About Our Success Stories
We take immense pride in making a difference, one pet at a time. None of these would be possible without a team and village behind the scenes, whether fosters, donors, adopters, and those who first reached out to help. Please take a moment to read through some of our recent success stories! Scroll down to view them! Or click on the button below to meet some of our permanent residents!
Lottie
Lottie is from a property who had 18 other dogs. The 18 dogs all originated from 2 female puppies the owner had bought at the swap meet. A few years later, two mothers of two different litters were killed on the property by Rat poison and the Father of both was killed by the neighbors dogs. The surviving puppies were collected by us along with Lottie, who was the daughter of one of the deceased mothers past litters. Lottie had never been touched in 2 years of life and was considered feral. We placed her with Ashley who specializes in fearful dogs and she continued to blossom and thrive from day one. It didn’t take long at all for Lottie to win the heart of her new family, where she has become surrogate mama for rescued foster kittens!
Smokey
Smokey was surrendered to us in December 2022. We want to give a HUGE shout out to Gunilla for stepping up to foster and help us save him. He weighed 70 lbs upon arrival. Now he weighs at his goal weight of a healthy, hearty 100 lbs (weight approved by vets). Smokey turned a complete 180 and is now available for adoption. Despite all he's been through, he is one of the sweetest dogs ever. There's nothing a bit of TLC and great vet care can't fix.
Moose
Story Submitted by Adopter
We adopted Moose from Hope Ranch and he was one of a huge surrendered littler (lab, boxer and mastiff). He is now about 9 years old and he is our world! He is the smartest dog we have ever known and has a huge word recognition vocabulary! Extremely affectionate but a little too protective of us so we are cautious. He does love other dogs though and was raised with our mini doxies which have since passed of old age. He is now an only child and has certainly been such a joy in our lives!
Maya
Story Submitted by Adopter
We had been looking for a dog for 2 ½ years on petfinder. We were looking for a friend for our smaller dog and a companion for us. We didn’t want a puppy, we wanted an adult dog who needed a place to call home forever. That’s when one night on Petfinder, we found a black & white lab/ Great Dane mix named Ladybug. We contacted the rescue HRAS annnd eventually got told she had been adopted. However! Kathy had a dog that wasn’t on the website yet. Her name was Maya. Maya had been bitten by a rattlesnake before she was to be put up for adoption. So, she had her rear paw pad missing, scars all up and down her rear, & a limp. None of which broke her spirit. Kathy would share videos and pictures of Maya healing and we fell in love with her. I’d catch myself at work needing to stare at a pic to see her cute crooked nose. And so we set a date to meet her Aug. 7, 2021. The first time we saw Maya, we just knew she was our dog. Of course our other dog came with us and they met just fine, which was perfect. That same day we also learned that Maya had been a mother to 8 pups. 4 unfortunately died of parvo. While the other 4 went to live on into great homes. We brought Maya home and for the first time in 4 years since our first dog passed we were anxious and excited to have Maya join our family. It took a little for us to adopt her just because I was so nervous but my family including Maya reassured me that this was her forever home. We adopted her and she has since learned so many tricks and had so many treats. She loves the car and is not big on long walks which we love. She’s a huge cuddler and sleeper lol. If we let her she’ll sleep until 1 pm! She loves her brother and is always cuddling up to him. We never changed her name because we felt it fit her. As for her rattlesnake bite she is completely healed and walks just fine now with no limp! She goes to the groomers for fun spa days sometimes and they love her. Maya is definitely the one who rescued me and continues to teach me so much. I’ve never had such a loving dog before. She is 100% my soul dog and I’m grateful to her and HRAS everyday for giving us a chance to love and share our lives with an incredible and outstanding dog