Henry Up For Adoption In Boulder: 'Great Hiking Buddy'

BOULDER, CO — A dog named Henry is up for adoption in Boulder 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 Henry's bio, RezDawg volunteer Jackie Vlcek wrote that he's "about 5 years old and is just a big ol ball of fluffy, wiggly happiness."

"Henry loooooves people and gets along great with other doggies. He would do best in a home with another pup companion to hang with and a human or two who is home more often than not," Vlcek wrote. "He loves running around with his foster sister and keeps close tabs on the neighborhood squirrel happenings. He is always ready to get out and about for walks and would make an amazing hiking + adventure buddy."

Henry is currently being fostered in Boulder. For more information about how to adopt him, visit RezDawg's partner website. You can also support dogs like Henry through a donation, or by becoming a foster home.

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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.