The Story Behind the "Rescue Railroad"

Every couple of weeks you see a post on this blog about the newest dogs that will be arriving in WA/OR foster homes. By the end of 2013 more than 70 dogs will have taken this trip north.

A Rat Terrier in  Fresno California, meeting our Fresno NR volunteer for the first time and being evaluated as a potential future  NW foster dog

Recently I wrote an article for New Rattitude's 'Tude News about the Rescue Railroad - why we foster so many dogs from California up here in Washington and what exactly goes into getting those dogs from the shelters they come into as strays through their arrival at their foster homes.

Salinas and Chima - former strays who were "Rescue Railroad" travelers and are now our current foster girls

In this same issue you can read the volunteer spotlight article about Lynn Bonham - the volunteer in Fresno who does all the legwork of getting our foster dogs out of the shelters, vetted, and onto transport vans heading to the Northwest.

Lynn with former New Rattitude foster girl, Sierra

So I urge you to check out the article and learn the behind the scenes story of how these great dogs end up in our care.