Ruger's Rescues

💫 3 years.
💫 2,300 animals helped across 2 continents.
💫 7,150 pounds of pet food handed out.

Not too shabby for the new kid on the block 💜

Thank you to everyone that helped get us here 🫶

Let's keep going.

Check out our APRIL EVENTS! It's also NATIONAL PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS MONTH!

We have 4 Barkets around San Diego along with a whole bunch of special pet days, including:

✨ ️April: Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month
✨ ️April: National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
✨ ️April 4: World Stray Animals Day
✨ ️April 19: National Hug Your Dog Day
✨ ️April 11: National Pet Day
✨️ April 12-18: National Dog Bite Prevention Week
✨️ April 17-23: National Pet ID Week
✨ ️April 19: National Cat Lady Day
✨ ️April 26: National Pet Parents Day
✨️ April 30: Adopt a Shelter Pet Day

Such a busy and important month! We'll be helping over 100 animals in need this month!

Photos coming tomorrow of our most recent (and big!) Barket over the weekend.

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We updated our website resources! 🎉

We have everything from domestic violence shelters that accept pets to reporting animal cruelty to financial assistance for emergency vet appointments. Whatever you're having to handle, we have you covered! 💜

Take a look at some of the topics that we have resources on. We have literally dozens, if not more, on things such as:

➡️ Local and nationwide free and low-cost pet care
➡️ Ways to apply for emergency medical grants and financial assistance for vet care
➡️ Nationwide emergency fosters, shelter info, and shelters that accept pets
➡️ Help with temporary or permanent pet rehoming due to emergencies, inpatient care, hospitalization, domestic violence, deployment, homelessness, and more
➡️ Nationwide free pet food and supplies
➡️ Warning signs of domestic abuse and animal cruelty
➡️ Reporting animal cruelty and animal abuse laws
➡️ Local, nationwide, and international animal transport, including air transport for pets and flight nannies
➡️ General pet resources, including information on: Microchipping, prescriptions, toxic foods and poison control, cancer resources, dog trainers, vet license search, fostering, lost & found animals, pet sitters, licensing, rescue group search, and more!

If you have questions or need something you don't see on here, DM us or email us at [email protected].

✨️ We're also very open to expanding our topics and resources if you have any ideas that may be helpful! ✨️

Don't be afraid to ask for help. If you need anything, no matter how small it is, feel free to reach out. We're here to help 🫶

🎉 36 animals helped in only 2 hours today!

It was a big Barket morning at ' Neil Good Day Center in Downtown!

💛 Days at the Day Center are always very difficult and emotional. I don't know the last time I got in my car to go home after this Barket location and didn't cry. Today brought someone lying about having a cat in order to pass out cat food for humans to eat, as well as having security remove the dad of the pups in the first photo for how he was treating the baby 💛

➡️ It's not easy, but what we do is needed. Those pups still need help, supplies, and all the love they can get from us in just a few short moments. We have zero tolerance for any type of aggression or abuse towards either us or an animal. We're not afraid to refuse services, ask to have them removed, or involve law enforcement. Help and doing the right thing doesn't just mean providing a bag of supplies.

In addition to helping 36 of the goodest boys and girls (and so many puppies today!), we handed out:

⭐️ 99 pounds of food
⭐️ 35 toys
⭐️ 26 bags of treats
⭐️ 24 bowls
⭐️ 10 cooling bandanas
⭐️ 8 leashes and harnesses
⭐️ 5 beds and blankets
⭐️ 3 sweaters

🫶 Thank you so much to for food, treats, and blankets; for a desperately needed donation that purchased food for today; for toys and beds; Cyndy and the Woman's Club of Lakeside for their amazing handmade beds; for all the donated reusable bags; and everyone else who supported and donated to make today's Barket pawssible! We appreciate you immensely! 🫶

🗓 This was Barket #4 in 2 weeks. On Sunday afternoon, we'll be rounding out the month at . If you need something help with pet food and supplies, come on out - we'll be there at 2 pm! ⌚️

And remember, the will provide you with food, toys, treats, litter, and beds. They will give you food literally every single day for your animal. If you need to get there, but are unable, please contact us. There is always a way to ensure that your best friend doesn't go without.

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