Summary
Organization name
RezDawg Rescue
other names
REZDAWG, Rezdawg Rescue, Rez Dawg Rescue
2012
Category
Animal-Related
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
PO Box 448Lafayette, CO 80026
Boulder County, CO, US
About
More Info
RezDawg Rescue works with communities in the Four Corners area of the southwest to save 2,500 homeless pets each year through transport, fosterage, veterinary care, pet food donations, mobile clinics and adoption. We provide these services in collaboration with tribal communities of the Diné and Ute Mountain Ute. Since 2012, RDR has supported the rescue, rehabilitation, rehoming, and medical care for over 20,000 dogs and cats. Our lifesaving programs are possible thanks to the support of people like YOU. Together we can make a difference!
Community Outreach Effort: NEW DesertDawg Resort and Pet Food Pantry
This expansive property located 30 miles east of Albuquerque, NM, is home to our transport hub, pet pantry storage building, and a dog-friendly rented studio apartment. The transport hub is permitted for 30 rescue dogs to help prepare them for receiving transport partners and foster homes. Our Pet Food Pantry is within a 30’ x 80’ double-insulated Quonset hut and distributes over 26 pallets of pet food plus animal care supplies per month to over 45 rescues, shelters, and animal control officers throughout southern Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona—a service RezDawg is proud to provide as a GOODS Ambassador through Greater Good Charities.
Here's a glimpse of the property, recorded earlier this year. https://youtu.be/YA3ZB-QNJ6U?si=Hr8WDyI9Ozugputy
Our Programs in Action
RezDawg's Animal Care Center in Moriarty, NM - feeding southern Colorado and NM pets! We are seeking a front range location for spay/neuter and animal care. Please email us with any suggestions for a CO location. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA3ZB-QNJ6U
Clinics in Action! A glimpse into Day 1 on the Nambe Pueblo, NM in September. PLease reach out if you or your business is interested in sponsoringa. spay/neuter clinic! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/13Zgf5gSad/
Take a look at a recent donation to our pet pantry! Help fill community pet pantries to keep pets and home with their people. Click here: Monthly Pet Pantry Deliveries
Look good and feel good with a t-shirt or hoodie that gives back to the animals! Check out the variety of styles and designs here: RezDawg Merchandise
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Mission
RezDawg Rescue partners with Indigenous and rural communities across Colorado and New Mexico to support pets and their people. Through animal rescue, rehabilitation, fostering, and adoption, as well as mobile vet clinics and a pet food pantry, we serve the most underserved areas in the Four Corners Region. Since 2012, we’ve helped transform the lives of over 20,000 dogs and cats, working alongside an extensive network of rescues, shelters, and animal-loving partners. Together, we save lives!
Background Statement
Founder and Executive Director Angela Cerci started RezDawg Rescue while working through Teach for America on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico in 2010. She was struck by the enormity of the stray dog problem in the region and was compelled to help. She began taking in stray dogs off the streets and from high-volume shelters, and quickly found herself cohabitating with a rotating stream of 15+ dogs in her small home. Angela quickly became known in the area as "the dog lady," and soon boxes of puppies were being abandoned at her door. She picked up litters of puppies that were living under her classroom trailer and answered calls for help with local injured animals and from pet owners in the community.
But the efforts of just one person were nowhere near enough. By no fault of their own, the local shelter was euthanizing an astounding proportion of the 6,000 animals coming in each year. RezDawg Rescue was founded to help face the crisis.
Moving to the Colorado Front Range area in 2013 gave Angela access to dog-loving communities that offered a wealth of fosters, volunteers, and eager adopters—the very people that make RezDawg Rescue work! Angela established the transport program that delivers animals in desperate need to Colorado foster homes, and then to connect them with adopters. Transport is the essential foundation of our rescue operations. Since inception, RezDawg Rescue has transformed the lives of over 20,000 pets.
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Lafayette, CO 80026