Me and My Shadow Dog Rescue

11/05/2025

UPDATE 5/31/2025: Daisy Mae is adopted!

Daisy Mae is an adoptable Dog - Poodle & Bichon Frise Mix searching for a forever family near Edgewood, NM. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

11/05/2025

Tiki is an adoptable Dog - Chiweenie Mix searching for a forever family near Edgewood, NM. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

05/03/2025

Lucky Jax is an adoptable Dog - American Eskimo Dog Mix searching for a forever family near Edgewood, NM. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

05/03/2025

Violet is an adoptable Dog - Chihuahua & Pug Mix searching for a forever family near Edgewood, NM. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

05/03/2025

Me and My Shadow Dog Rescue has earned a 2025 Gold Seal of Transparency with Candid. See our profile here: https://www.guidestar.org/profile/87-2434218

27/02/2025

Good-bye my dear sweet Mom. You were beautiful, loving and kind up to the very end ~ Jeanette

29/11/2024

I have to share a quick story about crossing the border back into the USA with Roxy, Princessa and Dark Chocolate last August. The temps at that time were in the 110-115 degrees range. When I picked up dogs in Mexico, I would hightail it out of there because of the heat. It is very hard to keep dogs cool in a large SUV even with excellent air conditioning. I was anxious to get up North to a cooler climate. I crossed the border on this trip where a border control agent asked me if the dogs had passports, I froze for a second but then he laughed. Whew! Anyway, the road from the Lukeville border to Tuscon is pretty desolate. I was flying down the road when a border patrol officer came up behind me with flashing lights. I pulled over in the 115 degree heat. He came up to my vehicle and asked me why i was in such a hurry. I explained that I was transporting dogs and we were all suffering from the heat. Then right on cue, Roxy who was in the front seat, started throwing up all over the seat and floor! She was car sick(which got remedied with Cerenia).....not sick from the heat but all the same, the officer handed me my documents and said "Have a good day!" After we got rolling again, she looked at me as if to say "You owe me.".

28/11/2024

Our sweet "Honduran" Holka, fka Princessa, has been adopted by a wonderful couple in Placitas. Holka, which means Girl in Czech, has a new sister, Sasha. They are doing great together.

14/11/2024

In mid-Sept, I did another run to Mexico to pick up some more of the "Hondurans" that are being kept at Barbs rescue temporarily. I brought the dogs here where they spent time going to the vet and stretching their legs before our next adventure. Several of the dogs and I set out at around 4:30AM to drive across country to Virginia, by way of Nashville. We drove straight for 17 hours to Nashville. A couple of dogs were dropped off there. The remaining dog, Winki, and I spent the night in a hotel in Nashville. Winki got a lot of one on one attention and enjoyed it thoroughly. Next morning, we packed up and continued on to Virginia. A wonderful rescue group there called Hope For Life Rescue has taken in many of the Honduran dogs. They were now taking in Winki who has Heartworm disease, a bad eye that may need to be removed and a bad leg that has an old fracture probably from being hit by a car. The good news is that WInki still has joy in her heart. Here she is during one of our pitstops. Nothing like rolling in the grass.

12/11/2024

In early September we took this sweet old boy, Bandit, out of the shelter. As you can see, he was an incredible mess when he arrived at the shelter. Based on his microchip info, he is 18 years old. He is in hospice with us. Martha Sherlin is taking wonderful care of him as you can see from his "after" photo.

08/11/2024

Look at these three cuties we just took in. Dipstick (left), R***r (center, brown), and Obsidian (right). They were born 8/25/2024 and are looking for furever homes. See their complete bios:
Dipstick: https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/43043048-edgewood-new-mexico-dachshund-mix
Obsidian: https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/43043148-edgewood-new-mexico-dachshund-mix
R***r: https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/43043223-edgewood-new-mexico-dachshund-mix

06/08/2024

It's all about transport these days. We are still actively involved with the large Honduran rescue effort that began in early 2024. The majority of the hundreds of dogs rescued after being abandoned at a shelter in Honduras, were flown into Miami. The rest, about 20 were driven to a temporary shelter in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. Those dogs have been there since April waiting to be taken in by rescues in the USA. Me and My Shadow Dog Rescue has done intake of 5 of those dogs. 2 were adopted immediately. The other 3 are going through medical treatment and socialization training.

There has been a big push to get the remaining dogs out of Mexico before August 1st, when the rules to bring dogs into the USA from Mexico are going to change and it will become more difficult to get the dogs out of Mexico.
As rescues in Michigan and Virginia have agreed to intakes, I have been part of the team that does one of the legs of the transport needed to get them to these rescues. I have driven to Flagstaff to pick up a car full of dogs, then they remain with me for a week or so while I get them to the vet for new vaccines, heartworm test, fecals, deworming, etc. Then I drive them to Amarillo, sometimes in the middle of the night, or Lubbock or wherever I need to meet the transport for the next leg of their journey. This process has been repeated several times...next trip was to Phoenix...next trip was across the Lukeville border into the Western part of Mexico to pick up dogs on July 31st- just under the wire. The trip to Mexico and back was a 19 hour journey arriving back at home at 3AM to unload dogs where they could roam freely and happily in a much cooler and more comfortable environment. This was my second trip to Mexico - my first was in April soon after the dogs arrived from Honduras. We have plans to pick up at least 2 more at the end of August - we will have more paperwork to do and more hoops to jump through, but it will get done. After that trip, we will have 3-4 remaining in Mexico. We will still be working hard to find them rescues or adopters. No dog will be left behind.

It has been an absolute honor to be involved in this rescue effort that was started by some incredible women that dropped everything to save these dogs. They literally raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to get this done and were determined to do whatever it took to get them to a safe place where excellent forever homes would be found. They will also be returning to Honduras to do a large scale spay/neuter event for the island dogs on Roatan island.
Below are pictures of Roxy, Princessa and Dark Chocolate.

-Jeanette