Ruger's Rescues

Ruger's Rescues We're a 501(c)(3) that specializes in: 1. Boots-on-the-ground outreach by providing free food and supplies to unhoused or struggling pet owners; 2.

Cruelty prevention through childhood education; and 3. Emergency transport for euthanasia-listed animals.

One year ago today, we pulled this little girl out from under a car on our street where she was curled up into a little ...
05/28/2026

One year ago today, we pulled this little girl out from under a car on our street where she was curled up into a little ball, sleeping. We had been feeding her for a few weeks at that point. She was very, very sweet, and we believe she had a home once. 🐱

She made a home in my office for the first few months, and has since moved in upstairs with her sister, Penny, into the coolest cat room ever. All she ever wants is cuddles and belly rubs.

She celebrated today with new toys, treats, and lots of love ❤️

Everyone, please wish a happy 6th birthday and 1st adoptiversary to sweet Mia!!

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05/25/2026

We've had 3 big Barkets recently at in Downtown, San Diego!

✨️ During these Barkets, we helped 86 pets in need! 86! ✨️

We also handed out:

- 273 pounds of food (!!)
- 102 toys
- 85 bags of treats
- 18 bowls
- 16 leashes, harnesses, and collars
- 15 beds and blankets

🎉 Last month, we celebrated our 1 year anniversary at Ladle! We also got to witness Dr. Doug from in action, providing free vet care, and a shout out to for letting me borrow 2 of their students as awesome volunteers!

Please take 58 seconds of your day to meet the good boys and girls we were lucky enough to help. 🐱🐶

We have 3 more Barkets in the next week! Please don't hesitate to reach out of you, or someone you know, needs a little bit of extra help for their dog or cat. That's why we're here!

🗓 Upcoming Barkets and events:

5/26: IB
5/29: Neil Good Day Center
5:30: Paws in the Park event
5/31: PB

Thank you everyone for your support and donations to help us get through these much needed food and supply distributions!

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💫 3 years.💫 2,300 animals helped across 2 continents.💫 7,150 pounds of pet food handed out.Not too shabby for the new ki...
05/04/2026

💫 3 years.
💫 2,300 animals helped across 2 continents.
💫 7,150 pounds of pet food handed out.

Not too shabby for the new kid on the block 💜

Thank you to everyone that helped get us here 🫶

Let's keep going.

05/03/2026

So many happy pupstomers yesterday!

For the 3rd year, we had a booth at the Walk for Animals put on by the . This is usually one of our biggest fundraisers of the year, and yesterday didn't disappoint!

Dozens of dozens of the best pup cups ever made. These are NOT your Starbucks pup cups! 🧁

🐶 We made lots of new friends and saw so many old ones! 550 pounds of 3 black Great Danes came back again this year to say hi. was so happy that she put her whole pup cup in her mouth and wouldn't let her pawrents take it out. We saw our good friend and her good boy. We got to help pups looking for their furever home with and .

A huge thank you to for the biggest pup cup ever made! A shout out to the incredible team at - Everyone should go check them out! And thank you to for 2 bags of your stuffies - You're going to make some unhoused pets very happy! 🫶

👀 Take a look at some of the good boys and girls we met yesterday, along with the best pup cup faces and whipped cream noses!

Our next fundraiser will be at on May 17th for big event! We'll be there serving up pup cups with lots of prizes to win! See everyone there! 💜

🎉 HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY PENNY LANE!! 🎉This is the story of a 7 week old, 1.4 lb kitty who fit in the palm of my hand, and h...
04/14/2026

🎉 HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY PENNY LANE!! 🎉

This is the story of a 7 week old, 1.4 lb kitty who fit in the palm of my hand, and has defied all medical explanation.

2 years ago, I pulled this little girl from OC Animal Services on her euthanasia weekend. They said she had CHF and pneumonia. I expected her to be a hospice foster.

I immediately took her to urgent care, where the awful (awful, awful, awful) vet made me cry and said I should euthanize her on the spot because I told her I wanted to get a 2nd opinion from what she said. I think that may be the only time I've ever asked for a 2nd opinion, especially in an emergency situation, but something felt very off about what she told me. So I left with my little palm-sized kitty thay was coughing and having trouble breathing.

Well, thank God I did. That 2nd opinion happened 3 days later with Dr. Sekhon, her primary vet (He's so good, we've followed him 4 places. If you need a vet - drive to him - from anywhere). Which led to Dr. Orvalho, her cardiologist at UC Davis.

Penny has VSD, and will for the rest of her life. Basically, she was born with a hole in her heart, and the blood flows the wrong direction. That's the short story. She's on 3 meds, 2x a day, with routine check-ups and echocardiograms twice a year. We don't know what her entire lifeline looks like, but I do know she's kicking ass and living her best life in the coolest cat room of all time, with a new sister.

A 2 week hospice turned into a lifeline of not likely longer than 6 months. At a year old, we started talking about heart surgery and banding. A couple months ago during her routine echo and check-up, Dr. Orvalho walked in saying, "This is insane." Turns out little Penny won't need surgery because her body basically performed it on itself in the last few months. She's already been able to cut back on one of her main heart meds.

This little girl is a medical marvel. She's defied all life and medical odds, as only an orange cat can.

The first photo is from today, followed by her freedom ride video on the day I met her, followed by 2 videos when she first met Dr. Sekhon (in comments).

Please wish Penny a happy 2nd birthday!! 🎈🎊🎂

Check out our APRIL EVENTS! It's also NATIONAL PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS MONTH!We have 4 Barkets around San Diego...
04/04/2026

Check out our APRIL EVENTS! It's also NATIONAL PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS MONTH!

