Destiny For Dogs, Not-for-Profit 501 (c)(3)

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE, LEO HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND IN HIS PERFECT AND FANTASTIC LOVING FOREVER HOME🐾💕

An adorable and heartfelt message from Leo now Leo Rooster’s new mom: “My heart is melted on the floor!  Need a heart wet vac!  I’m in love!  “Rooster” What a blessing it has been to meet this amazing group of ladies at Destiny for Dogs.  My experience has been five stars, and as for Leo, he hung the moon in dogdom!!!!! After the loss of our beloved Goose (blue frenchie) just a few months ago, Leo came bouncing across our path!  His “destiny” is somewhat surreal, but that’s another story, take my word for it… THIS was a match made in heaven!  A week ago the stars began to align and this morning was a celestial dream come true!  Here is our Leo, call sign Rooster.   (Warning: many Pupdates to come for decades plus).”

🐾💕We are all wishing Leo Rooster, his mom, dad, two & four legged siblings, “Happy Days Ahead!”🐾💕 

Special “Thanks to foster mom, Jackie Sickels & family for taking such extraordinary care of Leo to get him where he needed to be. Lynn Mcgrew for recommending this amazing family and bringing Leo to his new loving forever home. Animal Clinic At Wellington Reserve Linda Abbott DVM and Joanne Jaimedes for transporting Leo and keeping him during the hurricane. 
“It truly takes a Village.”🐾💕

HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY MR. MACK🎈🎂🥳From Mack’s Mom, Linda Sievers: 

“💙 He is a happy boy 🎂 loved his cake and new Teddy 💙”
Mack has come a long since rescued over 9 years ago. He was tied to a fire hydrant in Florida City. Special “Thank You” to Dianne Alexander for bringing Mack to Destiny for Dogs. 

🐾💙Enjoy your ”Special Day, Mr. Mack as you are so loved by your mom and everyone you have touched. We all wish you and your mom continued, “Happy Days Ahead!”💙🐾

“Hi JoAnn…Today I was laying down for a well deserved nap and listening to a Calm story on penguins and it asked just as I was dozing off, what are you grateful for?  Almost asleep, I immediately thought I am grateful for Finny.  That response came right out of my uncensored unthinking almost asleep mind.  “Finny”. “I am grateful for Finny.”  He and I definitely have a bond and it’s all because of you.  Finny takes up half the king size bed.  He is so wonderful, I was blessed getting him.  He brightens every day.
Keep up your good work and Merry Christmas.”

Finny is one of a kind and so is his extraordinary mom. See what love and patience can do💙

Bohdi is now in his new loving forever home.

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE & PHOTOS OF CHARLIE’S MOM🐾💕
“Charlie is a great pet and family member, we love him.”
🐾💕Wishing Charlie, his mom and dad, continued “Happy Days Ahead!🐾💕

🐾💕Sweet Pupdate from Finny’s Mom🐾💕

“Story for the day…I will have had Finny Monroe for 3 months October 15.   Yesterday at groomers when I tried to leave Finny he literally and repeatedly cried and cried loudly and kept trying to jump into my arms.  I’ve never seen this from any dog ever.  It was like he was begging me to take him and not leave him. It was the very sweetest thing I’ve seen in a long time.  I think Finny thought I was leaving forever.  When I came back he was so happy and went charging out door and started looking for our car.  He just wanted in our car knowing he was going back home.   So sweet. He loves his mama.  He is a one person dog.  It isn’t a male as you thought. He just bonds with his human and that’s definitely me.

Thank you Jamie Corbin. This is truly a heartwarming story💙Just love Finny’s hairdo. Such a very deserving and special gentleman. Thank you for loving Finny unconditionally🐾💕

Special “Thanks” again to Finny’s Foster Family Gregory, Mark & Susan Brokaw-Garfinkel for going that ”extra mile” for Finny🌹

🐾💕Good News Pupdate, Maggie Mae has been adopted and in her new loving forever home🐾💕

From Maggie Mae’s new Mom:
“I would like to thank Destiny for Dogs for all of their amazing work, helping and providing support for these amazing animals. 
The adoption process for Maggie Mae was thorough and detailed which made me feel confident, that they care about the animals and commitment to providing wonderful furever homes.  I love Maggie Mae and couldn’t be happier to welcome this new family member. I should also say that the foster home and mom took amazing care of Maggie and provided a wonderful place for her to reset.  I would recommend adopting from and supporting Destiny for Dogs as JoAnn is an amazing conduit between you and your furever family member.” 

