Memorial | thedogrescuers

In loving memory of our faithful friends....

“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader.

He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion” – author unknown

This page is in memory of dogs who were never placed into new homes, but remained part of The Dog Rescuers Assoc. Inc. family. Though they weren’t adopted, they passed in the loving arms of a TDRI team member, with tears, love, and never to be forgotten.

This page also has postings of dogs who have passed, whose family members have made a minimum $35 donation towards helping other dogs in their memory. Please contact info@thedogrescuersinc.ca to place a memorial message here for your special friend.

Sadie - November 2022 From the moment she came into our life, Sadie stole our hearts, and she has brought nothing but love, smiles, companionship, joy to all our family. We will miss Sadie more than words can say. Rest in peace our "Sadie, Sadie pretty Lady ", our little angel. We will love you forever.	Hannah - July 2022 There truly will never be the right words to express how much Hannah meant to us. Fate brought us together over 9 years ago thanks to TDRI. People always say how you change a rescue dog's life but truth be told she changed ours. She was my shadow and absolute best friend. You were simply the best. Run free our sweet Hannah and until we meet again, know you're forever loved and will be forever missed. ❤🐾	Puma - May 2022 Puma had the best personality we could of ever wanted in a dog. She loved all animals & people. Her fave show was “Wild Bear rescue” & she would grunt at the tv as she watched. The almost 6 years we had with her was truly a gift. She is deeply missed by all of us and her fur siblings Patrick & Riggs. Thank you to the Dog Rescuers, for saving her from a bad situation. We are forever grateful, for being chosen to love her.
Baloo - December 2021 Baloo lived a full and happy life with us over the past 6 years, and we feel very fortunate to have been able to spend all that time with him. He joined our family in 2015 when he was 5 years old and immediately let us know he was the boss of the household. He even somehow convinced us to buy a new house with a bigger backyard, which we joked about at the time - but in hindsight it was completely true. Thank you to TRDI for giving us the opportunity to have him in our lives	Mr. Jake - November 2021 We adopted this big goofy lovable handsome dude from you in February 2011. Today Mr. Jake crossed over the rainbow bridge at 13 years of age. Thank you so much for allowing us to adopt this goofy boy. He has brought so much joy, humour and unconditional love to our family. Our whole neighbour is saddened by his passing but knew he had amazing time with us. We will miss him his companionship, love and most of all his big goofy personality.	Tigger - October 2021 My dear, sweet, Tigger... Our Gotcha Day was eleven years ago, December 5, 2010. You were four years old with a bumpy past, and I had a broken heart. You were full of personality and attitude, and in the blink of an eye you stole my broken heart and you healed it. On October 30, 2021 you shattered it. I wouldn't trade a single moment, not even the worst one, because being your Mommy has been the best thing that could have ever happened to me. I'll love you forever my sweet boy...
Troopie - October 2021 We bid a sad farewell yesterday to our beloved Troopie who came to us 3.5 years ago. It gave our family such joy to share Troopie's final few years and to see her happily settle into her new home, and thrive and blossom. While we now sadly feel her absence, we are so grateful that The Dog Rescuers gave a sweet old dog a chance to start a new life. It has been such a happy few years for Troopie, for her canine partner in crime Horace, and for all the humans in her life.	Charger - September 2021 We were very fortunate to find Charger through your agency and provide him a loving home as a member of our family. He was the kindest Rottie with an amazing and friendly disposition. We loved him so much and showed it every day. Even though his life was short lived (7) due to having been diagnosed with bone cancer, he was rescued from the life he had at an auto garage. We miss him dearly, but will carry the great memories we created with the 5 1/2 years of Charger being a member of our family.	Izzy (Isla) - September 2021 We loved her so much, and she was so happy here with us. She loved being hugged and kissed, and she tried so hard to talk to us. Any time she wanted something, she would come over to us with her tail wagging and talking to let us know what she wanted. Izzy was no longer scared of everything that was foreign to her. She knew no one would ever hurt her again. Even though she was with us for such a short time she has left this Earth with a huge piece of our hearts.
