Kane's Mission - Dog Rescue

It’s a long read, but I wanted to take a moment to talk about Kane, the namesake of our rescue. For those that don’t know his story, and the reason that I started the rescue. Unfortunately, his story is not unlike thousands of other abandoned dogs.

I found a post for a dog at the Franklin County shelter who was due to be euthanized in a couple days, back in September of 2020. I talked it over with my better half, and we decided to start fostering. I reached out to the advocates who posted him, so that I could try to find a rescue. I found a rescue to pull him on the day he was to be euthanized at 5:00pm. I was helping my daughter move into an apartment, when I received the phone call that a rescue was found. I dropped everything, apologized to my daughter & drove two & a half hours to pick him up. When I got there they put me in a tiny room & I waited for them to bring him in. He walked in, took a couple of treats from me then he nuzzled me with his snoot.🙂 I took him for a walk in the the play yard, and really just could not understand why this dog was set to be euthanized. I remember them asking me if I wanted to take him, which struck me as such an odd question, given that if I did not take him he would be dead once I left. The drive home was uneventful. When I reached my house, I slowly introduced him to Joe, and after an initial grumble, Kane decided that Joe was an okay guy.

We did a little digging and found out that he had been in & out of that shelter multiple times since he was about one year old, and his name used to be King.

Fast forward to today. Has it always been easy…NO! Have I always absolutely adored him?…YES! Would I ever give up on him?…NEVER!
I understand that he will never be a social boy, and I always have to be vigilant when I take him on walks. He has come a long way, but will always be reactive towards other dogs and humans, other than Joe and I. We room & rotate him & our other two dogs. Mostly because of Klaus(our mini dachshund who only has love for his sister, Maisy)

I guess the point is, every single dog has quirks. I have never understood why, once you make a commitment to give your dog a long, healthy, happy life, how could you ever just abandon them?? If you have the integrity & compassion, and are willing to make a commitment, foster or adopt! Shelters and rescues, including ours, are absolutely drowning.