Special “Thank You” to Maggie Mae’s extraordinary, loving and nurturing foster mom, Ann. Just no words to express our appreciation for all that she did to prepare Maggie for her new forever home🌹

Destiny for Dogs volunteers are all wishing Maggie Mae, mom, fur sister Lily Belle, and her new family, “Happy Days Ahead!🐾💕

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE FROM LADY’S AUNTIE, MARGUERITE🐾💕
“Me and Lady. She is sooooohappy with my sister and hubby.🐾💕”
That tail never stops waggin!

All of us at Destiny for Dogs are all wishing Lady, her mom & dad continued “Happy Days Ahead!🐾💕

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE FROM CHARLE’S MOM🐾💕
Charlie was moved from place to place. People only saw his outside which was gorgeous. They didn’t realize what was going on inside Charlie’s head. His way to control fear was to bark, growl, bite to protect himself from being hurt again. 

Charlie’s owner had him for 6 years. Then they decided to move into a condo where dogs were not allowed.  To make a very long and sad story, short and sweet. One day Charlie’s luck changed.  He met his forever mom, for real and forever. Unconditional Love 💗 

Please read the comments below from Charlie’s mom. 
“So my Charlie man only wants to sit on my lap or next to me while I sleep. He has come a long way.  He shakes paws. And gives so many kisses. I have said  many times don’t give up on them.   Charlie makes me laugh every day.” A picture is worth a thousand words. See what love can do🐾💕

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE FROM LUNA RU’S MOM. PHOTOS OF LUNA CELEBRATING ROCCO’S BirthDay🐾💕
“Hi! Great day! It’s Rocco’s birthday today so we went for a walk and stroll on the boardwalk and then to the doggie store for treats and toys and then Starbucks for puppachinos! :)”

Photos to place a smile on your face. Luna Ru went from a horrible breeding situation to living the extraordinary life she so deserved. No words to express our appreciation to Luna’s amazing mom, dad & Rocco (the best fur brother)

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE. ROSE HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND IN HER EXTRAORDINARY LOVING FOREVER HOME🐾💕

From Rose now Felony’s new mom: My husband is so happy. Rose is his dream dog.  I cannot thank you enough. She is going to have a wonderful life, is already so loved and is doing very well.  My husband named her Felony LOL because of his job. Felony is on him like a magnet and follows him everywhere including the bathroom LOL.”

Special “Thank You” to Susan Speno Fracasso for saving Rose and transporting her to Destiny. Thank you to Lynn Mcgrew for transporting Rose to Jackie Sickels who fostered Rose until permanent foster mom, Julie Fox returned from her “Birthday” Weekend🎉  Thank you Julie and family for taking such extraordinary care of Rose and getting her where she needed to be at Trudy Downes. Thank you for Rose’s Blessing Blanket Made with Love. It was a huge comfort to her💗

Many thanks to all of the angels who “touched” Rose for your part in this perfect adoption and Rose now Felony’s “dream come true life.”🐾💕 “It takes a village” and you are all the most amazing villagers🌹

🐾💕PUPDATE & BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS FROM MINNIE’S MOM🐾💕
“Minnie is still doing great and everyone loves her in my condo association. I would not know what to do without her, we all call her “Miss Minnie Mouse!” She is so precious! Just does not like to ride in her car seat, wants to sit between the door and me … I guess her other mother allowed that. Minnie shakes so badly, I’ve tried to medicate her to go out in the car but it didn’t work . So I changed her veterinarian to Shores Animal Hospital because they’re only a few miles from where I live. When they were trying to get urine from Minnie they had the ultrasound on her and saw that she had gallbladder problems.  So it was good that I had switched veterinarians. Minnie’s gallbladder is being kept under control with medication. It’s not really a problem however it would’ve been if we hadn’t found it when we did. So everything is good and I can’t thank you all enough for what you do. Hugs, Pat & Miss Minnie 💕Of course!”

