Leo's Life, Hot Springs, AR (2026)

04/02/2026

As always, we are late posting but we have alot to cover!

In the last several weeks we have pulled four dogs from the City of Hot Springs Animal Services. They all have found amazing homes and we are so very happy for each of them!

We also have vetted several "at need" families dogs to prevent unwanted litters and help with vaccinations.

We also pulled a Boxer almost two months ago named Aphrodite. Aphrodite was surrendered when her younger Dad suddenly and unexpectedly passed away and her Grandpa inherited her. I've literally never seen a dog lose it like she did when her Grandpa drove away from the facility. She ran to a corner and began shaking and urinating. She was terrified and even attempted to bite me.

I realized immediately she needed time to decompress, so, I pulled her so she could go to foster and learn she was going to be okay. She lost everything she had ever known in a matter of two weeks so it was all understandable. Of course, she ended up being heartworm positive and behind on all vaccinations. So, we updated her and got her all cleared up. Our amazing foster momma Charlene prepared her for the right home and a week and a half ago she found her forever with two other Boxers on four acres fenced and with a loving family. We couldn't be happier for her. Her name is now DeeDee and she is so loved. We are so thankful to her new adoptive family! (Scroll to the last photos to see happy DeeDee now!)

All of this and sadly, we still have Vegas, Bobo and Moose in foster homes. Both Vegas and Bobo have been long term and both desperately need homes NOW.

Both will be reduced priced ($50.00 adoption fees) and we have fully vaccinated each .

Vegas foster can no longer care for her due to medical issues within the family and we are terrified we will have no place for her in a few weeks.

Vegas is a 3-4 year old short stocky Bully. But, she is far from a "bully" in real life. This deaf, lovely lady knows signs, loves MOST other dogs(as always we recommend a meet and greet), cats and birds. She has co-existed with all of the above successfully. She does well with older kids and families. She is smart, treat motivated, loves to play with other dogs and people and is very loving. Vegas gets the zoomies and is so much fun to watch.

Vegas has been dealt a horrible card in life first coming into HSAS starving, flea/tick infested, dirty and unloved with heartworms and parasites. She found an amazing family and lived with them for almost 10 months when her daddy, who was young experienced a sudden health issue and sadly was placed into a facility. Momma spent all her time at the facility so she gave her back to us. Then, she was adopted again and within a month of being adopted, we found the adopters had lied about their residential status and we decided it was best to take her back. Now, her only rock, her foster mom, can't hold onto her.

Y'all, this girl has been through so much awful. Can you be the light for her? If so, please DM us immediately and we will get you to our website for an application. We must find an amazing and loving home for Vegas asap.

We are located in the Hot Springs, AR area and will transport out of state to eligible adopters.

If you can't adopt, but want to help, please share our page with our dogs or donate to the link at: www.leeannsrescue.org

We thank each donor for helping us. Every donation goes to the care/vetting of all the dogs we have in our care and we vet for adopters and owners within Garland County.

03/12/2026

Vegas, our silent, sweet deaf little lady 💔 is still in foster care. It's now been over one year since she looked like the first photo. Emaciated, mistreated, disposed of like trash and wanting so badly to be loved. Y'all, this girl is amazing and just keeps getting overlooked. Her foster mom reports she's been the best girl, sleeps solid and loves deeply. She deserves a forever home.

She was HW positive and all the other things. We got her healthy, vetted her and found her a loving family. Six months after she was adopted, that family experienced a horrible, heartbreaking situation when her adoptive Dad had a life changing medical episode and was hospitalized. Sadly, he was eventually placed into a long term care facility. Her adoptive mom tried to do all the things but, sadly didn't have time for Vegas while staying with her husband at the facility and trying to raise her son. We took Vegas back after eight months. Vegas was late on her HW vaccination, but we updated it as soon as we took possession of her in October.

Then, in November, she was adopted again by a family from 3 hours away. We were excited, until we realized things weren't what we were originally presented with. We did more digging and decided it was in everyone's interest to take her back.

