The Tri-State Transport🚗🐾🐶🐄

 

The absolute best about what we do are actual ADOPTIONS! 🐾💕 Some fall through and are disheartening 😔; some are frustrating and make you wonder about people, but some happen very fast when you least expect them! 🌟✨ You’ll find in our story today, that these were just meant to be… and several firsts all in one story! 📖🐶 The true magic happens when furry friends find their forever homes, and today's story is a rollercoaster of emotions and a long mileage journey. 🎢🏡

The day of the adoption event, we picked up Basil, a brindle boxer mix, and Spot, who is best described as a 60-pound cow – gentle, black and white, and MOOOVES when and where he wants to! 🐶🐄 He’s a big guy; an adult of about five. 🐾🎈 After our two pickups, it is up to Brewster NY, and drumroll - our first auto dealership event! 🚗🎉 A big shout out to Subaru in this story for sponsoring the event and opening the dealership for hosting; they had a STACK of custom toys, water and a donation check waiting for our group. 🚙🐕 There were puppies* (bonus cute Doug and puppy picture at the end) to big dogs all over the spectrum, ready to put on the charm and get adopted. 🐾💖 We don’t exactly know who’s who coming though the event, but we try to talk up whomever we are holding at that moment to anyone that glances or pays the slightest attention (you should hear my pitch)! 🗣️🐕 We can only assume that any and every one is a potential adopter candidate… because you just never know! 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️ Doug and I only hope that we do the best we can every time; we are the salesperson for the dog then too. 🐶🏆 As things pan out, we have two dogs, and two potential pre-approved parties coming through. 🌟🎈 It doesn’t take long for Doug’s sweet Basil to be the gleam in someone’s eye, and with a few final conversations with the staff, Basil was off to her forever home right then and there!! 🐕🏠 Again, drumroll - our first on-the-spot adoption! 🥁🌈 They were pre-approved and had waited for the second look with Basil and today was the final answer - YES! 📜💝 So, off she went that day to her new "FUR-ever" home! 🚗💞 It’s an unexplainable joy when we get the opportunity to participate in the forever home process, and this was no exception… other than our car was half-empty on the way home, but for all the right reasons. 🚗🐾

With this, our story returns Spot, doesn’t it?! 🐄🛣️ Notice, this wasn’t our first official “double adoption” story (but THAT will be a fun story to tell you all), so we come back to the friendly cow of the bunch! 🐶🐾 Through chatting with the staff, and with myself, we come to find out this person drove a considerable distance from PA to be here (upwards of 5 hours). 🚗💨 We’re outside with Spot, walking around, talking, and since Harrisburg is a destination for us to visit my parents, we loosely made a pact – if things turn out and it’s meant to be with her and Spot, we will personally see to his transport to Harrisburg, thus cutting her travel time down to half. 🤝🛤️ Well within the adoption range, transporting across THREE states usually involves about 3-6 legs which means 3-6 transport volunteers usually are needed. 🚗✈️🚂 We’ve seen it done thanks to the dedicated team of transports in our group, but this trip was EASY for us! 🙌🌐 So, we finalized the event and waited, hoping to hear what would transpire; not knowing if Spot wasn’t adopted, or if the plan was just not fated to transpire. 🤞📅 One week went by. Two weeks went by. And then we heard … plan “Have Spot Cross Three States All At Once” was ON!! 🗺️✨ Our wonderful team of transport coordinators reached out to us to confirm this person got the offer correct, that we were willing to transport Spot meeting her in Harrisburg, and we put the plan into motion. 📣🚗💨 

Our journey started with a morning pickup of Spot from the NYC, then traversing all of NJ and halfway through PA, ending at our meeting point in Harrisburg. 🌇🌆 Spot was a perfect gentleman the entire time (see the cute curling up next to me pictures below), Doug was the best chauffer and the time passed rather quickly on a nice, clear day. 🚗☀️ Arriving at our destination, we took some time to have Spot walk around with his new family, and after some down time, they departed for his new "FUR-ever" home. What was Spot's "FUR-ever" home you ask? It was a FARM! What better place for a little cow like Spot than a farm?! Talk about hitting the jackpot! 🏡🐕 The grinning moments captured are pure bliss– note both Doug and the dog grinning in the pictures below! (Spot even got Doug down into the grass to play) 😁📸 Spot, our long-distance country boy, we hope you're living your best life in your new "FUR-ever" home! 🐾🌟

