Westie Rescue MI – Westie Rescue MI

WELCOME TO THE WESTIE RESCUE MICHIGAN WEBSITE!

We are delighted you discovered our website and encourage you to check out all the links on our Home page.

Perhaps you would like to learn more about West Highland White Terriers, or you might be interested in adopting, volunteering, fundraising, or becoming a foster home for Westie Rescue Michigan.

If you’d like to learn more about what we’ve been up to, please check out our yearly NEWSLETTER. It’s our version of an annual report and focuses on the dogs we’ve fostered, those who have helped us and includes a brief financial report.

Whatever the reason, thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in Westie Rescue Michigan. We invite you to also visit and “like” our Facebook page and follow us.

Thanks again for exploring our website. We hope you come back and visit us often!

BETH WIDDOWS: All of us at Westie Rescue MI Inc. are saddened by the loss of our founder and friend, Beth Widdows who passed away on September 16, 2023. Rest assured we will continue as the foundation she established was built on solid ground.

Her family has requested that any memorial donations be made to:

The Westie Foundation (www.westiefoundation.org)
The National Club, Rescue Committee (www.westieclubamerica.com, Rescue committee)
Pancreatic Cancer (www.pancan.org)

DOGS IN FOSTER CARE

To learn about how to adopt one of our rescues, look for the adoption menu at the top of this page. To learn more about a specific dog, select the “Our Westies” tab and then the album.

Finny is an 11-month-old who is ALL PUPPY! His family was facing some health issues that were limiting their ability to care for him and they’ve asked Westie Rescue Michigan to find him a new forever home.

Willow is recovering from surgery to correct a problem with her liver. She’s just 7 months old, so she’s very much a puppy.

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WESTIE RESCUE MICHIGAN INC. MISSION STATEMENT

Westie Rescue Michigan is organized as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of Michigan for charitable purposes. Specific goals include:

To provide assistance and care for homeless West Highland White Terriers (WHWTs) specifically in, but not limited to, the lower Peninsula of Michigan.

To have a WHWT foster care program, which will foster in home, provide medical, emotional, and behavioral care, and eventually place in adoptive homes or, in rare instances, to humanely euthanize those dogs who cannot be safely placed or are too ill to find a good quality of life.

To raise funds to provide the medical and other care of foster dogs; these funds may sometimes be used to assist other groups with similar goals or to assist with medical research specifically intended to benefit the breed or to augment existing and newly formed educational programs for the public; or to advocate for the café and well-being of animals.

To, on occasion, provide the same type of care for Westie mixes and rarely, other breeds.

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HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR RESCUE

Walk For A Dog – Earn funds for Westie Rescue just by walking your dog. Get the smartphone app at www.WoofTrax.com
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KROGER COMMUNITY PROGRAM
Earn funds for Westie Rescue by registering your Kroger Awards Card for the Community program.

1. Go to www.krogers.com
2. Log in
3. Choose Community Rewards
4. Search on Westie Rescue Michigan
5. Check the box and enter
If you don’t currently have a Kroger Plus card, stop at the service desk and get one the next time you are at the store.

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FOSTER HOMES DESPERATELY NEEDED!!
If you have it in your heart to foster a Westie, please go to the link above called “Volunteering”. We hate to have to say “no” to any Westie in need but we don’t have the foster space to continue taking them in at this rate. While we may not seem to have a lot of dogs when you look above, at times we have had as many as ten. They tend to come in groups and it puts a real strain on our resources. If you can foster even once or twice a year, it would be a huge help and may even save lives. Please give it serious consideration! A Westie NEEDS YOU!

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WESTIE RESCUE MICHIGAN RELATIONSHIPS
* A member of The West Highland White Terrier Club of America’s “National Westie Rescue”