K9 Safe Space (2026)

01/11/2026

Meet, Pippin

Pippin is a lovely 6 year old Kind Charles Cavalier Spaniel. Pippin came to us as a surrender from a home that loved her very much, but could no longer keep her.

You really don’t get a dog much sweeter than Pippin—she’s a delight to have around! She is a very affectionate dog who is always is looking for a snuggle and her tail is always wagging. She’s truly happy to accept affection from anybody and everybody she meets and has zero ‘stranger danger’, she just wants to be loved!

Pippin is house trained and hasn’t had any accidents while in her Foster Home, though her previous owner said that sometimes she would go down to the basement and ‘protest p*e’ on the carpet when she wasn’t happy with something! She is a great little leash walker and loves to get out on a good stroll and say hello to everybody along the way.

Pippin is very committed to being a dog who sleeps in her humans bed. She’s insists upon it and we can’t really see her changing her mind on this so home that will allow it, would be best!

Pippin is currently fostered in a home with gentle children and she really enjoys their company. But she’d also be quite happy in a quieter home with adults or calm seniors, as long as they don’t mind her being under foot. She doesn’t currently live with another dog, but seems to do very well with them. She’d be happy to share her space or read the centre of attention.

Pippin just isn’t a total sponge for love and would love a home or someone is around a lot to give her lots of attention. When she is left home alone, she is happy to nap and watch squirrels from the window and isn’t a dog who tends to get into things.

Pippin has recently been spayed, 4DX tested, vaccinated and started on prevention. Cavaliers are fabulous dogs, but they can be prone to more health issues than the average dog in their senior years so she doesn’t need a home that is able to take on any health issues that may arise. They also require regular ear care and grooming. As of right now, she’s in great shape— though could maybe stand to lose a couple of pounds.

All in all, Pippin is just a really special little dog who deserves the best possible home.

The ideal home 🏡 for Pippin:

🐾 Other dogs, yes

🐾 Cats, not tested, likely okay

🐾 Kids, yes, must be gentle and dog savvy

🐾 Cavalier experience is preferred or a family that has done lots of research on the breed

🐾 Someone working from home or on a flexible schedule to give Pippin lots of love.

If you feel you can provide the right home for Pippin, *please send us a message* to get an application.

🛑Please do not comment on the post asking for an application, it just attract scammers, and we don’t have time to go through comments/it often doesn’t let us message people directly from this page

Pippin is fostered in Stratford Ontario

01/11/2026

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01/11/2026

👻🎃 Wishing everyone a very happy Halloween 🎃 👻

Here are some photos of our fabulous K9SS adopted dogs, sporting their VERY spooky Halloween outfits.

After a rough week, seeing these photos has certainly brought a smile to our faces—so we just had to share! 🐾

31/10/2026

Eloise + puppies update 💞

Eloise is feeling much better. Her fever is broken and she’s pretty much back to herself. We’re still carefully monitoring her for any regression or changes.

Sadly, we lost another one of her puppies, a blonde female. Her female puppies have been struggling a lot more than her chunky brown boys with latching and staying hydrated. We have been doing all we can to help them by hand latching every two hours, supplementing, and giving fluids when needed.
The remaining five are gaining weight steadily, one of the females is still quite a bit behind the rest, weighing only 196 grams, when the biggest male is 441 grams. But little girl is gaining slowly, with lots of latching assistance from her foster mom.

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped support caring for Eloise‘s and her babies with Amazon supplies and vet bill donations—we are so grateful.

Fingers crossed that it’s smoother sailing from here 🙏

30/10/2026

Meet, Butterscotch

Butterscotch is a 3 month old Shih Tzu, weighing a whopping 2.7 pounds! She is the sweetest, cuddliest, and most perfect companion to any small dog lover. She’s just a tiny fluff ball of love and constant kisses and “puppy nibbles.”

When she’s not glued to her foster mom, Butterscotch loves her fellow canine foster sisters. She actively engages in play with the 60lb dog in her foster home and follows her around the house and the backyard, sharing bully chews and playing with tiny sticks in the yard. When she’s not playing with her foster sister outside, she’s zooming around the yard, running through leaves and smelling all the smells! During the workday, Butterscotch spends it playing with stuffies, eating liver treats, and napping on dog beds for dogs 10 times her size.

