🚨 JUST RESCUED: DOG WITH EMBEDDED COLLAR LIVING IN A SWAMP NEAR AMAZON FACILITY FOR 4 MONTHS 🚨 This is one of the most challenging and dramatic rescues we’ve ever completed. Many of you have reached out about this girl—a dog spotted living near the old campground by 8 Mile and the Amazon facility. For four long months, she survived in a swamp, hiding in the tall marsh grass, completely emaciated and terrified and injured. When we first heard about her, it was from a former foster who tried tir
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🚨 JUST RESCUED: DOG WITH EMBEDDED COLLAR LIVING IN A SWAMP NEAR AMAZON FACILITY FOR 4 MONTHS 🚨 This is one of the most challenging and dramatic rescues we’ve ever completed. Many of you have reached out about this girl—a dog spotted living near the old campground by 8 Mile and the Amazon facility. For four long months, she survived in a swamp, hiding in the tall marsh grass, completely emaciated and terrified and injured. When we first heard about her, it was from a former foster who tried tir
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🚨 JUST RESCUED: DOG WITH HEAVY CHAIN IN THE FREEZING COLD 🚨 Late last night, we received an urgent call from one of our adopters about a terrified dog dragging an extremely heavy chain through their yard. When we rushed over, the dog had already disappeared. We didn’t give up. After searching through the freezing night, we found her in the backyard of an older couple’s home. Initially, the homeowners were hesitant to believe she was there, but with patience and persistence, we were able to loc
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🚨 JUST RESCUED: DOG WITH HEAVY CHAIN IN THE FREEZING COLD 🚨 Late last night, we received an urgent call from one of our adopters about a terrified dog dragging an extremely heavy chain through their yard. When we rushed over, the dog had already disappeared. We didn’t give up. After searching through the freezing night, we found her in the backyard of an older couple’s home. Initially, the homeowners were hesitant to believe she was there, but with patience and persistence, we were able to loc
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🚨JUST RESCUED- DOG LIVING UNHOUSED OUTSIDE IN BELOW FREEZING WEATHER🚨 This boy has been wandering the streets of Detroit for over a year! Neighbors told us multiple rescues and animal control have been out several times with no avail. We rescued this big guy’s baby mama a few months back, (Cranberry) but had no luck capturing Daddy Dog. With temperatures dropping we knew he would not make it another night and we had to act fast. Volunteers were out three days in a row until early hours in the
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🚨JUST RESCUED- DOG LIVING UNHOUSED OUTSIDE IN BELOW FREEZING WEATHER🚨 This boy has been wandering the streets of Detroit for over a year! Neighbors told us multiple rescues and animal control have been out several times with no avail. We rescued this big guy’s baby mama a few months back, (Cranberry) but had no luck capturing Daddy Dog. With temperatures dropping we knew he would not make it another night and we had to act fast. Volunteers were out three days in a row until early hours in the
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🚨JUST RESCUED- DOG TIED OUTSIDE OUR GATE🚨 While working at the shelter today, there was some commotion midday and all of our dogs began barking to alerting us that something was happening outside our gate. Our shelter’s gate opens to a dead end onto a railroad- so when someone is outside the gate- our dogs know! So we popped our head out, and to our surprise, saw this extremely sweet boy tied up right by the railroad. 😬😱😢 We are so glad we secured him before a train came or he was struck wi
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🚨JUST RESCUED- DOG TIED OUTSIDE OUR GATE🚨 While working at the shelter today, there was some commotion midday and all of our dogs began barking to alerting us that something was happening outside our gate. Our shelter’s gate opens to a dead end onto a railroad- so when someone is outside the gate- our dogs know! So we popped our head out, and to our surprise, saw this extremely sweet boy tied up right by the railroad. 😬😱😢 We are so glad we secured him before a train came or he was struck wi
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🚨JUST RESCUED: MOM DUG A 2.5ft HOLE OUTSIDE INTO A BASMENT CRAWLSPACE AND HAD 10 BABIES 🚨 Last night, as we were headed home from the shelter, a desperate message came in about a stray Mama Dog. We rushed over immediately, and what we found was nothing short of astonishing. As soon as we arrived, we spotted Mama Brownie. But before we could approach, she darted under a deck and vanished. To our surprise, this incredibly smart and protective girl had dug a 2.5-foot-deep hole into a homeowner’s
