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vegan farm sanctuary saving the lives of animals while educating and changing views to end suffering

OutPaws was founded in 2013 as a foster-based dog and cat rescue. In 2022, the opportunity arose to have a facility on an 80-acre farm property in Peyton, Colorado. We decided to transition our mission to use our resources in the best way possible to help animals. OutPaws is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal rescue organization that is dedicated to saving the lives of neglected and abused companion pets and farm animals. Through its vegan farm animal sanctuary, the Sweet Home Sanctuary, OutPaws provides forever homes to farm and companion animals rescued from neglect situations, shelters, and the agricultural industry. OutPaws works to educate and advocate for the compassionate and humane treatment of all species. Through education and hands-on experience at the Sweet Home Sanctuary, OutPaws demonstrates to the community the need for change in the way our society currently regards our fellow animals.

10/19/2026

Our baby Bartleby is growing up so fast! He doesn’t know it though. He still believes he’s a tiny piglet to be held and squeezed. His wonderful curly tail is a good luck charm 🍀 and gets a squeeze each morning.

10/18/2026

Goodnight from Roxy and Newt! Sweet dreams.

10/16/2026

Ethel is smiling because the sun is back out today. After two overcast, rainy and windy days, we are all excited for a pretty day.

As we are working on winter prep, we’d love to have some volunteers on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. If you’d like to hang out with and help the animals, join our volunteer team.

10/14/2026

Sorry we’ve been a bit quiet. We are all trying to take some time to grieve Lorenzo while also living each moment together and cherishing one another. Bradley Cooper is perched above keeping a watch over me and the dogs.

10/12/2026

Anna came to us at the beginning of August from a partner rescue that is winding down. She had been in a home with 3 other dogs in Texas where the owner was arrested and law enforcement locked the dogs out of the home. A kind rescuer took over their care and got them to Colorado. Anna had a very hard time adjusting and was shut down—not eating and staying mostly in her crate—especially after losing a senior friend in her foster home. We agreed to see if a change of scenery and some new friends would help her out.

Anna fell pretty quickly for the rest of our pack and is now one of the gang. However, the prior rescue had noted she had issues with her neck and had begun a medical evaluation. X-rays taken and evaluated by a specialist showed a possible narrowing/issue at C1-C2 but doctors had hoped it would resolve on its own. Unfortunately, it has not and this issue causes Anna to scream in pain while she’s at rest. She is only about a year and a half old so we really want to see if there’s anything that can be done to alleviate her pain.

Anna will be going in for a CT scan next week at Colorado Canine Orthopedics. Please send good thoughts her way and if you would like to sponsor Anna as she begins this medical journey, all donations would be greatly appreciated.

10/11/2026

Thank you to all who came out today for The Ones Who Jumped! We had a great time and the animals were thrilled to spend time with you and get some love and treats. Roxy and Newton enjoyed their first event meeting you all and getting tummy rubs and Fezzik was a proud big brother until he got concerned you might give his piggy siblings one more treat than him. We thank you for launching our Founding Sponsor an Animal Campaign and being the first to join our shed wall displaying sponsors’ names. It takes a village to save the lives that we do and your support means the world to us.

10/08/2026

It’s been a really hard week here with us losing Lorenzo, but we are really looking forward to The Ones Who Jumped - Exclusive Limited Event this Saturday. We hope to celebrate life with our two newest residents and are counting on your love and support to help us get through the dark times. Tickets are still on sale until noon on Thursday. Come enjoy lunch, cocktails and just hanging out with our precious animals. Get your ticket now.

10/07/2026

Yesterday we had to say a heartbreaking goodbye to the best boy in the world, Lorenzo. Lorenzo has been a part of OutPaws from its beginnings. As a foster-based dog and cat rescue in 2013, we were so lucky to he able to partner with the Humane Society Of Grand Bahama to bring dogs and cats here that would otherwise have no chance of adoption on the small island of Grand Bahama. We took Lorenzo’s litter of puppies at 5 months old as part of a very large “puppy lift” we did to save over 60 dogs in one weekend. I had randomly selected Lorenzo to foster at my house from his photos. I had no plans to foster fail, but Lorenzo picked me from day one. He was a scared, very shy puppy who wouldn’t allow anyone to touch him. He warmed quickly to the other dogs in my house and developed his own strategy for making sure he could stay. He had a few meet and greets with wonderful people who wanted to offer him a forever him, but he absolutely refused to meet any of them and took to trying to climb my chimney when people came to meet him. I finally gave in and he became our very dear baby boy.

