Lila's Tree Dog Rescue

Lila's Tree Dog Rescue Mini Dog Rescue in Kharkiv, Ukraine. We focus on 1-2 dogs at a time and making sure they are trained and healthy before finding them homes.

Our dogs can travel to Europe 🌍 Maybe your new best friend is waiting here 💜

The pups who started Lila's tree. After nearly a decade of working with dogs, I thought my work in that field was over w...
24/02/2025

The pups who started Lila's tree. After nearly a decade of working with dogs, I thought my work in that field was over when I came to Ukraine as a humanitarian.

When a soldier friend reached out asking me to help these little pups who had been abandoned near his base, I could never have imagined how it would progress. That one day, one of those puppies would be fully grown by my side and my loyal companion and that I'd run a small shelter...life is funny like that. 🐶 ⭐

21/02/2025

We work on the philosophy that a few well trained and happy dogs who go on to become excellent pets is better than tens of scared and unhomeable dogs who end up crammed into shelters or worse...

Having worked in Ukraine for 3+ years now, we've seen too many times animals fall through the cracks because the focus is on the quantity of animals rescued and not the quality of their care. 50+ dogs in one muddy yard with almost no human contact or enrichment. Barking and fighting or being forced into a crate for hours on end if they are too reactive. These dogs either end up terrified of people as they've never been socialized or completely wild. Barking at every small sound, not house trained, chewing everything the second they're left alone...these dogs are nearly impossible to re-home. Especially in a country where finding good homes for dogs is already a huge challenge (lots of people would love a scary looking guard dog to stay on a chain in the garden, but we want our dogs to members of the family.) We've seen so many dogs end up in substandard fosters for years, while the rescuers scramble to find enough money to cover their foster.

With all this in mind, the only way forward for us has always been to help a few dogs to become pet ready and find them fantastic homes abroad. It's a huge task- endless hours of work and training. Vaccines, paperwork, tests and more paperwork. Finding transport. But it is all worth it to know these dogs go on to thrive rather than just survive.

At Lila's Tree, this is our mission statement 💪

There are currently two adult dogs with us who have tragic backgrounds and complex issues. 🐶 Bobbi, who was beaten and l...
20/02/2025

There are currently two adult dogs with us who have tragic backgrounds and complex issues.

🐶 Bobbi, who was beaten and left in a dumpster in Kyiv 😢

🐶 Brusya who was found wandering in Myrnograd, barely 1km from the fighting. The stress of the constant explosions was causing her to have seizures and she was evacuated immediately.

Their stories will be posted in more detail soon. We are working on both dog's rehabilitation so they are ready to become pets in Europe.

Please support us in the meantime 🙏 a huge amount of work goes into rehabilitating and training these dogs so they can become loving pets

Good afternoon from Freddie! One of the bunker pups! He is nearly four months now and the bravest and friendliest out of...
20/02/2025

Good afternoon from Freddie! One of the bunker pups! He is nearly four months now and the bravest and friendliest out of all 6 of his siblings 🐶 💜

Thanks you our friends from world society animal rescue, we were able to bring special medicinal feed to this good boi....
11/02/2025

Thanks you our friends from world society animal rescue, we were able to bring special medicinal feed to this good boi. His owner was killed at the front and he is now being taken care of by his comrades until further arrangements can be made. Please check out and like Brian's page, he works tirelessly for animal welfare 💪

Puppies rescued from the frontline near Zaporozhye 🐾 💜
10/02/2025

Puppies rescued from the frontline near Zaporozhye 🐾 💜

In December, we were asked to help with two litters of puppies who had been born near the frontline. Two mothers had giv...
02/02/2025

In December, we were asked to help with two litters of puppies who had been born near the frontline. Two mothers had given birth within days of each other at the same base. In total there were 16 puppies. The soldiers there cared deeply for the mother dogs and shared as much food with them as possible. However an animal charity, with the best intentions, moved in and took all the female dogs for sterilizations while the puppies were still very young. Once they returned, the mother dogs could no longer breastfeed their puppies and they started to fade very quickly. Despite the soldier's best efforts, 4 had already passed by the time we got there 😭 They were due to move position and the puppies could not stay behind when they did so. They needed places immediately.

We started working on finding places for them. At first only a few were available. And while saving any is fantastic, it felt awful to all involved to have to choose which puppies would be saved. Luckily, after a full day of calling around and taking on some here in kharkiv, all puppies had placements 😁 and everyone could breathe a sigh of relief knowing they would be safe now. The evacuation began!

12 tiny puppies made their way to kharkiv and to a chance at a new and wonderful life. I will be posting updates on their journey in the next few days and photos of those who are up for adoption.

I have so far covered the food, vaccines and flea/worm treatment for these pups. And will desperately need some incoming funds while these little ones wait for homes. Please if you can contribute 🙏

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