08/30/2026
WE SAID WE WEREN’T PULLING. AND WE MEANT IT. 🐾
Adoptions are slow. We have so many incredible dogs sitting and waiting. Transports are in two weeks given the holiday. And we had a WEEK in rescue.
But then the emails come.
The deadlines come.
The pleas from shelters come.
The pleas for teamwork comes from our fellow rescues who are in the trenches too.
The tags then come from our rescue partners.
And when you know a shelter is euthanizing dogs every single day… how do you say no?
Especially when a foster steps up and says, “I’ll take one.”
So today, three more dogs arrived at Journey Home Rescue Alliance:
🐾 LEXI (formerly Aubrey) | 4 years | 54 lbs | German Shepherd mix
🐾 DOVIE | 1 year | Hound mix
🐾 REY (formerly kito) | 5 months
And tomorrow, GIGI | 2 years will join them.
Four dogs we weren’t planning to pull. Four dogs we really didn’t have room to pull.
But fosters stepped up. And because they did, four lives have a way out.
That is what fostering does. When we say fostering saves lives, we aren’t using a catchy rescue phrase. We mean it literally. A foster saying yes creates a space where there wasn’t one before—and sometimes that is the only reason we’re able to say yes when another deadline lands in our inbox. We are so incredibly grateful.
Rescue can be defeating. It is hard to receive these pleas day after day knowing we cannot possibly say yes to every dog. It’s hard when the dogs already in our care aren’t moving. And it’s hard knowing there will always be another email, another deadline and another dog who needs somewhere to go.
But today isn’t about what we can’t do.
Today Lexi, Dovie and Rey are safe.
Tomorrow, Gigi will be too.
Four dogs got their chance because people stepped up and opened their homes. And THAT is something worth celebrating. 🤍
Every adoption opens a door.
Every foster creates a pathway.
Every yes makes room for another life.
Here’s hoping September brings movement. Open doors. New pathways. Open wings. And lots and lots of homecomings.
We can’t save them all. But when there’s a path home, it’s really damn hard not to try. 🤍
