Maggie Girl
Maggie Girl April 23, 2012 Maggie Girl, a Basset Hound mix with beautiful big brown eyes, was one very special dog. She came from southern Virginia where she had spent her entire life, 2 years, chained in someone’s back yard. We don’t know all the details of her previous life, but her owner was jailed for animal cruelty so one shudders to imagine what her life must have been like. She had places on her ears and her back where hair wouldn’t grow and an injury to her back leg where she had gotten tangled up in her chain. She was heartworm positive when she was picked up by Animal Control and underwent several months of treatment. In spite of her rough start in life, Maggie was the sweetest, gentlest and most loving dog. She loved other dogs, cats, and everyone she met. Although cautious when meeting new people, she warmed up quickly and soon considered you a friend for life. Maggie loved her foster brothers, Shen and Charlie Joe Shadow, her adopted sister, Bailey, her feline brothers and sisters, and her adopters, Jeff and Beth. She liked to have her tummy rubbed, and had it exposed and ready for Jeff when it was “huggy tummy time” just before bedtime every night. Most of all, Maggie loved to run. She wasn’t very fast, but she could run for hours. She was a joy to watch with ears flopping, tongue hanging out, and a silly grinned pasted to her face. Her adoptive parents had a three acre fenced yard, and she took advantage of every inch. Jeff and Beth spent many mornings at the kitchen table drinking coffee and watching her out the window, running over a hill and then popping up somewhere else a minute later. She was truly “poetry in motion.” Tragically, Maggie contracted sepsis and passed away after a 48-hour struggle for life. All who met her are deeply saddened, but none more so than her adoptive parents, Jeff and Beth, her sister, Bailey, and foster mother, Mary, to whom she brought such joy in the short time we knew her. She was only with her foster mother for eight weeks, and her adoptive parents for six weeks. But this little girl carved out a special place in our hearts. She will never be forgotten. May you run happy and free in a field of clover in bright sunshine. We love you and miss you, Maggie Girl.

Chrissie
12 year old Chrissie has gone to Rainbow Bridge due to ongoing serious medical issues. Rest in Peace, sweet girl. And a thank you to her foster/adopter, Chris Ireland, for making sure Chrissie was loved, nurtured, and comfortable in her final days.

Jim Dandy
Jim Dandy was at the animal shelter for a long time...waiting for someone to save him. He went kennel crazy. If the public does not adopt, the shelters have no other choice. RIP Jim Dandy.

Bishop

Perhaps more than any other dog we’ve rescued, Bishop was the ideal poster dog for Reach Out Rescue and Resources. Old, black, sick and abandoned, and with most likely at least a little hound in the mix, he personified our criteria for those dogs most in need. Sweet, gentle, loving, and patient; these words also describe Bishop. He was picked up as a stray in Berkley County, WV, woefully emaciated and came to RORR on January 4th. Nothing more than skin and bones, he was sometimes too weak to stand. But his tail wagged gratefully for every morsel he ate, every touch of a hand, every kind word. And his big brown eyes were known to stare into your own and reach down to touch your heart. We all cheered every ounce he gained, and despaired at each set back. Bishop passed over the rainbow bridge this morning, just six weeks after he came to us. In that time, he touched the lives and hearts of people throughout our rescue and our friends on Facebook, but none more than Carolyn and Wally Bishop, who gave him a warm place to rest his weary bones, food to nourish his body, and encouragement and love to feed his soul. Never again to be hungry, or fearful, or tired, or in pain; Bishop, may you run free and play in the joy that we had hoped to witness. Bishop's ashes will be scattered in Angel Field at Finale Farm with the other dear departed angels.

Savannah

Beautiful Savannah just had too many things happen to her... and it wasn't her fault.. bad owners tossed her aside one too many times.... She now has peace!