Ultimutt Dog Rescue and Recovery

08/28/2026

Today we learned Amber has passed away, we want to reshare her video and thank so many people who have helped her live the best life after this day. A.W.S.O.M., AWSOM Wellness Center, wintermute, Lisa Florek and last but certainly not least bark ranger for giving Amber a very happy home ❤️
Rest peacfully sweet Amber

08/13/2026

Great news, this sweet beauty is now home safe! Great job to his owners for doing exactly what they needed to do to ensure he would return home ❤️

Please share, lost cat
POCONO PINES

08/04/2026

With all this teamwork we can get all these babies safe and in a home ❤️

So we normally stick to dogs, and leave the cats for the cat people, but we have been seeing these kitties posted for quite a few weeks now, and of course as we all know with cats, the problem will get worse really quick, neighbors are doing what they can as far as feeding and found placement for 12ish kitties, which doesnt seem to make a dent while looking at pictures but it certainly did.
We reached out to our friends at A.W.S.O.M. and asked them how many they can take if we went Saturday and trapped, so between Thursday and Friday awsom found foster homes willing to take in 14 black cats ❤️ so with volunteers and friends that what we did, Saturday morning, we got all 14 trapped, and transported to awsom, where their amazing staff stepped right in to test, and check them all out, then fosters came to collect, then came the better news....... we got another message Sunday they found placement for 9 more!!!! So yesterday we went and got 10 more 🫣

What are we asking for now??! Black cat adopters!!! Donation to AWSOM to get these cats fed and vetted so they can be adopted out, donations for spay and neuter of the remaining cats..... to get TNR'd if they cant find placement......but what we really would love is placement we dont want any of these babies to have to be released, although they are scared they are not feral, they do need to be trapped bc they are scared, but they are NOT FERAL! They belong in loving homes, so if you can foster please stop at awsom and fill out a foster app. If you are a rescue and can help even if just one cat please let us know and we will either go trap one for you, or set you up to get one. We are going to turn off commenting on this post, bc comments on other posts make us sick, feel free to message Courtney Dinkel, Stephanie Cardiello or if you are a rescue and can take a cat or 2, or foster for awsom with approved app. Also you can donate to have the remaining cats TNR'd through Furry Feet Rescue If anybody has offered to TNR this group and are getting cats please reach out to us before they are released ❤️

08/03/2026

Update found safe 🩷🩷🩷

Lost dog, went missing from Weis super market in East Stroudsburg
Please call number or message us with any information or sightings!

08/02/2026

Found safe!!!

Lost Dog East Stroudsburg PA
Not familiar with the area! Call with sightings, do not chase

07/30/2026

Sharing from our good friends Buddha Dog Rescue and Recovery!

Back to Basics

Lost dog recovery has become an absolute circus. Every time a dog goes missing, the owner is bombarded with advice:

“Call this person.”
“Use this group.”
“Fly a drone.”
“Organize a search party.”
“Do this.”
“Do that”

By the time we speak with a family, they’ve often consulted multiple people, organizations, and self-proclaimed experts. The result?

Too many cooks in the kitchen. Too many opinions. Too much conflicting advice….and the dog pays the price.

Lately I’ve watched methods emerge that completely ignore decades of understanding canine survival behavior. Broadcasting an owner’s voice and squeaking a ball from a megaphone attached to a drone. 🤦‍♀️ Walking the woods in search parties. Turning recoveries into social gatherings, campfires, movie nights outside a truck… what the heck is going on?!!

Yet somehow, we’re watching people throw decades of experience out the window in exchange for whatever gets the most clicks.

Recovery has become content. It’s become livestreams, selfies, expensive gadgets, branded vehicles, and follower counts.

Meanwhile… where are the dogs?

And here’s the uncomfortable question no one wants to ask:

If someone is charging families thousands and thousands of dollars, but the dogs still aren’t being recovered, isn’t it time to start asking harder questions? At some point, results have to matter more than marketing.

Because followers don’t recover dogs.
Algorithms don’t recover dogs. Fancy trucks don’t recover dogs. Egos don’t recover dogs.

Experience does.

Understanding lost dog behavior does.

The saddest part is watching devastated owners get caught in the middle. They’re told to listen to five different people, each contradicting the last. Every new opinion changes the plan. Every new “expert” wants to reinvent the wheel.

Recovery doesn’t work that way. One clear strategy. One direction. One team. Not twenty people chasing the same dog with twenty different ideas.

At Buddha Dog Rescue & Recovery, we no longer involve ourselves in cases where multiple groups or individuals are directing the recovery. Not because we’re interested in controlling the case but because conflicting methods create conflicting outcomes.

We’re also done pretending this isn’t happening and being afraid to speak up or be cyber bullied by egomaniacs who charge thousands and thousands and nine times out of 10 come up empty-handed in recovering a lost dog.

The lost dog community knows exactly what I’m talking about. Many of the most experienced recovery groups are saying the same thing behind closed doors.

The difference is…I’m willing to say it out loud.

Ask yourself one simple question when you’re looking for help:

Is this page showcasing recovered dogs… or showcasing the person behind the page?

If every other post is a selfie…
If every post revolves around the equipment…if the focus is the truck, the gadgets, the merchandise, the coffee stops, and building a personal brand…who is really benefiting?

Because this work was never supposed to create influencers. It was supposed to reunite families and we’ve lost sight of that.

The dogs deserve better. The owners deserve better and this profession deserves better.

It’s time to stop chasing attention.It’s time to stop chasing followers. It’s time to stop chasing trends. It’s time to stop chasing dogs.

It’s time to get back to basics to what works and bring the dogs home!

07/16/2026

Trapped and safe

Please continue to share to get this baby home.
DO NOT CHASE OR CALL OUT TO, IF SEEN PLEASE CALL THE NUMBER WITH TIME AND EXACT LOCATION, IF YOU LIVE NEAR BY AND HAVE CAMERAS PLEASE CHECK
AS ALWAYS WE APPRECIATE, EVERY SHARE AND EVERY PHONE CALL, THEY ALL HELP GET THESE PUPS HOME SAFE