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Kung Pao right in the feels! 💥 This sweet guy i

There has been a lot of talk over the past week re

There has been a lot of talk over the past week regarding the closing of the Ellos Son La Razon shelter in Ensenada. We were told by the shelter that they were closing their doors and acted quickly to offer our support, but have now been told that the shelter will remain open. Open or closed, this doesn’t change our mission and commitment to the dogs currently inside. We will still be holding our clear the shelter event on 10/3 and will still be asking for sponsorships to help us exit as many dogs as possible over the upcoming month or so. We will also do what we have done many times for this shelter— provide life-saving vaccines for all 300+ dogs. We have already purchased the vaccines and will be vaccinating live during our event.
At TAP, we have always been and will always be for the dogs and the dogs alone. We believe in their futures and believe they deserve a life better than what they have been given so far. They deserve a warm home, toys, the ability to play, and a family to love them more than they can imagine, forever. We hope it doesn’t take a shelter closing for you to recognize that, and we hope you will help us give them the bright new futures they deserve. To those of you who have already donated or sponsored a dog— thank you so much. We can’t wait for you to meet the special dog(s) whose lives you have saved. This shelter is the first step in these dogs getting to us and the first step to their new lives. Let’s get them here. More sponsorship details to come— See you on 10/3!

Our friend @jonathank.a is back at it! If you don

Our friend @jonathank.a is back at it! If you don’t remember the junior rescuer that is Jonathan, we recently took in a mama and 2 puppies who he rescued from the streets of TJ and nursed back to health. He reached out about this family that he found a few weeks back, and we agreed to cover their medical if he could do what he does best— get them well enough to cross the border. This family of mama and 10 puppies is currently still in TJ but in good hands with Jonathan and @patitasdelacalle_ng. They will be joining our TAP fam soon! Thanks again, Jonathan, for being the coolest and most compassionate 15 year old rescuer on the planet. 💚

The rumors are true. Ellos Son La Razon, the shel

The rumors are true. Ellos Son La Razon, the shelter in Ensenada we have been rescuing dogs from since 2017, is closing it’s doors in 2 months. As of today, there are 300 dogs being housed there who will have no where to go when they shut down. We will be attempting to clear the shelter, taking as many as possible into our care quickly, but we need your help. We are in need of donations and fosters to make this a reality. On 10/3 at 12pm pst we will be going live from the shelter for our first ever virtual sponsorship event. We will be showcasing the dogs needing exit and asking you, our #TAPtribe, to help by sponsoring a dog. Sponsoring a dog will get them to San Diego and save their life. More details to come in the next few days and weeks, but you can help right now by starting to fundraise, recruiting your friends to tune in, applying to foster, or spreading the word in any capacity.
“Ellos Son La Razon” translates to they are the reason and every time we visit this shelter, we are reminded that they really, truly are. If you’ve ever been on one of our volunteer trips to the shelter, you know the feeling. The sadness and sometimes helplessness, being surrounded by dogs who have lived lives of terrible neglect and abuse, completely failed by humans, before landing here. There is a running joke in our rescue that these dogs are made of magic, but it’s really not a joke at all. They are fantastic, loving dogs who deserve the world. They deserve a chance with us, and we can’t give it to them without you. Please consider joining us on 10/3. Link in bio for more details. 💚

Benny the Basset, here to remind you that you CAN

Benny the Basset, here to remind you that you CAN find the purebred dog of your dreams in rescue! You might have to be patient. You might have to look a little harder. But you can do it, and you can make a conscious decision to save a life! While we are partial to the mexi-mutt, Benny is also a baja babe, and pretty damn cute. He came to us from Mexicali after his owner died, leaving him homeless. He’s about 5 years old and as dopey as they come. Friendly with everyone and everything, Benny is looking for a foster/adopter who will be understanding of the major life transition he is going through in losing a loving owner, and be ready and willing to take that place. For all those Basset lovers who are rescue-only (thank you, we love you), you can apply to foster Benny now at theanimalpad.com/foster. 💚 #adoptdontshop #fosteringsaveslives

Trying to get back to our regular scheduled progra

Trying to get back to our regular scheduled programming here, and the best way we can think to do that is to introduce some of the amazing pups who crossed the border with our Broom as a part of TAP Team QuaranCLEAN. Yes, we named dogs after cleaning supplies and products. These are unique times, man. Let’s start with Dawn. 🧼
This dog should not be alive. And she should definitely not be the kind and loving dog she is today after the horrors she faced at the hands of humans. When she was found by the amazing people at @losadoptablesorg, she had been attacked by what her rescuers could only believe was a machete. Her skull was exposed as she lay on the side of of road, waiting for help. As if that weren’t enough, there were reports of her being hit by a car, too. She’s also missing majority of her right ear, and we’ll never know what she went through there. This dog was dealt so many unfair hands, but remained unbelievably sweet and trusting of people. Reason number 52738463 we just don’t deserve them. When Dawn was rescued, she needed a lot of physical healing, and through it all, she was always so stoic. Never would cry, never whimpered. She always let her rescuers heal her, and in return, she loved healing others. While in the shelter, she would always come running to any kennel with sick dogs inside and you could feel her concern. When the shelter would rescue a new injured dog, she was always be there to welcome them and let them know they were safe. She’s another beautiful soul, this dog, and we are honored to be able to help finish what her first rescuers started. Dawn is currently at our kennel and ready to move to a foster home, before making her way to her perfect forever home. If you are interested in fostering sweet Dawn, please apply at theanimalpad.org/foster. 💚 #fosteringsaveslives

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