05/23/2026
๐จ $๐,๐๐๐.๐๐. ๐
๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐.
At the end of April, we did something weโd never had to do before.
๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ.
Fourteen dogs. A 50-minute drive down the hill we couldnโt take. A full-time, Monday-through-Friday job that doesnโt pause. No volunteer army waiting in the wings. The math simply didnโt work โ and the dogs couldnโt wait any longer.
So we arranged an in-house vet day at the ranch. Fourteen exams. Vaccines. Senior bloodwork. Sedation for the ones who needed it. Antibiotics for the ones who were sick. A house-call exam for the one who couldnโt safely come out with the others.
And then thereโs ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ โ recently diagnosed with Cushingโs disease, facing a $500 follow-up test and a $400 ninety-day refill of her daily Vetoryl. Her care alone runs $1,518.19.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ: $๐,๐๐๐.๐๐. ๐
Every single one of these fifteen dogs is what the rescue world quietly calls ๐๐๐๐-๐ก๐๐๐. They should have been adopted years ago. They werenโt โ because they were the dogs no one else wanted to take a chance on. The behavioral ones. The medical ones. The ones who only had a needle waiting for them at an overcrowded shelter.
๐บ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ โ our Cushingโs girl
๐บ ๐๐๐ง๐ค โ came to us with a broken leg
๐บ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ (โ๐๐โ) โ10-year-old senior who leaks
๐บ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ โ severe behavioral case who only trusts us
๐บ ๐๐ก๐ฅ๐จ๐ โ born in Armenia, never adopted, developed seizure disorder and an autoimmune disorder
๐บ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ข๐ โ born with major limb defects
๐บ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ โ needed sedation just to get through his exam
๐บ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ (โ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐โ) โ born with a genetic urethral condition
๐บ ๐๐๐ฅ, ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ & ๐๐๐ซ๐ โ DNA-tested siblings still waiting together. Cleared for euthanasia at a day old where we wouldnโt allow it and we picked them up with momma Zaida and 2 other siblings who were adopted.
๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ โ rescued in the nick of time
๐บ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ โ feral as a puppy, gives respect where itโs earned
๐บ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ก โ rescued from a neglect cage
๐บ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐จ โ found spinning in circles in Long Beach, neuro & seizure disorder
๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ.
๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐.
No one sees the small rescues grinding slow and steady, fighting for the dogs we already promised our lives to. Everyone is so quick to move on to โthe next.โ
People love watching dogs get pulled from shelters left and right. The celebration posts. The freedom rides. The shares. But does anyone ever stop to wonder what happens to those dogs after the rescue photo? When the rescuer who pulled them keeps pulling more โ knowing full well that none are going out the other side? Where do those dogs go? Whoโs watching them in boarding for months, for years on end, never knowing what a real couch feels like? When they get sick, does anyone notice? Does anyone pay the bill?
๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐.
โ We believe the dogs we rescue deserve dignity.
โ We believe we are their home until their forever home comes.
โ We believe we owe them every single line item on every single invoice.
Is it hard? ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐. But the question was never whether we can do it. The question is: ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ญ?
We canโt keep dousing ourselves in accelerant and watching everything weโve built burn down around us. The food. The treats. The vet bills. The cost of literally everything. There are no backup funds. There are no grants for routine vet care.
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ซ โ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ.
๐ Donation links in the first comment โฌ๏ธ
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ โ it costs you nothing and it might be the thing that saves us
๐ Tag a friend who loves huskies
They are worth it. Every. Single. One.
Sasha ยท Hank ยท KP ยท Kona ยท Chloe ยท Birdie ยท Timber ยท Artemis ยท Zel ยท Charlie ยท Zara ยท Aubrey ยท Pluto ยท Joey ยท Domino ๐พ