One super special thing about Butterscotch is that she was born blind, with a congenital eye defect. She’s missing her right eye entirely, and missing her cornea in her left eye. But that doesn’t stop her! She quickly learned the lay of the land on both levels of her foster’s home. The stairs are blocked off to keep her safe and she’s gets around just fine. Even when the other dogs leave their stuffies laying around, Butterscotch manages to navigate her way around without a hitch! As her right eye still has a lash line and tear ducts, there is natural wetness that comes from the socket. So, Butterscotch requires daily cleaning to keep the hairs around the eye from getting crusty and stuck together.

Butterscotch’s sense of smell and hearing is her superpower. Give her a call, and she’ll follow your voice to find you. Open the bag of food or grab a liver treat, and the next thing you know you have the cutest little fluff ball running into your legs! Whenever she’s gets stuck or unsure, she barks to let you know you need to come find her. She’s got her systems for navigation all figured out!

Potty training is coming along decently well. Butterscotch knows when outside, it’s time to do business. When left alone, Butterscotch does well in a secure room or puppy playpen with p*e pads down. She does her best to find her p*e pads to do her business. At night, Butterscotch is sleeping in her crate, with one mid-night potty break.

Overall, Butterscotch is just a fabulous puppy with so much love to give a lucky family!

The ideal home 🏡 for Butterscotch:

🐾 Other dogs, yes!

🐾 Cats, yes! She currently lives in a home with three cats

🐾 Kids, likely fine if they are gentle and small dog savvy. She can’t see them coming and is so tiny, so older children are likely a better fit.

🐾 This breed requires regular grooming

🐾 Secure the yard preferred so she has a safe outside space to map out

🐾Someone working from home or on a flexible schedule to get butterscotch out regularly and able to cater to her special needs

Please ****send us a message*** for an application if you’re interested in giving Butterscotch a home. Please don’t comment on the post asking us to send you an application, it just attracts scammers and we don’t have time to go through the comments.

She is fostered in Ingersoll, Ontario

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30/10/2026

Sadly the complications have continued with Miss Ella and her babies.

This morning she seemed to be feeling a little bit low and didn’t want to eat her food (which, for a beagle is a pretty big statement), so we checked her temperature and she had a fever. A fever in a nursing dog can be a warning sign for a number of big issues so we headed into the vet. We are so fortunate that we have such an incredible team at Thames Road Vet Clinic that made room for Eloise to come in right away, on a very busy day.
She was quickly showing signs of feeling more and more crummy on the way to the vet clinic. She had an x-ray done and luckily there are no puppies stuck (we had done an x-ray before she went into labor for a puppy count, but just wanted to be certain). She does have very swollen back t***s which could be the beginning signs of mastitis. However, it seems like she’s also fighting another infection, either from a tear or from retained placenta. She’s been started on antibiotics, a steroid injection and fluids to hopefully bring her fever down. Even while feeling so crummy, she’s still such a great mom and very focussed on her babies.

She’s back home now with her puppies and we will be closely monitoring for signs of her worsening and if she does, she will have to go to emerge tonight. But, as of 9pm it does seem like her fever is breaking and she’s heading in the right direction, now that the meds have taken effect. 🙏

One of Ella’s female puppies is also struggling to latch and gain weight and we nearly lost her today. She’s on sub Q fluids and getting extra supportive care and feedings.

It just feels like one hit after another sometimes when dealing with these older dogs who have gone without proper care for most of their lives, but we are so relieved that at least Eloise is dealing with this in our care. Not out in the woods, where she would’ve had her babies on the farm she came from, with no vet support.

If you’d like to help out with the care of Eloise and her babies, any support is greatly appreciated. Donations can be made to [email protected]
We cannot do this without you.

Please keep Ella in your thoughts. More updates to come.

29/10/2026

Meet, the Potato Duo!

Potato and Sweet Potato are a pair of 10 week old cockapoo mix puppies who were surrendered, along with their mom, from a commercial breeding operation.
Mary (the puppies mom) is a cockapoo and their dad was an unknown small breed, possibly a Dashhound given their long and petite bodies. These potato-sized puppies are extremely tiny!

