AKITA RESCUE
If you're looking for a wonderful companion, I hope you'll consider a rescue dog. There are always so many who need homes, and so many who never have a chance at a good home because there aren't enough foster homes to keep them safe. From puppies to old dogs, and everything in between, so many of these dogs are casually tossed aside by the very people who just "had to have" that cute puppy, with the excuse that they just don't have time for a dog. Some are found as strays, wandering loose and never claimed because they've been dumped by their owners for reasons we'll never know.
Adding a rescue dog to your family can be the greatest experience! Somehow they always seem to know that you've saved them from death, or medical research, and you could never find a more loyal companion.
There are formal and informal rescue groups all over the country, and they're always looking for foster homes for rescues, as well as loving, permanent homes. Please check their individual sites to see the dogs they may have available!
Contact: Marvin Bouma at 517-669-6452 (Daytime) or 517-626-6844 (Evening), e-mail: samrkand@msn.com Marv sometimes has rescues available that aren't listed on this page. Or contact me at: sunapeedog@satnow.net
LINKS FOR RESCUE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
This page was last updated on: December 8, 2007
Click below to e-mail me!
Click above to visit Midwest Akita Rescue Homepage
Please help! We are absolutely flooded with owner-give-ups and shelter dogs lately, and we are out of foster space for these dogs. If you're looking for a great new companion - or if you're interested in temporary fostering - please contact me!
Rescues Available In Michigan Through MARS
(but don't forget the many available in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin!)
Our thanks to Fuzzy Faces and Dog-Gone Graphics for the use of their cute and cool graphics!
Please visit the MARS orphan page for more pictures and info on these and other available orphans: http://www.akitas.org/mars-orphans.html
Can you help? Sponsor a MARS Orphan!
MEET SHAYNA!
Shayna is an "international jet setter"! She traveled from a shelter in Buffalo, NY to the Niagara Region in Canada with good friend Mitsko Suzaki, who found her a foster home last October. Now she has "landed" in Michigan to stay with us for a while, and be fostered under the auspices of MARS. (She says she doesn't really want to go to ~planet~ Mars, but she will if there's a home needing a wonderful, special doggie!)
Shayne is utterly sweet with people, sits for treats and comes when called. She is SO anxious to become a house dog again, and would love to go home with a family of her own.
Shayna is spayed, heartworm negative, thyroid normal and house-trained. She is estimated to be between 2 and 3 years old. At her previous foster home she got along with a rambunctious Golden puppy and an older cat.
How about giving Shayna that home she's been waiting for? FMI, contact Deanna O'Brien of MARS, at marsakita@sbcglobal.net or 773-594-9302.
AND HERE'S LILLI!
Lilli is a sweet, year and a half old, young lady who seems to love everyone she meets. She was adopted from a shelter in Kentucky, but unfortunately the resident dog didn’t want to share his home so he wasn’t very fond of her. It’s sad but true--some dogs just don’t know a good thing when they see it and Lilli was returned to the shelter. It’s also sad but true that while Lilli did nothing wrong, being returned meant her days were numbered. The staff felt very bad about what happened so they started to search for a rescue to help Lilli. They thought maybe we would know a home or two with a male Akita smart enough to appreciate a sweetie like Lilli.
Lilli is eating well and settling nicely at her foster home in central Michigan. So far not much seems to bother her. She loves sniffing and snooping around at her foster home. The other dogs don’t seem to be of much concern to her. As you can tell from her pictures she is a bit of a “ham” and ready for action!
Lilli is heart worm negative, spayed and current on vaccinations. If you would like to know more about our silly Lilli please contact Deanna O’Brien at marsakita@sbcglobal.net or 773-594-9302.
Note from foster mom Linda: These two girls are both so sweet, with so much love to give. Shayna is very laid back and mellow, while Lilli is a bit more energetic, although she loves to settle down next to you too. I can't imagine why someone would have given up either one of these girls.
If you're looking for a companion, you could hardly go wrong with either of these pretty girls!
For Foster Homes Everywhere
My dark round eyes look up at you, who reads the words created by the tap..tap..tap.... I lay beside my mistress, on tile where it is cool, and I will wait for however long she wishes to stay down here, and tap tap on her laptop. Sometimes when I listen to her familiar sounds, a memory-wind brings to me sadness, of days when I was not permitted amongst those who walk on twos. Of days when drink and food were the only interactions we had. Of times when my litter after litter were given off to unfamiliar humans, never to be seen again. Of cold and rainy days, of snowy frosty days, of days so hot my coat felt like a prison out in the sun. All those memories surface when that memory-breeze slides in... and that is why I look up at you.
Had it not been for you, with the kindness of your bottomless heart, in your arms that held me when I came, in your house amongst your own litter, I would not be here today, laying at my mistress' feet, listening to those sacred familiar sounds in a home that I know is mine, away from elements of wind and cold--MINE. I am adopted. Had it not been for you, my foster home, I would not have known how to act inside, nor trusted this good woman's touch, nor trusted the attention I receive consistently and tenderly. I think of you when that memory-breeze comes by, for now you are associated with it, as my bridge from there to here. You sacrificed your own heart to allow me to find love amongst your kind. I will forever be grateful for this. When I was out alone in the cold and wet, the world was such an ugly place to belong. I never thought of wanting to be anywhere else but there, for I did not know there was anywhere else except there. You proved me wrong. I still remember your smells and the movements of your day. It was your touch that awakened me. You thought you were just removing mats from me. All the while you were taking away the smallness of my world.
Do you think of me at times, as I do you? I could smell the many dogs that have been in your dwelling. For me, you were my only bridge. For you, there were many that came to you and left again. Were there so many that I am not one to be remembered? My eyes flit back and forth as I think of this, and my mistress instinctively drops her hand from her tap tap of her laptop and softly strokes me. It is her touch that assures me that you do remember me. You chose her for me. If you loved me enough to give her to me, then I know you remember me. Thank you. ::::a soft sigh::::
My mistress looks down at me and smiles. She tells me we will be having company. There is a dog who will come to stay with us a short while, until he gets to go to his forever home. My mistress cups my muzzle in her hands and reminds me we must give back what we are given. I know my mistress' heart. It will break her heart every time a dog will leave. My tail thumps. Surely she needs me to get through this. It is what I am here for. To love her when she needs to be loved. I rise and lay my head upon her lap. I remember your eyes and realize the new dog will always remember my mistress' eyes. Her touch. It is wonderful to have an adopted home but our foster homes are just as important, even if we are only there for just a short while. My mistress turns to tap tap again, and I lay my head back upon the tile. I settle into the wondrous familiarity of my home and begin to count the breaths until our foster dog arrives.
~Author Unknown~