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🚨JUST RESCUED: MOM DUG A 2.5ft HOLE OUTSIDE INTO A BASMENT CRAWLSPACE AND HAD 10 BABIES 🚨 Last night, as we were headed home from the shelter, a desperate message came in about a stray Mama Dog. We rushed over immediately, and what we found was nothing short of astonishing. As soon as we arrived, we spotted Mama Brownie. But before we could approach, she darted under a deck and vanished. To our surprise, this incredibly smart and protective girl had dug a 2.5-foot-deep hole into a homeowner’s
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🚨 JUST RESCUED: TWO EMACIATED DOGS ON CHAINS 🚨 We were contacted by someone who volunteers with our organization regarding a desperate situation in Detroit. They were searching for a different dog and as they were in the process of doing so, they walked into a backyard and discovered something heartbreaking: 2 dogs, Phantom and Mama, living on chains with almost no shelter, emaciated and in need of immediate help. 💔 They asked us for guidance on how to address this tragic and urgent situation
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🚨 JUST RESCUED: TWO EMACIATED DOGS ON CHAINS 🚨 We were contacted by someone who volunteers with our organization regarding a desperate situation in Detroit. They were searching for a different dog and as they were in the process of doing so, they walked into a backyard and discovered something heartbreaking: 2 dogs, Phantom and Mama, living on chains with almost no shelter, emaciated and in need of immediate help. 💔 They asked us for guidance on how to address this tragic and urgent situation
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🚨 JUST RESCUED- SPOTTED FOR TWO YEARS! 🚨 These two puppers have been running together for quite some time, we know that the Shepherd has been running around for two years and the tan one has been out for at least two weeks with him. Multiple sightings, but no one had been able to secure them. We actually attempted to trap the shepherd about six months ago and he kept evading us. Thankfully, we were contacted yesterday morning by the same lady who alerted us to the Shepherd six months ago… she
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🚨 JUST RESCUED- SPOTTED FOR TWO YEARS! 🚨 These two puppers have been running together for quite some time, we know that the Shepherd has been running around for two years and the tan one has been out for at least two weeks with him. Multiple sightings, but no one had been able to secure them. We actually attempted to trap the shepherd about six months ago and he kept evading us. Thankfully, we were contacted yesterday morning by the same lady who alerted us to the Shepherd six months ago… she
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🚨 JUST RESCUED – DOG WITH BODY FULL OF WELTS FINALLY SAFE AFTER WEEKS ON THE STREETS 🚨 This sweet boy has been roaming the streets alone for weeks, his condition growing worse with each passing day. Despite being spotted by many, no one stepped up to help — until now. Yesterday morning, we were contacted by a caring person who had been keeping an eye on him. They were worried about his worsening condition and knew he needed help. As soon as we were notified, we went out searching, but unfortun
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🚨 JUST RESCUED! 🚨 This brave boy has been surviving out in the cold for the last two weeks, dodging every attempt to secure him. Multiple groups tried to help, but Dunkin wasn’t ready to trust. That’s when we stepped in. We rushed over and set up our trap, armed with breakfast sausage (because who can resist that?!). Just 20 minutes later, we saw him trotting around the corner, drawn in by the scent. After a few cautious moments, Dunkin was secured! 💛 The best part? The original finder alread
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🚨⚠️ GRAPHIC ⚠️JUST RESCUED AND RUSHED TO THE EMERGENCY VET 🚨 BONDED PAIR SURVIVING OUTDOORS - ONE WITH A COLOSSAL PROLAPSE 😱😭 PLEASE SHARE THIS POST! We were alerted to a pair of stray dogs holding onto life by living in a broken greenhouse. Our team blocked all escape routes and secured both dogs. These babes were terrified but quickly allowed and wanted handling. They are so grateful to be safe and warm now. Sapling (the injured one) is on her way to the emergency vet, with the largest rec
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🚨Just Rescued- Dog abandoned in an apartment basement to die! 🚨 We got an urgent email from an apartment property manager that found a dog locked in the basement- left to die without food or water. They were completely bewildered where this dog came from or how long it’s been there- as the basement is not accessed unless by a maintenance person which is how he was found. Seeing his condition and knowing how urgent getting him to safety was- we rushed over to help despite being on intake hold d
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🚨JUST RESCUED-DOG THAT ESCAPED FOSTER SHOWED UP 8 MONTHS LATER PREGNANT 🚨 Eight months ago, we rescued a beautiful husky/shepherd mix who recently had babies, we were told that neighbors were taking her puppies and leaving her a stray- she unfortunately- managed to dig a hole and escaped her foster’s house right after we secured her. We looked and looked for her- but were unable to re-catch her. Since that day in February, she had been missing FOR 8 MONTHS- until yesterday! When we were contac