We have 4 Barkets around San Diego along with a whole bunch of special pet days, including:

✨ ️April: Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month
✨ ️April: National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
✨ ️April 4: World Stray Animals Day
✨ ️April 19: National Hug Your Dog Day
✨ ️April 11: National Pet Day
✨️ April 12-18: National Dog Bite Prevention Week
✨️ April 17-23: National Pet ID Week
✨ ️April 19: National Cat Lady Day
✨ ️April 26: National Pet Parents Day
✨️ April 30: Adopt a Shelter Pet Day

Such a busy and important month! We'll be helping over 100 animals in need this month!

Photos coming tomorrow of our most recent (and big!) Barket over the weekend.

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We updated our website resources! 🎉We have everything from domestic violence shelters that accept pets to reporting anim...
03/29/2026

We updated our website resources! 🎉

We have everything from domestic violence shelters that accept pets to reporting animal cruelty to financial assistance for emergency vet appointments. Whatever you're having to handle, we have you covered! 💜

Take a look at some of the topics that we have resources on. We have literally dozens, if not more, on things such as:

➡️ Local and nationwide free and low-cost pet care
➡️ Ways to apply for emergency medical grants and financial assistance for vet care
➡️ Nationwide emergency fosters, shelter info, and shelters that accept pets
➡️ Help with temporary or permanent pet rehoming due to emergencies, inpatient care, hospitalization, domestic violence, deployment, homelessness, and more
➡️ Nationwide free pet food and supplies
➡️ Warning signs of domestic abuse and animal cruelty
➡️ Reporting animal cruelty and animal abuse laws
➡️ Local, nationwide, and international animal transport, including air transport for pets and flight nannies
➡️ General pet resources, including information on: Microchipping, prescriptions, toxic foods and poison control, cancer resources, dog trainers, vet license search, fostering, lost & found animals, pet sitters, licensing, rescue group search, and more!

If you have questions or need something you don't see on here, DM us or email us at [email protected].

✨️ We're also very open to expanding our topics and resources if you have any ideas that may be helpful! ✨️

Don't be afraid to ask for help. If you need anything, no matter how small it is, feel free to reach out. We're here to help 🫶

🎉 36 animals helped in only 2 hours today! It was a big Barket morning at ' Neil Good Day Center in Downtown!💛 Days at t...
03/28/2026

🎉 36 animals helped in only 2 hours today!

It was a big Barket morning at ' Neil Good Day Center in Downtown!

💛 Days at the Day Center are always very difficult and emotional. I don't know the last time I got in my car to go home after this Barket location and didn't cry. Today brought someone lying about having a cat in order to pass out cat food for humans to eat, as well as having security remove the dad of the pups in the first photo for how he was treating the baby 💛

➡️ It's not easy, but what we do is needed. Those pups still need help, supplies, and all the love they can get from us in just a few short moments. We have zero tolerance for any type of aggression or abuse towards either us or an animal. We're not afraid to refuse services, ask to have them removed, or involve law enforcement. Help and doing the right thing doesn't just mean providing a bag of supplies.

In addition to helping 36 of the goodest boys and girls (and so many puppies today!), we handed out:

⭐️ 99 pounds of food
⭐️ 35 toys
⭐️ 26 bags of treats
⭐️ 24 bowls
⭐️ 10 cooling bandanas
⭐️ 8 leashes and harnesses
⭐️ 5 beds and blankets
⭐️ 3 sweaters

🫶 Thank you so much to for food, treats, and blankets; for a desperately needed donation that purchased food for today; for toys and beds; Cyndy and the Woman's Club of Lakeside for their amazing handmade beds; for all the donated reusable bags; and everyone else who supported and donated to make today's Barket pawssible! We appreciate you immensely! 🫶

🗓 This was Barket #4 in 2 weeks. On Sunday afternoon, we'll be rounding out the month at . If you need something help with pet food and supplies, come on out - we'll be there at 2 pm! ⌚️

And remember, the will provide you with food, toys, treats, litter, and beds. They will give you food literally every single day for your animal. If you need to get there, but are unable, please contact us. There is always a way to ensure that your best friend doesn't go without.

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03/24/2026

OH. MY. GOD.

It's JANICE! And she's talking about us!

A huge thank you to for being incredible! You recognizing our hard work and supporting our little rescue means the world to us. Acknowledging the ones out on the frontline helping animals in need is so needed, yet so often overlooked. We appreciate you more than you know!

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03/21/2026

🎉 Barket #3 of 5 in 2 weeks! 🎉

We spent this morning helping the clients of at their Lot B Safe Sleeping location. This location provides temporary housing for nearly 200 people, along with 2 meals a day, showers, laundry, and more.

🐶🐱 They have fewer animals here, but we still helped 17 good girls and boys...and lots of kitties! 🐈

We handed out:

✨️ 68 pounds of food
✨️ 24 toys
✨️ 17 bags of treats
✨️ 15 bowls
✨️ 9 beds and blankets
✨️ 8 cooling items (It's already hitting close to 100 degrees!)
✨️ 4 leashes, harnesses, and collars

Thank you to everyone who supported and donated to make today and all of March's Barkets pawssible. We're incredibly grateful 🙏

In a dark world, please take 36 seconds of your day to see some of our new friends and happy tails from today ♥️💜

🗓 Next Friday, 3/27, we'll be at Neil Good Day Center at 8 am, followed by an afternoon with on Sunday, 3/29.

🫶 If you, or someone you know, needs a little help in taking care of their best friend, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. You can reach us on here, over email at: [email protected], and on our website (along with our Event Calendar and a ton of Resources): Www.rugersrescues.org 👈

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P. O. Box 131476
Carlsbad, CA
92013

Telephone

+18446978437

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