In July, this nameless little waif was turned into a County Animal Control Facility. The woman who brought her in claimed she was a stray. Sporting a fairly new collar, she would be held for 9 days, giving her owner a chance to reclaim her.

In spite of the fact that Claire was horribly ill, no vetting was given during this grueling period. The day she was released to New Rattitude Rat Terrier Rescue www.newrattitude.org, she weighed 7.2 lbs, was highly infested with fleas, and showing early signs of Kennel Cough.

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The community of volunteers who called themselves “Friends of the Animals” banded together, bought property and built a new shelter.  Under new guidance, the adoption rate improved, as did the condition of the kennels and care, but they were still overcome by the numbers of abandoned and abused animals.  Dr. Carol Hood, a local Vet, gave up her practice and took over the helm of the struggling shelter.  She aided Cynthia Woods in establishing the Rolling Rescue and soon had contacts in the states that had successfully controlled the pet population.  They started taking transports to New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin and Florida and soon the adoption rate was really looking good, coming close to qualifying for a No-kill shelter.

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Hi my name is Rex I am a healthy, young 4 year old male DOGO/Pit Bull mix. I have been rescued and I am safe now but let me tell you how I got to where I am with the help of Barks of Love animal rescue.I have seen a lot of stuff in my life. But don’t be sad for me. I’m tough and I always look on the bright side. Things weren’t always so good for me. I was born in a really ugly place. I was there with a bunch of other dogs. They were really mean to me, both dogs and the humans. Those humans took those shiny silver things and cut off my ears. They said it would make me look fierce. But I didn’t cry when they did that to me. No sir, not me. They were teaching me to take the pain. And I did too. Even when it hurt really bad. One day, those mean humans left the gate open. I ran, I ran like I had never run before.

I enjoyed my freedom but not for long. I had to look for my own food and a warm place to sleep. I tried to stay out of everyone’s way. I didn’t want any mean humans to find me. I was found by the side of the road in Sylmar, CA. My feet were blistered and swollen from walking so long. A really nice man picked me up and talked to me sweetly. He had a kind face so I trusted him. He gave me food boy was I hungry. He took me to his house, I enjoyed being there. He was sad he couldn’t keep me so he took me to the shelter. They fed me there but it wasn’t that much better than the streets. All that changed when the man came back and brought a nice lady from Barks of love rescue.

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