Join us in celebrating these heartwarming tales of doggy adoptions, where every journey is a unique adventure filled with love and joy! 🌟🐶 #DogRescue #ForeverHomeJoy #AdoptDontShop 🐕🏡

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🐾🎙️ Introducing: "Stella Speaks" - Where Our Fur-Baby Has the Mic! 🗯️🐶

Paws up, wonderful readers of Hounds on the Highway! 🐾✨ We've got something exciting in store for you as we welcome a new member to our family - "Stella Speaks." 🌟🎤

Ever wondered what's going on inside the mind of our adorable Stella? Well, wonder no more! 🤔🐕 In this fabulous new segment, we're handing over the mic to our beloved fur-baby, Stella, so she can share her thoughts, adventures, and everything that makes her tail wag with excitement. 🎉🐶

From the thrill of unboxing her latest Bark Box treasure 🎁 to the thrill of making a new furry friend at the park 🏞️, and even those precious lazy days where napping is the top priority 💤, Stella will be your personal canine correspondent. 🐾🐾

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From Stella: Ok dad! Enough talking it's now my turn! This new segment is called STELLA SPEAKS not DADS DIALOGUE! I have a lot to say and now I have the perfect opportunity to share with everyone what goes through my head every so often. So, here goes.... I have a real issue with the weather lately. When dad brought me home, in just a few short months, I had the biggest surprise I have ever had in my life! There was this weird cold white stuff all over the ground when I went out into the backyard. At first I was a little skeptical and did not want to even touch it. Then my friend Dobby went running out into the backyard and he seemed to be ok and enjoying himself, so I put my paw out and touched it. IT WAS SO COLD! but it didn't hurt. So I took a few more steps and realized that whatever this white stuff is, I loved it and wanted it all the time.

We had this white stuff, dad calls it SNOW, one more time that year and then it got hot out. Since the snow was cold, when it was hot out, I figured that I couldn't play in it then. Waiting until it got cold out again, I was excited to get to play in some more snow again. Well, I waited all year and only got what dad called as "flurries." Flurries are kind of dumb because there aren't enough of them to really play in them. Well, it got warm again so I knew I had to wait longer again.

That brings us to this year now. Dad was very excited for me because while he was away last weekend in Austin visiting grandma for her birthday, he said that I was going to get all this snow to play with that weekend. Daddy even made other daddy Mark promise to video him so he could see me playing in the snow. All this hype and excitement for NOTHING! There has been no snow again this year. Not even flurries to play around in. Dad mentioned something called climate change to me saying that it's getting hotter so snow might be more difficult but I think that thats not fair. So I am asking everyone to PLEASE cross your paws that we get just a little snow so that I can play in it. I promise if we do, I will post a video of me playing in the snow!

In case you need a reminder of how cute I am in the snow.... here's the video from my first snow storm.

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MEET ROMY

Meet Romy, a happy girl searching for her home. Romy is always eager and excited to meet new people and make new friends. Even in the canine world, Romy is a socialite! She's currently being fostered with 3 other dogs, and Romy fits right in. We hear that Romy is a very well-mannered lady who is house and crate-trained, knows all her basic commands, and even has stellar leash-walking skills! She is a grade-A snuggler, always greets her fosters at the door with a wagging tail, and will never say no to a doggy massage. Yup, Romy is the total package, and she's completely gorgeous to boot. If Romy sounds like the pawfect addition to your family, or you'd like to learn more about Romy, please submit an application today.

All dogs will be altered, microchipped, and receive age-appropriate vaccines prior to adoption. Please note that the listed location for this dog may not be accurate due to technical limitations of this database and we have transportation options available within 6 hours of NYC (so don't let location hold you back)!

Interested in fostering or adopting?  Need more info on this dog?  The first step in the process is filling out an application on our website.

Adoption application:  www.nycsecondchancerescue.org/general-application/

Foster application:  https://www.nycsecondchancerescue.org/dog-foster-application/

Adoption process & fees:  www.nycsecondchancerescue.org/process/

You must be 21 years or older to adopt. States we adopt to:  NY, NJ, CT, DE, PA, MD, NH, ME, VT, RI, Northern VA, DC, GA, MA

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Remember to, #adoptdontshop #becausetheymatter

There is no love like the love from a rescue! ❤️🐶❤️