Habitat 4 Hounds, Inc.

12/15/2025

We had Belle back at the vet this past Friday.

She is still battling a nasty ear infection.
We have new meds on board + an additional pain med for her hips.

At approximately 15 years old, everything we do now is considered palliative care, and while she seems to be well overall, we can tell she is becoming more feeble.

Every time we take her to the vet, it’s $100+, which moves the goalpost for Bowie’s knee surgery.

If you’re able to help us offset this cost, we’d be so appreciative! And don’t forget the opportunity for end-of-the-year giving! Tax season is almost here!

📍 Ways to Give:
💸 Paypal: https://goo.gl/GvpQFy
💰 CashApp: $H4Hinc
💵 Venmo:

We appreciate you!

12/11/2025

We got word that one of our past fosters passed today. 🥺

I met Jody & Sarah approximately 11 years ago when they adopted one of my foster puppies.

Soon after, a dog (Stanley, aka, Stan the Man) appeared at their house, and we all worked tirelessly (they did most of the work) to catch him, keep him contained, and then, find his forever family.

After several months, they realized that THEY were his forever family.

Stan passed a few years ago, and McKenzie joined him today.

We always hope to find homes like Jody and Sarah for all of our rescues!

What lucky pups to be loved by such amazing humans!

12/10/2025

🌟 Wish List Wednesday 🌟

While we are raising funds for Bowie’s surgery, we have other pressings needs we can’t put off.

Unfortunately, Belle is going to have to go back to the vet for a recurring ear infection. We have had this treated multiple times, so we are heading back to find out what the next step is.🐾

Outside of medical care, our everyday supplies are running low. If you’re able to help, here’s what we need most right now:

🦴 Dog Food - We are officially out!
💊 Pill Pockets - We have a few pups on long-term meds.
🍪 Treats - Always in high demand!
🧻 Potty Pads - Seniors don’t wait!
🧸 Durable / Indestructible-ish Toys

📍 Ways to Give:
💸 Paypal: https://goo.gl/GvpQFy
💰 CashApp: $H4Hinc
💵 Venmo:

🛒 Prefer to shop instead?
🔴 Amazon Wish List: https://a.co/8syj5hH
🔵 Chewy Wish List: https://bit.ly/2RR0CfO

We couldn’t do this without you!
We appreciate you!

12/02/2025

🎉🐾 GIVING TUESDAY IS HERE 🐾🎉

TODAY IS THE DAY, and we are so excited to kick off our biggest fundraiser of the year - Bowie’s surgery fund! This sweet boy needs double TPLO surgery and a meniscectomy, and we are here to be his voice and rally our community to make something INCREDIBLE happen for him. 💛

⭐ What IS Giving Tuesday, you ask?
Giving Tuesday is a global day of generosity.
A day when people all over the world come together to uplift nonprofits, support causes they care about, and make a difference. It’s the unofficial holiday where kindness takes center stage after all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday chaos. 😉

It’s simple:
One day. One mission. One huge impact.

💛 Why Give to Bowie’s Surgery Fund?
Your donation helps Bowie finally live the life he deserves. Here’s why your gift matters:
🐶 Urgency! He needs surgery ASAP!
🐶 His mobility will continue to decline without treatment.
🐶 He cannot thrive without both legs functioning properly.
🐶 Every dollar brings him closer to getting on that surgery schedule.
🐶 Your gift DIRECTLY improves the life of a dog who has already been through so much!

💛 Why Give to Our Rescue as a Whole?
Your support keeps our little rescue alive and fighting every day. When you give, you help:
🐾 Provide medical care to animals with nowhere else to go.
🐾 Cover emergency vet visits that ALWAYS happen at the worst times.
🐾 Fund food, medications, and daily care for sanctuary animals.
🐾 Support senior and special-needs pets who may never be adopted.
🐾 Give forgotten animals a safe place to heal and begin again.
🐾 Keep a small, struggling rescue operating in a world where many are closing.

YOU are literally the reason we can continue doing what we do.

⭐ Other Ways You Can Give on Giving Tuesday:
Even if you can’t donate, you can still make a huge impact:
🔄 Share Bowie’s fundraiser.
📣 Create a Facebook fundraiser on our behalf.
🤝 Ask a friend or business to match donations
🎥 Post about us on your social media.
💬 Tell Bowie’s story - word of mouth is powerful!

Let’s come together, spread the word, and make this our strongest Giving Tuesday yet.
Bowie is counting on all of us, and we KNOW this community can move mountains. 💛🐾

🥳Let’s do this!

