About

Our Story

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.

Then we were blessed with a new neighbor and a long-time rescuer, Sharlet,
with Forever Young K9 Rescue. Sharlet’s rescue mission had always been
focused on the shelter’s seniors. However, they could not turn a blind eye to
all our local stray and dumped dogs…so after taking in several of the dogs,
she told us to stop talking about it and make our rescue official. She wasn’t
taking a chance though and sat down with me and made sure everything got
filed!

So, on February 1st, 2023, Lisa and I became an official 501(c)(3) rescue and
in the first 2 months took 9 dogs into the rescue and have not stopped since.
Unfortunately, we get requests every day about dogs that need help. It breaks
our hearts not being able to help all of them, but we will continue to help as
many as we can.