WHO IS FURBABY RESCUE OF NC?
We are Hope, We are second chances, and we are the voice of thousands that don’t have a voice. We rescue the underdogs that many rescues won’t due to the extensive time they require rehabilitating physically and mentally as well as financial strain their cases bring. We are a small strictly volunteer and foster home based rescue that is based out of Johnston County, but we save underdogs from all over the state.
Furbaby Rescue of NC was created when our founder had her heart set on saving a dog named “Red” back in 2013. Red landed himself in “doggy jail” when his owner fell ill and ended up in a hospice center. Since his owner wasn’t home to supervise him, her children (adults) allowed him run free through the neighborhood. Red is a Staffordshire bull terrier so his appearance can already make some people a little uneasy if they don’t know him, on top of that since he was owned by an elderly lady she wasn’t able to provide him with the training he needed, therefor Red lacked manners and liked to jump on people. His lack of manners as well as boundaries got him in trouble in the neighborhood; and he was picked up by animal control. His owners family members decided not to reclaim Red, so he spent several weeks in the shelter where he began to shut down emotionally as most bullies do in a shelter environment,he was tired of being in a cage 24/7 to the point he expressed his frustrations with an AC officer when he was being returned to his kennel after breaking out by growling with a warning snap which caused the shelter manager to deem him aggressive and a “rescue only” case. Our founder, Krissy visited Red every day the shelter was open and would work with Red as much as the AC officers would let her. She instantly fell in love and knew she had to try everything to save him, he never showed aggression in sessions she had with him but every rescue deemed Red a liability and couldn’t help him. After countless hours of reaching out to other organizations and going through every option possible,at the final minutes before Red was to be euthanized, a miracle happened and she DID save him! Red has since lived happily ever after with our founder and her husband and does great with his furfriends and is now a certified canine good citizen! In return Krissy started Furbaby Rescue of NC to help underdogs like Red, to give them the second chance most won’t, to heal and give them the best lives they deserve!
Our founder spends thousands of dollars out of pocket to do the life saving work we do, so we rely on the generosity of the community of other animal lovers and adoption fees to help offset the costs of the extensive medical care our intakes require. On average each dog costs $500-700 (spay/neuter, rabies, vaccines, Heartworm/4way tests, fecal, dewormings, micro cips,etc. Doesn’t include hospitalization, treatments or surgeries they may need)
We are always in need of sponsors, foster families and volunteers to pull animals from kill shelters, transport dogs to foster homes, vet appointments or events, as well as volunteers to help us at our events and fundraisers . DONATIONS are always in high need in addition to needed monetary donations we are also always in need of donated blankets/towels, dog food, flea/tick/heartworm preventatives, and any other pet supplies.
We often give food and supplies out to families in need. Sometimes people are going through a rough time, but love and want to keep their pets. So to help keep animals in their loving homes we provide food and if they can’t afford to spay/neuter their animals we try to help them get it taken care of. We work hard to keep animals in safe, loving homes and out of risk from being dumped in shelters or abandoned.
Our focus tends to fall on large breeds and bully breeds the most because they are the most misunderstood breeds and have a higher euthanasia rate but we are an ALL BREED rescue. We have a few foster homes that can only foster small dogs so we do tend to have several small breeds in the rescue as well.
JOIN US IN OUR LIFE-SAVING WORK! Please consider joining us, the more people we have on our team the more lives we can save!
