Pawsitively Pugs Rescue is saving the squish-faces!

If you love squish-faces, you'll love this rescue! Pawsitively Pugs Rescue is joining us at Spring Fling again this year.

"Pawsitively Pugs Rescue is dedicated to the rescue, care, and placement of unwanted, abandoned, neglected and abused pugs, giving each a second chance at a loving and caring forever home.  PPR accepts pugs regardless of their age, temperament or medical condition."

This group is completely volunteer run and relies entirely on donations to care for the pugs they take in.

One of their adoptable dogs is Princess, pictured here. She is a distinguished lady who is described as easy-going and good with other dogs.

You can learn more about Princess and all their other adoptable dogs on their website and follow them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to keep up with all their activities! Don't forget to stop by their booth and see how you can help and say thanks for helping all those wrinkly faces!

Carolina Animal Network saves high-risk pets in NC

Carolina Animal Network is joining us for Spring Fling for the first time this year and we are excited to have them! This animal rescue group is made of entirely volunteers who have been helping animals for years and recognized the euthanasia rates for rural shelters leading to them officially forming Carolina Animal Network in 2021.

This group focuses on pulling animals from overcrowded, rural shelters where the animals don't have a great chance of making it out. Carolina Animal Network uses foster homes to care for animals while they search for adopters across North Carolina or for other rescue groups across country can get the animals adopted.

In addition to animal adoptions and placements, Carolina Animal Network promotes spay and neuter initiatives to help reduce pet overpopulation and advocates for shelter reform.

One of their adoptable dogs is Flower, pictured here. This girl was saved right in time from the shelter. She is described as active and playful but also able to enjoy a good nap! You can read more about her here.

Keep up with Carolina Animal Network on their website and their social media channels, Facebook and Instagram. And don't forget to stop by their booth at Spring Fling and say hello!

Rainbow Bridge Hospice Rescue: Providing comfort and dignity to dogs at the end of their journey

For the second year in a row, we have Rainbow Bridge Hospice Rescue joining us at Spring Fling. This group, founded in may of 2022, focuses on dogs who need hospice care, those who are at the end of their lives and need support, love, and care for the time they have left.

Most of these dogs are suffering from expensive medical issues and while treatment options may exist, they can be too expensive for many people to afford. That leads the dogs to be surrendered to shelters, where they are often euthanized because of their condition. Shelters have very few resources and many animals to care for so in order to help as many pets as possible, they have to make hard decisions. Additionally, they may not have the ability to keep up with medication schedules or the rigorous care that some medical conditions require.

This is where Rainbow Bridge Hospice Rescue steps in. They take those dogs into their care and do what others are not able to, for as long as the dog remains comfortable. Many can have a good quality of life until their time comes to cross the rainbow bridge and that is exactly what they get at Rainbow Bridge Hospice Rescue. Occasionally, adopters are found who are willing and able to take on the care of these special-needs dogs, but for the most part, they will remain with Rainbow Bridge Hospice Rescue until they cross the bridge.

Founder, Terri, has always been drawn to the ones who need the most care, the ones with missing legs, deformed kidneys, no eyes, one eye, missing an ear, no teeth, heartworm positive, saved from Korean meat markets and similar situations. She and her husband have been helping dogs since 2011, when Terri first got Princess Reagan Marie, a shih-tzu that was rescued in extremely poor condition from a breeder who was arrested for the horrible conditions her dogs were kept in.

Chuck and Junior, pictured here, are two dogs in the rescue now. These brothers are estimated to be 7-8 years old and came into the rescue with a horrible skin infection. If you want to help these boys and others like them you can make a donation on the rescue's website.

You can follow their work and see the dogs in their care on Facebook and Instagram.