Our Success

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.

Ellie, Nora, and Bubba, three English Bulldogs made their way to Almost Home Foster & Rescue when they were retired from breeding.  All three received inquiries and applications.  All three found their furever homes and families in short order. Nora, the smallest of the three, also had the least amount of confidence of the three. 

Ellie, Nora, and Bubba, three English Bulldogs made their way to Almost Home Foster & Rescue when they were retired from breeding.  All three received inquiries and applications.  All three found their furever homes and families in short order. Miss Ellie, an AHFK favorite, had personality and spunk.  We laughed as she chased Beagles, more

Almost Home Foster/Rescue deviated away from the pulling of Beagles from the Southern states and began saving a few others that were right in our backyard.  In an attempt to reduce their numbers, or they are getting out of the breeding business, or because there was a death in the family; the main caretaker of

Nora, along with 4 of her siblings and her momma were discovered in Mount Sterling KY, located in Montgomery County.  They were abandoned and left to fend for themselves.  They didn’t stand a chance.  They would never survive a Kentucky-based animal shelter; Beagles were a dime-a-dozen.  Parvo and other diseases are a constant threat to

“This lil’ feller is so small and skinny.”  That is the description used by Kayla Dillow, AHFK foster, to describe the Beagle that had wandered upon a home located at the base of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virgina.  It was first suspected that this little guy was a senior, an elderly gent that had

Aubrey came to Almost Home Foster/Rescue as a Breeder-release.  She is a beautiful, friendly, King Cavalier.  She is very socialized and extremely friendly.  So, it didn’t take long for the applications to come in for this little girl. Roger and Delores are long-time King Cavalier Pet Parents and are extremely knowledgeable about the breed and

Mi Ling is a breeder-release.  Although never bred, and at 9 months of age, she was released to rescue, to Almost Home Foster/Rescue.  Mi Ling still lacked in human social skills; leery of the humans around her and what was wanted and expected of her. Mi Ling, still a puppy, needed a family who could