Alaska Underdogs Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc

08/17/2025

I miss this class and my soul needs to get back to it!

08/11/2025

Man, if you think that this is an issue that is only affecting those here “illegally,” you are sadly mistaken. This is from one of our adopters, who is a US citizen, and her husband is here LEGALLY. She is afraid of being separated, even a temporary separation. Can you blame her?

If you have it in your heart to adopt a BIG BOI, or can help out financially to get this guy back here (his original shipping cost was around $500) please reach out PRIVATELY. I reserve the right to turn off the comments if this post becomes politically charged. Keep it civil, keep it productive.

08/09/2025

When we get blessed with donations, we love to pass the blessing along to others, as well! Whenever I pick up a pallet donation from a local business, we “get what we get,” so to speak, which often includes cat food and cat supplies in addition to dog food and dog supplies. We like to pass it on to Clear Creek Cat Rescue!

This week, we had an abundance of dog food that our fosters couldn’t utilize, so we bundled bags of dog food to be included in care packages for the local homeless population. This effort was coordinated by Crystal, one of our wonderful fosters. We got to catch up, chat, and bag up 2 large boxes worth of food to donate to a local organization that will add the food to care packages to be handed out to our most vulnerable citizens. There are many veterans and others who are homeless with service animals/ESAs who would rather go hungry themselves than let their dogs suffer. This will help to ease that burden slightly, and we’re happy to help in any way we can.

07/30/2025

We now have answers about Tucker! The fabulous Dr. Duden of Palmer Veterinary Clinic ruled out Addison’s Disease, but Tucker does have EPI (Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) which means his body cannot produce sufficient digestive enzymes, leading to his malnourishment despite eating a proper diet. He is now receiving supplemental digestive enzymes, and vitamin injections for the next 6 weeks because he was deficient. Shaun has said that he is already seeing improvements, such as firmer stool, only 36 hours later! Tucker will require supplements for the rest of his life, but it will greatly improve the quality of his life, and he should live a normal, full life.

His care is easy, but costly…his supplements will run about $300 per month, according to Dr. Duden. She said some people have supplemented with cow/pig pancreas with good results, but we don’t have a source, and it’s not a sure thing. We’re committed to keeping this guy healthy, but we could definitely use your help.

07/21/2025

Stole this from Alaska Beagle Ranch
I wholeheartedly agree 🤍I’d add that the magic is what happens when you earn your dog’s trust

07/19/2025

Yup. I have dogs in my kitchen while I cook. 🫣 But this is what it looks like: Luna and Remy already know to go to their bed or to wait outside the kitchen (on the carpet) while I’m cooking. Vickie is learning. But today, I only had to send her back to the bed twice. (“Ah ah!” as soon as she steps off, and “Bed!” to send her back) it definitely helps that we have them do the same routine before breakfast every morning: they go to their bed, wait for me to fill all of the bowls and place them on the floor, and then they wait for me to call them off, one by one (“Luna, break! Remy, break! Vickie, break! Putt, break!”). Even the chihuahua. Even the puppy.

07/18/2025

***Tucker has another appointment on Monday, 7/21 to try to get to the bottom of his low weight/low energy/low cholesterol issue***

🤍***Thanks to an incredibly generous donation, we have the necessary funds for the next round of testing! Tucker will need ongoing care, so additional donations are always appreciated, but this current need is covered!***🤍

Well, it looks like it ISN’T Addison’s, but there is still something going on with Tucker. So it’s back to more panels….the Invoice is what we’ve already paid, the Estimate is what we’ll still need to pay just for the panels, and this is just to figure out what’s going on with this big guy. We’re committed to finding out what’s going on with him, and any financial help would be so appreciated! If you’re unable to help financially, just sharing this post would be so helpful!

07/17/2025

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I still believe there’s a home out there for this guy! He has such great qualities: he loves people (especially kids), he’s obedient in the house with a great bed stay, he’s great out in public and loves greeting strangers. But, due to his history, he needs to be the only pet in the house. He now does well with my dogs, but I would not allow him to be social with other dogs without a muzzle and close supervision. He’s been muzzle-trained, and has attended Reactive Rehabilitation through Alaska Dog Boarding & Training, Inc./ Lytle's K-9's. He’s a bit of a couch potato and has a propensity to get fat, but we’re keeping him lean. He is so affection and food motivated! This boy charms everyone he meets, but needs a special household for his forever home. If that sounds like you, fill out the application here: www.alaskaunderdogsrescue.org/foster-adopt-app

07/17/2025

I still believe there’s a home out there for this guy! He has such great qualities: he loves people (especially kids), he’s obedient in the house with a great bed stay, he’s great out in public and loves greeting strangers. But, due to his history, he needs to be the only pet in the house. He now does well with my dogs, but I would not allow him to be social with other dogs without a muzzle and close supervision. He’s been muzzle-trained, and has attended Reactive Rehabilitation through Alaska Dog Boarding & Training, Inc./ Lytle's K-9's. He’s a bit of a couch potato and has a propensity to get fat, but we’re keeping him lean. He is so affection and food motivated! This boy charms everyone he meets, but needs a special household for his forever home. If that sounds like you, fill out the application here: www.alaskaunderdogsrescue.org/foster-adopt-app

07/16/2025

We have some answers about Tucker the GSD's health from the wonderful Dr. Duden at Palmer Veterinary Clinic. Tucker has low cholesterol, which leads her to believe that he has one of the following four issues:

-Addison's Disease (most likely)
-Liver failure (highly unlikely, his numbers were within the normal range)
-Malabsorption (likely)
-Protein-losing enteropathy (not likely)

Since they already have his blood, we just have to add on a cortisol test ($75) to what we've already paid for his initial appointment and panel. If those results are inconclusive, we'll be adding on an advanced GI panel (~$275) to check to see if he is producing digestive enzymes in sufficient quantities (to rule out malabsorption).

We have some funds coming in at the end of the month from a fundraiser (THANK YOU!) but after the care and keeping of the litter of puppies (Formula, puppy food, all vaccines, deworming, spays/neuters x6, and we had to hold them for 5 months before they were even ready to be adopted out!) We are in dire need of a financial boost. Tucker's bills are going on my CareCredit card due to the delay in receiving funds from the PayPal Giving Fund. Shaun (his foster) will be sending me the invoice and more photos of Tucker later today.

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Checks can be sent to:
Alaska Underdogs Rescue
6180 W Shalestone Loop
Wasilla, AK 99623

07/12/2025

A big, heartfelt thank you to everyone who was involved with the care and keeping of the Gas Station litter. We got those little bottle babies at around 4 weeks old, and of the original six that we had, ALL SIX SURVIVED, THRIVED, and have now been ADOPTED OUT!! It simply would not have been possible without Crystal Howard, who rescued them at the gas station, Bridget Burks, who nursed Purple and Teal back to health when they were the smallest and sickest, Rachael O’Donnell, who cared for all six puppies on her farm when I went out of state, her big dogs who taught them how to “dog,” Bernard Foster for taking on two of the pups when six became too much for any one foster to handle (I get it! I had all six at one time, too!) 😅

That’s six more puppies who won’t contribute to the overpopulation problem in our rescues and shelters, six more puppies who had a great head start in their training, six more puppies who are healthy and happy because of awesome fosters like you! 😍 It takes a village!

07/11/2025

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