The Wyatt Project

05/13/2026

🐾 Help these puppies make the long journey from rural Texas homelessness to forever homes in Maine. ❤️🐾

Over the last few months, we have rescued so many dogs from Johnson County, Texas😓 — the same place where our founder Wyatt came from.

These dogs were living outside city limits, where there are very few resources and almost no safety net for animals in need. Some were dumped. Some were unwanted. Some were born into survival.

Many came to us:
🐾 Underweight
🐾 Covered in fleas
🐾 Battling internal parasites
🐾 Suffering from skin infections
🐾 Never vaccinated
🐾 Never having lived inside a home before

And yet despite everything, they are loving, resilient, and ready for a second chance. 🥺

In just the last few months alone, we have taken in:
🐾 5 homeless camp puppies
🐾 2 Puppies left to die in a pasture with their mother
🐾 Multiple owner surrenders who had nowhere else to go
🐾 Senior dogs needing medical care and transport
🐾 Tiny puppies needing full vetting and rescue support
🐾 Larry and Moe, who are waiting for sponsored health certificates so they can board transport to Maine

Every dog we save comes with expenses:
🐾 Vaccines
🐾 Deworming and flea treatment
🐾 Health certificates
🐾 Spay/neuter surgeries
🐾 Food and supplies
🐾 Transport from Texas to Maine

Even basic vetting adds up fast. Two puppies recently cost over $200 just for their initial care — before boosters, fecals, deworming/preventitves, transport, and health certificates were even included.

But these dogs deserve the chance to know what safety feels like.
A warm bed.
A full belly.
A family.
A life outside of survival. ❤️

And we especially want to thank Johnna Buntin over at F.O.C.A.S Rescue. We truly could not have done this without her support and help saving these lives. Rescue takes a village. 🐾

If you would like to help these puppies make the trip from rural Texas homelessness to loving homes in Maine, please consider donating or sharing this post.

💛 Donations can be made here:
https://linktr.ee/Thewyattproject

Every share matters. Every dollar matters. Every life matters. 🐶✨

05/12/2026

🐾 Meet Pepper 🖤

Out of the 5 puppies rescued from a rural Texas homeless camp… Pepper is the only one still waiting. 😔

Waiting for someone to choose him.
Waiting for a family.
Waiting for a place to finally belong. 🏡

At just 5.5 months old and a little over 30 lbs, Pepper has already lived a life no puppy should ever have to know. While other puppies were learning what safety and comfort felt like, Pepper was simply trying to survive.

And yet somehow… he is still so full of love. 🤍

He still runs toward people with hope in his eyes. He still wants affection. He still believes someone out there is going to love him enough to say, “You’re mine now.” 🐶

Watching all of his siblings get spoken for while he still waits has been heartbreaking. Every dog deserves to know what it feels like to finally be safe, loved, and wanted. ✨

🚐 Pepper arrives on 5/31 and needs either a foster or forever home waiting for him.

Please don’t let him arrive with nowhere to go. 💔

If you can’t adopt, sharing his story could be the reason the right person sees him. Rescue dogs survive because people care enough to share, foster, and open their hearts. 🐾

Pepper is ready for his second chance. 🤍

🔗 Apply to foster or adopt here:

https://linktr.ee/Thewyattproject

05/12/2026

🎉 EZRA HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY ADOPTED! 🎉

Our big boy finally found his forever home. 🖤

This one is emotional for us. Ezra has been through so much change, uncertainty, and waiting… but through it all, he never stopped loving people with his whole heart. He is the kind of dog that leaves paw prints everywhere he goes.

Watching him walk away with his new family was bittersweet — because while our hearts break a little every time one leaves, this is always the goal. This is why we keep saying yes. This is why we fight for the overlooked, the big dogs, the ones people pass by.