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🚨 Just Rescued—Another Late-Night Save in the Cold! 🚨 Earlier this week, we were contacted about a large white poodle who kept appearing on porches in the area, only to disappear before we could get there. Late last night, we got an urgent call—this sweet pup was spotted on a neighbor’s porch, whimpering and freezing. We jumped into action and rushed over. Meet Cupcake—a frozen, matted, and burr-covered sweetheart. 💔 She had no collar or tag, but she does have a microchip. Unfortunately, it’s
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🚨 JUST RESCUED — SMALL DOG SURVIVING ALONE OFF WOODWARD FOR A YEAR 🚨 Last Sunday, while driving back to the shelter, we spotted what looked like a small animal dart across Woodward. We circled back — first thinking it was a cat — but when we looped around again, the dog revealed himself. We pulled over and found his “spot”… a makeshift setup someone had created for him: a wooden board, a rubber tub, bowls, and hay — all sitting openly off one of Detroit’s busiest roads. It was clear he had bee
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🚨 JUST RESCUED — MALNOURISHED DOG WITH POTENTIALLY BROKEN LEG AND SKIN CONDITION 🚨 Meet Dandelion — the resilient little survivor who’s already stealing our hearts. Last week, while searching for a different injured dog, we spotted her in the distance, but she bolted before we could get close. Today, thanks to a kind Detroiter who wouldn’t give up, Dandelion was safely secured — and we rushed over immediately to bring her to safety. She has no collar, no tag, no microchip. What she does have:
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🚨JUST RESCUED - SMALL DOG ABANDONED IN HOME FOR 8 MONTHS!🚨 Meet Mike, Our Little Fighter! Mike's story could have ended very differently if not for a kind-hearted neighbor who looked out for him. For eight months, Mike has been all alone in an abandoned home, with raccoons for roommates and barely enough to survive. This kind elderly neighbor, fed him and called over 40 rescues to get Mike the help he desperately needed. Today- because we agreed to help find him a home- Mike got to walk out of
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😭🚨 JUST RESCUED- ABANDONED TIED TO A PICNIC TABLE IN THE FOREST - PLEASE SHARE! We received a message that someone had stumbled upon this poor dog in Rouge Park. He did not attempt to secure her, as she was barking loudly at him. He reached out to us instead and we knew we had to go help a desperate situation. She was spotted against all odds. She couldn't be seen or heard from the street. It was over a 2 minute walk into the thick brush to find or hear her. We are so lucky we got her and she
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🚨 JUST RESCUED: SKINNY BLUE BOY TOOK SHELTER IN A GARAGE! 🚨 This morning, we were contacted by one of our long-term fosters after their neighbor found a scared, shaking dog seeking shelter in their open garage. He was cold, growling in fear, and clearly in need of help. We rushed over immediately. At first, he was hesitant—but with some patience (and a little cheese!), we were able to earn his trust and safely secure this big baby. 💙 Meet Zeus. 🐾 No collar, tag, or microchip. 🐾 Very underwe
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🚨DOG TIED TO OUR GATE ALL NIGHT IN THE STORM 🚨 This morning as we arrived at our shelter, we heard crying from our back entrance gate and to our surprise, there was a dog tied to it. She had a thick metal wire wrapped around her neck, and a leash attached. We heard from our shelter’s neighbors that she had been tied up there in the torrential downpour all night- but that they were too scared to secure her- and didn’t have anywhere to put her themselves. The story gets even crazier- this girl w
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🚨 JUST RESCUED – DOG OUT FOR WEEKS WITH NO HELP & HIT BY A CAR 🚨 For weeks, Sunny had been posted about around the neighborhood — seen wandering and clearly needing help, but never allowing anyone to get close. One incredibly kind woman continued feeding her anyway, even from a distance. That compassion is likely the only reason Sunny survived as long as she did. 💔 When we learned about her situation, we went out immediately with our trap. At first, she was nowhere to be found and our hearts
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🚨JUST RESCUED — SMALL DOG OUT FOR WEEKS!🚨 Yesterday we were alerted about a small dog running down a busy road — by the time we arrived, she had vanished. We feared the worst. Then this morning, an outreach group reached out about a small dog needing a trap… and to our surprise, it was the same baby. Cleopatra has been surviving on her own at a trucking yard for four weeks. Four weeks of dodging danger, weather, and traffic. The fact that she’s alive is nothing short of a miracle. Huge thank y