Vegas has fought through SO much. We want her to find the best home. She has tested well with MOST dogs. She currently cohabitates with dogs, fowl and felines at her current foster home. She is loving, treat motivated and gets the zoomie-zooms when she's happy. We suggest a home with older children who she can cuddle with and play with as she zooms around.

She communicates through signs and a vibrate collar. Vegas is smart, fully trained and fully vetted. If you want to inquire about this squatty 4 year old who deserves her amazing forever, please DM us.

We are located in the Hot Springs, AR area and will transport. Please help us find her the home she needs.

03/08/2026

In honor of the nine year anniversary of the day we found Leo after his disappearance and this dream of a rescue began, we are advertising our foster dog, MOOSE. ❣️

Moose 🫎
Moose-errific, Moose-aroni, Moose-alini

He is now officially my longest foster I've had at my home. At first, I questioned, was he adoptable? I'm not going to lie, he seemed reactive and scared for no reason. He didn't like my husband and was often distant. As time passed, I realized he had obviously endured abuse in his previous life. We knew he had been dumped twice, but had no idea of his "home life". It took us some time and work to make it through the barriers in his heart, but with dedication and work, we did it! Now, he absolutely thrives. He loves everyone he meets and is very treat and toy motivated. Moose is a Staffordshire Terrier/Aussie mix who is around 3-4 years old and weighs 60 pounds. He is fully vetted and on HW and flea/tick prevention.

Moose now has turned into the easiest foster I've ever had over the last several months.
-He is perfect in his outdoor kennel. He loves his enclosed dog house.
-He loves going on walks and jogs with me. -He's never had one accident and is perfectly potty trained.
-He loves sunning, is the most gentle ever with all his toys and never tears anything up. He has had the same squeaky toys for months.
-He takes treats gently.
-You say, "Give me your belly." and he immediately flops over to receive belly rubs.
- He knows all basic commands.
-Moose loves to lean against you and look at you with so much love in his heart.

Moose needs his forever home. I can't foster him forever as I have messages daily to help others and can't as every foster I have is full and I am too.

Moose is easy to take care of. He goes out three times a day with one outing a day being his bonding time with us. Whether we go on a walk, jog or just cuddle: it's his time.

Moose would be great inside/outside dog. He would do great with a family with older children or an active family/person who will give him the love he deserves. I hurt for him as I want to give him the world, but can't since I have so many of my own and work so much.

Please consider adopting Moose. If you're interested, please DM us and we will get you to our online application. We can arrange a meet and greet if you have other dogs. Moose must go to a kitty free home.

We are located in the Hot Springs, AR area and will transport to eligible adopters.

02/04/2026

Vegas, our silent, sweet deaf little lady 💔 is still in foster care. It's now been one year since she looked like the first photo. Emaciated, mistreated, disposed of like trash and wanting so badly to be loved.

She was HW positive and all the other things. We got her healthy, vetted her and found her a loving family. Six months after she was adopted, that family experienced a horrible, heartbreaking situation when her adoptive Dad had a life changing medical episode and was hospitalized. Sadly, he was eventually placed into a long term care facility. Her adoptive mom tried to do all the things but, sadly didn't have time for Vegas while staying with her husband at the facility and trying to raise her son. We took Vegas back after eight months. Vegas was late on her HW vaccination, but we updated it as soon as we took possession of her in October.

Then, in November, she was adopted again by a family from 3 hours away. We were excited, until we realized things weren't what we were originally presented with. We did more digging and decided it was in everyone's interest to take her back.

Today, she went back in for her yearly vaccinations and we found the two month time gap where she didn't receive HW prevention was too long. She again is HW positive. It's SO devastating. We are again treating her and thankfully it's not big treatments, just some additional medications. Please, always stay on top of giving your animals HW prevention!

Vegas has fought through SO much. We want her to find the best home. She has tested well with MOST dogs. She currently cohabitates with dogs, fowl and felines at her current foster home. She is loving, treat motivated and gets the zoomie-zooms when she's happy. We suggest a home with older children who she can cuddle with and play with as she zooms around.