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE. LUNA RU HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND IN HER EXTRAORDINARY LOVING FOREVER HOME WITH HER PERFECT PARENTS. FOR REAL, FOREVER🐾💕
From Luna Ru’s amazing, beautiful and loving new mom:
“Our family is so thankful Luna Ru has come into our lives! We were all completely devastated when our precious Roxy passed away after over 16 incredible years. Luna is exactly what we needed. She is a sweet, loving, happy, cuddly girl! We love her so much and we are so happy to give her the best life possible. Welcome home Luna Ru💗”

🐾💕We are wishing Luna Ru, her mom, dad, fur brother, Rocco and human siblings, “Happy Days Ahead!🐾💕

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE ON ANYA NOW ANNA🐾💕
From Rescuers’ Wendy Glick  & Joseph H Orth: “My happiest adopter ever!” 🌹Special “Thank You to Wendy & Joe for all that they did to make this wonderful dream come true for Anna and her mom. You are both truly “Rescue Angels.”🌹

Thank you Trudy Downes &  Blessing Blankets Made with Love, Inc. for Anna’s special blanket🌹
🐾💕We are wishing Anna and her mom, continued, “Happy Days Ahead!”🐾💕

🐾💕Good NEWS PUPDATE FROM RUFUS & DAISY’S MOM🐾💕
“I’ve been wanting to send you pictures of our two rescues we got from you. We love them both so much. And I know they both love their life here. Thanks so much for rescuing them. We can’t imagine life without them.
Rufus – we have had him 6 years now.Daisy has been with us a year and a half . They both just love Dog Days at Mounts Botanical Gardens. We always bring their strollers in case they get tired and need a ride.  I just can’t even express how much they both are loved.  We can’t imagine life without them!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️thanks so much”

🐾💕We wish Rufus, Daisy, Mom & Dad, continued “Happy Days Ahead!”🐾💕

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE FROM EMMY’S MOM🐾💕
“Love this sweet old girl….thank you for saving her ❤️🐶”
🐾💕Wishing Emmy, her mom and fur siblings, continued “Happy Days Ahead!”🐾💕

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE FROM HUNTER’S MOM🐾💕
“8 years and no less spoiled.” Can you say, “GORGEOUS?” Hunter was found as a puppy underneath a parked car. Special “Thank You” to Tami Wilson for rescuing and Vickie Virzi for fostering Hunter🌹 “It does take a Village!”

Wishing Hunter, his mom & dad continued “Happy Days Ahead!”

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE FROM SWEET PEA’S MOM🐾💕
“Sweet Pea as a Calendar girl.❤️❤️❤️Just loving her. ❤️❤️❤️”
🐾💕We are wishing Sweet Pea, her mom and fur sibling, continued “Happy Days Ahead!”🐾💕

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE, FINNY HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND IN HIS AMAZING NEW LOVING FOREVER HOME🐾💕
Finny’s owner had to leave the country and was heartbroken that he was not able to take his beloved 11 year old Pomeranian with him. He tried to find a new home for Finny on his own to no avail due to behavioral issues💔
Thank you to Sharon Harper and Suely Aurebach for contacting Destiny about Finny🌹

Special “Thank You” to foster parents Mark, Susan Brokaw-Garfinkel & son, Gregory for taking such extraordinary care and going that extra mile to get Finny to his new loving forever home. No words to express Destiny’s appreciation. 

From Finny’s new mom: “Finny is a beautiful boy and I’m very glad his prior “sleepover” was not a perfect match.  He needed time and understanding as he was bewildered and frightened himself. Finny is still getting used to everything but has come a long way.  A good example, he is now sleeping on my bed.  He also knows putting his leash on means going outside and he goes straight to door.  Finny walks 3 miles daily without fail, eats his dog food & treats, and sits on couch with both of us.  He is a lovely dog perfect for our family.

We are happy he is in our care because he needs a lot of nurturing.  I think Finny may have been passed around more than one time.  He has a personality that can be misunderstood as aggressive. But I see as quickly excitable, he will calm down very quickly with simple, firm voice commands and gently touching him physically.  Then it’s over, he is such a good boy. 

Finny jumped in my lap for the first time because of thunder. Since that night he’s been jumping up on me when I sit down in a big enough seat for two.  He’s turning into a lap dog who loves being petted and massaged.  I was fascinated by his evolving personality in just 7 days.  He had it all in him but he was frightened by all the chaos. Oh yes, he’s surprisingly turning into a love bug. Perfect chance to brag about my little boy, Finny. He is such a good baby and I feel so lucky to have gotten him.

