无毛视频楩inding the right home无毛视频�: Bridge to Home Animal Rescue celebrates helping 5,000 dogs
When Bridge to Home Animal Rescue无毛视频檚 founders began the organization in 2017, they were content to help 50 dogs in a year.
They ended up helping 100 within six months, and two weeks ago, they brought in their 5,000th dog 无毛视频� Todd the corgi mix.
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Crompton and four other women decided to start the rescue while sitting around Crompton无毛视频檚 dining room table. Their focus has been on rescuing dogs at risk of being euthanized in West Virginia and Kentucky.
无毛视频淲e help local dogs when they need it and when they fit into our program,无毛视频� Crompton said.
Today, Bridge to Home has 30 foster homes in Washington County and the Pittsburgh area, including Crompton无毛视频檚 South Strabane Township home. Fred Crompton, her husband, is also very involved in the rescue.
Crompton said they took in Todd last week from a shelter in West Virginia. Todd had been in a bad situation, in what Crompton described as a 无毛视频渄rug house.无毛视频�
Todd is still being fostered, and still available for adoption.
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Crompton described the feeling of helping 5,000 dogs as 无毛视频渦nbelievable.无毛视频�
无毛视频淲e never imagined that the rescue would grow like it has. It has grown crazy,无毛视频� Crompton said.
In addition to fosters, Bridge to Home also has volunteers who come to Crompton无毛视频檚 home to help with the dogs.
She says these 无毛视频渇airy dog mothers无毛视频� help socialize the dogs and put them to sleep at night.
无毛视频淲ithout our volunteers, we couldn无毛视频檛 do all of this 无毛视频� We have single moms, we have older senior citizens. I have a single mom that comes here with two kids once a week. A lot of kids come with their grandparents,无毛视频� Crompton said.
Crompton emphasized that for Bridge to Home it is not about finding any home for a dog, but finding the 无毛视频渞ight无毛视频� home.
One dog she fostered loved the swimming pool.
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Those who foster for Bridge to Home are obligated to give the dogs up eventually. Crompton notes that sometimes that can be bittersweet, but it is part of the mission of the rescue.
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