Rescued Rascals

See you tomorrow! ☀️

We’ll be at the Oswego Police Department from 10am - 1pm with these adoptable boys for the annual K9s ‘N Cops event! 💙🐾

Raye - 1.5 years, husky mix
Nestor - 8 months, pit/boxer mix
Red - 5 years, beagle mix

And if you won’t come out for these cuties, trust that you’ll want to come out for Dilla Dawgs food truck 🤤🤤

Welcome back, Pumpkin 🥺

One of the hardest things we go through in rescue is when one of our dogs gets returned to us.

To be clear, the overwhelming majority of the time, surrendering a dog is an extremely hard decision for the owners. And of course we are thankful when adopters reach back out to us!

But, there are other times when it just doesn’t make any sense… This is one of those times.

Pumpkin girl was returned to us stinky, crusty tail, overweight. 😭 When she got returned and we asked if they wanted to say goodbye, the family said no, that they’d been done with her for awhile. 💔💔💔

We are thankful to have her back in our care so we can get it right for her this next time around! Thank you to Joei and family for taking her back in to foster again! 🙏🏼

The Rescued Rascals Spring Store is officially open! 🎉

Now through June 5 you can place your orders for new Rescued Rascals Merch! Back by popular demand we have the Show Me Your Pitties and I'm Just Here to Pet All the Dogs. And new to the store are tote bags, dog hoodies, sunnies and more!

Head to ➡️ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkQOjeuTpByHEuUFzd-viqRDN5B62fNnJWFhli_RS_mXnPKA/viewform?usp=dialog to place your order today!

Every order helps save and provide care to the Rascals! 🐾💙

Fosters needed! 🙏🏼

Buerhle, the Rottweiler - an owner surrender to Kendall County Animal Control!

⚡️1 year - just celebrated his bday on May 20th!
⚡️104 lbs
⚡️No small humans, he’s a big guy!
⚡️Typical strong and goofy Rottie

Barkley, the Coonhound - he was adopted out from us a couple years ago and is being returned due to no fault of his own!

⚡️4 years
⚡️Neutered
⚡️Dog and cat friendly
⚡️Great with kids
⚡️House trained

We provide all necessary supplies and cover medical expenses for our foster dogs. 🙌 And these dogs are also eligible for our foster to adopt program!

🔗 Apply here: https://rescuedrascalsil.org/foster-application/

Happy birthday, Hailey!!! 🥳

Help us wish Hailey a happy birthday! We met Hailey at an adoption event and her passion for dog rescue was clear from that first moment.

She has since joined our adoption team and helps with calls, meets and Petfinder profile magic! 👏🏼

Her love for the animals is pure and genuine. We are so grateful for all her help!

Happy birthday girl!!! 💜🎂

Two besties, bonding over their longing for forever homes 🥹

Herald and Oliver are being fostered by the same incredible foster momma, and they’re loving it!

Herald 🥹 This gentleman came from West Point in Mississippi. They rescued him and nurtured him back to health - his skin was literally falling off, not to mention he was emaciated… we pulled him and got him treated for heartworm!

⚡️ 5.5 years
⚡️ 70 lbs
⚡️ Coonhound (we’re supposed to say mix, but I mean, look at him)
⚡️ Will sleep all day 💤🤣
⚡️ No cats

Oliver 💙 This handsome fellow was a dog we fell in love with at AACC in March 2025. We pulled him, and he actually got adopted pretty quickly. When he was being returned due to medical concerns with his adoptive family, his foster didn’t hesitate to take him back in - despite already fostering Herald too! 🥹👏🏼

⚡️ 5.5 years
⚡️ 45 lbs
⚡️ Estimated as pit/hound mix
⚡️ Great in the car
⚡️ Loves to play

These lover boys do NOT have to be adopted together - they’re both just lucky enough to be fostered by the same magical person. 🪄🪄

Please help us find these guys homes. 🙏🏼 We truly believe every share helps.

Application to adopt ➡️ https://rescuedrascalsil.org/adoption-application/

It’s not Sunday, but don’t hold it against us! 🤷🏼‍♀️

We have five recently adopted dogs to share with you all and there are some super special stories here 🥹

Princess Helga came to us as a senior from AACC. Her owner had become unhoused, and we tried our best to work with the owner to reunite them but it didn’t work out. She had over $2,000 worth of vet care done while with us! 🤯

Xena was surrendered to us by her owner and fostered by Hope, manager at Pet Place, and her family. 🫶🏼 They fell head over heels for her and did SO much to help her growth.

Zoran and Serena got adopted by the same family!!! 😮 Zoran was absolutely skin and bones and a true rescue dog story. Seeing him go from that skinny, neglected boy to finding his forever home is so rewarding!

Lucy was adopted by her foster family! ☀️ Funny enough, they had intended to foster a different dog but fostered her anyways and still fell in love. Truly meant to be! 🥰

Congratulations to all the dogs and their new families, and thank you to all the fosters! 🩵🩵🩵

Doggie heaven gained a beautiful angel this weekend 🐾❤️‍🩹

Dexter arrived to us from Mississippi for his chance to find a forever home. But he began to show some concerning symptoms and his bloodwork showed us that he had a tick borne illness known as Candidatus Mycoplasma Haematoparvum. This illness quickly deteriorated his health, and he took a turn for the worst. On Saturday, we made the heartbreaking decision to give him peace from the body that was failing him. 😭😭

We are very thankful for our vet coordinator, Audrey, and the team at Oswego Animal Hospital who helped us care for him. 🫶🏼 We know you poured your hearts into this guy and did everything you could.

Dexter’s foster momma wrote this beautiful tribute to him:

“Fostering is magical, and meaningful, and humbling, and sometimes utterly heartbreaking. We always deal with the fact that we know the foster will be moving on, but usually we get to happy-cry celebrate as they leave for their forever home. Dexter didn’t get that far, and though we were meant to be just his fosters, when he got sick, he became ours for his forever. For the 2 months we were lucky to know and love Dexter, he made friends with every single dog and human he met. He was SILLY, exuberant, and full of kisses. 

Yesterday, we knew it was time to let him rest because his body just wasn’t fighting anymore. Max took him on a little wagon ride around the culdesac. It was the first time in a long time he lifted up his head to look around. He went peacefully, between me and Max, and knew every moment that he was loved. Because of amazing rescues taking a chance on every single dog, he didn’t get sick and spend his last days alone at a shelter. He knew love. He knew family. We’re so, so grateful for the time we had with him. ❤️“

There aren’t enough words to thank Melody and her family for all the love and compassion they gave Dexter. While he technically didn’t find his adoptive home, he absolutely became a part of their family. 💙🪽

RIP Sweet Dexter 🙏🏼

Meet the newest 1️⃣1️⃣ Rescued Rascals!!!! 🩵

All these dogs made the trip from Mississippi overnight and arrived into our care this morning!!!!

Forever thankful for the incredible shelter workers, transporters, the magical Neely, our team members working tirelessly behind the scenes to prepare, and especially all the fosters who stepped up to help these babes 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Please help us welcome the little Rascals!! 😍