She communicates through signs and a vibrate collar. Vegas is smart, fully trained and fully vetted. If you want to inquire about this squatty 4 year old who deserves her amazing forever, please DM us.

We are located in the Hot Springs, AR area and will transport. Please help us find her the home she needs.

02/02/2026

We were going to post about Vegas, who is still available and such an amazing girl, but we want to post about the loss of one of our alumni.

Koa, who was 9 years old was saved in March 2024. He was one of the worst cases of neglect/abuse we had ever seen who lived. He was located chained in a heap of trash to a tree by a logging chain by an environmental services worker who called Animal Services. It was evident Koa was in a very bad way. He was heartworm heavy and had every type of intestinal parasite. Worst of all, Koa was so emaciated, he couldn't stand without assistance and it took him over eight days to be able to walk any distance without help.

Because of each of you who shared and donated, we were able to nurse him back to health with the love and dedication of our amazing foster Charlene.

In May, Brittany and her wife Hillary saw our post and came down to visit Koa. They introduced him to the kids and decided they couldn't go back to Saline County without him.

Koa didn't just become their dog, he weaved his way into each fiber of their lives. He became a vital part of their life. He was the best boy who was cherished by every person who had the privilege to meet him. Koa was excellent with other animals and even though he was so abused for 9 years of his life, he chose to give pure, unadulterated love to every single being in this world.

Last month, he was diagnosed with some heart issues, (we are sure from the extensive heartworms he had in his prior life.) His family did all they could this last month to treat him, but the time came Friday when all medical treatments weren't working and Koa was so very tired. His entire family and extended family surrounded him as he left this world peacefully and loved.

His family is so very broken hearted. Mom Brittany reported, "he was my whole entire heart, my whole family's heartbeat and we're just broken."

We want to thank this family for giving Koa the last 20 months of love and care he deserved his entire life. We couldn't ask for better adopters.

We are heartbroken for them, but are so thankful for Koa impacting each of us and our rescue so greatly. Please pray for this family. We know: just a dog to some, but to others, their soulmates.

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01/26/2026

We have three pups who have been in long term fosters and must find homes asap. Although each foster loves them, they are full of pups and need to be able to help others who come along.

Today, we will feature senior Bobo. Y'all, this guy has had a rough life. From being abandoned by his family and left to fend for himself for several weeks, to being diagnosed with heavy heartworms.

His original owners sadly tied him up and left him while they took their other dogs and moved out of state. Bobo was thankfully saved after nearly starving to death. All of this and he still hasn't found a family to truly love him the way he deserves. Can you imagine going through a majority of your life not knowing love? We know someone is out there to love this lazy lug!

Bobo successfully went through ALL his treatments and is ALL better finally. He is finally Heartworm negative 🎉! He is fully vetted and ready for a home. This guy is a stubborn, gentle giant. He is short and wide and by WIDE, we mean W I D E! Bobo weighs in at 106 pounds of PURE love. He just wants to sunbathe when outside and lounge on a dog bed inside.

He is older, but not a super senior yet. He is selective of his doggy friends but grew up alongside several other dogs. He tolerates most lady dogs and is used to all different environments. Bobo excels around people of all sizes and just needs a place to retire and enjoy his golden years.

Are you that person? If so, please DM us so we can point you to our application!

We are located in the Hot Springs, AR area and will transport if needed.

12/28/2025

Our hearts were broken just before Christmas when Vegas returned to us. She has had so many things happen to her in her short life and it's excruciating to see her again without a home. Vegas is fully vetted, UTD on all vaccines and Proheart. She is 3-4 years old and is so deserving of love from a family.

Vegas was originally picked up by HSAS a little over one year ago: emaciated, dirty, basically starving to death with broken cables around her neck. Amazing foster mom Charlene pulled her and got her completely healthy. She was adopted by a loving family. Everything was happy and great, until a few months ago, her daddy suffered a sudden and unexpected medical emergency. Unfortunately, her momma spends hours in the long term care facility with her husband now and couldn't keep Vegas. So, Vegas lost her Daddy, Mommy and brother in October.