Giving Tuesday Fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1210920097561643/?fundraiser_source=external_url

📍 Other ways to donate
💸Paypal: https://goo.gl/GvpQFy
💰Cashapp: $H4Hinc
💵Venmo:

📝Supplies:
🔴 Do you shop at Amazon.com?
🛒 https://a.co/8syj5hH
🔵 Do you shop at Chewy.com?
🛒 https://bit.ly/2RR0CfO

11/27/2025

🧡 Happy Thanksgiving from our rescue family to yours! 🧡

Today, we’re reflecting on all the reasons we’re grateful — and there are so many.

🙏 We’re thankful for our donors, whose generosity keeps our doors open and our animals safe. Every dollar, every share, every kind message truly makes a difference.
🐾 We’re thankful for the animals we’ve rescued, each one a reminder of why we keep fighting. Their resilience, the second chances, and their wagging tails are gifts we never take for granted.
🤝 We’re thankful for the community that shows up for us, even in hard times. You help make the impossible feel possible.

And on a personal note…
💗 I’m deeply thankful for my two daughters, whose love and support keep me going when rescue work feels overwhelming. They’ve stood by me, lifted me up, and poured their hearts into this mission right alongside me. I couldn’t do this without them.

From our family - humans and animals alike - thank you for being part of this journey.

Wishing you all warmth, love, and a peaceful Thanksgiving. 🧡🍂🐾

Pictured: Bowie on a little holiday adventure.🥰

11/23/2025

Today, I’m struggling to feel hopeful.

As I watch Bowie limp more often, struggle more often, and rely on us to get him in and out to use the restroom - I am frustrated.

With myself.

It hurts me to my core to not be prepared for a situation like this. What could I have done differently? Maybe I should have never ventured into rescue on my own.

His need for surgery is undeniable, but having to make him wait until we can raise the funds feels absolutely heartbreaking.

And yet… we have no other option.

This past week, we’ve raised a little over $100. We are incredibly grateful for the people who have contributed, but the slow pace of donations means his surgery date keeps drifting further and further away.

The consultation will be approximately $320, and the surgery center is almost 2 hours away.

And after that? We’ll still be stuck in a holding pattern until we can pay the full surgery cost upfront. We did manage to get a 10% discount on the lowest estimate, but we are still expecting close to $5000 in all.

Rescue takes a toll most people never see.
The constant anxiety over vet bills, the guilt when you can’t fix everything fast enough, the emotional exhaustion and burnout from nonstop responsibility, and the list goes on. And yet you keep going because they don’t have anyone else.

Fundraiser ideas are brewing, but with the holidays here, pinching pennies, and our own time and resources stretched thin, those ideas have been pushed back, and really, it doesn’t feel like we can get them organized as quickly as we need to in order to bring in funds for something that’s already urgent. The timing is awful, but emergencies never arrive at convenient times.

Please continue to share our posts. Sharing is free, and it helps reach the people who can give. Every dollar brings Bowie one step closer to finally having the pain-free life he deserves.

📍 Ways to Donate:
💸 PayPal: https://goo.gl/GvpQFy
💰 CashApp: $H4Hinc
💵 Venmo:
📬 If you prefer to mail a check, message us for info.

11/18/2025

🕐 It’s 1am and we are wide awake because Bowie did something to aggravate one of his knees earlier and now he’s uncomfortable.

🏥 Of course, our immediate thoughts are - What if this ever turns into an ER visit? What if he suddenly needs emergency surgery?

Simply put, we wouldn’t be able to afford it.

Last week, we were at the vet with our oldest sanctuary dog. Belle is 15, and as with most seniors, she has a growing list of ailments. And while Bowie has the most pressing expense that we need to save every single donation for, it does not mean our other animal’s needs pause.

Belle cost us close to $400. Double, chronic ear infection, suspected UTI, hip pain and mobility issues, and the not-so-glamorous, “lady part” problems. So after ear treatment, antibiotic, long term pain meds, and an ointment, we walked away feeling like our goal for Bowie moved further out of reach.

It is gut wrenching to see Bowie struggle and know we cannot provide immediate relief, and while we plan to call the vet first thing in the morning for advice and supportive care, we can’t help but fear he has done more damage and will need immediate surgery well before we are able to raise even 1/5 of what we need for ONE knee.

We put in an app for a possible discount on his surgery at a vet near ATL, and we will see what happens, but our short term goal of $5000 remains the same, and we need it… like yesterday. Not to mention, most specialists have at a minimum month wait.

