Adoption event today! We’ll be at NYC Pet on Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, today, May 18th, from 2pm - 4pm. PLEASE NOTE: This is later than our usual adoption event time, as we’ll be meeting transport earlier in the afternoon. Come by at this later time to meet our dogs, like Bridget Moynahan, featured here. Bridget is a 6 year-old chi/rat terrier mix who weighs 12lbs. Email adopt@badassbk.com to learn more about Bridget and our adoption application process!
Well, it’s been quite a week here at Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue. On May 10th I was working on putting together a recap post from our Block Party, and I fell in love with the photo of Eva and Captain Morgan. When I began showing off this photo on our social channels, I saw that people were really responding to it, so I decided to send it to BuzzFeed Animals. BuzzFeed Animals ran the photo with a couple of sentences about Eva and Cappy and we were thrilled! Giddy, we watched the views on BuzzFeed climb and enjoyed reading everyone’s comments, but we never thought that the story would go any further.
Seven days later, Badass has been covered by Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, Yahoo!, The Daily News and many more outlets. When the Yahoo! story hit, donations began to stream in. Although it wasn’t mentioned in the story, people were visiting our website, clicking on donate and making their way to our YouCaring page. In the past 24 hours, we’ve raised $4,000 - a huge amount for us. We are shocked and in awe.
I’d like to tell you a little bit about where your donations go when you donate to Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue. As you may know, Badass is an all-volunteer Brooklyn-based rescue organization that saves dogs from high-kill rural shelters in the South. In March, three of our rescuers took a trip to Alabama to visit shelters in Selma and Florence and they ended up rescuing 30 dogs on that trip (including Captain Morgan!). Out of those 30 dogs, more than half of them tested positive for Heartworm.
Heartworm is easily prevented with a monthly medication that costs about $5 per dose, but actually treating an outbreak of worms costs hundreds of dollars. And, since we don’t adopt the dogs out until they have a clean bill of health, a dog with heartworm needs a longer stay in foster care, and more resources. At Badass, your donations ensure that we’ll never have to deny a dog rescue just because he’s tested positive for Heartworm.
In the past few months, we’ve also been able to save some particularly hard luck cases, and dogs that others had completely written off - like the Vermillion Seven from Vermillion, Louisiana, Ruger (now Hans Gruber), the dog left on the side of the road to die, and Axl Rose, the dog they tried to kill three times.
It is our honor and our joy to save these dogs and find them happy, loving homes with new families. If you’ve donated to Badass at any time, we thank you in a most sincere way. And if you’re considering donation, please know that your dollars go directly to saving these dogs in a very real way - we’re often dealing in cases of live and death. We promise to keep saving Badass dogs from idiot people.
All photos in the blog post by Hilary Benas. The dogs in this blog post are currently available for adoption. For more information, please email adopt@badassbk.com. From top to Bottom: Miss Bagel, Rock Hudson, Taylor Dane, Carole Lombard
Boomer Esiason is a 5 year old boxer mix that weighs about 50 lbs. He is an easy going, fun-loving dog that gets along with everybody - cats, dogs, and children - and has an adorable underbite! Boomer’s a chill, low energy dude who makes a great companion, but has a healthy independent streak and prefers the company of other mellow sorts. He takes a couple of days to get comfortable but becomes attached very quickly, and loves to be by your side. He is GREAT on the leash. Total rock star. He also is a big napper. It’s pretty much his favorite hobby, but he’s started to come out of his shell more with playing in NYC. He’s good to be left alone and happily greets the humans with the goofiest smile when they come home.
If you are interested in adopting Boomer, please email adopt@badassbk.com
Photo by Hilary Benas
When Charlotte Bronte is not out moping on the moors and competing with her sisters for literary acclaim, she enjoys sitting in your lap and displaying her world-weary martyred look. There is a playful side to Charlotte too, and she enjoys chewing on bones and treats. If you are interested in adopting this one-year old 10lb girl, please email adopt@badassbk.com
Photo by Hilary Benas
Charles Dickens gave out free hugs at our adoption event on Saturday. Like many of our Southern dogs who arrive in Brooklyn, Rock Hudson had probably never been walked on a leash before. Thanks to our dedicated volunteers and fosters who put in time with these dogs, Rock now walks like a champ and is learning sit, stay and come. We always need fosters - especially those with experience training dogs and willing to work with them on these behaviors. If you’d like to learn more about becoming a Badass foster, please email foster@badassbk.com
Photo by Hilary Benas
Meet Clark Kent (top) and Alfred Pennyworth (bottom). These five month old brothers are redbone coonhound mixes. Clark is smaller, but more active and Alfred is very medium energy for a dog so young. He also doesn’t seem to mind letting Clark Kent boss him around (Bruce Wayne could not be reached for comment). If you’d like to adopt one of these playful boys, please email adopt@badassbk.com. You can start the adoption process by filling out our application online.
It’s Alumni Monday! My, little doxies, what big teeth you have! That’s Badass alum Charlie Parker (right) and his new forever sister Wren, cuddled up for a snooze and showing off their ferocious teeth. You can almost hear their snoring through the computer. Way to go, Charlie Parker!
It’s #sundog! On Sundays, we celebrate the joys of adoption with our Happy Beginning series. This is an example of a dog who picked out her new family. This couple initially came to the adoption event to meet another dog, but when they met him, they just didn’t feel a click. They were getting ready to go home when Cassie approached them and made it known that she wanted to go home with them. It was love at first sight all around! Way to go, girl!
Photo by Hilary Benas
(via One Photo That Proves That Dogs Feel Gratitude)
PS - Badass is on BuzzfeddAnimals! Wahoo!
Adoption Event Today - Saturday, May 11th! NYC Pet on Driggs Ave in Williamsburg from 1pm - 3pm. Come by and meet the dogs, including Miss Bagel!
Miss Bagel is a 4 year-old beagle known to all as wonderful, playful, and cute! She’s housebroken and loves to run off leash and explore, then come home to nap and snuggle. A typical beagle, food is one of her favorite things in life and she’s not above a little mischievous stealing. Bagel has been in a family home for most of her life and gently welcomed a human sister with respectful curiosity. She likes older children too but can be a little rambunctious trying to get them to play. Bagel’s fine with other nice dogs and seems all right with neighborhood cats.
