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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.

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