The Wyatt Project

08/14/2026

🖤 🩶SHADOW IS READY FOR HIS FOREVER HOME 🩶🖤

Sometimes, a second chance means so much more when you know just how hard it was for that little life to make it here.

Shadow is almost 5 months old and weighs just 4.8 pounds. He came to us from a very unfortunate situation in rural Texas, and he has already overcome more in his short life than any puppy should have to.

Today, though, we aren’t going to focus on the sadness of where he came from. We’re going to celebrate where he is going. ❤️

Shadow gets to look for a family of his very own. A family who will keep him safe, love him completely, and give him the happy life he deserves.

We aren’t exactly sure what his mix is, but we know he’s absolutely adorable. He’s dog and cat friendly and is working hard on being housebroken, crate trained, and learning to walk nicely on a leash.

At just 4.8 pounds, he’s tiny—but his second chance is anything but small.

We are incredibly grateful that Shadow made it to us. Grateful that he gets this opportunity. Grateful that, after such an unfortunate beginning, we get to help write a very different ending for him.

Now we’re looking for the person who will make that second chance last a lifetime. 🐾🖤

Could you be Shadow’s forever family?

🐾 Interested in Shadow or one of our other dogs?

Find our adoption application and everything you need to know here:

https://linktr.ee/Thewyattproject

🐾

08/14/2026

🚨 16 DOGS NEED HELP — AND THEY NEED IT NOW 🚨

SECOND REQUEST 🙏🏻💔

I am asking my rescue community to come together for 16 dogs in Johnson County, Texas, who urgently need safe placement.

Their owner is having a housing crisis and is needing to leave his current property and cannot take all of the dogs with him. Where he is going, he simply does not have the ability to bring them all.

There are 20 dogs total, and he is keeping 4. We are working to help him get the dogs he is keeping spayed/neutered and brought up to date on their vaccines.

That leaves 16 dogs who need somewhere safe to go.

Among them are:

🐾 12 puppies — approximately 9 weeks old
🐾 2 females — approximately 8 months old
🐾 Their mother, “Baby Girl” — approximately 1.5 yrs old Staffy
🐾 1 male Staffy (Baby Girl’s litter brother).— approximately 1½ years old

The 1½-year-old Staffy is not the father of the puppies. The father is one of the dogs the owner is keeping.

📍 Johnson County, Texas — Egan area, off FM 917

This property is outside city limits, and Johnson County does not have a county animal shelter where these dogs can simply be surrendered. Nor is there animal control out there. We have already reached out to multiple rescues and organizations, but unfortunately, everyone we have contacted is full.

And there is an added urgency here. There have reportedly been threats to shoot the dogs, as well as an alleged attempt to poison them by the landlord. I don’t want to wait until something happens to one of these animals before we get them out.

We need help now.

I am not in a position where we are able to take all 16 dogs, but I can network. I can make calls. I can help coordinate transport. I can connect people and work to find solutions. But I need other people to step up with me.

We don’t need one rescue to take ALL 16 dogs.

We need 16 solutions.

Maybe you can foster one.
Maybe your rescue can take one or two.
Maybe you can transport.
Maybe you know a rescue that we haven’t reached yet.
Maybe you can help with veterinary care or supplies.

Every single dog we can place is one more dog out of danger.

And one small request: 🙏🏻 I know people will have opinions about how this situation happened. I understand that. But please, let’s keep this post focused on the dogs and what we can do to help them now.

There will be time for conversations about everything else.

Right now, these dogs need safety.

If you can help with placement, fostering, transport, veterinary care, or have a legitimate rescue connection, please message me directly. I will coordinate with the owner and help connect the right people with the dogs.

If you can’t personally help, please share this post. Tag rescues. Tag fosters. Tag anyone who might be able to step in.

We have a very limited window.

Please don’t let these dogs become victims of a situation they had no control over.

Let’s get them somewhere safe. One dog at a time. ❤️🐾

08/14/2026

🚨 16 DOGS NEED HELP — AND WE HAVE UNTIL SUNDAY 🚨

I’m asking my rescue community to come together for 16 dogs in Texas who urgently need placement.

I was contacted by their owner, who is being evicted and has to be out by Sunday. There are 20 dogs total, but he can only take 4 with him. He plans to have the dogs he is keeping spayed/neutered. We plan to help facilitate that as well.

That leaves 16 dogs who need somewhere safe to go.