Sweet potato is a female and she is the bigger and darker coloured of the two. Potato is a male and he is slightly smaller and lighter in colour.

When ‘the potatoes’ arrived in our care, they hadn’t had a lot of human interaction and were pretty nervous, but they have quickly blossomed in foster care. They are now both very spunky, happy and inquisitive pups.

They are currently fostered in a busy home environment with several other dogs (including their mom, who was just spayed and will be going up for adoption soon!). They do well with all the other dogs and don’t seem to mind the busy environment. They are also fostered with older children and they do very well with them.

Potato & Sweet Potato are very active and playful Puppies. They are full of energy and love to zip around the house, chasing their people and the other dogs from room to room. After a big Zooming session, they quickly crash and love to cuddle up on the couch or in the arms of one of their foster family members. They are velcro pups and really love to snuggle up with their people.

Typical of 10 week old puppies, The Potato’s are still working on their house training, leash training and crate training and will need a family committed to all the work that comes along with adopting a puppy. They will be totally worth it and have fabulous fun temperaments, likely passed down from their mom who is very gentle and sweet natured.

Sweet Potato and Potato both arrived with Giardia and Coccidia (two kinds of internal parasites) and they have gone through treatment are now feeling much better.
Beyond this, they are happy, busy and healthy puppies with so much love to give.

The ideal homes 🏡 For Potato & Sweet Potato:

🐾 Other dogs, yes!

🐾 Cats, yes

🐾 Kids, yes. Must be very gentle and tiny puppy savvy, and able to manage the puppy teething phase that they’re currently in.

🐾 Someone working from home or on a flexible schedule to let the puppy out regularly

🐾 Prepared for all the joys and trials of puppy raising!

If you feel you can provide the right home for Potato or Sweet Potato, please message us to get an application.

They are fostered in Clinton Ontario

29/10/2026

Eloise gave birth to 7 beautiful beagle babies last night.
Four lemon and white females and three chocolate brown and white males.

Labour was a whole night affair for poor Eloise and we are all pretty exhausted! But, Eloise is a very good and attentive mom.

The puppies really struggled to figure out how to latch properly and the girls are still struggling a bit, so we are hand latching and rotating hourly to make sure that the very chunky boys don’t overpower them.

Unfortunately, one of the lemon and white females was born half the size of her littermates and despite trying to supplement feed, she faded and passed away. 💔

It’s not been as smooth a start as we were hoping for but we are committed to do all that we can to get these pups through and making sure Eloise gets the best care. We’re hoping the puppies will just keep getting stronger over the next couple days.

If you’d like to make a donation towards the care of Eloise and her puppies, we would be so grateful for your support. Donations can be made to [email protected]

More (hopefully positive!) updates to come on this crew 🐾

26/10/2026

Meet, Sadie

Sadie is a lovely 8 year old female golden retriever. Sadie spent her life so far as a breeding dog in a kennel environment. She arrived to us heavily pregnant and suffered a uterine torsion, causing her to lose her litter and require emergency surgery. It was touch and go for a while for her, but thankfully, she has pulled through and is now ready to start the search for her forever home.

Sadie is a classic golden girl. She is super sweet, friendly and loves absolutely everyone she meets. She is gentle, kind natured and thrives in a home where she gets lots of affection.

Sadie is currently fostered in a busy home with multiple other dogs. She does great with all dogs, large and small. She is just starting to play with the pack, doing yard zoomies and just learning how to be a dog.
She has older kids in her Foster Home and is great with them. She hasn’t been tested with cats, but we suspect she will be fine.

Like a lot of these breeding dogs, Sadie is still a little bit timid with loud noises and fast movements, but she’s steadily building up confidence and realizing that people can be kind and gentle. A quieter home environment where she can just relax for the rest of her days, with her people around to give her lots of love, would be ideal for her.

Overall, Sadie is a pretty easy dog to have around. Her house training is coming along, but will be a bit of a work in progress in a new home environment. She is a very quiet girl who never really barks. Her recall is quite good and she’s a smart pup who is willing to learn and just wants to please her humans.

