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New Hope Animal Rescue, NFP is an accredited 501c3, focused on Animal Rescue Through Fostering and Adoption
We are a fully accredited 501c3 nonprofit organization, created to help save the lives of dogs and cats who are at risk of euthanasia. We save the discarded, the lost and the unwanted and we can't do it without your help!
We are not a shelter. All of our rescues are cared for by fosters and volunteers. We provide them with the medical care they need so they can find their forever homes.
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New Hope Animal Rescue
(opens in a new tab)New Hope Animal Rescue saves the lives of dogs and cats at risk of being euthanized in shelters. Whether a pet has been discarded or is at risk due to breed, age or health status, we provide the medical care & rehabilitation needed prior to adoption.
WELCOME TO NEW HOPE, LADY LONG LEGS
Every once in a while, an animal comes along who makes saying “no” feel impossible.
Lady Long Legs is a tiny, approximately 1-year-old Chihuahua who came to us from a shelter after being found in a park unable to use her back legs.
She could not simply remain in a shelter like this.
X-rays revealed something devastating: Lady Long Legs has a complete fracture of her spine between the T12 and T13 vertebrae, with significant displacement and severe damage to her spinal cord. She currently has no use of her back legs and no deep-pain sensation in them.
Both veterinarians who evaluated her told us an injury like this would have required significant force — something like being struck hard by a vehicle or another object, or falling from a significant height. But she had no road burns or other obvious injuries that explained what happened.
We may never know exactly what happened to Lady Long Legs or how her back was broken.
What we do know is that somehow, after everything she has been through, she still has a glimmer of hope in her eye and will look up at you with appreciation when she's content — and as you can see from these photos, the staff at VROC fell completely in love with her too. ❤️
When the shelter reached out, we had to make a difficult decision.
Our intake is still closed, and we knew we could not promise Lady Long Legs every extreme measure or an enormously expensive surgery.
But the alternative could have been shelter euthanasia without going her a chance to see if we could help her with what limited resources we do have.
VROC confirmed severe spinal-cord damage and told us her prognosis for regaining neurologic function is poor — even with surgery. So for now, we are giving her body time to heal.
She is on pain and anti-inflammatory medication, receiving bladder care, and staying very restricted while her spine begins to stabilize. Over the coming weeks, scar tissue should begin stabilizing the fracture, and once she has healed, a wheelchair may eventually be part of her future.
Welcome to New Hope, little Lady Long Legs.
Whatever your future looks like, you have a whole village behind you now.
Every once in a while, an animal comes along who makes saying “no” feel impossible.
Lady Long Legs is a tiny, approximately 1-year-old Chihuahua who came to us from a shelter after being found in a park unable to use her back legs.
She could not simply remain in a shelter like this.
X-rays revealed something devastating: Lady Long Legs has a complete fracture of her spine between the T12 and T13 vertebrae, with significant displacement and severe damage to her spinal cord. She currently has no use of her back legs and no deep-pain sensation in them.
Both veterinarians who evaluated her told us an injury like this would have required significant force — something like being struck hard by a vehicle or another object, or falling from a significant height. But she had no road burns or other obvious injuries that explained what happened.
We may never know exactly what happened to Lady Long Legs or how her back was broken.
What we do know is that somehow, after everything she has been through, she still has a glimmer of hope in her eye and will look up at you with appreciation when she's content — and as you can see from these photos, the staff at VROC fell completely in love with her too. ❤️
When the shelter reached out, we had to make a difficult decision.
Our intake is still closed, and we knew we could not promise Lady Long Legs every extreme measure or an enormously expensive surgery.
But the alternative could have been shelter euthanasia without going her a chance to see if we could help her with what limited resources we do have.
VROC confirmed severe spinal-cord damage and told us her prognosis for regaining neurologic function is poor — even with surgery. So for now, we are giving her body time to heal.
She is on pain and anti-inflammatory medication, receiving bladder care, and staying very restricted while her spine begins to stabilize. Over the coming weeks, scar tissue should begin stabilizing the fracture, and once she has healed, a wheelchair may eventually be part of her future.
Welcome to New Hope, little Lady Long Legs.
Whatever your future looks like, you have a whole village behind you now.
🚨FOSTERS OR ADOPTERS NEEDED FOR ELEVEN & HOPPER!🚨
Meet Eleven & Hopper sweet sibling puppies who came into our care through a little unexpected fate.
🤎 **ELEVEN — Female**
Eleven is the tan-and-white sister: sweet, social, playful and affectionate. She loves people, loves other dogs and is happiest being part of whatever her humans are doing. She’s confident, curious and settles beautifully after playtime for a nap in her x-pen.
🤍 HOPPER — Male
Hopper is the fluffy white brother with possibly the softest puppy coat we’ve ever felt — his foster describes him as a **feather duster.** 😂 He is affectionate, goofy and incredibly social. He LOVES other dogs, snuggling with people and following his humans from room to room.
We believe they may be **Great Pyrenees/Shepherd mixes**, though that’s our best guess.
They can be fostered together, but **separate foster homes are preferred** so each puppy gets individual attention, training and the chance to develop independently. **They will be adopted separately.**
They are being spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated tomorrow. Adopters will just need to continue any remaining age-appropriate puppy boosters with our guidance.
If you can **FOSTER, ADOPT or SHARE**, please help us get these babies into great homes quickly.
***But we thought your intake was closed?***
We’re still not operating normally, and intake is very limited.
On Saturday, while we were at a local shelter for a planned intake, these two puppies walked in — and we recognized them from a local lost-and-found page.