Ezra is proof that the right family is worth waiting for. 🐾

A HUGE thank you to his adopters for giving him a chance and for seeing in him exactly what we do — a loving, loyal, incredible dog who deserved someone willing to believe in him. Thank you for opening your hearts and home to our boy. ❤️

To everyone who shared his posts, rooted for him, donated, fostered, and helped us get him here… thank you. Rescue truly takes a village.

Now go live the beautiful life you deserve, sweet boy. Your forever starts now. ❤️

05/02/2026

Everyone is waiting for someone to help…
But you are someone. You can help.

Rescue isn’t a system—it’s people.
Volunteers. No pay. No off switch. Just showing up over and over again because these dogs need us. 🐾

Most shelters are doing the best they can with what they have.
Not all are perfect—but many are facing an impossible situation every single day.

And the reality in places like Texas… it’s bad.
Overcrowded shelters. Limited resources. Dogs losing their lives just because there isn’t space.

And some dogs never even make it to a shelter.
They’re out there—forgotten—and some lose their lives simply because there’s nowhere for them to go.

This isn’t fixed by tearing people down.
It’s fixed by people stepping up.

🐾 Foster
🐾 Adopt
🐾 Donate
🐾 Educate

If you’ve ever thought about helping—this is your moment.
Don’t wait. Don’t scroll past.

👉 Step in right now: https://linktr.ee/Thewyattproject

Because when a dog finally finds their home after everything…
that moment makes every heartbreak worth it. 🤍

Be the someone. 🐾

05/01/2026

Rescue can be heavy… it doesn’t come and go—it stays. The heartbreak, the waiting, the ones we can’t help, the ones we have lost, the ones we carry with us… every single day. 💔

But moments like this… this is where we find the light—and that light is the happiness of the dogs. ✨🐾

The generosity from our local Tractor Supply has completely blown us away. 🤍 Not just because of the food—but because of what it truly means. Every bag, every donation, is someone choosing to care… someone choosing these dogs.

And because of that, we get to see the best part…
Full bellies. Wagging tails. Safe, happy dogs who get to just be. 🐶🥹

When it feels like too much, this is what lifts us back up.
This is what reminds us why we keep going.
Because of this… we can KEEP saying yes. 🙏

Yes to the scared ones.
Yes to the overlooked ones.
Yes to the ones still waiting for someone to choose them.

Because of you, they will eat. 🦴
Because of you, they will be safe. 🏡
Because of you, we don’t have to carry this alone.

There aren’t words big enough for this kind of kindness—but please know we feel it, deeply.

Thank you for standing with us… and for loving them. 🐾❤️

04/27/2026

My heart is broken. 💔

Yesterday, Ezra and Poppy went to another meet & greet…
and they came home with us. Again.

They met people. Wagged their tails. Leaned in for attention.
They did everything right.

And still — they watched everyone choose someone else. 🐾

Poppy has now been to 7 adoption events.
Ezra has been to 6.

I don’t know how many more times they can show up like this and not be chosen.

Poppy has been with us for 8 months.
She is growing up in foster care. 🏡
We are the only home she has ever known.

👉 See more of Poppy:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BL8uVkHNp/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Ezra has been with us for 6 months.

👉 See more of Ezra:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BM8vVygWA/?mibextid=wwXIfr

We think it’s because of their size.
Poppy is about 80 lbs.
Ezra is around 75 lbs.

We hear it all the time —
“I can’t have a dog that big.”

And sometimes that’s true. We understand that.

But sometimes… it’s just a number that scares people before they ever get to know them.

Because once you do, you realize:
they’re not overwhelming — they’re gentle, affectionate, and just want to be close to you.
The kind of dogs who lean into you, follow you around, and just want to belong. ❤️

👉 Ezra would give anything to get out of the kennel and into a foster home. Even that would change everything for him.

I’m not giving up on them.
But I need help getting them seen.

👉 If you’ve been thinking about adopting… please look at Ezra and Poppy.
👉 If you can’t adopt, fostering Ezra or sharing this post matters more than you know.

