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.

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 and we hope you come back and visit us often!

CURRENT FOSTER DOGS

Our current foster dogs are shown below. See their stories at: https://westierescue-mi.com/2023-foster-photos/. Note that the last line of their story will typically tell you if they are still available.

Ollie is 6 years old and currently in foster care — he did well at the groomer and passed his physical at the vets. He’s being fostered with the option of adoption, so he may already be “home”.

Lilly is a senior lady of 12, who has spend some time at the vet’s and is currently being treated for a minor ear infection. She may be a diva but she loves everyone she meets.

Lillie Belle is a 5 year old whose family was no longer able to provide her with the care she needed. She’s in the good hands of her foster mom and is being treated for skin issues and an ear infection. She will be available for adoption when she is once again healthy.

We seldom place outside of the state. Occasionally a harder to place dog may find a home in a neighboring state but due to the difficulties in enforcing contracts, doing home visits, getting the dog transported back to us if the adoption doesn’t work out, etc., it is rare that a dog would go to a distant state.

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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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AMAZON SMILE PROGRAM
Earn funds for Westie Rescue by making your Amazon purchases using the Smile program.

http://smile.amazon.com/about/ch/45-0787009
Amazon shoppers: Please go to Amazon and choose Westie Rescue Michigan as your Amazon Smile charity!!!!
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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 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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WESTIE RESCUE MICHIGAN RELATIONSHIPS
* A member of The West Highland White Terrier Club of America’s “National Westie Rescue”