Who we are
Lilac City Pup Project started as an idea in March of 2025 by a group of volunteers actively involved with dog rescues in the Spokane, Washington area. Our founders observed firsthand the overwhelming need for programs that help alleviate overcrowding in local shelters by transferring vulnerable dogs (like pregnant dogs and young pups) to foster homes.
It is no surprise that animal welfare agencies across the country are straining to provide care for the animals they intake. According to Shelter Animals Count’s 2024 Annual Report, 2.9 million dogs entered the shelter system last year, adding to the many already in their care. Two million dogs were adopted, with 27% of adoptions performed by rescues. Sadly, over 334,000 dogs were euthanized for a variety of reasons including health issues, behavioral concerns, or not having the personnel to care for them (often the case with pregnant dogs or young puppies). Alaska, California, Oregon, and Washington combined have 1,711 rescues and 440 shelters serving an estimated total human population of fifty-two million. These states also have some of the highest rates of human and dog homelessness in the nation. Rescues are a vital component in saving the lives of dogs and completing families through adoption, and our region needs more rescues to meet the substantial need.
Research showed that while there are many dedicated groups saving dogs once they end up in shelters, there was an urgent need to prevent dogs from ending up in shelters in the first place. When we came together to form Lilac City Pup Project (LCPP), we decided to expand our focus beyond rescue to address the reasons dogs are surrendered or abandoned. We identified areas where we knew we had the aggregate skills to make an impact by building successful and enduring human/canine relationships. This involves preparing puppies to live in homes by giving them the life skills and socialization needed to thrive in our communities. It also includes training support for our adopters and working with community partners to fund spay and neuter surgeries for pets.
LCPP’s goal and exempt purpose is to rehome vulnerable dogs and keep others from ending up in shelters in the first place. We strive to better the lives of these dogs through rescue, foster, and adoption services; provide education and training to dog owners and empower them to build successful human/canine relationships; and support the community through partnerships helping owners retain their dogs through behavioral and medical intervention.
Stuffing, Gravy and Yam were impounded into a local shelter. They entered the Pup Project in October 2025 and were all adopted by the end of 2025.
What we do
Rescue and Rehome At-Risk Dogs: Provide rescue, foster care, and adoption services for vulnerable dogs in local and regional shelters facing overcrowding issues and limited resources. We will collaborate with shelter partners to alleviate overcrowding by offering foster care services and facilitating adoptions.
Educate: Develop and share educational resources using best practices for raising healthy, well-behaved dogs, covering topics such as nutrition, spay/neuter practices, behavioral training, and socialization.
Support: Provide ongoing resources (education, training, and financial assistance) to fosters, adopters, shelter partners, and members of the community to empower them to build successful human/canine relationships.
Cranberry Sauce and Yam were placed into foster care after ending up in the shelter with their mom and seven siblings. They were adopted in November 2025.
guiding principles
Compassion: We lead with empathy and kindness in all that we do for the dogs in our care, for the people we serve, and for each other.
Community: We believe in the power of local partnerships, shared learning, and building strong, inclusive connections between adopters, fosters, shelters, and businesses.
Education: We provide science-backed, accessible resources to empower responsible dog ownership and lifelong bonds between pets and people.
Integrity: We commit to transparency, accountability, and ethical decision-making in every aspect of our work.
Collaboration: We work hand-in-hand with shelters, volunteers, veterinarians, trainers, and local partners to create positive outcomes
for dogs and the community.
Prevention: We believe early intervention through training, support, and responsible care is the key to reducing euthanasia and improving animal welfare long-term.
Flora and Stella were found abandoned in a box with no mom in sight at just days old. They were bottle fed by fosters and adopted in February 2026.
board of directors
president - Robin Garcia
vice president - grace linden
treasurer - craig smith
secretary - wendy schwartz
board member- amanda mellis
board member- peyton pitner
board member- morgan mcgee
LCPP is organized exclusively for public, charitable, and/or educational purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. LCPP is a Nonprofit organization formed in Washington State in April 2025, by passionate dog lovers with a range of professional skills along with like-minded volunteers. The group is governed by the adopted bylaws defined in “Bylaws of Lilac City Pup Project.” All works performed by our Board of Directors and volunteers are free of charge; one hundred percent (100%) of every dollar goes to furthering our tax-exempt purpose.
Meet Koa; our poster pup, our fighter, our “why.”
Shared by our volunteer Peyton, Koa’s story is a powerful reminder of why we do what we do at Lilac City Pup Project. Please be aware that some of the photos are very graphic. Viewer discretion advised.
"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘒𝘰𝘢. 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘨.
𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, "𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴." 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴... 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 “𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰”.
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘵. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 “𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴” 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘴. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘰𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 1/3 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮.
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘦? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱? 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘰 𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳; 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 7-10 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 2 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘴𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘵𝘤. 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘵. 𝘈 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘦.
𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺.
𝘋𝘳. 𝘚𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 ‘𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴’, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 (𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘴) 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵). 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘳. 𝘚𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 24 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 24 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮 (𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥).
𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘒𝘰𝘢, 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦.
𝘒𝘰𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘺, 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘦. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 "𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦" 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥.
***𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘺."
This is why we do what we do. Every puppy deserves a fighting chance, and a family to fight for them.