3 Dog Rescue helps canines throughout the Big Horn Basin

Posted 6/26/19

Based in Cody, 3 Dog Rescue has come to the aid of many dogs around the Big Horn Basin.

Over the past three years, the nonprofit has placed more than 100 dogs into new homes. In addition, they …

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3 Dog Rescue helps canines throughout the Big Horn Basin

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Based in Cody, 3 Dog Rescue has come to the aid of many dogs around the Big Horn Basin.

Over the past three years, the nonprofit has placed more than 100 dogs into new homes. In addition, they have donated six dogs to groups that train the animals to be service dogs, assist with search and rescue efforts or detect drugs/explosives, said Kathy McDonald, founder of 3 Dog Rescue.

The organization works in Park, Big Horn and Hot Springs counties in an effort to help canines, including helping a number of dogs in Lovell and Greybull. One unclaimed stray dog from the Lovell pound recently needed extensive medical treatment and “would have been euthanized had we not picked him up,” McDonald said. Meanwhile, Thermopolis doesn’t have a pound, so Hot Springs Vet Clinic holds strays for a limited time and contacts 3 Dog Rescue.

McDonald said the rescue organization couldn’t do what it does without foster homes in Powell, Basin, Greybull, Cody, Lovell and Byron.

“It truly takes a village to do rescue and thank goodness there are more caring ‘animal lovers’ out there than neglectful abusers!” she said.

Volunteers for 3 Dog Rescue also transport animals, network with vet clinics and receive donations from Wal-Mart, Pet Depot and Tractor Supply.

3 Dog Rescue depends on donations from communities in the Big Horn Basin. The Powell Elks Lodge has supported the nonprofit.

3 Dog Rescue delivers various supplies to pounds in Lovell and Greybull, including food, bedding, laundry soap, collars and leashes.

For more than a decade, 3 Dog Rescue has worked to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home unwanted dogs of all breeds by finding appropriate forever homes.

McDonald said the much-needed community service has been physically, emotionally and financially draining, but “there is just such a need that I cannot walk away.”

“… I kept hoping to ‘retire’ from this service, but instead have more calls for help than ever,” she said.

More information about the nonprofit — including photos and information about dogs available for adoption — can be found at www.3dogrescue.com.

— By Tessa Baker

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