Here is who needs placement:

🐾 12 puppies — approximately 9 weeks old
🐾 2 females — approximately 8 months old
🐾 Their mother — age still to be determined
🐾 1 male Staffy — approximately 1.5 years old

The 1.5-year-old Staffy is not the father of the puppies. The father is one of the dogs the owner is keeping.

The owner claims puppies to be New Zealand Huntaway/Blue Staffordshire Bull Terrier mixes.

📍 LOCATION: Egan, Texas area, off FM 917

The property is outside city limits in Johnson County, which does not have a county animal shelter or animal control outside of city limits. There isn’t a local shelter they can simply turn these dogs over to. They need the rescue community to step in.

This is not a situation where one rescue can simply take all 16. It is going to take a community.

I cannot take all 16 myself, but I can help network this situation and work on finding the pieces we need to get these dogs safe. I am willing to help make calls, find rescue contacts, look for fosters, help coordinate transport, share their information, and connect the right people together.

But I need people to step up with me.

We desperately need:

🐾 Rescues willing to take one or more dogs
🐾 Fosters
🐾 Experienced adopters
🐾 Transport help
🐾 People who can help with veterinary care or supplies
🐾 Anyone with legitimate rescue connections who can open a door

I know 16 dogs sounds overwhelming. But we don’t have to solve all 16 at once. If one rescue can take two, another can take one, someone can foster a puppy, and someone else can help with transport, we start making progress.

If you can help with placement, fostering, transport, supplies, veterinary care, or have a legitimate rescue connection, please message me directly. I will coordinate with the owner and help connect the right people with the dogs.

If you can’t personally help, please share this post. Tag rescues. Tag fosters. Tag people who may know someone who can help.

🚨‼️One small request: Please keep this post focused on the dogs and getting them to safety. I completely understand that people may have questions or feelings about how this situation came about, but right now, our energy is better spent finding solutions for these 16 dogs.

There will always be time for conversations about the circumstances. Right now, these dogs need help.

Let’s come together, put everything else aside, and give these dogs the best chance we can.

They need us before Sunday. ❤️

08/13/2026

🐾💔Everyone always wants to hear the happy stories.💔🐾

The dogs who were rescued.
The dogs who found their families.
The happy endings.

And believe me, we want those stories too.

But this is a story that needs to be told too.

Because Rocco deserves to be remembered.💔💔

Rocco was only two years old.

According to his neighbor’s account, he was chained outside for 10–15 hours a day in the Texas heat, without adequate water or shade.

And we aren’t talking about a mild summer day.

As of mid-August, North Texas had already experienced around 11 days reaching or exceeding 100°F — with August heat continuing.

Imagine being chained outside for hours in that kind of heat with no way to escape it.

Imagine being a dog.

You can’t turn on the air conditioning.

You can’t open the door.

You can’t get yourself a bowl of water.

You can’t tell someone you’re too hot.

You are completely dependent on the humans around you.

And people knew Rocco was suffering.

His neighbor says she begged his owners to bring him inside.

She called Animal Control.

She tried to get help.

She offered to care for him.

She offered to take him.

Someone was willing to open their home, assume responsibility for him, and get him somewhere safe.

There was a way out.

And Rocco still remained outside.

Day after day.

His neighbor says she heard him barking and crying. She says there was someone inside the home who could hear him and still never checked on him.

So I have questions.

Why was this allowed to continue?

Why, when someone reported a dog suffering in extreme heat, wasn’t more done?

What did Animal Control see?

What did they document?

What action was taken?

And if they knew the conditions Rocco was living in, why was he still there?

Because this wasn’t simply a dog spending time outside.

This was a dog reportedly being left outside for hours in temperatures capable of killing him.

And eventually, that’s exactly what happened.

Rocco died overheated. Alone. By himself. Outside.

Think about that.

When his body finally gave out, there was no one beside him.

No one holding him.

No one comforting him.

No one bringing him inside.

No one making sure he was safe.

He was just alone in the heat.

Rocco was two years old.

He had barely begun his life.

And someone had already offered to take him.

Someone had already asked for help.

Someone had already tried to intervene.

He should still be alive.

The people identified by the original poster as Rocco’s owners are the Washington family, owners of Paradise Funeral Home in Dallas.

Their business isn’t the point.

Their reputation isn’t the point.

Accountability is the point.

If what has been reported about Rocco is accurate, there need to be answers about what happened when Animal Control was contacted and why this dog was allowed to remain in those conditions.

Because no explanation changes the ending.

Rocco is dead.