Then in November, a family from northeastern Arkansas reached out to us about Vegas. They wanted her. They met her and were so excited. Well, unfortunately, we learned they weren't honest with us about several things, so we did what we thought was best and after discussions with the family, took Vegas back a little over a week ago.

Vegas is deaf. She communicates through signs and a vibrate collar. She is extremely smart, loving and has gotten along with most dogs, cats and birds. If you have another dog, we do recommend dog testing. Vegas loves to play and gets the zoomies so we recommend an older child household so she doesn't knock a small child down when she's excited. She loves kids and adults and truly needs an amazing and loving home for the rest of her life.

She has triumphed over so much, yet here she is still without a home for the new year. Please DM us and we will get you to our application.

11/12/2025

We are SO happy to report, VEGAS found a home! We were so thankful Serena reached out to us from almost 3 hours away! She saw Vegas's story because of you and your shares. They had lost their beloved pittie last year due to a venomous snake bite. They were hurt, upset and distraught.

A few months ago they finally decided they were ready to adopt. They have been looking, but the right dog hadn't caught their eye. That is until they saw the post you all shared. They have a young son and are expecting very soon and wanted a dog who could grow up with their children. There was something about Vegas calling them. So, Sunday, they drove the almost 3 hours to come meet her. As you can see from the photos she has been a big hit!

We want to thank this family for adopting this little lady who will now have two little human siblings. She has found the couch is a great place and learning the sign for "gentle". Serena is a stay at home Momma who will be spending her time with the kiddos and working teaching Vegas new hand signs as she previously had a deaf dog when she was younger. Now, onto finding a home for the others we have in foster homes.

Thank you to our friends out there for sharing this post. Without you, this would not be possible.

If you want to help, but can't adopt, you can donate to our website at:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NKTRDLB2FJBY8

Or contact: Temperance Hill Animal Hospital during their business hours and place a money on the LeeAnns Rescue account.

❤️

11/06/2025

A few weeks back we received a call no one wanted to get, Vegas was returning. She didn't return because of anything she did, but sadly, her daddy suffered from a very unexpected, catastrophic medical issue and has been hospitalized for months and was being transferred into a long term care facility. It was all too much for Vegas's mom who is sitting with her husband for hour upon hours. So, she decided it was best for Vegas to return.

We are FULL. Charlene, Karen and myself all have foster dogs who need permanent placement. Vegas is phenomenal. She is a special dog herself being deaf and knowing hand signals for basic commands. She could sleep through a freight train, but responds immediately to vibrations. Once you have her attention, she then watches for her commands. She's. So. Smart. Y'all.

Vegas is kennel trained, potty trained, does well with other dogs with a proper introduction, cats and even birds. Vegas is fully vetted and UTD on all her vaccines and prevention.

She originally came to us after being located on a porch, with a broken clothes line wrapped around her neck, emaciated and scared. Then she found her forever after Charlene loved her and got her to where she needed to be, now all that's gone yet again.

Do you have stability and a loving home? If so, please DM us immediately as we MUST find this little squatty beauty an amazing forever home. Vegas is around 3-4 years old and waiting on you to love her.

We are located in the Hot Springs, AR area and will transport.

09/08/2025

We just can't believe NO ONE wants Moose. We know the perfect family/person is out there.

Has he been easy from day one? NO!

Moose was dumped by his owners in the dog park during a rain storm. Well, as you can imagine, he has trust issues because through a microchip, we found he wasn't dumped just once by his "family", but twice. It's crazy, but the first time he was believed to be a "lost dog" and was found soooo close to the dog park, he was quickly reunited because of the microchip... But obviously, they never had plans of taking care of him and quickly dumped him again.

Moose is terrified of water, we can only assume because he was dumped during a rainstorm.
He takes a while to trust men, but immediately loves women.
He gets easily excited when he is playing and is SO strong.

