We Love Doggos

Greetings Doggo Lovers,

We hope this PUPdate finds you well! The Fall season has officially begun, and we are bustling with new initiatives. More importantly, I want to give you a couple of heartwarming updates on two very special doggos.

First up, O-S-C-A-R!

Thank you We Love Doggos Hero Club for matching our contribution and covering the cost of Oscar’s leg amputation. Without it he surely would have been put down in the kill shelter he was in.

But instead…he made a full recovery. And, as hoped, HE WAS ADOPTED!

The foster mom (aka Hooman Hero) that took him in found a co-worker who though that Oscar was the “Bee’s Knees” and made our dream of a FURever home for Oscar a reality.

Here’s a PAWsome photo of them together:

Second, A-U-B-U-R-N!

We were so upset about Auburn’s situation that, two weeks ago, we issued a full-scale Dogg-O-Lert. That’s where we go out to our entire 500,000+ doggo-loving community to see if anyone can help save one of our special furry friends facing certain death in a kill shelter.

Within 24 hours we had TEN community members respond offering immediate, life-saving help.

We are happy to report that Auburn has been moved to a long-term no-kill shelter in order to rest and recover after her surgery. She is safe from harm at last and we hope Auburn will build strength and trust in her time before being adopted out. We appreciate all who responded to our “Dogg-o-lert;” ya’ll are REAL HOOMAN HEROES.

Lastly, folks, we wanted to shoutout the founder of Underdog Railroad, Cara! She is the one that sent us the news of both of these incredible doggos and truly the heartbeat of our rescue efforts. We wanted to wish her a very Happy Birthday from the entire We Love Doggos community!!

Have an unFURgettable weekend and stay tuned for our upcoming action items for the Fall Season! There are always more doggos to support, and we couldn’t do it without your unwavering support.

With Love and Gratitude,
Jesse & Ellie Pickles

Charity Coordinator and Brand AmbassaDOG

Greetings Doggo Lovers,

This is big, I mean really B-I-G!

We are adopting an animal shelter!

By “we” I mean the We Love Doggos Charity along with our now 2,000+ Hero Club Members.

By “adopting” I mean we will be working hand-in-hand with the shelter over the coming months to make significant facility improvements that will make life for the dogs in the shelter much more fun and significantly increase the number of dogs saved there each year.

Quick back story…

I visited the Mission Valley Animal Shelter in Ronan, Montana in 2020. I fell in love with the volunteers, the vision and just how much they all loved saving doggos.

I promised to be back some day to do even more. Well, with the support of our doggo-loving Hero Club members that day is TODAY!

I am pleased to announce the launching of a brand new We Love Doggos initiative.

It’s called “Mission PAWsible” and its purpose is to advocate on behalf of dogs everywhere by focusing on the not just the struggles, but the opportunity to positively impact the lives of millions of dogs kept in shelters across the USA.

When it came to time to select the inaugural shelter for the program, I immediately thought Mission Valley Animal Shelter!

The choice became the ultimate “heck yeah!” when I learned that they were the only “no kill” shelter in the entire county!

Also, the shelter is just an hour’s drive away from our Kalispell, Montana headquarters. Our founder, Terry Williamson drove down, toured the facility, and met 1-on-1 with the Shelter Manager, Reva to find out exactly what they needed and how we could help.

Step 1? Make the doggos more comfortable with as new climate control system!

As always, we thank you for your support. We wouldn’t be able to do the life-saving work without dog-loving community members like YOU!

Many more updates as we continue to make progress on this very special mission.

With love and gratitude,
Jesse & Ellie Pickles
Charity Coordinator & Brand AmbassaDOG

PS – You can join the Hero Club here and be part of this remarkable journey!

Greetings Doggo Lovers,

It’s Ellie and Jesse here with some exciting news!

If you’ve been following the weekly PUPdate, then I’m certain you’ve heard about our sweet German Shepherd puppy, Oscar.

He was dropped off at a Northern California shelter recently with a bleak prognosis, a non-functioning rear leg. We were unsure whether it was from neglect or a birth defect, but one thing was certain…his leg had to go for him to live his fullest life and possibly ever get adopted.

Through our “Save a Dog Sunday” program, we asked our community to match the $750 donation that the We Love Doggos Charity was making on Oscar’s behalf to cover the $1,500 medical expense. Within hours our donation was matched and Oscar’s surgery date was scheduled.

That was yesterday and we are proud to announce that Oscar’s surgery went off without a hitch!

