Our Success

  With the loss of Rocky’s Poppa Jack, early in September, Rocky found himself back at Almost Home Foster & Rescue.  Rocky’s extended family members checked on him often and when they went through his Poppa’s apartment, they were quick to drop off Rocky’s personal items, his leather collar, his sunglasses, his leather jacket.  Those […]

      Rocky II, one of the ChiWeenies that was welcomed into Almost Home Foster & Rescue, along with 3 other siblings/half siblings, found his furever home and family, starting the Month of November off with an explosion of adoptions.   Nathaniel and Amanda and their daughter Elle are smitten with the small Chihuahua/Dachshund

  Oklahoma Foster Momma Felicia Stilley – yes, she strikes again – brought a Senior Yorkie to Minnesota for a second opinion on veterinary care.  She made the 20-hour, round trip to ensure that Skyler received the best care possible.  Felicia states that she wasn’t even home yet when that area animal shelter reached out

  Many of our intakes come from Oklahoma.  Almost Home Foster & Rescue has a phenomenal Foster Momma – Felicia Stilley – and an incredible group of individuals that network their lost, abandoned, abused, neglected, sometimes discarded in trash bins, animals.  Felicia makes the rounds at the nearby shelters and pounds, pulling large and small

  “Dianne, Tracy has a small Bichon that she is getting from a puppy mill.  She is about 5-years of age.  Can you take her?”  Dede King of Heart of the BorderCollie Rescue had reached out to Almost Home Foster & Rescue.  “She is picking her up later today.  Can you call Tracy?” That’s the

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