All of that and he's become the best boy. He is perfectly potty trained. He loves everyone in our family. He leans against you for loves and kisses and absolutely thrives by being taken on walks. He will run to our gate, sit and pitter-patter his feet waiting on you to get there with a leash so he can walk with you. After he realizes you care and won't hurt him, he gives you his heart. Moose and my husband finally have become besties. It just took time and showing him he wasn't going to give up on him. They now often sit outside together and enjoy snacks during the evenings together.

Moose does well with most dogs, but we recommend meet and greets. He would do better with a family of older children just because when he gets the zoomies he is likely to wipe out a small child when he is spinning out. We do NOT recommend a cat home. We don't have cats, but think he feels the same way we feel about them! 🤣

Moose is FULLY vetted, had a Proheart 6 shot and is on flea/tick prevention. He is gentle with his toys, never tears up his bedding or anything as it's obvious he had never had such things and truly treasures them. He has had a "puppy strength" Kong which our other dogs would have destroyed in seconds, yet he just walks around tossing it in the air and lays with it next to him in his bed.

Are you the home Moose deserves? If so, please DM us immediately. We will get you to our application.

Moose is around 3 years old and weighs around 60 pounds. He knows all basic commands and truly loves to cuddle with people.

We are located in the Hot Springs, AR area.

09/07/2025

We rescued TWO more dogs and found them amazing homes yesterday. It makes me smile seeing some amazing dogs find their forever and being a part of helping it along and getting them fully vetted.

Unfortunately, this week, we also found one of our dogs who is in foster care is somehow HW+ despite being on pill prevention, but we are treating him, because we love the big galoot and want him to be happy, healthy and find his forever home.

We have fully vetted so many dogs recently that I've lost count. I will pull the numbers this coming week, but we need you and need you badly. Pass along the word about those we are trying to help. We are helping dog owners through the Community Resource Center (homeless owners), along with those we have assisted with getting their animals spay/neutered to avoid unwanted litters. It's all money OUT. Dogs are expensive and saving their lives is expensive, but that's what we feel led to do! If you can help, please donate on our website at:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NKTRDLB2FJBY8

We also want to feature our adopted dogs we pulled from City of Hot Springs Animal Services!

Thank you all for your love and support of us. I truly abuse this page and don't post like I should as the weight of the world is on my shoulders posting for HSAS. It's truly life or death so most of my time online is spent marketing those babies.

Please keep following us and I'll try to do better with posting on here. Tomorrow, I'll be posting more!

08/17/2025

I try not to take hiatuses from posting because we aren't taking hiatuses in saving lives, vetting the less fortunate dogs and doing all we can to help Garland County. Since we last posted, we pulled two dogs from the City of Hot Springs Animal Services. We have vetted/paid for vetting for three Community Resource Dogs and five citizen dogs. We are bleeding out trying to help one dog at a time. We are passionate about helping spay and neuter the many dogs in our community especially those who are on the streets. I see first hand the amount of unwanted puppies who are passed around and abandoned because of these litters. You can help with this by helping us with funds.

You can make tax deductible donations to:

https://www.leeannsrescue.org/home/donate-now

Today we are featuring 🫎 MOOSE 🫎. Moose is now fully vetted. He loves going on walks and demands at least three a day. He stands at the gate after going potty (perfectly trained) and sits doing pitter-patter feet in a happy dance waiting on his leash to be attached so he can enjoy time walking.

Moose is around 3 years old and knows basic commands. When he gets excited, he does zoomies and returns to lean his body on yours as he looks up for approval.

Moose is good with most dogs, but I encourage meet and greets. I would not recommend a cat home. All Moose needs is a couch to chill on, a hand to give him scratches and a person to enjoy walking with. -- a best friend.

This poor boy was dumped three times, with the last time being the dog park. He deserves a loving home where he can trust his owner. If you're interested in Moose, please DM us and we will get you to our application.

He is also available as a foster to adopt.
We are located in the Hot Springs, AR area and desperately want Moose to find his forever.

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