They shouldn’t have to keep coming back. 💔

👉 Apply or learn more:
https://linktr.ee/Thewyattproject

04/25/2026

04/20/2026

*** UPDATE: DIPSY IS ADOPTED!******

🐾 DIPSY IS STILL WAITING… AFTER EVERYTHING SHE’S BEEN THROUGH 🐾

Dipsy didn’t start life with a family. 💔

She and her sister were dumped in a rural Texas mobile home park, left to fend for themselves. For two weeks, she wandered—no safety, no certainty—until right before a big freeze, we went out and scooped her up.

Her sister has already found her home…
But Dipsy is still waiting.

And we can’t figure out why.

At just 1 year old and 38 lbs, she’s actually the perfect size—but her pictures make her look bigger than she is. In reality, she’s a compact, easy, go-anywhere kind of dog. 🐶✨

And she’s not just “good” with others—she’s living successfully in a home with:
✔️ Young children 👧🧒
✔️ A cat 🐱
✔️ Another dog 🐾

She’s gentle, loving, and so ready to belong to someone. The kind of dog who has already been through enough—and still chooses to trust, to love, to hope. 🤍

✨ She survived being left behind. Now she just needs someone who will never leave her again.

👉 Apply to adopt: https://linktr.ee/Thewyattproject
👉 Not ready to adopt? Fostering gives other dogs like Dipsy a chance.

Please share—her person might not have seen her yet. 🐾💕

04/19/2026

🐾 Follow-through matters 🐾

Adopting a dog is a commitment—and that commitment doesn’t end when things get inconvenient or hard.

This isn’t isolated. It’s happening across rescues everywhere. I am seeing it more and more. Dogs are being returned without follow-through, with the expectation that rescue will step in, absorb the impact, and fix it.

That’s not sustainable—and it’s not fair to the dogs.

Rescues do not have unlimited space, fosters, or resources. Every dog that comes back directly impacts the safety and stability of the dogs already in our care—and limits our ability to help those still in danger.

Our adoption process is not casual. We review applications, have conversations, and make thoughtful matches based on long-term success.

When you adopt, you are taking a responsibility—not just for the easy moments, but for the hard ones too. That includes training, management, vet care, and time.

We are here for support after adoption—but we are not a fallback plan.

Returning a dog without doing the work doesn’t solve the problem—it shifts it, often making things harder for the dog and for the system meant to protect them.

These dogs deserve consistency. They deserve accountability. They deserve people who follow through.

Because to them, it was never temporary—it was forever. 🐶

04/19/2026

****UPDATE: ADOPTED*****

Costello’s brother got picked first.

He watched him leave. 💔

Now he’s the one left behind—still waiting, still hoping it’s his turn next.

At just 12 weeks old, mixed breed, Costello is everything people say they want 🐾

✔️ Dog friendly
✔️ Cat friendly
✔️ Incredibly sweet
✔️ Up to date on vaccines & prevention

There is nothing “less than” about him—he just wasn’t the one chosen first.

But being picked second doesn’t make him any less deserving of a home that lasts. 🏡

He doesn’t need to be first.
He just needs to be next. ❤️

Apply here: https://linktr.ee/Thewyattproject

04/18/2026

🇺🇸 TODAY’S THE DAY! 🇺🇸

We’re all set up and ready to go at the VFW PTSD Awareness Event—and we’d love to see you here!

Come stop by The Wyatt Project table to say hi, learn more about what we do, and check out some of our merch (hats, shirts, tumblers & more 👀). Every conversation, every share, and every bit of support helps us continue our mission.

🐾 We’re here to talk about rescue, fostering, adopting, and how dogs can play such a powerful role in healing—especially for those battling PTSD.

If you’ve ever thought about fostering, adopting, or just getting involved… today’s a great day to start.

📍 Come find us
❤️ Come connect
🐶 Come support

Let’s stand together for our veterans and our dogs.