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How It Started: The Heartbreaking Beginning and the Road to 10,000+ Dog Rescues in 2025!
Our story began during a heartbreaking time at the end of the pandemic. Shelters across the country were filled beyond capacity. Almost instantly, thousands of amazing dogs were at risk of being euthanized simply due to a lack of space. We wanted to help, but felt helpless. How can one person, or even a small group of people, make any difference with such a massive problem?
Calling all heroes!
We love dogs. I, my family, my friends, everybody I know, we love dogs…ALL dogs.
Always have.
In early 2022 the tragedy began. As the pandemic was ending and the crisis was largely over for humans, it was just beginning for dogs.
You see, 23 million households, or 1 in 5 across America, adopted a dog during the pandemic, mostly to serve as a source of joy, happiness and unconditional love during dark times.
The shelters were empty!
But, as the pandemic ended and people went back to work, dogs were surrendered by the hundreds of thousands to shelters across the USA, creating a BIG problem.
How big? In 2022, a record 6.5 MILLION animals entered rescue shelters. Only a little less than half, or 3.2 million, were adopted.
Sadly, you can guess what happened to the rest. The end of the pandemic was a death sentence for many dogs.
That’s when We Love Doggos and the We Love Doggos Charity were born.
We KNEW that dog lovers across the country were ready to help save doggos, ALL of the doggos, if we could.
THAT is our mission, to save ALL of the dogs stuck in shelters, roaming the streets or otherwise homeless. That sounds ludicrous, we know, but that is exactly what the 500,000+ members of our community believe, and that is what we are doing.
Whether it is participating in a life-saving vaccination trip for 250+ homeless dogs living on the streets or sponsoring the transportation cost for a van full of dogs stuck in kill shelters to their new homes, our community is there.
Whether its building a covered area so dogs can find shade in the blistering heat at one of our charity partner sites or paying the adoption fees for hard to place dogs, or a hundred other things, our community is there…hands on, involved every step of the way.
And, while we do have great merchandise for humans and dogs, it is the We Love Doggos Hero Club that is the driving force behind our real-world mission to save dogs. This is where THOUSANDS of members have said “no more” and volunteered to be part of the growing Army of dog lovers committed to ending this tragedy.
We call our community members “heroes”, because in the purest sense of the word, they are. They step up. They answer the call. They help us do whatever is necessary to make the world a better place for dogs.
If we do nothing, many more dogs suffer and die needlessly. That is NOT okay with us. We care WAY too much!
Together we not only can, but we ARE making a difference. Join us and let’s be our dogs’ best friends the same way they have been ours throughout our lives.
Terry Williamson
Packo Leader
We Love Doggos Charity
PS – If you would like to hear more about the We Love Doggos Hero Club, and potentially join us on our mission, click here.
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Watch the Video Below to See How It All Started
Then we met Cara and The Underdog Railroad...
One day, as fate would have it, my wife and I found ourselves driving along a rural highway in Montana behind a van from a shelter in Northern California, a kill shelter. It was full of dogs heading north. We soon found that the person driving the van had picked up 34 dogs from kill shelters in the Central Valley, some just hours before being put down, and was dropping them off at foster homes, fur-ever homes and no-kill shelters along the way.
This ONE person had been doing this for years and had saved over 4,000 dogs by herself! Even more shocking, she had used the transport van from the kill shelter to do it!
This was the proof and the inspiration we needed. One person could and did make a difference, a HUGE difference, especially to those 4,000 dogs.
Building a Community of Dog Rescue Organizations
Finding Cara meant one thing. There had to be others. There must be more people and more dog rescues doing extraordinary things with very limited resources and against all odds to save dogs.
What began as a desire to fund transports soon grew into so much more, a network of love united behind a single cause, to make the world a better place for dogs.
From supporting animal shelters and additional transports to funding medical treatments, spay and neuter clinics and missions to underserved communities in rural Mexico, our impact has grown beyond anything we could have imagined.
The Birth of The Packo Dog Rescue Network
Now, thanks to our incredible community, aka "The Packo”, the We Love Doggos Charity is able to make a difference in the lives of 2,000+ dogs a year. That number is set to grow to a staggering 10,000+ dogs rescued by the end of 2025.
Every project we support through our charity partners, called Packo Partners and Packo Pals, helps a local shelter, provides emergency transportation, funds a life-saving medical treatment, or otherwise supports a dog or dog welfare organization in need.
Join the Movement. Be a Hero
The final piece of this puzzle is perhaps the most unbelievable.
As we started to find and support other truly amazing dog rescues charities, we shared the stories of their rescues with our community, The Packo.
Soon we were receiving messages, A LOT of messages, from community members asking how they could help and The Hero Club was born.
What started out as a small group of friends pulling together funds to support individual projects and dogs in need has turned into over 10,000 dog lovers making a meaningful impact on dog rescue across the United States.
Soon we were receiving messages, A LOT of messages, from community members asking how they could help and The Hero Club was born.
What started out as a small group of friends pulling together funds to support individual projects and dogs in need has turned into over 10,000 dog lovers making a meaningful impact on dog rescue across the United States.
But this is just the start. When does it end? When kill shelters no longer kill dogs and every dog has a warm bed, a full belly and a family to call their own.
And finally...
So what about Cara and The Underdog Railroad, the charity that started it all?
In April 2024, The Hero Club helped The Underdog Railroad purchase its own transport van and has gone on to sponsor dozens more life-saving dog transports.
The trips are called "Freedom Rides" and serve as a shining example of how we can all work together to make the world a better place for dogs!
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