumptious is Frog Leggsz?

They tell me this red fox retriever is fancy. I think all dogs are fancy, so I guess I must agree. We’re pleased to introduce you to Beauregard Tomato Frog Cackleberry Sugarbaker (‘Mater for short). Say hello and tell him he’s fancy (whether he is or not).

It’s been a long day. Like, maybe the longest day ever recorded. All I can do is show you this smushy lady that we sprang from jail today and hope you all think the long days are worth it as much as we do.

We would like to exploit this puppy’s adorableness to get your attention so that you’ll like, share, and comment on this post telling you and all your friends about the 44th Annual Midlothian Village Day Festival on Saturday, October 17, at Midlothian Middle School. Although the festival has been around for almost half a century, this is Sanctuary Rescue’s first year hosting. There’s a parade from 9 to 10 AM, the festival is from 10 AM to 3 PM. There are 100 local crafters/vendors/makers, a petting zoo, adoptable cats and dogs, a food truck food court, a pumpkin patch, games, inflatables, stage performances and so much more - oh and don’t forget the parade! Mark your calendars, and get ready for a whole lotta fun!

We have 3 to 4 million** little blue heeler/cattle dog/something or other mix puppies available for adoption. Happy, bouncy, little varmints that will likely grow up to be medium-sized dogs with large-size personalities.
Rumor has it that Facebook is no longer allowing the inclusion of links in posts or comments, which is like, a really big bummer for us, so instead of me being like, Hey! Click here, and making it super easy to see our adoptable dogs, you’re going to have to find our website and then click on the button that says adoptable dogs. A lot of work, right? But if it ends with a puppy on your pillow, totally worth it! I’ll give you a hint, put three Ws and a dot in front of the name of our rescue and then follow that with a dot and cee oh em.

** Only nine but trust me, when you’re refreshing the application inbox over and over and it’s always empty, 9 puppies feels like 3 million.

The saddest happiest thing happened yesterday - Olive got adopted.
Olive has been a part of the Sanctuary Rescue family for the past year and a half. She came in after a large scale cruelty and neglect seizure. She only weighed 26 pounds at the time, skin and bones; we were able to hold her with one arm for her intake photos. A couple of weeks after Olive arrived, Meatloaf joined us from another shelter and they immediately hit it off. They became our resident office dogs and ambassadogs for the rescue. Olive and Meatloaf were a dynamic duo. They visited schools, events, nursing homes, and everything in between. They were perfectly behaved in all environments and we could trust them with people from 1 to 100. We loved watching people’s faces when we showed them that you could indeed find beautiful, well mannered, purebred dogs like Olive and Meatloaf at municipal shelters. Then Meatloaf died unexpectedly and Olive was immediately depressed. A once very independent dog was now by our side 24/7; Olive became lonely and needy without her other half. We realized then that her days as an office dog were over; she needed her own person, her own couch, her own yard and home. And along came Scott. He said Olive was everything he had been looking for in a dog, and Olive went right to him and parked her big, fat patoot right beside him for rubs and pets for his entire visit. We were both crushed and elated at the same time. The iconic twosome of rescue ambassadogs has retired - one to heaven and one to Scott’s house. We miss her already but we know she’s right where she belongs. Happy life, Scott & 🫒!

We are celebrating “Dolly Day” (9/25) by showing you some of the Sanctuary Rescue dogs that have been working 9 to 5 at the Richmond Convention Center the last couple of days. It is hard work being adorable and bringing joy to the hearts of all convention goers.

We have been so wrapped up in cow chaos that we failed to tell you about Dust Bunny and her five little dust busters, Kirby, Roomba, Dyson, and Bissell. We saw a very pregnant mama when we were at Chesterfield County Animal Services walking dogs last Tuesday, called a foster, and had her picked up before we had walked the last dog. The next night four tiny baby beans were born. Dust Bunny is an excellent mama that was apparently just waiting for a ride out of the shelter to have her puppies.