Friends For Life Animal Rescue
Pet of the Month: Leonard (Lenny) as A Puppy and Now
Baby Leonard
Leonard Now
Leonard Skynard (a.k.a. Lenny) is looking for his own "Sweet Home." Lenny is about a year old, and he weighs 70 pounds. He's a big boy, but he's also a very gentle boy.
He loves everyone that he meets, including kids, cats, and other dogs. And lets just dwell on that other dogs thing for a bit - he absolutely loves, loves (and did we say loves?) to play with other dogs.
He's also been around kids as young as 1.5 and 3 years old and was very good with them - he basically sniffed them and went along on his way.
He is house-trained and crate-trained. According to his foster, he doesn't even make a sound when he's put in his crate. Though he's just as happy to snuggle up with you and watch a movie on the couch or sleep with you in your bed.
Leonard Skynard was rescued in Texas along with his Mom and his very young siblings. A good Samaritan found them and reached out to us for help. The whole family was living outside in the heat and was severely dehydrated and malnourished. Poor Momma pup was trying her best, but they were just skin and bones. Lenny and his siblings each weighed just 2-4 pounds (at 10 weeks old), and Mom was around 20 pounds when our Texas foster was able to pick them up.
As if it weren't enough, Lenny fell ill and lost even more weight, but he wasn't going to give up. As you can see from the pictures above, he has fully recovered and is a happy, healthy pup these days. He is enjoying every opportunity to be pet and loved. He loves to follow his foster mom around and sleep on her lap. Lenny is up to date on his vaccinations, neutered, and is microchipped.
Lenny went from 2-4 pounds to 70 pounds, a handsome, happy, loving, healthy boy. But he wasn't adopted, and we can't figure out why.
He is currently being fostered in PA and is available for a meet and greet if you are approved to adopt. You won't be sorry.
To apply to adopt: https://form.jotform.com/210286667669167
March is Our Birthday Month
Our first adoption was on March 20th, 2021. His name was Rocky, a small, sweet Chi mix whose owner
couldn't keep it any longer.
Years passed by, and despite the hard
times of very low adoptions all over the US,
and fosters homes are hardly ever available. With vet and food
prices up and no donations to help with expenses, we saved 655 dogs and a few cats. Unfortunately, many are still
waiting for a home, and growing up in our foster care in the South, that is not what we want for them. But at least we know they are safe.
Donate to help our animals!
We are a non-profit 501(c)3 organization volunteers and foster-based rescue in the Tri-State area. Our mission is to place in danger or unwanted animals, no matter age or breed, in homes, to educate the public, and help stop animal cruelty and neglect. We can't do it without your help.
In the first six months of 2024, only 49 dogs have been adopted from us.
That means we can't save new dogs that are desperately in need. Shelters across the country are over capacity, and animals are being killed for space. All rescues are doing all they can, but like us, they have no adoptions, no fosters volunteering, and no donations coming in for vet payments, food, toys, and basic prevention like fleas and ticks in this firey summer.
We are still trying our best but don't see any changes soon.
If you can help and foster a dog and you are in the tri-state area, please contact us.
If you can donate food, treats, flea treatment, toys, and anything else, please go to our Chewy List.
For monetary help -
Venmo - @friendsforlife-animalrescue
Zelle - fflpetrescue@gmail.com
PayPal -
2025 - A new year, New Hopes
Four months are almost behind us. This year has been challenging by far.
We've been dealing with heartworm-positive dogs, way more than ever. The treatment is painful, lengthy, and costly.
We keep getting requests to take in dumped puppies, owner-surrendered dogs of all ages, and dogs on the killing list.
We are overwhelmed and limited in money. We need many more fosters and, above all, adopters.
Only 37 dogs went home by April 15, and almost 50 are still waiting. We hope to help many more this year.
Please help if you can
Venmo - @friendsforlife-animalrescue
Zelle - fflpetrescue@gmail.com
New Year 2024, Big Hopes don't come true!!
So far, almost all our small dogs have been adopted. But we have larger dogs born in our rescue, and we took in the dumped mothers. These dogs are beautiful but big, and people don't adopt big.
Total adopted 131 dogs and had 30 left in our care at the end of the year
If you are a big dog person, check our Petfinder
The year 2023 - a very sad year !!
From January 2023 up to the beginning of December, 154 dogs have been saved!!
But not adopted. We have dogs waiting for
a very long time, over 12 months. And we
have no choice but to reject requests to help
more dogs, and it breaks our hearts.
Our animal rescue is a non-profit organization
established 2 years ago and has done great work in saving animals since then. Unfortunately, in 2023, the situation has
become very bad, with no adoptions and no fosters, leading to an increase in the number of dogs being euthanized. We urgently call out new fosters and volunteers to help us save these dogs and give them a chance at a better life. Please join us in our mission to make a difference and save the lives of needy dogs.
Join us here to foster and volunteer.
The year 2022
Since January 2022, we saved 247 DOGS and cats who found loving homes, and we keep in touch with them all.
All these dogs were saved from being euthanized in the South.
The year we started - 2021
From March 2021, when we opened our rescue, until mid-October, we saved 134 dogs and cats. They found loving homes, and we keep in touch with them all