Greetings! Short and sweet this week. Thanks for visiting and we hope you’re having a great weekend! ps- It’s been a really depressing few days with BooBoo and the myriad of other beautiful babies. We’re going to leave you with something fun… one of our favorites. Crank it up full blast (scroll all the way… Read More

I received the email about this one yesterday evening. Have you ever received such awful news that your brain just couldn’t process it? I honestly couldn’t get my brain around this one until now… or shall I say, I’ve composed myself enough to present the facts. WARNING- this is NOT for the faint hearted and… Read More

  ……. never, ever, ever, write that it’s been a quiet week in the updates (like last week). Clearly, it is just the calm before the storm.   LOTS of updates and new arrivals this week! We could SURE use some donations to care for all of these babies.  Don’t forget, this is just a… Read More

We want to start this week’s update off with a BIG thank you to everyone that took time out of their busy schedules to join us at the Blue Dog Tavern last Thursday for our fund raising event! You guys raised just a little over $500 for us and boy, do we EVER appreciate it…. Read More

03/08/10-  With a VERY heavy heart I write, the little girl didn’t make it. We are just devastated over this tragedy. We hope you’re chasing butterflies and rolling around in big green pastures across the Rainbow Bridge little girl. May you find peace sweet baby. We’ve had a situation to arise today and we may… Read More

Hello everyone! Don’t forget that we have a big fundraiser this week, on the 11th. Please scroll all the way to the bottom of the front page for more information. If you’re not able to attend, you can donate via Paypal using the link to the right side on the site. We need all the… Read More

Jake & Kronos were adopted this week! We wish we had more good news to report for adoptions but it’s been a verrrrry slow week both in adoptions AND donations. We really need everyone’s help as we cannot do this without you. We don’t have too many new arrivals this week but it’s not because… Read More

Let’s see….. Zooey and Henry Bulldog, and Tumble were adopted this week. Woohoo! Yankee was approved for the prison program at HopeDogs.org which is really great news! The HOPE Program works in conjunction with the State Correctional Institute at Camp Hill and CPAA member rescues. The program pairs carefully screened inmates with needy dogs for… Read More

      As we have written, Stinky 1’s leg was mangled by the heavy logging chain around his mother’s neck. We had hoped that he would be able to live with the deformed leg, but it’s cold to the touch and he gives up on trying to walk. His x-rays have been looked at… Read More

    Carolyn’s note to Hilton: Hello Hilton Hotels, I just thought you would like to know that Hilton Hotels played a vital part in the rescue of an American Bulldog mom, and her three, two week old puppies!!  Rescued from a pound in AL were she and her newborn babies were to be euthanized,… Read More

  Happy Valentine’s Day!!!! We are thrilled to write that the following have been adopted this week or are well on their way to their forever homes- Boss, Nellie, Sue Ann, Mack, Blue Eyes, April and Jayden. Yeah!!!! We’re looking forward to receiving their Happy Tails stories from their new humans.   From our FL… Read More

We hope everyone had a great week! Here’s a sampling of some of our adoptables and some other miscellaneous stuff. Be sure to check out our other adoptables too (link at the top). There are so many really great dogs just waiting for their forever humans. We also have quite a few dogs that are… Read More

We have six beautiful babies that need names this week, so far. We thought it would be fun to give our readers a chance to participate in naming them. We’ll post the suggested names and pick one (or vote) towards the end of next week. We would love your input! Write your names down on… Read More

LOTS going on this week!!!! (as usual). We’d like to welcome two new foster moms, Aireal & Amy, to the ABR team! As you will see, the list is long this week and it’s only a partial list at that. We have LOTS of medical, boarding, transport and now training costs to cover and any… Read More

  We wrote about Oakley last Monday (here). This is our little girl with the gunshot wound that was pulled from a shelter in GA. We’ve added some new pictures to her photo album. As you will see, the wound isn’t slowing her down one bit. Her temporary foster dad has nicknamed her “Oakie Dokie”… Read More

We’re receiving well wishes for Jude from LOTS of folks. We thought we would put them on the site for everyone to read. If you would like to send Jude a note, please use the feedback link on the bottom right side of the site. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers!   Hello… Read More

02/02/10- As we wrote on the 29th, Jude is in the care of another rescue group. We will continue to post updates on him as we receive them.   01/29/10-  We want to thank EVERYONE for the well wishes and emails for Jude!!!! Jude will be going to a foster home with a different rescue group… Read More

Here we are, yet again….. we need money. We’ll spare you the exclamation marks only to say, we need help, truly. This is really just a sampling of the issues we have going on at the moment. Please help us if you can. ABR has been working with several rescue groups to get a big… Read More