Our Mission
We are a Gavilan Hills rescue focusing on our local strays and the abandoned dogs within our community… providing a safe haven for these dogs, keeping them out of the shelters, and adopting these neglected, dumped, and unwanted dogs into responsible, loving, forever homes.
Welcome
Thank you for visiting our site. We’re a 501(c)(3) charity and we could use your help. Consider adopting a wonderful dog and/or donating to help us continue to care for these dogs in need and help them find a happy, loving forever home.
View all of our current adoptions below, each with a link to their complete bio. Use the main menu to review our adoption process. Download our adoption application, fill out the form and email it back us. If you have questions, see our contact us page. Please follow us on our social and share our website with your friends and family to help these dogs.
About Us
I’m Charline. I have been rescuing dogs in the Gavilan Hills area for the last 22 years, which in the past always meant that when the owners could not be
found, we kept them! This left my husband with little faith that when I said I was going to find them a new home, that I actually would. Then came Momma. Momma was a local feral dog who was born and lived her life in our hills and had just had her fifth litter of puppies. The puppies were safe thanks to new neighbor Lisa, and others. I found out about Momma Dog’s story after she had been trapped by animal control and was red tagged at the shelter.
Neighbors put out a call for someone to foster Momma and, well, Happy Birthday to me. My husband was out of town…she came here, and she is still here living her best life. And that is where Lisa and my story began. We have been rescuing together for the last 4 years. Lisa’s husband had also lost all faith that she would be able to adopt out a dog! For many years, Lisa had been doing the same thing, pulling in strays, feeding (and cooking for) them, looking for the owners, and then keeping them.
We both kept at it working with our local strays. Our husbands were still skeptical while we were learning, but once we had several adoption success stories and had proven we could actually let a much-loved foster go, they were on board. It is still a struggle, Lisa’s love and compassion for the dogs in her care knows no boundaries, and her husband is no help because he keeps falling in love with all of them too.