Rocky Ridge Refuge

04/25/2025

ROSIE UPDATE!
Rosie is doing very well overcoming her fears and shyness. I have gotten tail wags and she often seeks to be petted now. She is still too afraid to freely join the dogs in the main house and yard, but is learning to enjoy their visits into 'her' room. She wants to play with them sometimes but is awkward and unsure in her actions to initiate that. I think she will eventually figure things out 🙂

04/12/2025

A local establishment, Hadley's Haven, held a little fundraiser for RRR today doing pet pictures with the Easter Bunny! Hawthorne and I were down there representing! Local peeps still have time to get down there til 5pm!

04/11/2025

04/10/2025

Look who is leaning into human touch...

04/08/2025

Here is Rosie after I carried her into my room yesterday. (She has been afraid to walk at all.) She first spent a few hours laying in my kitchen. She spends much of her time trembling so hard, especially when a human moves or touches her, but my dogs were so sweet with her and I noticed she sometimes was able to quit shaking as they calmly laid near her. She did crawl from her bed into Hawthorne's bed here and he let her know that was fine and he stayed close to her all night.

04/07/2025

Soooo, the toughest thing about being forced into retirement from active rescuing, is still seeing so many animals in need and knowing I can not help by accepting them under RRR.
This little girl was recently rescued by the Have a Heart Pet Shelter, in the nearby county, and I have offered to foster her for them. I suspected she would need some extra time and attention to become adoptable and that is sadly the case. She is under a year old and obviously was neglected physically and emotionally. She is very shut down and afraid of everything. Highly probable she never knew even a minute of kindness or decent care before being captured. They named her 'Rosie' and I will pick her up later today. Please send good energy her way so that she has a chance to overcome her past and find the forever home she deserves.

05/14/2024

This little Racer lives in my front yard area. Racers are very fast and usually want nothing to do with being close to humans. This morning he greeted me and allowed me to stroke his back for a minute before calmly going on his way. He has one eye that has some old damage to it (can kinda see it in third pic) and its kinda funny to me that he chose here since I have run my animal rescue here for many years for medical/special needs cases and have had so many critters with various damaged/missing parts, and have 2 one eyed dogs now. I reckon he feels right at home, lol. Very chill for a racer especially...

05/06/2024

>>> Wonderful Gertie Mae is still looking for her forever home! Here are new photos of this sweet girl who has blossomed in the 3 1/2 months she has been here. Gertie is a 1 1/2 year old Hound mix girl. She weighs 48lbs and is housebroken, crate trained and overall chill dog who also enjoys a few rousing play sessions a day with her besties here. She is gentle and friendly with humans and was good with some kittens she met recently. A fenced yard would be best to keep her safe and at least one dog friend to romp and wrestle with. Gertie Mae is fully vetted and more than ready to find her family! If interested in Gertie, please e-mail [email protected] for more info or an application. Out of state is fine if transport can be arranged ( which it often can be to many areas!)

04/10/2024

Tyrone turned 4 months old yesterday and weighs a slim 48 lbs! His right ear appears to have settled for a permanent relaxed state while the other one is keeping its options open awhile longer...

03/22/2024

Sooo, the last several weeks have been a time of wondering "How will Tyrone's ears handle the day?" He will be 15 weeks old tomorrow and his free range ears do whatever they want! He is a healthy, normal puppy after his early neuro issues, but does have one eye that is janky and sightless. He is smart and feisty still so he does fine with his one good eye. Enjoy this ears photo dump!