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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US
My name is Sandy Calverley. I have been doing rescue since 1999. Most of this time has been rehoming the Shih Tzu breed. I have come to realize in the past few years that there are a lot of small dogs that for some reason or another can not stay in their home. This is why I have expanded the rescue to help ALL small dog breeds.
There are some really wonderful foster parents working with the rescue. These foster parents make us able to help more than one dog at a time that otherwise may have it's life ended at a young age. We are always looking for more foster homes to help these precious babies.
Between work and a hectic family life there are still many ways people can help save a little one. These ways would fit into the busy lifestyle that most people have. Sandy can tell you more about the other ways you could help Rapids Little Dog Rescue. One person helps our rescue by building this website. This is Jean's small way of helping us help the dogs. It can just be something as simple as keeping your ears open and mentioning rescue when talking with people that are looking for a dog.
Some dogs come to rescue needing to work through minor issues which we help them with. Most of the dogs just need a new home. People move and can't take their baby with them, their owner may experience a major health issue, or passes away leaving their 4 legged love one behind.
Rapids Little Dog Rescue works closely with the South Wood County Animal Shelter in helping place small dogs into forever homes. Many times we get a heads up on dogs coming to the shelter, large and small, before the general public is aware that a dog is in need of a new home. By placing these small dogs into foster homes right away prevents undue stress of being around large barking dogs.
Below Sandy is pictured with a female Poodle mix that was confiscated from a local puppymill. Under all that matted hair is a very sweet, laid back, lovely girl. She made a major transformation after just a little love and a shave.
Taking a break part way through shaving.