And he died alone.

I know this isn’t the story people want to see.

But the happy stories don’t tell the whole story.

The happy endings show us what happens when someone steps in and saves a dog.

Stories like Rocco’s show us what happens when a dog doesn’t get saved in time.

Both stories matter.

Rocco mattered.

His life mattered before he died.

And his death matters now.

Please sign the petition calling for accountability for Rocco:

👉 https://c.org/FNBpJKW2VV

Please share his story.

Ask questions.

Demand answers.

Because Rocco cannot ask those questions anymore.

We have to.

Rest peacefully, Rocco.

You deserved a life.

You deserved safety.

You deserved someone beside you when your life ended.

You deserved so much better. 🖤🐾

08/11/2026

Don’t forget to come out and see us!

Consider your Saturday plans made! Come meet the adoptable dogs from The Wyatt Project rescue and who knows - you might even leave with your new best friend 🐾

08/09/2026

💔Something has been sitting really heavy with me lately.💔

At what point does raising money to save a dog start influencing which dogs get chosen to be saved?

I want to be very clear because I don’t want this to be misunderstood. This isn’t an attack on pledges or the people who work so incredibly hard to secure them for rescues.

Pledges matter. They save lives. They give rescues the ability to say yes to dogs who need medical care, transportation, rehabilitation, and so much more. I am incredibly grateful for the people who put their money behind these dogs.

But I’ve been thinking a lot about the dogs who don’t have that support.

The ones with no following.
No pledges.
No one promising money.
The street dogs nobody even knew existed until someone found them.

And I keep coming back to one thought:

What happens to them?

Because if one dog comes with hundreds or even thousands of dollars in pledges and another comes with nothing, it makes financial sense to choose the dog who comes with resources.

I understand that.

But I don’t want that to control which dogs The Wyatt Project rescues.

The Wyatt Project was created in 2024, and I am still relatively new to the rescue world. I don’t pretend to understand all of the politics, systems, financial realities, or unwritten rules that exist within rescue.

So yes, this is coming from my own perspective and my own experiences. Maybe there are things I haven’t learned yet.

But I know what I want for the rescue I’ve built.

Whether you come to The Wyatt Project with $0, $100, or $1,000 attached to your name, I want you treated exactly the same.

I don’t want a dog to have to come with money attached to them to be worth fighting for.

I don’t want the amount pledged to determine how badly we want them.

Because the dogs I rescue from the streets don’t come with pledges.

Nobody promises us money before we say yes. They don’t come with a crowd behind them. They don’t come with hundreds of dollars already attached to their name.

They just come to us needing help.

And we say yes.

We figure out the vet bills.
We find the foster.
We figure out transportation.
We raise the money.
We make it work.

Because $0 pledged has never meant $0 worth to us.

And maybe that’s why this has been bothering me so much.

I think everyone involved in rescue should stop and think about this—not because pledges are wrong, but because they are a powerful tool.

At what point does something that is meant to help us save more lives begin influencing which lives get the opportunity to be saved?

The dog with $1,000 pledged and the dog with $0 pledged are still standing in the same shelter.

They are both scared.
They both need someone.
They both deserve a chance.

The money matters. It absolutely, positively matters. Rescue has to be sustainable if we’re going to continue saving dogs.

And pledges are an incredibly important part of making that possible.

But I don’t ever want The Wyatt Project to look at a dog and see the dollar amount before we see the dog.

Maybe that’s idealistic. Maybe it’s because we’re still a young rescue. Maybe there are things about this world I haven’t learned yet.

But this is something I feel strongly about.

I never want a dog to be overlooked because nobody put a dollar amount beside their name. They all mater equally.

08/06/2026

💙 Koda Update… and a little honesty.

It’s been a little while since we’ve shared an update on Koda, and thankfully this one comes with some really encouraging news.

A few weeks ago, Koda developed a fever that lasted about 48 hours, along with enlarged lymph nodes and a significantly elevated white blood cell count. After everything he’d already overcome, we knew we couldn’t take any chances. Our veterinary team recommended an extensive diagnostic workup to make sure we weren’t missing something serious.

He underwent specialized bloodwork, urinalysis, tick-borne disease testing, an ACTH stimulation test, and an abdominal ultrasound.

The testing identified a urinary tract infection, which has since been successfully treated. His ultrasound showed only mildly enlarged internal lymph nodes, and this week all of his lymph nodes feel normal. His fever has not returned, and his white blood cell count is continuing to return to normal.

