Author name: Dianne Snater

Arlo was welcomed into Almost Home Foster & Rescue as a breeder-release.  He was, at the time that we received him, only 12 weeks old.  No proof of vetting would be supplied.  I was to meet a transporter at an undisclosed location, I know not from where he came, his history, vetting…nothing.  But, all fur […]

Day 3, September 15th, of our Rescue Weekend proved to outdo the previous two days in miles, hours behind the windshield, and total hours away from home.  We logged over 651 miles for the day, sat behind the windshield for 11 ½ hours and were away from home 12.5 hours.  For the three days, we

        On Saturday, Sept 14th, we began our second day of Rescue Weekend at 4:00am, typically referred to as Dark-thirty O’Clock.  We were heading West.  Mazie had found her furever home and family two states away and to avoid an overnight with a NPOG passenger, the rescue agreed to drive the first

All in all, we welcomed 14 Chihuahua/Dachshund mix puppies into Almost Home Foster & Rescue of MN.  The family had every intention of spaying and neutering their adult dogs, however, life throws us a sidearm sliding curve, and all the best intentions are put on the back burner.  With this family, major medical issues, temporary loss

All in all, we welcomed 14 Chihuahua/Dachshund mix puppies into Almost Home Foster & Rescue of MN.  The family had every intention of spaying and neutering their adult dogs, however, life throws us a sidearm sliding curve and all the best intentions are put on the back burner.  With this family, major medical issues,  temporary

The rescue world is greatly diversified; as it should be. There are rescues that are breed specific, accepting only a specific breed, such as the Beagle, the Border Collie, German Shepherds. There are those rescue that can generalize the breed of their intake to, Small Dogs, Lap Dogs, Breeder Release Dogs. Whatever the rescue deems

    Maggie made her way to Almost Home Foster & Rescue back in March of this year.  We had a family that immediately wanted to adopt her, however, over the course of the past 6 months, life threw some pretty hard curveballs at this family and after 6 months of struggling with the caring

  THEY LEFT WITHOUT THEM! No goodbye. No note. Not even a bowl of clean water. They packed their things. Walked out. And LEFT THEIR DOGS BEHIND. Not by accident. Not “we forgot.” They just decided that they didn’t need, nor want their two, precious Pomeranians any longer.  They were disposable, discardable. Then hours later—HOURS—they

  On a daily basis, our address appears to have its own magical, beaconing light.  One that safely and securely lures every known courier and delivery van to our door.  FedEx, UPS, USPS, and of course, AMAZON.  Once again, Troy, our Amazon delivery man pulled into the drive, but this time, not in his white

“Good morning, Dianne.  We lost our little Oakley back in May.  We are now ready to add to our family.  Lulu and Oakley became such good friends and, although we are grieving, Lulu is missing her companion.  What do you have in the way of a male, non-shedder, middle-age, under 25#, kind of pupper right