Mary didn't do well in the shelter environment, so she needed rescue.

A wonderful family wanted to adopt Mary, but Buddy Up was not yet insured to set up adoptions.

We buddied up with Bully Underground Rescue Network to officially adopt Mary out, and she made it home for Christmas.

MARY

Buddy Up rescued Buzz from a feral colony as a kitten. He was wonderfully socialized in his foster home, and is adjusting well to his new family and K9 friend.

BUZZ

Gandolf needed to leave the shelter through rescue due to medical needs. He now lives with a family who dedicated to helping special needs animals. He is thriving and loving life!

GANDOLF

Lambeau arrived at a local shelter from the south, where he had been in a shelter for 3 years.

He was deemed unadoptable because he had food-guarding issues.

We buddied up with Camp Bow Wow who fostered Lambeau and helped him with his issues until we found his forever home.

LAMBEAU

Cookie's health and happiness today is a direct result of many caring people buddying up to save her life.

Androscoggin Veterinary Hospital, The Dog Rehabilitation Center of Maine, and trainer Stephanie O'Hanlon all stepped up to help this dog have a chance at a good life.

Cookie is in foster care with Stephanie and up for adoption through Buddy Up.

COOKIECOOKIE

These kids made it their long-term project, as a Destination Imagination Nashua, NH, team, to help Buddy Up animals find forever homes and to raise money to care for them.

I need a

special home,

but I’m worth it!

Eggroll was surrendered to a local shelter over four months ago, where his grumpiness with other animals kept him from the adoption floor.

Buddy Up sent him home last week to a family who knows and loves the perks and quirks of Shar Peis and who has no other animals.

A perfect home is out there for everyone.

EGGROLL

Mr. Fonda landed in a shelter as a senior dog with medical issues.

He deserved more love and comfort than that, so we buddied up with The German Short-Haired Pointer Rescue of New England to find a great home to live out his golden years as a long-term foster.

MR. FONDA

Buddy Up rescued Nick from a feral colony as a kitten. We set him up a loving foster home to get him socialized and ready for life as a domestic cat.

NICK

After months on the adoption floor at a local shelter, Fox needed to find his forever home through rescue.

We buddied up with Lucky Pup to place Fox with a couple who have given him a wonderful home and family.

FOX

Leo was surrendered to a local shelter because he was too much work for the family who took him on as a young pup.

We buddied up with Camp Bow Wow to give Leo a place to stay until we could find the right family for him.

He was adopted by a family consisting of three generations of woman who have fallen in love with this amazing dog.

LEO

Popeye has been bounced around a lot and needs to find a good leader to boost his confidence around people and other dogs.

He is looking for a permanent or foster home to help him break out of his shell.

Can you buddy up with Popeye?

Popeye

Curley’s food-guarding issues kept him off the shelter’s adoption floor.

We buddied up with Dogs Deserve Better to place Curley in a loving foster home, which turned into his forever home.

Curley

Brady was so lucky to find a forever home who knows that FIV is very manageable and nothing to be afraid of.

Brady

Abby was kept in a horse trailer 24/7 to eat, sleep and take care of all of her needs.

When neighbors reached out to help, she was taken to the shelter, but needed to be adopted through rescue.

A wonderful couple adopted her from Buddy Up, and she now has the love, kindness, and respect she deserves.

Abby

Ryder’s spirited energy needs the guidance and grounding of a dependable routine and the reassurance of unconditional love.

Buddy Up is working to find him a home that can give him the right training wheels.

Ryder

Missy was one of the sweetest dogs you'll ever meet, but a neurological disorder kept her from the shelter’s adoption floor.

A Buddy Up board member took Missy under her wing and found this girl a wonderfully nurturing home.

Sadly, Missy passed away a few months later from a grave illness, but not before she got to experience unconditional and true love for exactly who she was.

Missy

Buddy, like many dogs in shelters, doesn't show his best self there.

We buddied up with Bully Underground Rescue Network to find him a great home that brings out the best in him.

Buddy

Buddy Up rescued these little rascals from a feral colony, then fostered and found great homes for them. The Little

Rascals

Dogs are so good at showing gratitude.

This grouchy old man in the shelter turned into such a sweet boy once he got out.

We are so grateful to adopters who give senior dogs a wonderful retirement home.

Sam

Ziggy was fearful in the shelter and needed a rescue placement quickly.

A wonderful couple with a Basenji named Willie stepped forward to foster Ziggy.

The dogs became best friends, the family fell in love, and now Ziggy is with them forever.

Ziggy

Sammy had lots of ups and downs in the shelter, both emotionally and physically.

Volunteers like Cathy Paquette and Sally Bechtle got Sammy through this difficult time.

Sally ended up adopting Sammy, and he gets all the love and support he needs to be a happy dog.

Sammy

Willow Run doggy daycare and boarding reached out to Buddy Up for help in finding a home for Tanner.

He was a regular visitor there, and his family had to re-home him.

We found a great adopter, and Tanner is settling in with his new family.

Tanner

Honey was a long-term shelter resident who did not do well with the other animals.

The Dog Rehabilitation Center of Maine took Honey in, and taught her how to enjoy life among other dogs and cats.

She's thriving at DRCM, and now she even teaches other dogs how to behave well.

Honey

Buddying Up with Trainer Sergei Bachkovsky of The Dog Rehabilitation Center of Maine to find out how Doodlebug can be with other dogs.

In the shelter, Doodlebug reacted badly to other dogs, but with help from the right person in a non-shelter environment, he did great!

Beau Buddy Rescue worked with us to adopt Doodlebug out to a wonderful woman from Martha's Vineyard.

Doodlebug

Trixie has spent far too much time in the shelter.

She has won the hearts of many, and her fan club hopes the right person steps forward to help this beautiful girl.

Trixie

Quinn was adopted and returned to the shelter several times. She has some vision and hearing loss, and needed a little extra time and patience to adjust to home life.

Quinn finally found a home with someone who really appreciates who she is and was willing to give her the time she needed to settle in and calm down.

Quinn

This super sweet boy is a tough one to keep in the shelter — he has separation anxiety and doesn’t get along with other dogs.

After he escaped in the middle of the night to find his comfort zone, Beau Buddy Rescue helped us adopt Bubba out to the one in-a-million person who could give him all he needed.

Bubba

This energetic southern boy spent many months in the care of Coastal Humane Society, but he just couldn’t calm down enough to make the adoption floor there.

Charley's Strays, a small sanctuary in Clinton, Maine, buddied up with us to give him more time to find the right home.

Jasper

Cali was nippy at the shelter, but fortunately, a wonderful foster family took her in to help her learn better social skills.

Her big reward was a forever home in NH with a couple who love and appreciate everything about her.

Cali

Segar

Mateo is such a love, even though he came from a life of neglect and abuse.

He has settled in with a terrific foster family who is helping him get through heartworm treatment.

Once he has a clean bill of health, he’ll be ready to find his forever home.

Mateo