About Recycled Doggies

 

RECYCLED DOGGIES is an all-foster rescue founded by former volunteers of a KY shelter.  We took all that we learned while volunteering at the shelter and formed this rescue to help shelter dogs, one by one, escape death and find their forever homes through Recycled Doggies.  We believe that amazing dogs are abandoned at shelters all the time, and our mission is to help those amazing dogs find homes by pulling them from the shelters where they may not put their best paws forward, cleaning them up, socializing them, and then introducing them to you!  That's the concept of Recycled Doggies. 

Recycled Doggies does not have a shelter or facility.  All of our dogs live in approved foster homes. 

Our focus is on saving death row dogs at shelters, so we do not take owner surrenders.

No one with Recycled Doggies takes a salary - we are all volunteers.  We rely on donations to pay our vet bills and take care of the doggies in our rescue.  Recycled Doggies is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.  Your donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. 

OUR FEATURED DOG -  DEMPSEY!

Dempsey is an amazing dog, but it may take a little while for you to see his true self.  Dempsey has stolen his foster mom's heart.  She says that Dempsey is very shy and reserved at first.  At adoption events, he lays in the back of his crate, somber and stoic, hardly making eye contact, afraid to learn what happens next. 

Dempsey's foster mom says he was like that at first when he came home from the shelter where he was scheduled to be euthanized.  You see, Dempsey has been through a lot.  He had a home, 2 "brothers", and a life where we think he was loved.  And then his owner moved away and dumped all three dogs at a high-kill shelter, never looking back, never wondering if  Dempsey and his brothers got out alive.  We don't understand how anyone who has met this dog and spent time with this dog could have possibly just left him at a shelter instead of making sure he got a new home and was safe.  But fortunately for Dempsey, his soulful eyes called out to us, and we rescued him and brought him home.  The first night Dempsey was at his foster mom's house, his foster mom sat on the floor in his bedroom, and Dempsey laid his head in her lap and then slowly lowered the rest of his body down, gently loving his new mom.  And his foster mom cried, amazed at the gentleness of Dempsey, and relieved that Recycled Doggies was able to save him. 

Since coming to live with her, Dempsey's foster mom reports that he has become more comfortable and he is braver, and happy.  He is still hesitant at first, still unsure that life can really be as good as it apparently is.  But he's trusting her now, and he is so cute to watch.  He even gets frisky and runs around a bit, playful and fun, he wags his tail, and he gets so excited for his morning and nightly walks. This is one of the sweetest dogs we have ever met.  When you spend time with Dempsey, he will touch your heart - you feel what he has been through, and you feel that he is trusting you to make the rest of his life amazing.  We are looking for a family that won't let Dempsey down.  He has been disappointed enough in his life.

Dempsey is neutered, has been vet-checked,  is up to date on his shots, and he is heartworm negative and on heartworm prevention.  Dempsey is about 4 years old and he weighs 56 pounds.

Dempsey cannot go to a home with cats - he is a bit cat obsessed.   Dempsey has been doing great with the other foster dogs in his family except when they try to hump him - he's not having any of that!  He loves to run and play! He also would do better in a calmer home - no small children, at least not on a regular basis - they make him nervous - all that fast moving happiness - he doesn't quite know what to do with it.