Smokey is so happy to be running around freely, eating up all the love and attention! He was living in a cage at a vet's office for about 10 weeks, some days not even being let out! He must have been so sad and he was in pain with an infection when he arrived. Now that he is in a great foster home right here in Southern Maine, Smokey is thriving; he is even about to graduate from obedience class! He is settling into a dog's life very well and is living with several cats. He will "talk" to you - it is too cute! He needs a family who will follow through with his obedience training and commit to exercising him daily as he has some puppy energy to burn! Smokey is a Samoyed mix with beautiful long white fur and is approximately 1 and 1/2 years old. His original owners were an older couple who no longer could care for him. Please consider showing him what real family life is all about. Smokey has many friends from puppy age right on up, all breeds, sizes, and energy levels that are looking for forever homes. Contact us at luckypuprescue@yahoo.com.

Meet Sweet Tanner and sister Tori

Check out those ears on Tanner (to the left), and you can see why they nicknamed him "Yoda"! Tanner and Tori are small black lab mixes (maybe mixed with Schipperke ?) who are finally learning what living in a family is like after months living in a crate. They are not quite a year old and Tanner is turning out to be spunky and fun. He is right here in Maine in a foster home as is Tori. She is quite shy but is coming along, and Tanner is more outgoing that his sister. They are house-trained and learning manners and are looking for forever homes so they never have to be endangered again! Tori is more petite, all black in color and is pretty timid. It will take a special family to be patient while teaching her that people aren't going to abandon her any more. Please think about one or both of these sweeties!

How beautiful is this girl?

Coco is a very sweet 4 y.o. beagle/lab mix. She is coming to Maine this weekend (11/8) and would love to meet you. She is gentle and loving, and gets along great with lg. dogs and with kids and grown-ups. She loves to play and is housebroken, can sit, lie down and rolls over for belly rubs! She has chased cats but doesn't seem to want to hurt them - just sees them as playmates.

Contact us if you'd like to meet her to consider making her part of your family!

Beautiful Red needs a home

Red is a handsome Chow mix who desperately needs to get out of the small cage where he is living at the vet's office in Arkansas. He is basically in there 24/7 without exercise and attention outside of his basic needs being met for survival. We want to bring him north where he can enter a loving family but we need your help - as either a foster or adoptive family. In spite of his current conditions Red is sweet and wants to play. He will need some basic obedience training to help him walk better on leash and learn house manners, but he will return your investment of love.

Contact us for more info about this sweetheart! He deserves a family to call his own, don't you think?

Puppy Foster Families needed!

11-1-08 Vader's sweet face should be enough to convince you ; 0 ) We have several puppies on their way north who need foster. Vader and Wally are the first two, and they are due to arrive next saturday the 8th. Foster families only need to provide love and safety, Lucky Pup Rescue will take care of the rest! There is no financial commitment on your part, just an application and a home visit by one of our volunteers. We'll answer any questions for you and get you set up with crate, food, leash, etc. If you are not ready to try a puppy, we ALWAYS have adult dogs as well. It's a great way to try out dog ownership without a long-term commitment. If you find the "right one" for your family, the foster family has the first option to keep him or her, unless we've already told you up front that a new owner has already been committed to.

Want more info? Contact us at luckypuprescue@yahoo.com

Southern shelters are overflowing!

It's spring and time for puppies to be arriving. No one could have anticipated the vast numbers, however. Here are some beautiful faces in need of good homes. Eight out of nine shepherd mix babies are ready to go whenever we can find foster for them in New England (one was previously adopted). Take a look and see if you can help us out. Missy, Mickey and Miles are 3 of the babes. The others are on our site at www.petfinder.com/shelters/me89.html

We're baaaaaaaack!

Sincere apologies for the lapse in blog entries! Between problems on the blogger site and crazy rescue life, not to mention softball and baseball season at our house, we've been slow to get the updates here, but you can always check out our available dogs at www.petfinder.com/shelters/me89.html

Our most significant news is that our foster dog, Arlo, was hit by a truck with a horse trailer a couple weeks ago now. His leg was badly damaged with significant soft tissue injuries, but being a "lucky pup" and all, he had no fractures or other wounds such as head or internal injuries. He was at the emergency hospital for 5 days and now that he's home he has wound care and dressing changes every two days. His vet bills are in the multiple thousands of dollars at this point, a significant strain on the rescue. If you can help out in any way we need you! Adoption of a pet, fostering, financial donations, and fundraising ideas are all welcome!
Here is a picture of our sweet boy. He's been a trouper through it all; he even lets them change the bandages with no sedation at this point. He is a love, and a great dog! He's had a long road, and this makes it even longer and more stressful! Thank you to everyone who has helped along the way, whether it's with your money, your moral support, or prayers for his recovery.

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Relay for Georgia dogs

These poor babies have been through so much!

When we found out that a sanctuary in GA had to close, leaving approximately

93 dogs homeless, we knew we had to help!

We wished we could take them all, but since we can only help as many

dogs as we have foster homes, we chose four from the 'best of the best". The dogs were able to

get a ride to CT where Sue picked up our 4 sweeties. Here they are:

Thomas was a really difficult placement and a wonderful family with two terrific

humans and 5 great dogs agreed to provide Thomas with love, training and the

socialization he needed. Thomas is basically a feral Lab. He and his 4 siblings had

never had crucial socialization and are so painfully shy. Deb and Steve took him

in and he is getting all that he needs to become a wonderful member of their family.

Read on (scroll up, as the postings are "newest first") for more GA dog tales.

New Homes for Lucky Pups!

In the last week or so, these sweet things all went to their forever homes:

Sasha, Emily, Bob, Rita, Thomas, Krissie and Sallie.

You knew what the next line would be: we ALWAYS have more! Here in New England we have all these babes:

Arlo, Sully, Tilly, Mikah, Buddy, Joanie, Crawford, Socks, Skip, Starsky, and Hutch. We are also helping Bodhi's mom re-home him because she has to move without him ; 0 (

Can you provide a loving home for one or more of these needy dogs? Some people ask us - "if they are such a great dog, why are they still in a shelter?" That answer is easy if you realize the depth of the problem in the south especially. GREAT dogs sit there because homeless pets are "a dime a dozen". If you showed up to a location with a litter of black lab puppies here, you know what would happen - adoption in a heartbeat! We've heard stories of people going to a K-mart parking lot in a southern state with a box of black lab puppies, and they couldn't GIVE them away!

Look at Crawford's face. How could you leave him behind?! He is a teeny lab/terrier mix, approx 4 months old. He is available for adoption. Email us at luckypuprescue@roadrunner.com for an application today! You can check out our other available pets at www.petfinder.com/shelters/me89.html.