Juno's Den

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Juno's Den Registered 501(c)3 *tax exempt organization*
https://linktr.ee/Junosden

🐾 Imagine a world where dog's needs come first...

☘️ Adopt, Foster, Give Back, Educate

🐕 We support Force free/R+/No-kill and a Holistic approach

📍 501(c)3 organization|Not a shelter

A busy week behind the scenes at Juno’s Den.Last week, we sent nine travel kennels back to Mexico so they will be ready ...
10/12/2026

A busy week behind the scenes at Juno’s Den.

Last week, we sent nine travel kennels back to Mexico so they will be ready when our pups have their chance to fly home to their families.

And this week, we're very happy to have two of our dogs flying to Seattle! One already has a family waiting, and the other is coming a little closer to finding his people. More about them soon.

But that wasn't all.

We also spent quite a few hours juggling flights, coordinating transportation, and helping two dogs who aren't part of Juno's Den but needed to make their way back to Mexico for different reasons.

One of them had stayed behind when her family had to leave the United States. They wanted their dog back, and we wanted to help make that happen. And we did!

None of this would have been possible without so many helping hands. The people who connected us, those who agreed to accompany the dogs on their flights, those who welcomed them at the airport, and a family determined to bring their beloved dog home, no matter what it took.

And, of course, many hours of coordinating everything to make sure each dog arrived safely.

Sometimes I wonder if people realize just how much it takes to help one dog. Not just the money, but the time, the planning, the unexpected changes, the people willing to rearrange their schedules, and the countless little things that need to happen before one dog can finally get where they belong.

And then I think about something else.

What happens to these dogs when there is no one left who can say yes?

It's a question I find myself asking more often these days.

Juno's Den has always been a small rescue, and that's intentional. We don't want to rescue hundreds of dogs at once. We want to do right by the ones we bring into our care. But even a small rescue comes with responsibilities that don't stop when the donations do.

There are dogs waiting at the ranch in Mexico who need to eat every day. There are dogs in foster homes here who need veterinary care, food, and everything else that comes with being responsible for another life.

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The recent news involving two well-known rescue organizations in the PNW has been heartbreaking, particularly for those ...
10/07/2026

The recent news involving two well-known rescue organizations in the PNW has been heartbreaking, particularly for those of us who believe that animal rescue carries an enormous responsibility.

At Juno's Den, we have always believed in keeping things small and intentional. Not because we lack ambition, but because we want to know every dog who comes into our care, understand their needs, and remain involved in their lives long after adoption.

Since we started, every dog who has been part of Juno's Den has received all the love, attention, and care we could possibly provide. We know where each of them is today and how they are doing. That relationship and responsibility do not end when an adoption is finalized.

We may have only about a handful of volunteers and fosters, but they are people whose values we know and trust. They share our commitment to treating every animal with kindness, patience, and respect. We wouldn't have it any other way.

Integrity has always been at the center of what we do. It guides how we choose our partners, how we make decisions, and how we care for the animals entrusted to us.

We also hope these recent events will not discourage people from trusting and supporting the many small rescues doing meaningful work every day. Some of us operate with very limited resources, without much recognition, publicity, or praise. Yet the commitment is there, and so is the difference we make in the lives of the animals we help.

We have never believed that bigger necessarily means better, or that the number of animals rescued tells the whole story.

For us, what matters is the life each dog gets to live because we were part of their journey.

If you believe in this kind of rescue, we hope you will continue to stand behind the small organizations doing the quiet, consistent work. Whether through adopting, fostering, volunteering, donating, or simply sharing our stories, your support allows us to keep giving each dog the individual care and attention they deserve. Every act of kindness matters.

Small by design. Serious about rescue.

Juno's Den Rescue

Moments like these make me feel like the luckiest person in the world.There is something about finding a dog’s person th...
10/04/2026

Moments like these make me feel like the luckiest person in the world.

There is something about finding a dog’s person that is very hard to beat. I have cherished moments like this since Juno’s Den started, and there is no doubt in my mind that dogs make our lives so much better.

Bambi, formerly Bug, came from a shelter in California not too long ago. A lot happened in between—not because anyone failed her, and certainly through no fault of Bambi’s.

And today, after a short foster trial and a little adventure around Seattle, we made it official.

Bambi is home. Forever.

She is simply adorable, and you can see in those soulful eyes that she loves deeply. But so does her mom, and that is what makes this one so very special.

