Nickens Family Rescue & Sanctuary

08/30/2025

An e-collar even Pete can’t rip off:

08/30/2025

OWNER FOUND!!

Our foster found this sweet boy roaming near central and Douglas. He is wearing a blue collar!

Message me if you’re missing your boy!! He looks well cared for.D!

08/29/2025

We are looking for a patio door!! Sliding glass door or glass French doors.

Please message me if you have one you could donate!! Or if you want to buy us one lol. We are trying to get this piece of our dog house project complete this weekend.

Lowe’s gift cards WELCOME!!!

PS: I’ve already gone all through Facebook marketplace lol. Please don’t send a bunch of links.

08/28/2025

Update on Dice:

Sweet man is doing AMAZING!! He is no longer wearing his splints except for longer periods of time out of the crate or playing hard.

He has been kept contained for the most part with light exercise. We also made the decision to really feed him small meals throughout the day in hopes extra weight all at once with meals wouldn’t put extra strain on his little joints.

We have noticed so much improvement in his legs, his s***k, and his overall energy. It’s quite hard to get a good photo of him, as you can imagine lol. He’s quite a wiggle worm. But we are happy with his progress so far.

This cuddle bug is going to make the best ever family pup. ❤️

08/28/2025

Oh Margo… sure… what’s another cherry eye 😭

These dogs are trying to kill me, I swear lol. No more eye problem dogs for a little bit, okay guys? 😅

08/28/2025

Say what you want about me.. but when I say I love my dogs.. that isn’t a joke.

I received a message today that Gabbana’s foster has decided to adopt her! Gabbana has been through so much and I worried about her as she’s such an anxious dog. I had been secretly hoping for a foster fail for her.. but didn’t want to put pressure on it.

And here we are!!! Immediate goosebumps when I found out my girl was with her forever HOME!! 😭😭😭

Yay Gabbana!!!!!!! ❤️

08/27/2025

If we can find a foster, we would be happy to take Champ into our program! Champ has a hard time with other male dogs, but does well with female pups! A foster or adoptive home without other dogs or with just females will help get this guy out of the shelter.

We have worked really hard and been really successful with placing guys like Champ. Maybe we can help him too. ❤️

08/26/2025

08/26/2025

$2 Tuesday!!!

We might be looking for a miracle this $2 Tuesday, lol. We were able to get completely caught up on our vet bills!!! …just in time for Pete and Shay to need eye surgery and for Shay to quite literally almost die and need a second sedation.

While I don’t expect to get this bill covered, any little bit helps! I have over 3,000 of you here, if everyone gives just $2 we could cover this bill and then some!!

If you can’t donate, consider sharing or commenting to help boost the post!

Ways to donate:
👉 venmo/paypal/card links: www.nickensfamilyrescue.com/donate
👉 Call four county vet directly to add to our amount!
Number on invoice photo

Happy Tuesday & I love you guys!!!

08/25/2025

Remember our fluffy pups, Darla, Dewey, and Dusty? Well as suspected, they found homes day one with us. One of their fosters decided she loved them so much she wanted to help pull two more of their siblings!

Meet Darla & Dixie! 💕

These two girls WILL be available in a few weeks! 🥰