Rescue is certainly not for the faint of heart.
Tonight, mine is shattered. 💔
And the level of desperation I feel to fix Bowie is overwhelming.

The holidays are here, and that always slows the flow of donations. People are stretched thin, and everything gets harder.

Please, please, please help us get the word out about Bowie, and if you’re able, donate.
Every little bit helps.

This all feels impossible. 😭

📍 Ways to Donate:
💸 PayPal: https://goo.gl/GvpQFy
💰 CashApp: $H4Hinc
💵 Venmo:
📬 If you prefer to mail a check, message us for info.

11/07/2025

We are currently in the process of getting several quotes for Bowie’s surgery. While we wait for our vet to contact us, we’re continuing to hope and plead for donations.

Several amazing supporters have already contributed, and we are incredibly grateful, but we’ve barely made a dent in what will be a very large expense.

I hate to sound like a Debbie Downer, but the rescue has struggled for several years now. It has been incredibly difficult to raise funds for even basic vetting and food, so thinking about reaching this surgery goal feels overwhelming and impossible.

Still, we’re pushing past the negative thoughts, staying focused, and doing everything in our power to scrape together every cent we can.

If you’re looking for an end-of-year tax write-off, this is a great opportunity to make an impact. Giving Tuesday and Georgia Gives Day are coming up as well, and in the past, we could easily raise a couple of thousand dollars, but in recent years, we’ve been lucky to raise a couple of hundred.

We know times are harder than ever, and many people are barely getting by themselves. That’s why every single share, every dollar, every bit of support means more than you know.

I still believe that someone, somewhere can help us reach this goal and give Bowie the future he deserves.

❤️‍🩹He has already endured enough.

📍 Ways to Donate:
💸 PayPal: https://goo.gl/GvpQFy
💰 CashApp: $H4Hinc
💵 Venmo:
📬 If you prefer to mail a check, message us for info.

11/06/2025

6400 views, and only 1300 of those views are part of the 3000+ that actually follows us.

We can do SO much better!

Unless you interact regularly, facebook will filter us out.

LIKE, SHARE, COMMENT.
Ask your friends, family and acquaintances to like/follow us to boost us in the algorithm!

💔 Bowie Update💔
(I’m sorry this update is coming so late.
We needed a moment to breathe.)

This post was originally written at 2am, wide awake and consumed with anxiety.
Replaying the vet’s words and wondering how on earth we are going to pull this off.

Yesterday was… a lot.

I’ll start with the one piece of good news:
✨ Bowie is heartworm negative.
But unfortunately… that’s the only good news we have.

💔 The hard news.
The rest of the appointment was the worst case scenario.
Bowie needs major orthopedic surgery.
Not one surgery, but two.

🔸 His knees are slipping in and out of place.
🔸 Both meniscus are “blown”.
🔸 He needs TPLO surgery on both knees.

Bowie is only 3½ years old. Seeing him struggle with mobility and getting comfortable at his age is heartbreaking and feels so unfair.

The vet was very clear:
⏳ If we don’t do surgery ASAP, secondary complications will set in.

For now, he’s on pain medication, but that is simply a bandaid, not a solution.

💸We used every dollar we had yesterday just to pay off our balance and cover the appointment.
We are out of dog food and potty pads, and treats are a luxury at this point.

We don’t have the support or donations coming in to sustain the rescue right now, but that’s not Bowie’s fault, and he shouldn’t suffer because of it.
We haven’t received a formal estimate yet, but the expected cost for both surgeries is around:
💔 $10,000+

Just typing that out feels impossible. We struggled just to raise money for a basic visit. How will we raise enough to repair his knees?

If anyone has fundraising ideas or connections, we are all ears. We have a few ideas, but with everything on fire, we haven’t been able to get them off the ground.

Rescue often feels like one step forward and five steps back, and we mentally and emotionally exhausted from the dance.

🆘 Please Help Us Help Bowie
He deserves to walk without pain.
He deserves a chance at a full, happy life.
We don’t want to fail him.

If you feel moved to donate, even $5 helps.
If you cannot donate, please share.
The right person seeing this could change everything for Bowie.

📍 Ways to Donate:
💸 PayPal: https://goo.gl/GvpQFy
💰 CashApp: $H4Hinc
💵 Venmo:
📬 If you prefer to mail a check, message us for info.

Thank you to those who donated, so we could cover yesterday’s appointment. You made that appointment possible.

🙏 Now we need a miracle for the next step.