Thank you to both her original family and her new family for trusting me and for making this moment possible for Bambi.

She found her person.

And yes, she is going to be very, very spoiled.

My perfectly imperfect home — and what living with dogs has taught meMy home is not staged, perfectly decorated or parti...
10/04/2026

My perfectly imperfect home — and what living with dogs has taught me

My home is not staged, perfectly decorated or particularly Instagrammable. There are dog beds everywhere and usually at least one dog taking over my bed.

I am not an influencer. I am not a veterinarian. And I am certainly not here to convince anyone that I have figured out the secret to keeping our dogs healthy forever. I have not.

I started changing many of the products I used in my home about two years after I got my first dog. I stopped using air fresheners and plug-ins. I changed detergents and stopped using dryer sheets. I became more thoughtful about cleaners, fragrances, pesticides, preventatives, vaccines and many of the other things our dogs are exposed to throughout their lives.

And three of my dogs still developed cancer.
So no, I am not going to tell you that changing the detergent you use or throwing away your air freshener will prevent cancer. I wish life were that simple.

But over the years I have learned something that changed the way I look at our home: our dogs already live in an environment full of exposures we cannot control. When I can easily eliminate or reduce one that serves no real purpose, I usually do.

Air fresheners were one of the first.

Dogs experience scent very differently than we do. They spend their entire lives breathing the air we create inside our homes, sleeping on the fabrics we wash, lying on the floors we clean and living much closer to many of these products than we realize.

For me, making the house smell artificially good simply stopped feeling important enough. I would rather wash the bedding, open the windows, clean the source of an odor or run an air purifier.

Will that guarantee anything? Absolutely not.
But I have learned a lot from loving dogs, losing dogs, caring for hundreds of rescue dogs and constantly asking whether I could do something a little differently.

So I thought I would start sharing some of those things. It is just what I have learned, what I have changed and why.

And maybe somewhere along the way something I share will make someone else stop and ask a question they had never thought to ask.

Fall is my favorite season. Septembee is my birthday month and also a time for me to reflect about change. That constant...
09/22/2026

Fall is my favorite season. Septembee is my birthday month and also a time for me to reflect about change. That constant that is often hard to take in. This year, it also feels like the right time to catch everyone up.

Because there is so much I haven’t shared.

Dogs doing better.
Dogs going home.
Old adopters checking in years later.
New chapters quietly beginning.
Funny little moments that never made it here.

Sometimes so much happens behind the scenes that by the time we stop to look back, we realize we never told you half of it.

So this fall, I want to show you more of that.
Not just the dogs who need something.

The dogs who made it.
The people who stayed.
The things that worked.
The small victories we almost forgot to celebrate.
There is a lot of good happening around here.
I just haven’t shown you enough of it yet.

Thank you for staying and most importantly for caring.

This is not a grief account.But grief is part of loving dogs the way we do.Rescue talks a lot about saving them, healing...
09/21/2026

This is not a grief account.

But grief is part of loving dogs the way we do.
Rescue talks a lot about saving them, healing them, fostering them, adopting them, and giving them more years.

We talk much less about the fact that, if we are lucky enough to love them for any given time, eventually we will have to lose them too.

I don’t want Juno’s Den to become an account about loss. But I also don’t want to pretend loss exists somewhere outside of this life.

Some of the dogs who helped shape this rescue are no longer here. And they are part of its story. And they are still part of mine, more than ever.

So every once in a while, grief will have a place here too.

Because loving dogs the way we do means eventually carrying both things at once:
how lucky we were to have them, and how much it hurts that they’re gone.

Here is to all of them whose legacy continues precisely because they mattered so much.

Juno’s Den was never supposed to be a big rescue. It was supposed to be a different one.Small enough to know the dogs we...
09/21/2026

Juno’s Den was never supposed to be a big rescue. It was supposed to be a different one.
Small enough to know the dogs we take in.
Small enough to know the people we send them home with.

And intentional enough to say no when something doesn’t feel right.

Five and a half years later, I still believe that.

We don’t measure success by how many dogs we move through. We care about what happens after the adoption post. Six months later. Two years later. Five years later.

Sometimes doing rescue this way is slower. Sometimes it means saying no. Sometimes a dog stays much longer than anyone expected.

That’s okay.

We don’t find homes. We find their people.

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Auburn, WA

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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