We received this photo from his foster mama right after and we are relieved that he is resting comfortably. The veterinarian said that Oscar only has two weeks of R&R until he’s ready to be considered up for adoption!

Even cooler? There was a little money left over and we are covering Oscar’s adoption fee too!

Success stories like these are why we step up to the plate every day. We Love Doggos has a passion for offering every homeless doggo a chance to flourish in their FURever home. We know that Oscar is on the way to his soon, and this time, pain free!
Oscar, we love you!!!


With Love and Gratitude,
Jesse & Ellie Pickles
Charity Coordinator & Brand AmbassaDOG

PS – “Save a Dog Sunday” saved Oscar…zero doubt about it. We should all be really

Greetings doggo lovers,


Happy Furday! In this week’s edition we have “PUPdates” on:  

Mission “PAW”sible: We are elated to share that “Mission PAWsible”, our shelter adoption program, is in full swing!

BIG shoutout to our 3,000+ Hero Club members for sponsoring the purchase of two air conditioning units for the Mission Valley Animal Shelter in beautiful Ronan, Montana. They’re coming at the PAWfect time; it’s supposed to be in the mid 90’s there next week. Their 23 doggo residents say “BORK BORK!” (that’s doggo for thank you!).

Up next on our to-do list for this shelter is providing some more joy to their facility by offering a fenced doggo play area equipped with obstacle courses and a classic red fire hydrant. Doggos LOVE those!

Go Oscar Go!:  Let’s send tens of thousands of well wishes to Oscar, a special little guys who is getting leg amputation surgery next Wednesday.

Without this surgery Oscar would have spent the rest of his life in crippling pain, dragging around a leg that will never function properly and probably never being adopted.
This incredible community matched the $750 donation we made on Oscar’s behalf and his surgery AND adoption fee totaling $1,500 have been paid in full!

Finally, we just heard from Cara at The Underdog Railroad, dog rescue transport we support. Their organization just transported their 300^th doggo this year from kill shelters in Northern California north through Washington State and even into Canada to no-kill shelters and foster homes.

Sadly, there are way more doggos to rescue than there is room in the van. Animal shelters across the nation are seeking fosters, and we invite you to consider the PAWsibility of offering your home to a temporary companion.

Charity Paws has an excellent how-to guide to fostering doggos if you would like to take a closer look and find nearby shelters in need!

https://charitypaws.com/how-to-foster-a-dog/

We thank you for your continued support in our efforts to save all the doggos!

With Love and Gratitude,

Jesse & Ellie Pickles Charity Coordinator & Brand AmbassaDoggo

PS – The We Love Doggos Charity is now on Twitter! To celebrate we are running a free Twitter giveaway (no purchase necessary!). Follow us on Twitter for more updates on the great things our community does to help doggos!

Greetings Doggo Lovers,

We love all doggos….but when we found out about Oscar, our German Shepherd community members went BONKERS!

You see, We Love Doggos operates one of the largest German Shepherd Facebook Groups on the planet…almost 164,000 members! Not saving Oscar quickly became NOT an option.

Click HERE to Join

Now, back to Oscar…

We got a call from Cara at The Underdog Railroad (one of the incredible dog transport charities we support) about a gorgeous little guy who was in constant pain and needed to have his deformed leg amputated if he was ever going to be adopted or have a happy life.

The problem? The surgery was expense…$1,500 to be exact.
We put the call out to our community and offered to match all donations up to the amount needed for the surgery.

Within HOURS we had enough to pay for Oscar’s surgery and a little extra to cover the adoption fee for the family lucky enough to call this smiley fella family.

He goes in for surgery on August 17^th and you can be sure we will tell you how it goes.

Whether you’re new to the We Love Doggos community or a long-time partner, you know that our goal is to advocate for and protect homeless doggos in need. A big part of that is campaigning for doggos like Oscar to provide with them the resources to thrive in their everyday life.

In March of 2020, we helped another German Shepherd named Kermit with an amputation, and unfortunately, he had a pre-existing illness that caused him to pass during the procedure. Our staff and the entire We Love Doggos community were devastated by the news.

When we found Oscar, we felt that he was our second chance at seeing a success story within this doggo demographic.

Thanks to our amazing community of human heroes.

Give your doggo a snuggle for us and remember that every day with them is a gift worth cherishing.

With Love and Gratitude, Jesse & Ellie Pickles
Charity Coordinator & Brand AmbassaDOG
We Love Doggos

PS – Is it just me, or…is the resemblance “EARy”…lol.