Author name: Dianne Snater

Our second adoption for the day toodled us South to Eastern Iowa where Kyle, Kerrie’s brother found his home and family. Mike and Annemarie are no strangers to the Golden Retriever breed.  Benny, a Senior Golden, is the current resident of their household and is the perfect host and mentor for a young Golden, such […]

There is that moment, at the time of an adoption, when I must walk away.  There are those furbabies that I have sobbed over, and I had an extremely difficult time walking out the door.  Mayci was one of those adoptions.  There are those that I linger over the “goodbye” and I will truly miss

Maggie was welcomed into rescue, into Almost Home Foster MN License 132328. Maggie, along with her daughter Molly, left West Virginia behind and set upon a two-day journey that covered 7 states, 15 drivers, and an overnight B & B, (Bed & Biscuit). Maggie gave up a lot for this trip. The only home and

Repeat Adopter Definition: ​One who has so much love to give that multiple adoptions are needed to complete one’s family. Yeah, I made that up…but it is true. Dennis and Jan adopted Sadie from Almost Home Foster MN Lic. 132328 last November. We made the 4.5-hour trip North, near the shores of Lake Superior…beautiful –

It’s personal. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. I seem to take everything personally. Rescue is personal. Applications and adoptions are taken personally. No different when it came to the application and adoption process for Junior, which started before he even left West Virginia. Bruce and Mary have been personal friends of mine since

Our 5th adoption in just four days took us Eastward. Austin, retired from breeding, a Golden Doodle wormed her way into the heart and home of Tayha. Frustrated and near defeat, Tayha had applied for the adoption of many a furbaby only to be turned down over and over again. She wasn’t 25 years of

Rolling right along as we are placing 7 furbabies with their furever families in 5 days! Yepper, we are kicking it. Today, two more furkids continued their journey to their furever home and were welcomed by their furever families. Ruth, recently released from breeding, settled right in with her family and enjoyed all the comforts

Our second adoption of the day took us just a few miles down the road, across a couple of interchanges and bridges and right into the heart of a quiet, quaint neighborhood. This is Casper’s new turf. Casper, an unusual cream colored Pug made his way into the hearts and home of his furever family,

Kirby was the first of three Golden Retriever/Standard Poodle Mix, aka Golden Doodle, puppies that were released to Almost Home Foster Kennels.  At 13 weeks, they are a pile of fluff and fur and…fun.  They are all at a stage where “everybody and every dog likes me, and oh, we should play.”   Kirby drew

Almost Home Foster MN License #132328 recently agreed to help find great homes and families for a local breeder who lost a family member and who now had to turn her home into a hospice for an aging parent. We agreed to take on, at this time, 20 dogs that were being release from breeding.