Help Save Abandoned Animals like Duke

It’s been another busy and rewarding three months at Dixie Adoptables! 

We’re so pleased to be able to share an extra-special and heartwarming story about Nola, the dog born without front legs. After Nola got her own wheelchair, she quickly learned how to use it, getting around happily on her own. Now, just a few months later, we’re so excited and thankful that Nola has found her forever home, with Tiffany and Tod, in Ohio. She has green grass and the great outdoors, and she is finally able to live the wonderful life that every dog should have. 

This month we also rescued a litter of five sweet little puppies from a culvert that ran beneath an asphalt driveway. This turned into a tricky rescue, since one of the puppies didn’t want to come out of the culvert. After failing to coax her out with food and kind words, our rescuers devised a new plan. The rescuers needed some supplies from the hardware store up the road, but found that it had just closed for the day. When they knocked on the door and explained the dire situation, however, the hardware store employees kindly let them in. Using a very long piece of pvc pipe and some cushion for insulation, they constructed a pole to insert into one end of the culvert to gently push the puppy out of the other end. This puppy, however, was too smart for such plans, and she easily dodged the padded pole. Finally, after setting and leaving a cage trap with food, the puppy was left alone to come out when she wanted. Our rescuers checked every few hours, and finally found her trapped in the cage, frightened but friendly. All five puppies are now together and very sprightly, noisy, healthy, and happy. 

Another dog we rescued recently, Ace, was picked up in the city park. He was very friendly, loving the attention of the children playing there. Little did we know how very much Ace loved the city park. The next morning, our kennel tech was surprised to find Ace’s cage empty. Rescuers headed back to the park and there was Ace, escaped back to his favorite spot. He was picked up a second time and now resides here with us at Dixie Adoptables, eagerly awaiting his forever home.

During the past three months, we have taken in 55 cats and kittens, 100 dogs and puppies, and nine guinea pigs.  We’ve adopted out 17 animals, and in a rare moment were able to return one dog to his owner. We also transported 58 cats and dogs to the northeast US. We are so thankful for your support that makes all of this possible.

Kitten season has arrived at Dixie Adoptables! So far we have bottle fed 19 kittens with the last 4 still on the bottle. This requires hard work and dedication from our fosters who have to feed every few hours around the clock. We have already gone through 20lbs of kitten milk formula! We couldn’t do this without your support. 

In total we have taken in 100 felines and canines in the last 3 months. 21 of the cats came from one home. It was an elderly person that had passed away and relatives had basically opened the doors and let all the cats loose in the neighborhood.This meant having to trap most of them followed by many trips to the vet and then caring for them at the shelter. 

Of the many litters of puppies we have taken in, 3 were found after being dumped at a dirt pit. It is so heartbreaking that people don’t spay and neuter their pets, and then when the inevitable happens they treat the puppies so cruelly.

Becoming the parent to a pet should always be a carefully considered and never a spur of the moment decision. Unfortunately, we also saw 2 dogs surrendered because they did the unthinkable: they grew up and became dogs and the owners “just didn’t have time for them”.  

Dixie Adoptables also treated 6 dogs for heartworms, which of course is another expense that wouldn’t be possible without your generous donations! 

55 dogs and cats were adopted and transported in the last few months. 

Nola, the dog born without front legs, got her wheelchair recently and is doing great with it. We are so proud of her and hope she finds a forever home soon!``