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MORE ADOPTED DOGS HAVING THE BEST OF THE REST OF THEIR LIVE
CALLAHAN- ADOPTED
On January 12, 2026, we rescued Rocky, #a4871718, now Callahan, from the Downey shelter. He is the 400th dog we have rescued since the inception of Golden years Dog Sanctuary in September of 2017! Rocky. Now, Callahan, was owner surrendered to the downy shelter on November 25, 2025. He was very friendly with people. He had a good behavior assessment. And yet nobody wanted him. His 72 hour notice came and went. His deadline for euthanasia came and went. A networker reached out to us with a foster. We reached out to the shelter saying we could pull the dog, and then the foster backed out. We thought all hope was lost. But then the networker found a second foster, and when I reached out to the shelter days later, Rocky was still there. So we made a plan, and he was rescued! He went to his foster home in San diego the next day. His foster moved out of state and we needed a foster fast! We found a temporary foster in San diego and then, we found him a great foster. The third home was the charm as his fosters fell in love an adopted jhim on June 26, 2026.
CHOPIN - ADOPTED
Did you hear the great news? Lalo is free on November 17, 2025 after ;being at the shelter for over 8 months! That is more than 240 days in a small concrete cell. A networker put us in touch with someone who fostered for us once before, and voila! Lalo, now Chopin, just began the best of the rest of his life. Lalo, a 10 year old white shepherd was surrendered to the shelter on March 8, 2025. He had a family and a furry friend. All that left him in an instant, and he sat for over eight months (nearly 240 days) in a small concrete kennel waiting for someone to adopt him. The chance was slim. He was a large dog with medical issues including bad skin, arthritis, difficulty getting up, and being underweight. On top of that, he entered the shelter angry and difficult to handle. Behavior notes showed that he was a friendly dog who just loved attention. he was not aggressive with other dogs. During his stay at the shelter, his skin cleared up and he gained weight. But, at one point he had a URI and his arthritis was getting worse by the day. He saw our veterinarian. He had several laser treatments for his arthritis and is now on supplements and medication. he is doing great and his foster family loves him! He was adopted on June 25, 2026.
CHALLAH - ADOPTED
CHINCHILLA - ADOPTED
On June 6, 2026, we rescued 15 year old Chloe, #a5778501 from the downey shelter. She came in as a stray, but she had an old microchip number. Her birthdate is listed as April 1, 2011. no joke, she's fifteen years old and was dumped at the shelter! Thankfully, we found a most wonderful foster who's willing to give her the best of the rest of her life. We named her challah, which is bread in hebrew. She saw our veterinarian and her bloodwork was surprisingly good! We know she needs to gain weight. She also has a little bit of separation anxiety, so we're working on that. Its very typical for dogs when they first get out of the shelter. Thankfully our foster is patient and loving and helping challah feel comfortable and realize she is hit the jackpot with this home. Challah's foster is so smitten with her, that she adopted her on June 10, 2026!
CHINCHILLA - ADOPTED
CHINCHILLA - ADOPTED
CHINCHILLA - ADOPTED
Saturday, September 6, 2025, was a great day. We rescued this "rescue only" very old chihuahua. Meet Chinchilla, aka Baby, #a4114885, from the Downey shelter! This poor 16 year old dog was brought to the shelter as a "stray" on August 23rd. He has an old ID# so was in the shelter once before. He is blind and has no teeth. Oddly, he was found with sutures and drains in his neck. It looks like he was bitten by another dog. We will never know what happened to him. But we do know that he's very sensitive about being touched around his neck. The shelter did remove the stitches and the drains. his neck is healing up very nicely. But he's still blind and has no teeth. The shelter said his prognosis was poor and sent out an urgent medical alert on him. We had a foster, reach out to us and say she could foster, so of course we jumped at the opportunity to get him out of the shelter and give him the bes of the rest of his life. We don't know what time he has left, but we know that every day will be awesome. Chinchilla was at a foster home with other dogs. Someone who worked where chinchilla lives fell in love with him and adopted him on June 5, 2026! We are so happy for chinchilla. His new owner said, chinchilla deserves a couch of his own!
CHIPPER - ADOPTED
CHINCHILLA - ADOPTED
CHIPPER - ADOPTED
Today was better than great! This amazing, sweet, friendly dog is rosa,#a2264950. We renamed her Chipper. She almost wasn't saved. This dog was on her radar, and we were waiting to find a foster. Yesterday staff from the shelter called and said that rosa's deadline was 4 PM on Tuesday. They wanted to know if we could pull her. However, they left the message on my home phone and not my cell phone.i dont check those messages as often. Good thing I checked the machine at 630am. Once i heard the message, I scrambled to get a foster and transport. I had both secure before 8am and contacted shelter staff to verify we could pull her. I only hoped I wasn't too late. And I was not! We rescued her!
Chipper has an amazing foster. She saw the vet today we started her on medicine for the glaucoma in her eye. The medicine did not do much to help the discomfort with her eye. She is scheduled to have her removed in June, 2026. In the meantime, the foster and her family love chipper and want to give her a forever home. So she was adopted on May 30, 2026.