Sacred Paws Dog Rescue

This is the time of year we post an update on what’s up with Sacred Paws Dog Rescue® because we are still working “behind the scenes” to help dogs.
Our mission is focused on community outreach in unincorporated areas of Grayson county (ie: coaching locals on how they can help stray dogs, offering dog obedience training & behavioral advice to owners, celebrating compassion-in-action in youth, promoting low-cost spay/neuter services…).
We assist fully-screened REPUTABLE rescue groups save adoptable-status dogs who would be killed for lack of space at municipal shelters via dog-training services.
Our intake on new dogs remains closed in order to provide daily enrichment & quality-of-life to our super senior dogs & unadoptable dogs. (Our loyalty to previously adopted dogs stands, including dogs adopted in other states.)
Our founder is personally dedicated to helping other animal-welfare workers forge resilience so they don’t become silenced by decades of trauma.
Special gratitude goes to our volunteers/friends who consistently bless our dogs’ lives (you know who you are!).
👣♥️🐾 Sacred Paws Dog Rescue® is a federal nonprofit 501(c)3 charity organization. Please consider donating to our amazing dogs; we are grateful for every cent. 🐾💫 “WOOF!” ✨🐾
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GSN3J8EAD6AWA&ssrt=1755969707837

Henry loves it when his favorite friends visit to volunteer their time for dog exploratory walks & extra lovens’! 👣💛🐾

Here’s another post of gratitude & it serves as an ongoing celebration for this handsome dog who goes around spreading joy & love. 💫Tristan knew exactly who his forever family was the evening he met them (& before us humans knew lol). 🐾 The timing to publicly celebrate Tristan is actually perfect — because spring reminds us to embrace hope & rejoice in new life. 🌷
Tristan was already deemed a hero by humans before we met him but now, he’s a superstar! 🤩
This handsome blue heeler landed with Sacred Paws Dog Rescue® when another rescue group backed out on him due to him having heartworms. 🙏His rescue story may seem coincidental but Tristan knows better & so do we 😉😉 as he was destined to be with this forever family…. He was already in one of our foster homes waiting to go to that other rescue group & there was no way we would let this amazing dog be at risk by returning him to the rural south Dallas county municipal shelter where he came from. 🐾Our * reputable rescue group partners rallied strongly around Tristan so we took this sweet boy into our program. The amazing truth is that our volunteers often become fosters …& then become adopters …& then become true friends. 🐾 So as I was trying to ask his foster family to keep Tristan longer, these genuinely awesome people were figuring a way to adopt him — & then they offered to pay for his heartworm treatment & remaining vet care (!). ✨🐾
Fast forward to present day: Tristan enjoys a life full of security & enrichment as a cherished family member; he really likes long camping trips & strolls along the beach …dancing with “his” grandchildren …cuddling on his favorite pillow with “his” human on “the special side of the couch” …& spending quality “man’s man” time on the porch. 👣💗🐾Suffice it to say that Tristan hit the ultimate jackpot when he left Ferris, TX because he is forever part of a very, very devoted family.
(If this isn’t proof that miracles unfold regardless of human action, what is?) 🐾✨

Update: Precious is recovering and I’ll share details later — it’s an amazing positive update for this darling dog. 🐾✨ (Thank you, Dr. Michael Shelton!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Here’s another photo of Precious’ (aka: Momma) shining beautiful face. 🐾💫
❤️ Precious is having mandatory bladder stone removal surgery today.
Prayers, good vibes, blessings & any donations are greatly appreciated! ✨💸🐾

This is another post of GRATITUDE to adopters.👣💗🐾 Tobias was adopted two years ago; updates from adopters bring joy to my soul. (And wow — look at how shockingly handsome this AWESOME DOG is!)

One thing almost 19 years in dog rescue has taught me is how to recognize what I call, a “good human” and thereby the value of a responsible loving home where the dog is a family member.
🙏The promises I make to dogs when I rescue them are — well, those blessings are sacred in words, intent and action. Dogs are my entire life — as a semi-retired dog behaviorist, “everything” I do still relates to dogs. So the dogs that have directly come into my life the past 5 years are exceptional! 🐾 (Sacred Paws Dog Rescue’s® intake on new dogs has been closed in order to focus all resources on enriching the lives of our super-senior sanctuary dogs & our unadoptable dogs.)

When I met this gentle giant, he looked like a skeleton but Tobias’ spirit was incredibly full of LOVE. He was at risk of dying in a high-kill municipal shelter; Tobias had been adopted but they were going to return him the next day (!) for being “too large.” All dog rescuers know an “owner-surrender” label usually means euthanasia at intake (especially for an extra-large dog) so I met a kind lady in the middle of the night and took him.

Since then, Tobias has blessed every person that he’s met 🐾💜 and he receives the love and dignity he deserves. THANK YOU to Tobias’ forever “good human” momma (and family!) that keep my blessings to THIS dog coming to fruition in their care. ✨🐾