My Nonprofit Reviews

The rescue I work with have had a difficult time placing a dog with a bite history. He was returned from foster care to our rescue but due to having resident dogs and full time jobs we were unable to spend the time working with him and the isolation was making him become more aggressive and resource guard. We had contacted several sanctuaries and some were downright nasty about the situation. We were out of options and the owners who surrendered him were prepared to have him euthanized in a park setting. I found ARAS by accident looking for a form to surrender him back to his owners and this was a sign from God because they never came up in all my searches for sanctuary. They're in Ohio also, about 2.5 hours from here. I told the former owners who were headed down. He was skeptical, but once he spoke with them, they decided to cancel the euthanization, pay the fee, and get Captain to a safe place where he has a second chance at life. After he left, he said he slept well that night knowing that Captain was in a good place. We were given such a hard time by other "sanctuaries" which seemed to only take in dogs that were adoptable otherwise. ARAS is a TRUE sanctuary. They are responsive and can do what no other place in the nation I have found could do. I was trying to sell Captain to the other sanctuaries and yet the former owner said no matter what he said to ARAS about his fear he can't be rehabilitated, they were not phased at all. They deal with much larger dogs with aggression and severe biting histories. I will be forever in their debt for the work that they do. Captain's birthday is tomorrow, and he could be dead now, and ARAS gave Captain a new life. THANK YOU. Nicole