12/22/2025
551 reasons to be thankful this holiday season!
As 2025 comes to a close, we want to pause, take a breath, and reflect on what this year meant for Little Red Barn Dog Rescue.
This year, 477 dogs came into rescue with us — each one carrying a story, a need, and a chance.
We also provided initial vetting, vaccinations, preventatives, and transportation for 74 additional dogs headed to their receiving shelters and rescues.
That brings us to 551 dogs assisted through Little Red Barn Dog Rescue in 2025 alone.
But rescue isn’t only about the dogs who come through our doors.
This year, we delivered food to 32 families, helping keep beloved pets where they belong — with the people who love them. Thanks to incredible community generosity and support, over 6,000 pounds of dog and cat food was donated and delivered directly to homebound individuals and those facing financial struggle.
We co-hosted a Free Vaccination and Microchip Clinic with our friends at Beautiful Hearts Rescue, where hundreds of community pets were given vaccine and microchip protection in a single afternoon.
We also honored lives that had no one to claim them, providing dignity and cremation services for three dogs and one cat found deceased in our community. Even in death, they mattered. They were seen. They were loved.
Each year, the need grows heavier — more calls, more hardship, more heartbreak. And yet, we are still here. Still showing up. Still doing the work for as long as we are able.
As we move into the holidays, we want to gently share that messages will be limited unless there is an emergency. This time of year is one of the only opportunities we have to step back — to grieve the losses that stay with us, to celebrate the wins that carried us through, to breathe, and to spend much-needed time with our families and friends.
None of this — not one life saved, not one bowl filled, not one late-night emergency — happens without you.
To our fosters, who open their homes and hearts.
To our volunteers, who give their time, energy, and compassion.
To our community, both local and online.
To our local small businesses who stand beside us.
You are the reason this work continues.
This year marks 6 years of Little Red Barn Dog Rescue operations. In January, we will celebrate our anniversary and step into our 7th year — something we could never have imagined without this community behind us.
If you are in a position to give, end of the year donations make an enormous difference. They help us kick-start the New Year ready to respond, ready to help, and ready to keep going.
From the bottom of our hearts — thank you for believing in our mission, supporting us, and walking beside us through another demanding, beautiful, exhausting year.
We appreciate you more than words can ever say! 🥰🐾❤️
We have several local business drop off locations:
Buck N Beams
Chetek Police Department
Pet Supplies Plus - Rice Lake, WI
Second Chance Resale
Market Place Foods in Rice Lake
Don Johnson Motors Chevrolet GMC
Monetary Donations can be made at:
Vetting Accounts:
Animal Hospital of Chetek
715-859-6650
Animal Hospital North
715-736-6550
Fur Barn Veterinary Clinic
715-201-6808
Paypal:
https://paypal.me/LRBDogRescue?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US
Venmo:
LRBDR
Our website:
https://www.littleredbarndogrescue.org/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5ffe1dde8c2fc07a70e56fbc
