Rusty Needs Extra Help

We want to thank everyone who helped by contributing to help get Rusty to his safe haven at Spirit Sanctuary.<span> Rusty is a dog that needs more than many can offer him. Though he is a special little guy, we had not many options for him, which is were Spirit Sanctuary came in. Spirit is an environment where dogs thrive. They are allowed to be dogs. When we arrived in Boonville, NY, where Spirit is located, our first thought was, "who would want to live here!?" It snows just about every day, and gets the most snow in the continental US, as well as being mostly farm land. Again, I asked myself, who would want to live here? Someone who loves dogs, and has dedicated their life to them. Alan Papszycki, founding director of Spirit Animal Sanctuary, has personally saved the lives of approximately 500 dogs, Rusty being one of them.The first thing Alan did when he met Rusty, was get down on his knees in the snow and started playing with him and pet him. Any worry that I had, quickly disappeared. To see the way Alan interacted with Rusty, and to see Rusty bond with and trust him immediately, brought tears to my eyes. Alan is one of the most patient, understanding, knowledgeable, and amazing people I have ever met. It is a breath of fresh air to meet someone with such experience and understanding of dogs and their behavior. His love for animals is clear when having a conversation with Alan. Just about the whole time we were talking, Rusty and Alan were playing tug of war. Alan rough housed and laughed with Rusty, even when Rusty peed on him! I have never seen Rusty so happy.When arriving at Spirit, I was in awe. A pack of well behaved, happy, well fed, and quiet dogs. It is beautiful to see dogs in an element where they can be dogs. Some dogs were playing, some were chewing bones, one was digging in the snow for a good 20 minutes and having a blast. And the most surprising to me, was Rusty. He was on his absolute best behavior, like he knew he in a good place. When we left Rusty, he gave me a quick good-bye, then focused right back on Alan. They walked away, with Rusty staring up at Alan with a look of, "what fun are we going to get into next?"Rusty is now in the hands of someone who will take amazing care of him, as well as understand him. He is going to thrive and live a very happy life.Spirit Animal Sanctuary and Alan are true blessings to animals, like Rusty. Alan's pure selflessness and dedication to these animals is a rarity, as well as his knowledge, experience, and kindness. I am honored to have met such a phenomenal person, with such an amazing heart, and Rusty is a lucky guy to be able to live his life with him. Again, thank you to everyone who has helped get Rusty to a place where he will be safe and happy. Updates to follow! Heidi LuedersBully Breed Rescue Inc.www.BullyBreedRescueInc.org Running a well-kept facility like Spirit does require donations. Please visit his website below and make a contribution to help the unwanted dogs that other wise would have been euthanized, but saved by Alan and Spirit Animal Sanctuary.www.spiritanimal.org Please support Spirit Animal Sanctuary by "liking" his facebook page below.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spirit-Animal-Sanctuary/163431980353279

Rusty is an adorable 1.5 year old boy who is in desperate need of help to get to Spirit Sanctuary, which will be his safe haven. Rusty (from the Manhattan, ACC) has been with Bully Breed Rescue (a non profit organization) since July of 2010. Rusty came to us with issues, which have grown worse over time, and he has not responded to our training methods or intensive training. This little guys has a great personality, and deserves to live, but requires more than we can give him. The answer is spirit sanctuary. Spirit Sanctuary is so kind as to accept Rusty into their program, where he will live safely and happily.

The costs of running a well kept sanctuary are high. We have managed to collect some of the funds required to send Rusty to safety, but we are still in dire needs of help to get him there.



More about Spirit Sanctuary.....

Alan ( the founder and president of spirit sanctuary) is an experienced and compassionate dog expert. He knows and interacts with the dogs beautifully, knows them all by their own names and individual barks.
Spirit has huge fenced in areas on 170+ acres for the dogs to run. There is no cement, all grass, dirt,fun mud, dog pools, dog jungle gyms, dog toys and a ton of dog bones. Alan slowly integrates dogs into packs based on temperaments.

The dogs are well taken care of, clean and they are all healthy and happy. Dogs come inside or go outside as they please. All dogs have access to beds and blankets at all times. Alan has many volunteers who handle to dogs daily.
For more info on Spirit, you may visit their website below.http://www.spiritanimal.org/
For any further questions, contact: BBRCT@yahoo.com

Bully Breed Rescue Inc. is a non-profit organization. ALL donations are tax deductible.