Max - August 2021 He was my sweet boy - he was funny & feisty, loving & loyal. He was a wonderful companion, always at my side whether we were at home or off on adventures! And although he was only in my life for 5 years I will miss him everyday💜	Ivy April 2021 It’s so heartbreaking to our family that we lost Ivy so quickly. We loved her so much.. you know it took her a long time to adjust to our little family.. but once she did, she loved her belly rubs, and if you stopped, she would keep pawing in the air. She loved her treats and would come scooting around the corner to get them.Thank you for bringing her into our lives… we will always remember her big personality behind that little wee girl.	River - November 2020 We want to thank The Dog Rescuer’s Inc, for introducing us to River in 2011. Our family fell in love with River and we adopted him in March of 2011. We had some challenges at first, but River settled in quickly. With his big heart and wonderful personality, he made his presence very well known! River was a priceless addition to our family bringing joy at every turn. With a loving family, River became his own person with lots of character, attitude and opinions.
Norton - February 2020 Our hearts broke hearing the news that fun loving Norton had crossed over the rainbow bridge. May he run free and be his silly happy go lucky self, until we meet again sweet boy! We were the luckiest family to adopt Norton. We had this loving sweet little boy for only 3 1/2 years. Norton loved our walks and quickly became the ambassador of our neighbourhood. He would stop and wag when someone new or familiar was coming so he could say hello. We miss him dearly.	Timo - December 21, 2019 Timo, the beloved 14 year old yellow Lab x crossed the rainbow bridge due to complications from an enlarged heart. He passed away with his brother Dimitri and foster dad Richard by his side. Timo came into the program with his brother Dimitri and had lived years of neglect and yet he was the sweetest soul with the most endearing and charming personality. Timo blossomed in his loving foster home with Kelly and Richard who gave this sweet soul and his brother a second chance	Bully - January 2019 Bully our lovely, silly senior dog crossed the rainbow bridge with her loving foster Mom Samantha at her side telling her what a good girl she was and how much she was loved. When Bully came into our program it was discovered shortly afterwards that she had cancer. We did surgery and removed the tumour and Samantha very kindly decided that Bully would stay as her palliative foster dog and she would see her to the end. Bully will be greatly missed as she left big paw prints on the hearts of many.
Annabelle - March 2018 Annabelle has been the palliative foster of Wesley and Chris and wow did she hit the jackpot! This senior came to us tired and scared and soon immersed herself in a wonderful life of trips to the cottage, all the swimming a Labradior could ever want, being the star with the grand kids and a fellow dog Abbey for company. She captured everyone's hearts and adored her foster dad. She will be greatly missed.	Memi Gizmo - February 2018 Memi Gizmo came into our lives 6 years ago after spending his life living in a backyard. He landed in the loving arms of foster mom Shannon and immediately made a big impact. While in our program it was discovered that Memi was heartworm positive and had a number of medical issues so this sweet boy was moved into our palliative program. While he was never officially adopted, this sweet soul found his family with Shannon and his foster sibling Cruz. Sadly, Memi has crossed the rainbow bridge and	Tucker Tucker crossed the rainbow bridge early 2018 and is greatly missed. One of a kind, he loved snuggling as much as he did hiking. He was very loved and brightened everyone's day with his smile. at 80 lbs this "lapdog" had a heart of gold and a love for all cookies. He was a sensative boy who always wanted to provide comfort to his people and is very much missed by his family and by TDRI - especially Melissa.Tucker, you will never be forgotten.
Daisy We were saddened to learn that after spending the majority of her life on medications for allergies that this little one was in liver failure. She spent a week under veterinarian supervision and unfortunately her condition led us to having to make a decision to let her go. She was held tight and told how much she was loved at the time she crossed the bridge. Run and play little one. You were loved.	Luke - February 2016 Luke was only in our program for a short time and came in with his brother Tank.Luke had been well loved but his family had fallen on hard times and were no longer able to keep them. Last week Luke got into some things he shouldn't have and that resulted in a blockage. When we went to do surgery for the blockage it was determined that he was loaded with cancer. It was very progressed and it was decided that the kinder thing would be to let him go. Vanessa gently held him as he passed away.	Bess - January 2016 We are saddened to share of the passing of Bess the beautiful Saint Bernard who was adopted from our program. She was adopted by her foster family at 9 years of age, was loved and never had to be separated from her giant brother Russell the Saint Bernard (who they also adopted). Our condolences to this very special family.
Max - January 2016 We have also learned of the passing of a happy yellow lab named Max who joined our program almost 3 years ago, and was also adopted by his adoring foster family. Max had a beautiful personality and immediately captured the hearts of his foster parents. Our hearts go out to his wonderful family who have been long- time, dear friends and volunteers of our rescue.	Happy - September 2015 Happy was well loved and adored by his previous owner, was given up due to tragic circumstance. He captured many hearts during his time in our program but sadly became ill and passed in the loving arms of the TDRI family. Never to be forgotten.