HEARTBREAK, HEALING + HOPE

TRUE RESCUERS COMMIT IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH.

We made the decision to give each of them as gentle of a goodbye as we could. We took them to the vet and held each one until they crossed the rainbow bridge. Then, we wrapped them gently in a soft blanket, kissed their little heads and left the vet empty handed.

We didn ’t spare any resources in helping these sweet dogs — regular vet visits, pricey meds, expensive hospital stays, around-the-clock care, administering regular subcutaneous fluids, syringe feeding — anything and everything we could do to help. It wasn ’t easy and it wasn ’t cheap, but true rescuers commit in sickness and in health.

ATR will never let an animal suffer due to cost of care. Ever.

CELEBRATING SURVIVORS

With the help of ATR and our wonderful medical fosters, two mamas, Meadow and Honeywheat, were able to recover and finally test negative!

They will get to live long, healthy lives and will get to do so with their furever families.

(Meadow ’ s medical foster adopted her while Honeywheat, now “Bindi” , was adopted by another wonderful family.)

Many organizations lack the resources to care for dogs with distemper, as well as lack ways to contain the spread of this highly-contagious illness. Because of this, they are oftentimes forced to euthanize dogs immediately after they test positive for distemper.

Thanks to our supporters, we are able to help dogs like Meadow and Bindi — no matter how long or how much it takes.

SAFETY FIRST

We serve some of the most vulnerable types of dogs and most of our dogs are not yet able to be fully vaccinated during their stays with us. ATR’ s facility was built with the health, safety, and wellness of all our dogs in mind. Every single kennel in the building is capped at the top with an isolated supply and return airflow, and a separate drainage system to keep all pups healthy and safe from their neighboring animals. Yet, ATR’ s Quarantine or “Qside ” takes safety even further.

On the Q-side, there are six kennels dedicated for intake and quarantine. These kennels are used for the first fourteen-plus days of each dog ’ s stay to monitor for any sign of illness. They are also used for longer should any sign of illness be noted at any time during a dog ’ s stay with us. Each intake kennel is equipped with its own air filtration and entry room for team members to fully suit up to prevent any cross contamination. Q-side even has its own play yard that gets completely sanitized in between each use! We attribute this technology, our procedures and diligence to our successes containing illness.

While we have cared for sick animals with highly contagious diseases in our building, not a single other kennel has ever been infected with illnesses brought by new intakes.