RMPR WILL NOT HAVE an adoption event Saturday May 12th but we will be back for adoptions SATURDAY MAY 19th 10-2 at Petsmart Northglenn. In addition please visit our booth Saturday May 19th at Thorntons’ PAWFEST where we will have lots of fun dog related items and information on how to volunteer and foster for a great cause, to save LIVES! All animals shown on RMPR’s site are current and up to date. For more information on RMPR’s ADOPTION PROCESS, click on our website and visit ADOPTABLE DOGS and HOW TO ADOPT. Thank you

As we come into a New Year here is something to think about. The homesless dog and cat situation out there is SOLVEABLE! Yup. We can realize a NO KILL NATION in the near future. Some may scoff at this and say that the numbers are just too high to ever have this NO KILL as a REALITY but……is it? In quoting Nathan Winograd the founder of NO KILL NATION and author of REDEMPTION, The Pet Overpopulation and the NO KILL REVOLUTION IN AMERICA he states: ” between four and five million dogs and cats are killed in shelters every year. 90% ( if we take out the vicious, hopelessly ill or injured ) are SAVABLE. That would put the number of savable dogs and cats to roughly 3.6 million on the low and 4.5 million on the high end of the spectrum” I ask myself WHY we dont have this now ? This NO KILL NATION, I ask….well,  constantly. As the director of RMPR there are no shortage of emails in my INBOX. I open them daily staring at the homeless, seeing their pleading looks, their frightened and dirty faces and asking myself WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO HELP?? Sponsor a spay neuter mobile, bring in more adoptable adults to be fixed? Fix any and all over 4 mos, We do this?! Perhaps,  The answer is shout it from the ROOF TOPS! Yes, literally TELL ALL YOU KNOW that RESCUE, ADOPTION is the answer. Because it is. Here is more from Nathan Winograd ” Today, there are about 165 million dogs and cats in homes. Of those, about 20 percent come from shelters. Three percent of 165 million equates to 4.9 million, more than the savable animals being killed in shelters. This is a combo of what statisticians call ” stock” and ” flow”. In Layman’s terms, some of the market will be replacement life ( someone has a dog that runs away and they want another one ) some of that will be expanding markets ( someone doesn’t have one but wants one ). BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO INCREASING WHERE PEOPLE GET THEIR DOGS OR CATS FROM.” No one wants to be the person that adopts an animal from a shelter only to realize they weren’t cut out to care for them. In rescue, quite frankly, we don’t like those folks, we don’t understand NOT taking your dog to a trainer, not giving them more than a week, a month, 6 mos to adjust, we don’t understand NOT taking on the challenge. We certainly don’t understand the excuses that are made. Blaming the breed, the size, the smell, the hair, well, you get the picture. BUT we realize most people see us as freaks, at least my neighbors do. WHY would anyone give it all up and go forth and take in animals that are homeless, over and over and get attached and let go. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO. There is an answer to their homelessness and its finding them homes! ADOPTIONS don’t always work out ,this we do get, but we do expect folks to try and if they cannot…. then state that, ” I CANNOT DO IT” its not the right fit for my household. This we understand, this we get. Like the woman who adopted a dog from RMPR only to panic and think ” oh no she doesn’t fit” So she immediately brought the dog back. This woman was compassionate and she offered to foser her returned dog. As she did this , LO AND BEHOLD , she fell in love with her returned foster dog and readopted her!! She needed time. I believe there is some lessons here, ok about 3 lessons. LESSON 1: A LITTLE TIME GOES A LONG WAY. LESSON 2) We are all SO MUCH MORE CAPABLE THAN WHAT WE BELIEVE. LESSON 3: Relax and Breathe.THERE ARE WAYS TO HELP GET THESE ANIMALS HOMES AND END THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE US! How to spread the word about ADOPTABLE DOGS and CATS: TALK TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. Question why they need a ” insert pure bred dog or designer mutt  here that is from a breeder” ?There is no shortage of folks out there that BELIEVE, truly Believe, that an animals is in a shelter FOR A REASON. I get asked: ” Hey, why was that dog, cat, pup in the shelter” I have to bite my tongue not too rage. I tell myself here is your chance to educate, don’t blame them for NOT knowing or believing the crap that has swirled around for so many years. Indeed, some of it is with my fiances family, ” Dogs in shelters are there because they are damaged” is this true? Hey how about I take you from the only crappy home you have ever known, where you were ignored, neglected or physically abused and drop you in a scary , place with lots of stressed out people and other canines that are also freaked out?” Pardon my sarcasm, the short answer, “yes and no.” But unlike most people, dogs are reachable, they are miraculous in their abilities to reach forth when shown kindness and learn to trust a human again. Most of The humane shelters that RMPR works with dig through the adoptables and the not so adoptables and they give them a chance.The kind directors,  the ones with truly compassionate hearts ignore the “humane society directives” and RESCUE. They see the great dog behind the frightened faces, the baring of teeth and they call for help, THEY CALL THE RESCUE GROUPS. Yes, these are the GOOD shelter directors and their GREAT VOLUNTEER STAFF, that let them out. Theyre’ out there, their jobs are TREMENDOUS and the burn out rate is astronomical, they take on the challenges each day. Of course there are the crappy ones that accept that ” they cannot do more” and so the dogs go down like dominoes, not having a chance at a life of love and happiness. Thus the statistic of 4.5 million that lose their lives each year.Here is the thing we must ALL Remember about the shelter dogs, they are in there, they are dogs. Dogs move forward, period. Some need much to learn to trust again, some are damaged but never ever beyond repair and MOST are not. NO , I REPEAT….. THEY ARE NOT DAMAGED. Just like you have a bad day, week or few months, then somone comes along or you wake up and decide to move forward or perhaps its a WHAMMO moment. But you do this! You move forward, and they do too. HOW? you may ask, can I  help them, without losing my mind? By finding your connection.  Find your love for dogs and you will find that compassion. Period. Find your strength in giving. What can you give to help those that need homes? Can you volunteer Time, your homes as a foster place? money? find it. That compassionate soul understands this and I think we all have it inside somewhere, that is LOVE. If you can help and adopt, very cool! But it doesn’t stop there.  Hey that means DAILY outings, rain, sleet or snow. That means Taking the training classes and following up. FOLLOW UP! TRAIN THEM , Tire them out! They will love you for it. A tired big dog is a happy dog:) There is no greater feeling in the world than to be able to give of yourself. In the end you will find yourself, at the very least, you will find how good it feels to give, something opens up, and it all comes back, its a big crazy cirlce; mine comes complete ,with dogs running about in the middle.