While we may never know exactly what caused his fever and enlarged lymph nodes, we’re incredibly thankful that Koda continues to move in the right direction.

Even better, Koda continues to thrive. ❤️

When he came into our care, he weighed just 32 pounds. Today, he’s around 47 pounds. Watching him regain his strength, confidence, and joy has been nothing short of amazing.

He’s settled beautifully into foster care and has completely stolen their hearts. We are simply enjoying watching Koda be happy and loved while his future unfolds. ❤️

Now for the part I never enjoy writing…

Asking for help has never been my favorite part of rescue, but moments like this remind me that we don’t do this alone.

While a very generous supporter covered Koda’s ultrasound through our veterinary hospital, the specialized laboratory testing that helped us find answers is billed separately through IDEXX Laboratories.

Today we received this invoice for $772.14.

This invoice represents the diagnostics that helped us identify and treat Koda’s urinary tract infection, rule out more serious illnesses, monitor his progress, and ensure we were giving him the best possible care. It also includes f***l testing for our toy poodle guy Spencer, who has yet to be introduced…

Every improvement we’ve celebrated has been possible because we had the diagnostics needed to guide his care. Those tests aren’t glamorous, and they don’t make for exciting social media posts, but they’re often the difference between guessing and giving a dog the best chance to recover.

If you’re able to help us chip away at this invoice, we’d be incredibly grateful. Every donation, no matter the amount, goes directly toward providing lifesaving medical care for dogs who have nowhere else to turn.

If donating isn’t possible, sharing this post is another way you can make a difference.

Thank you for believing in dogs like Koda. Because of your support, we were able to search for answers instead of hoping for the best. Today, Koda is healthy, gaining weight, and finally getting to enjoy the life he always deserved.

Thank you for being part of his story. ❤️

🐾 Donate: https://linktr.ee/Thewyattproject
🧾Invoice attached for transparency

08/06/2026

❤️ Why adopt an older dog? Let Dan show you. ❤️

Everyone falls in love with puppies…

But the real treasures are dogs like Dan.

At 7 years old and about 21 pounds, Dan has spent the last few months charming his foster family—and they absolutely adore him. He’s settled in beautifully and has shown us exactly why older dogs make some of the very best companions.

🐾 House manners? ✔️
🐾 Professional cuddler? ✔️
🐾 Great with the big dogs in his foster home? ✔️
🐾 Loves walks and car rides? ✔️
🐾 Keeps you entertained with his hilarious personality? Absolutely. ✔️

Dan is the perfect mix of playful and affectionate. He loves being with his people, has plenty of pep in his step, and isn’t afraid to let everyone know when something exciting is happening.

One thing to know? Dan is a curious little adventurer! If a door is left open, he’ll think it’s an invitation to explore, so he’ll need a family that’s mindful about keeping him safe.

Cats aren’t really his thing, but if you’re looking for a loyal little sidekick with a huge personality, Dan might just be your perfect match.

Sometimes the best dogs aren’t the youngest ones.

Sometimes they’ve just been waiting a little longer for the right person to find them. ❤️

🐶 Ready to meet Dan? Apply today:
https://linktr.ee/Thewyattproject

08/04/2026

🌶️ A Spice Girls Update! ❤️

Do you remember Fennel and Clove from our Spice Girls litter?

These sweet sisters were found homeless in rural Texas, with no one to call their own. Like so many puppies we meet, their future was uncertain—but rescue changed everything.

Today, Fennel, now Willow, is thriving! Her family shared that she’s doing wonderfully, loves playing with her canine sibling Iggy, and has even won over the resident cats. Seeing her so happy fills our hearts.

And her sister, Clove, now Dax, is blossoming too! Her mom recently shared that Dax learned how to give “paw,” and you could just feel how proud she was. Those little milestones may seem simple, but to us they’re everything. Watching a once-homeless puppy grow into a confident, loved family member is exactly why we rescue.

These girls went from surviving in a homeless camp in rural Texas to sleeping safely in loving homes where they’re celebrated for every new accomplishment.

This is what your support makes possible.

Thank you to everyone who fosters, adopts, donates, volunteers, and believes in The Wyatt Project. Because of you, Willow and Dax will never know homelessness again. They’ll only know love, security, and the joy of being someone’s family.

❤️ Happy tails like these remind us that every life is worth saving.

08/02/2026

Cross post for our friends at Sit Happens Rescue🥰

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/191JXrcPE5/?mibextid=wwXIfr