We had already said no once. When we learned they were outside the shelter’s jurisdiction and would have to go to a county shelter where their outcome was much less certain, walking away to the puppies right front of us became a lot harder.
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Meet Eleven & Hopper sweet sibling puppies who came into our care through a little unexpected fate.
🤎 **ELEVEN — Female**
Eleven is the tan-and-white sister: sweet, social, playful and affectionate. She loves people, loves other dogs and is happiest being part of whatever her humans are doing. She’s confident, curious and settles beautifully after playtime for a nap in her x-pen.
🤍 HOPPER — Male
Hopper is the fluffy white brother with possibly the softest puppy coat we’ve ever felt — his foster describes him as a **feather duster.** 😂 He is affectionate, goofy and incredibly social. He LOVES other dogs, snuggling with people and following his humans from room to room.
We believe they may be **Great Pyrenees/Shepherd mixes**, though that’s our best guess.
They can be fostered together, but **separate foster homes are preferred** so each puppy gets individual attention, training and the chance to develop independently. **They will be adopted separately.**
They are being spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated tomorrow. Adopters will just need to continue any remaining age-appropriate puppy boosters with our guidance.
If you can **FOSTER, ADOPT or SHARE**, please help us get these babies into great homes quickly.
***But we thought your intake was closed?***
We’re still not operating normally, and intake is very limited.
On Saturday, while we were at a local shelter for a planned intake, these two puppies walked in — and we recognized them from a local lost-and-found page.
We had already said no once. When we learned they were outside the shelter’s jurisdiction and would have to go to a county shelter where their outcome was much less certain, walking away to the puppies right front of us became a lot harder.
#FosterNeeded #AdoptMe #AdoptDontShop #RescuePuppies #PuppiesForAdoption #FosterSavesLives #RescueDogs #DogRescue #PuppiesOfInstagram #GreatPyreneesMix #ShepherdMix #AustinDogs #ATXDogs #DogsOfAustin #AustinTX #CentralTexasDogs #TexasDogs #TexasRescueDogs #AustinAnimalRescue #CentralTexasRescue #AdoptLocal #FosterLocal #SaveALife #NewHopeAnimalRescue
Foster Dad: "Meeka, are you ready to go to the adoption center?”
Meeka: *“No. I’d like to be adopted directly from this couch, please.”
And honestly... once you meet Meeka, you may agree that we should just let her have her way.
Meeka is a beautiful girl estimated to be about 6–8 years old, and she is a TRUE Velcro kitty. She absolutely adores her humans and wants to be as close to them as possible.
And she has opinions.
Meeka is very chatty, and if she wants attention — which is often —you will be informed.
She’s the kind of cat who will rub her whole head against yours while purring, then start licking you and giving you little kisses. She wants to be near you, love on you, talk to you, and generally participate in whatever it is you thought you were going to do without her.
Her foster has appropriately described her as a Stage 5 Clinger, and we think that is one of her best qualities. ❤️
Meeka would be happiest as the **only cat in her home.** She's not aggressive but other cats seem to make her nervous, and this girl has more than enough love to fill a home all by herself. She would thrive with someone looking for a truly devoted companion who wants to spend lots of time together.
You may also notice Meeka’s right front leg has a little bow to it. Her veterinarian suspects she had an injury to her upper arm sometime in her past. She has normal range of motion, has compensated very well, and her vet considers her overall healthy.
Just because we are concerned Meeka might be more delicate due to her legs, her foster feels a home with adults only might best.
This incredibly sweet girl ended up at a shelter and, sadly, her owner never came back to reclaim her.
Now she’s asking us to skip this whole adoption-center business and just find her a person.
So... can we please get Meeka adopted directly from the couch? ❤️
If you want a 'sweet, chatty, head-rubbing, kiss-giving little shadow' who will never let you forget how much she loves you, Meeka might be your girl.
Meeka: *“No. I’d like to be adopted directly from this couch, please.”
And honestly... once you meet Meeka, you may agree that we should just let her have her way.
Meeka is a beautiful girl estimated to be about 6–8 years old, and she is a TRUE Velcro kitty. She absolutely adores her humans and wants to be as close to them as possible.
And she has opinions.
Meeka is very chatty, and if she wants attention — which is often —you will be informed.
She’s the kind of cat who will rub her whole head against yours while purring, then start licking you and giving you little kisses. She wants to be near you, love on you, talk to you, and generally participate in whatever it is you thought you were going to do without her.
Her foster has appropriately described her as a Stage 5 Clinger, and we think that is one of her best qualities. ❤️
Meeka would be happiest as the **only cat in her home.** She's not aggressive but other cats seem to make her nervous, and this girl has more than enough love to fill a home all by herself. She would thrive with someone looking for a truly devoted companion who wants to spend lots of time together.
You may also notice Meeka’s right front leg has a little bow to it. Her veterinarian suspects she had an injury to her upper arm sometime in her past. She has normal range of motion, has compensated very well, and her vet considers her overall healthy.
Just because we are concerned Meeka might be more delicate due to her legs, her foster feels a home with adults only might best.
This incredibly sweet girl ended up at a shelter and, sadly, her owner never came back to reclaim her.
Now she’s asking us to skip this whole adoption-center business and just find her a person.
So... can we please get Meeka adopted directly from the couch? ❤️
If you want a 'sweet, chatty, head-rubbing, kiss-giving little shadow' who will never let you forget how much she loves you, Meeka might be your girl.
READY TO ADOPT?
You've seen us at the adoption events or have browsed our directory of available dogs or cats? Are you ready to take the next step and save a life?