Sadie has been through a lot in her lifetime and deserves a nice quiet and calm home. She would love a yard to run in but walks fairly well on a leash. She’s just started to enjoy getting comfy on the couch in her foster home!

Sadie has been spayed, 4Dx Tested, vaccinated and started on prevention. She is going in this week to have her four canine teeth removed, as they have been completely worn down from chewing the bars of her kennel and her nerves are exposed. Once that is complete, she will be ready to head to her new home!

The ideal home 🏡 for Sadie:

🐾 Other dogs, yes!

🐾 Cats, not tested, but likely fine

🐾 Kids yes, must be gentle and dog savvy

🐾 Secure yard preferred

🐾 Someone home lots to give Sadie all the loves she deserves in her golden years!

If you’re interested in providing a home for Sadie, please send us a message to get an application

She’s fostered in Clinton Ontario

25/10/2026

Meet Wiggles (aka Wiggie-Wiggie or wigs)

Wiggles is a 4 1/2 year old 20 pound ‘mini Bernedoodle’ (mini poodle with a bit of Bernese) female. She's a beautiful white and grey coloured gal who will steal your heart with her happy spirit and permanently wagging tail. Wiggles started her life as a breeding dog and was surrendered due to a genetic condition causing blindness.

Wiggles is a gentle and happy girl who just wants to be with people. She is always on the hunt for the people around the house and uses her keen hearing to follow her people from room to room until they award her with affection. Wiggles is looking for a home where her humans are home most of the time to give her all the love she craves. Or someone whose job allows her to go along and sleep under her human's desk (she’s a very well behaved girl and won’t be any trouble!).

Wiggles is currently fostered in a multi-dog home and while she happily co-exists with them, she has very little interest in paying them any attention at all. She does not engage with them unless she wants to rest her paws on them when she's standing on her hind legs, to reach her human's hands for pets quicker—Wiggle’s Human companions are her bread and her butter!
She will be happy in a home with or without other dogs.

Wiggles is not slowed down in the slightest by the loss of her eyesight. She can still make out shadows and she conquered the many flights of stairs in her foster home within 12 hours of being there. She’s able to map out and memorize her environment quickly. Having a blind dog does come with a bit of extra care and consideration. She would be best in a home that is consistent (doesn’t regularly rearrange furniture) and would thrive with a secure fenced in yard space to explore.

When Wiggles hears her humans come home her tail starts wagging and so does the rest of her body, she will even let out little yelps of excitement as she hops on her hind legs in excitement for their return. Wiggles is also very happy to meet strangers. She attended an adoption event and paraded confidently around the building, saying hi to anyone she could convince to say hello back to her.

Wiggles loves being outside in the backyard and mapping out the area with her special "prancing walking" . She prefers being out back to going for walks. She walks fairly well on the leash but she has lived in a kennel her whole life so far and hadn’t done much outdoor walking, so the noises from traffic can still be a little bit scary.

Wiggles has been fabulous with every person she's met, and has met dog savy children over the age of 10 and was in heaven going between them for all the endless love and giggles she received. She has not been cat tested but based on her lack of interest in the dogs of the house she will likely be fine with them. She is house trained in her foster environment however she will likely have accidents until she has learned her forever families routine.

Wiggles lost her eyesight at a young age, due to a genetic condition called Progressive Retinal Atrophy which is the gradual degeneration of the retina and she has developed secondary cataracts. This trait was discovered when her breeder completed genetic testing. Unfortunately, there’s not anything that can be done for this condition. But, she’s very well adjusted to her loss of eyesight.
Wiggles has been spayed, 4DX tested, started on prevention and vaccinated.

The ideal home 🏡 for Wiggles:

🐾 Other dogs, yes

🐾 Cats, not tested but likely fine

🐾 Kids, yes! But a quieter home without multiple busy kids might be easier for her to navigate

🐾 Secure yard preferred

🐾 Someone working from home or on a flexible schedule to give wiggles all the love that she craves

If you feel you can provide the right home for Wiggles, please send us a message.

She’s fostered in Simcoe Ontario.

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