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Our 17th annual Rescue Picnic is right around the corner. All our adopters and volunteers, plus all SCWS members, are welcome. This year it’s Saturday, July 9 at our home near Tenino. If you think you can make it, please … Continue reading →

The Snowball of April is now the Ollie of May. In other words, Snowball moved to SeaTac to live with Erin and Tom, who named him Ollie. Sometimes dogs are meant to be part of a family, and it happened … Continue reading →

Around the first of this month we were contacted by a woman in Lewis County who had a Sammy she wanted to surrender. He was purchased from an unknown breeder, possibly in the Olympia area, by a family member who … Continue reading →

Twice this month we were approached about taking or placing a dog. The first was a family in the Bremerton area who has a seven month old dog they don’t have time for. It’s a common story, especially at that … Continue reading →

In the past month we heard about three dogs. One was in McKenna, one in Spokane, and one in Billings. All of them were posted on Craigslist, all were contacted by rescue, and none of them acknowledged our mail. It’s … Continue reading →

Our month began when we heard of a blind Samoyed lost in King County, close to the Cedar River. We shared the details on our list and our Facebook page and it was forwarded many times. The owners did everything … Continue reading →

Thanks to Holley, we almost never go more than twelve hours without hearing about new dogs listed on Craigslist. She checks faithfully twice a day, every day of the year. Her dedication is legendary, and the last day of November … Continue reading →

Every so often something happens in rescue that we haven’t seen before. For example, this month we took in the sister of a dog we had in rescue a year and a half ago. Her name is Missy and she … Continue reading →

Back in May we had a call from the Everett shelter and picked up an eleven year old girl by the name of Princess. She had lived in the yard all her life and was actually a little confused being … Continue reading →

Northwest Samoyed Rescue is looking for someone with experience listing items on eBay. If you know how to list things and can help us, please let us know. Rescue has a stack of donated items and none of us has … Continue reading →