Tasha was part of a rescue involving six dogs, 25 chickens and one cat living in deplorable conditions after the owner died and his family stopped paying the mortgage. Eventually, the farm was foreclosed and the animals were retrieved by a friend of the family. Tasha was somewhat dog
Unlike Spots, Squeak is a little “terror” terrier mix of 15 pounds and a great people dog. This is contrary to her dog hating, which makes her a hard fit in a place with so many dogs and many opportunities to have dog conflict. Squeak didn’t start off that way, but gradually has worke
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
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
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
Sadie and Max: Older Labrador couple. Update: Max died of cancer last fall and Sadie quietly moved into the kitchen of the house where she only goes out the side door b/c it only has three steps to the yard. Sadie is a big girl with creaky joints. She turned 11 in January. She gets al
Nacho, an eight year old shepherd/border collie, is a home-grown bite case in that he didn’t like boys running through the kitchen and he stopped that from happening with his mouth. He is a herding breed and it would seem to him, it was perfectly natural. However, to protect all who l
Born: 2006 Sex: Gelding Breed: Mini horse History: Grits was a mini horse deemed too big for mini-horse fanciers and subsequently abandoned at an auction barn. Once there, he was adopted by the sanctuary from a rescue group in Kansas. Once he got out onto the large pasture with the b
Born: 2007 Sex: Mare Breed: Thoroughbred and Morgan? History: Sent to an auction barn at 6 months as collateral damage from overbreeding, Snickers got sick and was cared for by an equine rescue group in Kansas, who placed her and Grits with Dogwood Farm. She is curious and friendly.
Born: 1990 Sex: Mare Breed: Thoroughbred and quarter horse mix. History: Kapata started life as a race horse, horribly mistreated and drugged. Mentally, she is deeply scarred from her racing career and human indifference. She isn’t particularly crazy about human interaction, doesn’t l
Sex: F Breed: American Staffordshire terrier Former stray, Tessa represents the other pit bull terrier type dogs that live at the Sanctuary – difficult breeds to place in the right homes and 25 percent of our dogs here. We have wonderful, well-adjusted, funny pitties but often their b