Manny is one in a litter of six that came to us from a hoarder, in addition to two adults. The puppies were 4-5 months old when they arrived all together. None of them had been handled and they were very frightened. Three of the six littermates were adopted, Bella, Bella 2 and Charlie
Red Dog is now the official greeter, since the passing of Foxy Roxy. The only problem is that Red Dog has discovered that she can go through the invisible fence, making her one of four dogs to challenge our fence. She spends the majority of her outside time looking for rabbits or othe
Danny, a nine year old lab mix, was one of our successful invisible fence dogs and thrived as a house dog. In the kennel, he was overstimulated and paced constantly. We brought him to the house to calm him down. Danny clearly had lingering puppyhood issues. He was fearful of being tou
Carla or Car Car, is a lab mix with unusual social skills. She gets possessive of her space with some people and with some dogs. She had a buddy dog for many years and he recently died. We are trying to find her a new friend that she likes. In the meantime, she spends a lot of time in
Lydia had languished at the humane society for more than a year at age 9. She was part of a hoarder bust and had skin issues from being outside in the sun most of her life. Still, she was sweet but no one was interested in her. She was being treated for skin infections but she was dep
Asha came to us from another rescue group more than 12 years ago with her litter of puppies. Unbeknownst to us, she was coming directly from city animal control with an unusual strain of kennel cough, which spread like wildfire through the kennel and to the house. All the puppies were
Bear is an Australian shepherd that we rescued from St. Charles Humane Services many years ago. He was a former stray. He is the last of a long line of Aussies that have lived at Dogwood Farm Sanctuary. In fact, until recently, we have had more than one and up to four. Bear is best fr
Pamula the pointer has been with us for 16 years. She was adopted two times and returned. She pretended to not be housebroken and immediately was housebroken, once returned. We think it was a communication error with the new owners but, we generally don’t send dogs out a third time so
Kopper is 11 and some kind of min pin mix. She spends her time napping, peeing on the rugs in the house and eating and drinking. She most likes to sleep on the biggest bed, but any furniture or elevated surface will do. She is very bossy and doesn’t like it when people get in her spac
Gage is an eleven year old Labrador and has some older dog issues which make him very difficult to keep anywhere but on the ceramic tile. He loves a soft dog bed next to one of his beagle girlfriends, preferably one on each side. Gage came to us in a terribly neglected condition, a ch
Bonnie is a sweet little beagle, 12-14 years old, that loves to be petted and cuddled. Bonnie originally was a high flight-risk candidate. She was found running down the side of a road and this would be her normal pace. She has slowed down in her current fenced yard. She must know thi
Cash is an English mastiff who is about 165 pounds. Besides being massive, he is a gentle and sweet dog who loves children and people of all sizes. He needs a big home with big indoor and outdoor space. We have an adoption pending that would provide just that.