Rescue Puppy Up For Adoption In Grand Junction: 'Loves Everyone'

GRAND JUNCTION, CO — A puppy named Eleanor is up for adoption in Grand Junction through the animal welfare organization RezDawg Rescue. The nonprofit rescues stray, feral and abandoned dogs who are struggling to survive on Native Reservations in the Four Corners Region. The rescued animals are then vaccinated, spayed/neutered, treated for any medical issues and placed into a foster home.

In Eleanor's bio, RezDawg volunteer Jackie Vlcek wrote that she was born Aug. 3 and has a "beautiful glossy brindle coat and a white blaze" down her chest.

Eleanor is a Kelpie mix and her dad is a mystery, Vlcek said. She's expected to grow to about 50 pounds, and would "make an awesome Colorado mountain dog."

Eleanor loves to play with toys cuddle her foster family and give lots of kisses, Vlcek said.

For more information about how to adopt Eleanor, visit RezDawg's partner website. You can also support dogs like Eleanor through a donation, or by becoming a foster home.

Steven Sable, RezDawg Rescue's communications director, said many dogs and cats are in danger on reservations, and there are simply not enough resources to help those animals.

"Some of these animals have just horrific backstories," Sable said. "There was a dog named Jack not too long ago that came in that had a horribly broken hind leg, and when we x-rayed it we found out he also had shotgun pellets near his spine."

As RezDawgs has become better known on reservations, many are taking newborn puppies — that in some cases would've been left for dead — directly to volunteers at the organization's local clinics.

"We focus primarily on relieving the animals' suffering by taking them off the [reservations] and finding them loving homes, but we're also involved in ending the problem completely, so we do regular spay and neuter clinics," Sable said.

He said the clinics at the reservations are low cost, or in many cases, no cost.

Thanks to donors, foster homes and volunteers, RezDawgs rescued more than 1,600 animals last year.