Hello and Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescues’ BLOG! We look to share with this space, stories of rescue, hope and victories over homelessness, and news from the frontlines of RESCUE. We will have tidbits on training, feeding and caring for our canine companions and HAPPY TAILS from our family of adopters! So if you have a story to share, please let us know! Info@rmpuppyrescue.org, we would LOVE to hear from you!

For those of you visiting for the first time, we are the ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUPPY RESCUE a Colorado Charity and 501c3. We are a shelter without walls. We are a foster based family of rescuers. We rescue animals, canines, from overcrowded shelters with low adoption rates. Our process is simple, we medically treat the sick, love, care and nurture them all, and assess their personalities and behaviors with kids, cats and other dogs, so we can carefully match them to new families. This makes for happy dogs and happy families! We encourage you to navigate our site to see how and where you might join the cause, to end the killing of homeless Dogs in the US.

RMPR was formed in August of 2010 and we have been going full steam forward since! To date, the team of RMPR FOSTERS, VOLUNTEERS and ADOPTERS have saved nearly 800 lives and counting! That is no small feat. It’s an amazing group of folks that are powerful with their compassion for canines!

The ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUPPY RESCUE is not just puppies but we do save a lot of puppies, momma dogs, nursing dogs, medically in need dogs, elderly dogs and those deemed “unadoptable “by the humane shelters they reside in.  While the “puppy” part of our name DOESN”T cover It all we are ALL ABOUT THE DOGS. As Co Director Tom Kennedy likes to say “ we save those puppies, successfully rehome them, to help those dogs that fall through the cracks of humane shelters” Like Georgia the year old cattle dog who needed an amputation in order to walk again, her leg crushed beyond repair by an abusive owner and Biggie the Pyrenees whose cracked teeth where the result of cruelty, Precious the puppy abandoned when the owner found she had pneumonia and parasites and couldn’t pay to treat, so he left her on the floor of a retail store, abandoned and alone. The many initially very sad momma dogs that we take in and befriend and lovingly care for, nurse and rehome, supporting them in their needs to take care of their babies and find a loving home of their own. Those mommas will pull your heart strings, they are quite simply: AMAZING! RMPRs list goes on and on and the fosters’ tireless compassion makes it all happen. Want to join us or find out more? See our foster and volunteer page.

We hear many times, HOW did RMPR start? What would bring someone to leave their career in National Sales to make no money and work around the clock to help animals? Quite simply the NEED is there. That and having a wonderfully supportive family. There is no greater feeling than working for something greater than yourself. The animals are so inspiring in their ability to reach out to you even after they have been abused at the hands of a human. There is something that wasn’t foreseen and that is the fosters. The inspiration one feels at the like mindedness, to see others that feel what you do and are willing to sacrifice in order to save them? Priceless! These animals need us, they need you. I read in a cat hospital recently, a brilliant quote written under a lovely painted mural by the wonderfully talented Vet there, she says “I heal them, and they heal me”. This is very true for the folks at RMPR. The animals are unwavering in what they will give even after experiencing the worse at the hands of an uncaring human. Their willingness to trust again is brilliant. For us, to be a part of nurturing their health, safety and security, and then letting them go on to live their lives with another loving human, touches on the spiritual.

While rescues of all shapes and sizes are out there! Thank Goodness! RMPR was formed by Emma Shin and Tom Kennedy with their own principals for change. While Emma is no stranger to rescue; Emma’s grand-dad was a stray dog champion and somewhat of a magnet as he would tenderly pick up, care for and rehome them all through Emma’s’ Childhood in the 1970’s. RMPR was formed after Emma experienced another “puppy “rescue in Colorado. As a foster, Emma realized there had to be a better way. RMPR was formed because she felt there needed to be a more complete and focused group that would always care medically and emotionally for the puppies each and every time while simultaneously supporting the fosters.

Not all rescues are the same, but we do try to do the same thing, save Animals from being killed. RMPR was formed to take care of the puppies and dogs while supporting the fosters. What that means is that this group provides all the materials and support you would need for fostering. Quite simply: FOSTERING SAVES LIVES. The RMPR motto is “Rescue is Selflessness, Selflessness is LOVE”, and if you LOVE DOGS then THIS IS YOUR PLACEJ

RMPR to date has about 20 foster families and our group is growing. We encourage you to check out our fostering and volunteering page! We would love for you to join us. Once in though this gig is addicting, you might not want out!:) Be forewarned, it is greater than you and there is nothing better! So drop us a line, send us a telegram, give us a ring, fire up the emails! We would love to hear from you! We welcome any talents you have from, fostering to PR writing, fundraising and grant writing to puppy running and cleanup at our adoption events; we are your place for volunteering to help homeless dogs.

Until Next time, let’s all draw some wisdom from our canine friends, by loving unconditionally and living in the moment; all while wagging our tails!