Please tell new owners of rescues to give these dogs a chance to warm up and feel safe again. Maybe I’m preaching to the choir but Finny is a perfect example of a dog who just needed, space, time, patience and love to adjust. I’m sure Finny still loves his owner. But I’m also sure Finny is happy and settling in with two retirees who give him around the clock attention as their “only child”
I see now that you really have a tough job placing dogs in appropriate homes!  Adult dogs are a whole different story than puppies.  God bless you! Finny’s home for good.  He’s not coming back.”
♥️We are all so grateful for the commitment, dedication, determination, patience, understanding and unconditional love that this terrific couple has provided Finny. They changed his life by taking a chance. This is what love can do♥️
🐾💕We are wishing Finny, his mom, dad, lots of love, the best of everything and only “Happy Days Ahead .”🐾💕

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE FROM THE ONE AND ONLY “EMMETT!”🐾💕
   “Hello there!   I’m Emmett,,,,,the little white fluffy guy happily cuddled between my people rescues!  My Mom is Anita and Pop is Rocco.  I was blessed to have found them with the help of Joann Goodrich at Destiny for Dogs.  Joann started her search for people in need of rescue while Rona ( my fabulous foster mom ) helped  me in rehab after surgical interventions on my  knees! Rona nursed me back to excellent health to the extent that I am now able to care for 2 people rescues! Since our introduction and getting to know each other I’ve decided that I’d keep them in my life forever.  It’s comforting to know that I’ve been able to build a family for them both.  The love and joy is evident in their adorable little faces when they smile and snuggle with me! They’ve been quick learners and I appreciate the evident training they came with in daily routine health and hygiene matters!  Like myself, they come with a full wellness check and all the necessary shots to stay that way for a long time.

Thanks JoAnn for finding Anita and Rocco for me.  They will take a little effort and training but there is no doubt at all that there is a lot of love going down in this house and I absolutely am in heaven that I found them!  PS I will be texting my favorite photos for you to see how happy they are since I found them!!!
Love Emmett.”

🐾💕We are all wishing Emmett, his Mom & Pop only beautiful and  loving “Happy Days Ahead!🐾💕
🌹“A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words.”🌹

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE! JOY HAS BEEN ADOPTED & IN HER LOVING FOREVER HOME🐾💕
Joy’s beloved mother passed away and she was devastated. Her mom, Amy was “gone to soon.”💔 
Joy’s story is truly heartbreaking and touching, however thankfully with a “Happily Ever After”💗
🐾💕Special “Thank You” to Sue (Amy’s neighbor), Mary Sue MacDonnell, Foster Mom, Jackie Sickels & fabulous family, Dr. Liberman & Staff at Sunshine Veterinary Hospital for the extraordinary care provided🐾💕
🐾💕We are all wishing Joy, her new mom, dad, & fur sister, Mia, lots of love  and only “Happy Days Ahead!”🐾💕

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♥️🐾🌹In Loving Memory of Yanna🌹🐾♥️
Our hearts go out to Yanna’s loving parents who did everything humanly possible to save her life. Plus provided an extraordinary life, endless love and the best medical care. In return, Yanna provided so much love, joy & happiness to her mom, dad and fur-siblings. Yanna will truly be missed by all the lives she touched.   Until you meet again, Yanna will remain in your heart, thoughts and beautiful memories♥️🐾🌹

From Yanna’s mom: 
“It is with a heavy heart that we had to say goodbye to our Yanna girl this morning. We never could have seen this coming as she was doing so well. Yanna started having some heavy breathing for a couple minutes last evening then she was fine. Then it happened again this morning. She ate her breakfast but afterwards laid down in the kitchen. She never does that. We took her to the Vet’s office. The Vet immediately took x-rays, he suspected internal bleeding based on what he saw on the x-rays. They put Yanna on oxygen as the heavier breathing was becoming more consistent. I held the mask on her while the x-rays were sent out to a radiologist to read. Within 30 minutes Yanna’s heartrate started to slow down. The Vet said “she was starting to pass”. The total shock and reality set in. How did this happen so fast? The report came back that Yanna had lymphoma in her lungs and a tumor was bleeding. “There’s nothing you can do”… Dan and I are in total shock never thinking after how well Yanna had been doing that she would pass away this morning. 

Yanna passed with Dan and I right there with her, telling her how much we love her. The pain is unbearable as is the shock of losing her so fast. The Vet is a God send and we are thankful he was there this morning and took care of Yanna, she could not have been in better hands.