Over the years, Lorenzo helped foster literally hundreds of dogs, puppies, cats and kittens. He was especially fond of the other shy dogs who needed reassurance and the confidence to come out of their little shells. I’m pretty sure he tried to teach some of them his strategy for becoming foster failures but no one ever mastered the art quite like he did.

For the first several years, Lorenzo was the timid dog who only went out with double leashes. I was so afraid if he ever bolted, he would be forever lost. But with the help of his siblings, he grew ever more confident. When my two GSDs who had raised him passed on in 2021 and 2023, Lorenzo suddenly seemed to decide the torch had been passed and he must become the protector. By that time we had become the Sweet Home Sanctuary—a transition that was nothing but wonderful for Lorenzo. He took to every other species and welcomed and looked over all of the residents.

When we moved here with a new foster, Trudy, who was a feral pup from the reservation in New Mexico, Trudy came to accept Lorenzo as her personal Protector as well.

Back in April, Lorenzo was diagnosed with a multitude of health issues including a blockage. We thought we were about to lose him then but he has been a strong fighter and we were able to treat Cushings, arthritis and get him through an endoscopic procedure to remove the blockage. We cherished every single day since then knowing our time was running out. Over the weekend, he began to struggle and stopped eating. We had hoped it was something treatable and he would again bounce back and be able to stick around with us a little longer. But a trip to our wonderful friends at Pikes Peak Veterinary Clinic yesterday revealed a tumor on his spleen that was now the size of a volleyball and bleeding into his stomach. At 14 years old with all of his other health issues, we all agreed surgery was probably not a good option and that letting him pass peacefully at home with all those who love him was what we needed to do. We are so grateful for the amazing kindness of the staff at Pikes Peak Vet who treated us with so much love and who have worked so hard this past 6 months to keep him healthy and happy.

We brought him home where the dogs and I were all able to say our goodbyes and hold him close in his last hours. We thank Maren Bell Jones so much for her in home acupuncture and laser treatments during the last 6 months and for being here yesterday to peacefully walk him across the Bridge.

Our hearts are broken now and I appreciate very much being able to share stories and healing with our OutPaws’ family of adopters. Lorenzo will be missed every single day and I’m not sure how we will go on without him. But together we will heal and make him proud each day of the lives we save at OutPaws.

10/06/2026

Don’t miss out! Tickets on sale now until Thursday at noon. Come meet Newton and Roxanne, our two newest residents. And come get acquainted with some of our other residents during this limited attendance event. Bring a friend or family member for multi-ticket discounts and help us make this event a success.

1 ticket for $100
2 tickets for $150
3 tickets for $225
4 tickets for $300 (buy 3 get 1 free)

10/03/2026

One week from today, Newt and Roxy will be greeting guests at a celebration that almost never could have happened.

Both piglets survived incredible odds after jumping from livestock trucks. There was a time when neither of them had a safe future waiting for them. Today, they spend their days running, playing, napping in the sunshine, and discovering what it means to be loved.

That transformation only happened because people chose to care.

Right now, we’re still hoping to sell enough tickets to make this event everything the animals deserve.

The Ones Who Jumped is just one week away, and we’re counting on this event to help support the 125 animals who call OutPaws home. Every ticket helps provide food, shelter, veterinary care, and lifelong sanctuary for animals who have nowhere else to go.

If you’ve been thinking about coming, please don’t wait.

💙 1 ticket: $100
💙 2 tickets: $150
💙 3 tickets: $225
💙 4 tickets: $300 (buy 3, get 1 free)

Bring your spouse, your family, or a few friends and take advantage of the group pricing.

You’ll enjoy a private afternoon at the sanctuary, spend time with Newt and Roxy, enjoy lunch and signature cocktails, meet many of our animal residents, and be part of the launch of our new Sponsor an Animal program.

More than anything, you’ll be helping ensure that animals like Newt and Roxy continue to find safety, healing, and a place to call home.

We’re officially one week away, and we need ticket sales now.

Please join us, share this post, invite a friend, and help us make this event a success for the animals who depend on us every day.

Because every happy ending at OutPaws starts with someone deciding to show up.

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18110 Sweet Road
Peyton, CO
80831

Website

http://www.outpaws.org/

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