Support A Friend of Jack Rescue

To our adopters, fosters, family and friends -

A Friend of Jack Rescue has been near and dear to my heart for so many reasons. As a child, it was my dream to rescue animals in ​every way I could. Growing up in Houston this often meant taking in a stray kitten, helping an injured baby bird or trying to convince my parents ​to "just look" at the puppies being sold on the side of the road. It worked...once!

Now, rescue has taken on a whole new meaning to me. Jack, my soul dog and inspiration for this rescue​, was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma on June 27, 2023. For anyone that knew Jack or even briefly met him you immediately knew just how special he was. We often joked that he wasn't actually a dog at all, but an old soul in dog form. At 12 years old, we knew the prognosis wasn't good and we had no options for treatment, so I did what I do best; I spoiled him rotten until his final breath on September 19, 2023. It was the hardest day of my life and a part of my soul absolutely died with him​. ​What I want you all to know is that in his final moments​ I promised him I would give everything I had to ensure his legacy lived on through A Friend of Jack Rescue​; and I intend to keep that promise.

I am BEYOND proud to say since our inception in August of 2020, A Friend of Jack Rescue has saved almost 2,000 dogs (and a few kitties)! We have worked tirelessly to give these dogs the best chance at forever. We have spent hours at ER clinics, helped mama dogs deliver their litters (the last one they ever will have), sobbed into the necks of some dear souls as we had to say goodbye to too soon, advocated for ending puppy mills, overextended ourselves personally, financially and you know what...we would​n't change a thing. What we do is exhausting, but it's the most rewarding work I have ever been a part of. So much so, I decided to quit my full-time job in May of 2023 to focus on FOJR even more. A risky move, and one that I am still questioning, but again, I'm committed to our mission.

If you follow any other shelters or rescues on social media, you've probably already seen a very similar message. However, we would not be doing our duty as a rescue and believer in animal welfare if we did not say something about what’s happening right now.​ The sad reality is that we cannot adopt or rescue our way out of this, and WE NEED YOUR HELP.

• 60% of adopted pets are no longer in their adoptive homes six months later after their initial adoption, and 20% are returned back to the original shelter.
• More than 10 million animals die from abuse in the United States.
• Every 60 seconds, an animal suffers abuse at human hands.
• Each year, more than 10 million animals die of abuse in the United States alone​.
• Reportedly, 71% of individuals who are cited for domestic violence also abuse their pets​.
• Dogs make up 65% of all abused animals.
• On average, 1.5 million shelter animals are euthanized every year in the United States.
• Shelters around the country euthanize an estimated 670,000 dogs and 860,000 cats each year.
• 93% of pit bulls in shelters are euthanized because of the harmful stereotype they are an aggressive breed.
• Homeless animals outnumber homeless people 5 to 1.
• Only 10% of dogs born will find a permanent home.
• Around 3.9 million dogs are abandoned or given up to shelters each year.