Anyone Hear of This Rescue

We got our Abby baby through them!!!!! They were great to work with, particularly Michele (I can't remember her last name).  

We are in Connecticut and they have local volunteers who come to perform the home inspection.  The local woman was Karen, she came with her two boxers and we had a response by the next day I believe.  She kept us updated as to boxers which were available and as soon as they found out about Abby, Karen called at like 9:00 p.m. one night letting us know. We had some questions, which were answered to the best of their knowledge (they hadn't even met Abby yet) and we just needed to sort out her spaying. Like most rescues, spaying/neutering must be completed before bringing them home.  However, the foster mom had her hands full with fosters and having Abby spayed would have meant that they would have had to keep her for another week between getting her in to be spayed and us driving out to get her. She was 5.5 hours away from us and we had to wait until a Saturday (I didn't want to bring her home during the week when we would have to go to work if we could avoid it).  About 2 hours after the original phone call, the details were straightened out, we agreed to sign an agreement to have her spayed within 2 weeks. Best 5.5 hour drive ever happened the following morning!!! And she laid in my lap the entire 5.5 hour trip back home, sweet baby girl that she is.  

Like any rescue, they have their picky moments as they are trying to do what is best for the dogs! Although rescuing Abby was a cinch, we did encounter some difficulties when we began our search for our second rescue. Particularly, there was disagreement among the "powers to be" about how we should handle taking 2 dogs outside when we didn't have a fenced in yard. Despite explaining that Abby is walked and we had an un-used 200 foot runner, someone wasn't thrilled.  Karen, our local contact, was insistant that we fence a portion of the property, while Dawn (the main decision maker in PA) was fine with walking one and putting one on the runner, which is what we do to this day.  It took a half a dozen phone calls to get the story straight and then finally a call to Karen saying, Look, Dawn said she's ok with our plan. Karen gave in. Our thought through this whole process was, good lord, we have a wonderful home to offer to another rescue and they have dozens on their website at any given point that need good homes. And the concern was how to let them both pee at the same time? Karen made a MUCH bigger issue out of the fence issue than Dawn was making, although it was relayed to me that it was actually Dawn making an issue out of it. By the time I spoke directly with Dawn, she was like...I don't care how you handle it, I just want to be sure they are safe. Seemed they were concerned that we would have 2 dogs on one runner strangling each other.

We did choose a 2nd boxer from them and drove 6 hours for him but it was a bad match. This dog had been in foster with 5 great danes and was wonderful. However, once home, things went wrong. We did the introduction by the book and we ended up crating them both for a while to calm him down because the male was so worked up he had given himself a bloody nose. He was trying to attack Abby, whow as in her crate, from his crate...his crate was actually jumping off the ground. It was a match that just wasn't going to work and Adopt a Boxer was very good about it, understanding that sometimes, it just doesn't work.

We ended up getting our 2nd rescue through a cocker spaniel rescue, but I would not hesitate to work with Adopt A Boxer again.

Location wise...yes, they work with out of state people. Most are fostered in either PA or in the Harrison, NY area...although most seem to be in PA.

Feel free to contact me with any questions.