Once starving, cold and barely surviving, Bryce and Fisher are now living the life they never knew possible! Bryce and Fisher came to us on February 8, 2018 after showing up at a private residence. They were skin and bones and very, very scared. We vaccinated and dewormed them and placed them in our puppy foster home. While puppies who are that scared and attached to one another really do not benefit from living together, we knew it was only temporary and at the time we were focused on getting them healthy. Our friends at Furry Friends Network in PA offered to take these pups and get them th ..read more

Piper was hit by a car on January 31, 2018. Her owners contacted our vet who in turn contacted us. The owners were going to put the dog to sleep because they could not afford the time or financial commitment but Dr. Whitley of Bluegrass Animal Clinic wanted to give her a fighting chance. Piper was surrendered to BRAR on January 31, 2018. After x-rays it was determined that Piper sustained a pelvic symphisis fracture. She also had some pretty bad road rash and broken teeth. Initially she was in so much pain that she would snap and bite whenever she needed to be moved. But as time has gone by ..read more

Today was another day of puppy inquiries.  Two puppies, Loki and Bogart, were strays that showed up at someone's home. They are chunky little monkeys. They were vaccinated, dewormed and giving flea meds and placed into foster.​ We also had two other puppies, Bryce and Fisher, brought in that were allegedly dumped at someone's home. They were given a body condition score of 2 out of 10. All bones are visible through their skin and they're very scared. Fecal analysis showed coccidia. They were vaccinated and placed into our main puppy foster. We were also contacted about helping rehome swee ..read more

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Back Roads Animal Rescue is expanding. Due to the lack of committed foster families we need to find better use of our current resources. Most of the dogs are housed at the founder's home and luckily they have a lot of land. But the land needs to be prepared for safely containing more dogs. Right now there are several free standing kennels but they are mostly used just to quarantine animals while they are on stray hold. The idea for this expansion is to create a more natural environment where the dogs can run and play, swim, and rest. There is currently one pasture that is fenced w ..read more

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​On July 25 in the evening we received a message from a friend and volunteer, Lori. She had intercepted a little pit bull mix puppy who had allegedly had its mouth wired (externally) closed at some point. Just one look at the photos and you'll see why we couldn't turn her away. How sad that anyone would even think to do this to an animal...   We call her Kappie. We had her spayed, vaccinated, and started on heartworm prevention. She's about six months old. We are trying to move her to a rescue out of state. Kentucky is no place for abused or neglected dogs since we all knows the "laws" around ..read more

​Sundays are usually full of rescue stories. Today we intercepted five little puppies approximately 8 weeks old. They were found on a riverbank, apparently abandoned, by a concerned citizen. They were able to coax the puppies off the bank and bring them to us.   The puppies are lice infested, flea infested and have skin infections with patches of thinning hair. They are likely full of worms as their bellies are very swollen. A couple of them have drainage from their eyes and one has an ulcerated sore on its ear.   We also had a request to take in two kittens that someone found as strays. They ..read more

​Today Angie and I volunteered at the Tri-State TNR clinic at the Kyova Mall. Chrissy Dillow has taken it upon herself to single-handedly change the plight for cats in the Tri-State area. She secured a location at the mall and has now brought many rescue groups and veterinarians together to host TNR clinics.   What is TNR? It's an acronym for trap, neuter, release. The idea was initially to spay/neuter feral cat colonies by trapping them and releasing them back into their environment. Typically the cat's ears are notched so that if the cats are ever re-trapped then the trapper will ..read more