'Friendly, Spunky' Rescue Dog Up For Adoption In Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — A dog named Ruby is up for adoption in Colorado Springs through the animal welfare organization RezDawg Rescue. The nonprofit rescues stray, feral and abandoned pets 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.

Ruby is just under a year old and weighs around 45 pounds. In Ruby's bio, RezDawg volunteer Jackie Vlcek wrote that she "walks nicely on a leash and seems to know to dial back her enthusiasm around small children."

"Ruby is very athletic and energetic - She would do best with an active person/family who will provide her with opportunities for daily exercise. While Ruby is game for any outdoor activity, she also settles down nicely at home and loves to cuddle," Vlcek said. "Road trips should be a piece of cake with this sweetheart as she rides well in the car."

For more information about how to adopt Ruby, visit RezDawg's partner website. You can also support pets like Ruby through a donation, or by becoming a foster home.

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 and kittens — 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.