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🚨JUST RESCUED: DOG MISSING AN EYE AND HIS SIDEKICK ON CHRISTMAS EVE💔🚨 For the past three months, a beautiful pittie girl has been spotted around our shelter, evading us at every attempt to secure her. We finally discovered her makeshift home—an abandoned, snow-covered construction site near a demolished building. This morning, we set out to bring her to safety, but what we found shocked us. Following her pawprints, we entered a door that had never been opened before. Inside, instead of the pi
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🚨 JUST RESCUED - DOG FOUND LIVING IN BUSHES 🚨 This morning, we received urgent messages about a dog spotted living in the bushes of a homeowner’s front yard. For at least the last 10 days—maybe longer—this poor girl has been out there, alone and terrified, trying to survive. Several kind people tried to help, but her fear kept them at bay. She growled to protect herself, a heartbreaking sign of just how scared and vulnerable she was. We knew we had to act quickly. When we arrived, she tried he
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🚨 JUST RESCUED: DOG LEFT CHAINED TO A SHOPPING CART ON THE EXPRESSWAY 🚨 Late last night, we received a heart-wrenching call about a dog chained to a shopping cart on the side of the expressway. He had reportedly been there for hours in the freezing cold. At 1 AM, our incredible volunteers headed out to locate him, and there he was—scared, and trembling in the cart. We immediately secured him, and he is now safe and warm. However, he may belong to someone, so if you recognize this sweet boy, pl
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🚨JUST RESCUED - SCARED AND CONFUSED - PLEASE SHARE TO LOCATE OWNER! This shy, stinky 🦨 sweet rottie was already lured into a backyard when we came to rescue her! Makes our work so much easier. Found near Hubbell and Puritan Ave in Detroit. No microchip, tag or collar. If this is your dog, please reach out with proof of ownership! Otherwise, she will need a bath 🧼🧼 and a foster. We are calling her Prudence. You can apply to foster her here: rebeldogsdetroit.com/becomeafoster | Rebel Dogs Detr
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🚨 JUST RESCUED — FOUND STARVING NEAR CEMETERY- LIKELY DUMPED 🚨 Meet Dollface, the newest Rebel in our care. 💔 We were contacted by a group of concerned Detroiters who had spotted a severely emaciated dog wandering the area near Forest Lawn Cemetery. We searched the neighborhood that day but couldn’t find her—until, by some miracle, she showed up on a neighbor’s porch the following day. And thank goodness she did… because she had no time left. This sweet girl is skin and bones, dangerously deh
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NEVER A DULL MOMENT WITH REBEL DOGS! We arrived this morning at our new shelter site for our volunteer work day to find four puppies running around, All of them suffering with what appears to be an upper respiratory infection. Why they were there, we have no clue! We now need a foster family for them after they are seen by the vet! Any takers?!?! Apply to foster here: rebeldogsdetroit.com/becomeafoster And it's not too late to come down and join our work day! Text us at 313-338-4398 for the addr
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🚨JUST RESCUED- MOM AND 5 BABIES 🚨 A family whom we provide outreach supplies to alerted us to a stray mama dog with five babies. We spoke with some neighbors and learned that Mom has been around for almost 2 years- along with her baby daddy who was unfortunately killed by a car last week. We were even told his body was still left on the side of the road. We knew if we didn’t help this brave mama and her babies, that this would likely be the same fate for all six of them sooner or later. So our
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🚨 JUST RESCUED — TINY MATTED DOG LIVING ALONE AT AN ABANDONED SCHOOL 🚨 We were contacted about a small dog who had been living for months on the grounds of the long-vacant Plymouth Education Center. Security guards started working there over the summer — and this little guy was already there, wandering the property day after day with nowhere to go. One security guard and their friend tried all summer to save him. They fed him, checked on him, and called rescue after rescue… but no one came. An
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🚨 JUST RESCUED — DOG OUT FOR OVER A MONTH 🚨 We were contacted by a DoorDash driver who had been trying for weeks to get help for a dog she kept seeing. This girl would never allow anyone to approach and would bolt every time — but the driver refused to give up. Others had tried with no success. We couldn’t leave her out there. Temps were dropping, she already had frostbite on her paw, and the collar around her neck was starting to get dangerously tight. For 3 straight days, we tracked her rout
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