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful girl. Yanna was pure joy, the most loving, sweetest little girl ever, with an incredible love for life! Every day with Yanna was truly a gift. She was just that special in every way and to everyone that met her, she put a smile on their face. 
Yanna’s Backstory: Yanna was found in a dumpster at 7 weeks old. A passerby heard crying. She pulled her out of the dumpster and immediately took her to a local shelter for care.  Shortly after Yanna was there she got distemper. Thankfully, she pulled through but was left with neurological symptoms. The good news is, I was a volunteer on the weekends at this shelter, and when a wonderful staff member showed Yanna to me, I knew I had to get her out. Her living conditions were not good. My husband and I had previously rescued three distemper survivors from this shelter. We kept two, Sophie and Darren and a nice lady adopted Ginger. 
I was able to get Yanna out of the shelter and to our Vet’s office.  (Sadly, we had recently lost our dog Darren. We were heartbroken, and so was Sophie). Our Vet said “Yanna is a gift from above”, because Yanna reminded us so much of our sweet Darren. Our Vet put Yanna on medications to help with her neurological condition and within weeks she was thriving. Yanna was a true survivor with an incredible love for life. Yanna and Sophie quickly became best friends. Yanna helped heal Sophie’s heart and our hearts. She had her forever loving home with canine siblings and us. Their lives were filled with so much love, happiness, play time and incredible care. Every day was filled with laughter, just watching them play was entertaining. We were incredibly blessed and grateful to have had Yanna for 15 plus years. She had an amazing personality and was so loving, smart and funny. Her beautiful eyes were so full of expression. Yanna and I were never more than a few feet apart from one another in our home. We had an incredible bond, a once in a lifetime. Yanna was and will always be my heart dog as you so lovingly said JoAnn. We love and miss her more than I can say and we always will. 
These pictures of Yanna are some of our favorites! We love her sweet face and beautiful smile!The loss of Yanna is indescribable, our home is so quiet and feels so empty without her. My husband and I are so blessed to have shared our lives with Yanna for so many years. She is loved and missed more than words can say…”

Buddy has been adopted and in his new loving forever home. Thank you to Trudy Downs for Buddy’s Blessing Blanket Made with Love. Such a special act of kindness that you provide to rescue babies. Special “Thank You” to Sue & Bill for fostering Buddy and providing outstanding care. All your love, patience, nurturing and understanding helped to get him where he needed to be.  Many thanks to Dr. Liberman for Buddy’s extraordinary medical care and support. 

We are wishing Buddy and his new mom, “Happy Days Ahead!” 

🐾💕GOOD NEWS PUPDATE!  MR. TINY HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND IN HIS LOVING FUREVER HOME🐾💕
We are wishing Mr. Tiny and his new family, “Happy Days Ahead!” 
Special “Thank You” to Sharon Harper for rescuing this sweet boy from a breeder. Mr. Tiny and his sister were in poor condition. “Thank you to Sonia Salazar at Mueller’s and Cynthia Clements for transporting to the Animal Clinic at Wellington Reserve. Linda Abbott, DVM for providing outstanding medical care. Mark & Susan Brokaw-Garfinkel for providing TLC and going that extra mile. Lynn Mcgrew for finding this angel such an extraordinary loving forever home. It truly takes a Village and you are all such awesome, dedicated “Villagers.”  No words to express our appreciation🌹
They say, “A picture is worth a 1,000 words.” These photos reflect what love, patience, kindness, excellent care can do♥️

HAPPY SECOND BIRTHDAY, INDY🐾🎈🎉
From Indy’s Mom: “The puppies are 2 today! Indy got to go to the pet store to pick out a toy and to Starbucks for a pup cup.”

Destiny for Dogs is wishing Indy, her brothers and sisters “Yappy Birthday & Many, Many More.” You all hit the doggy lottery!

🌹Special “Thank You” to their fur mom, Winnie for bringing these angels into the world🌹

🎉HAPPY 4TH OF JULY FROM OUR VERY OWN Kat Zs AND HER RESCUE BABIES🎉
Kat is such a talented photographer and an extraordinary fur mom🐾💕
Thank you Kat for always sharing “Holiday Photos” of your precious babies🐾💕
Wishing all a very Happy & Safe 4th of July