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For the Love of Ludo, Novinger, MO (2026)

09/03/2026

Time for an update on Lady Liberty and her seven little chocolate nuggets. ❤️ And somehow, for once, we have mostly GOOD news to share.

First things first… LOOK AT THEM. 🥹❤️ These little nuggets have changed so much in a week it's ridiculous. They're eating like they've never seen food before, waddling around everywhere, starting to play, finding their voices and becoming more puppy-like by the day. I still can't believe these are the same tiny babies that were living underneath an abandoned house just a week ago.

And Liberty? She's doing great. ❤️ She's sweet as can be, absolutely beautiful and such a good girl. She's also very much a Husky and has plenty of opinions about being contained, but considering where she was living a week ago, I think she's allowed to have a few complaints. 😂 She's safe, she's getting spoiled, she's taking amazing care of her babies, and it's been pretty incredible watching her settle in and realize she doesn't have to fend for herself anymore.

We also finally got some answers about all of those weird wounds we were seeing on momma and the babies. Staph infection. All eight of them. 😭 Thankfully, on Monday they were seen by the vet, treatment has been started, and everybody is otherwise doing really well. They're eating, getting stronger and becoming more active every single day. We've still got some healing to do, but at least now we know what we're dealing with and we're headed in the right direction.

Now for the REALLY big news. ❤️

When we originally made their post we said we were still very much open to another licensed rescue stepping up if someone had the room and resources for an entire momma and seven very young puppies. Because while we made room for them here, the truth is that room didn't magically appear. We just did what we always seem to do around here and said, Well s**t. We'll figure it out.

And you guys helped us figure it out.

Healing Hearts Rescue in Minnesota reached out, and tomorrow evening Lady Liberty and ALL SEVEN of her babies will be heading to Minnesota. 🥹❤️

They're going together. Momma gets to stay with her babies while they're still this young, their treatment and medical care will continue, and this entire little family gets to move on to the next part of their story together. I cannot even begin to explain the relief that comes with knowing exactly where they're going and knowing someone else is ready and able to take the baton from here.

But before they leave, I really need to talk about something else because you guys showed up BIG for these eight.

We asked for towels, blankets, wet food, puppy supplies and help with their veterinary care, and things started showing up almost immediately. Some of you donated money. Some sent supplies. Some shared their story. Some did all of the above. And holy cow have we needed it. Seven parasite-loaded babies can go through towels and blankets faster than I ever thought possible, especially when anything heavily soiled or contaminated goes straight into the trash instead of through our laundry. 😅

And I don't ever want anybody thinking that because they're transferring after only being here a little over a week, that help wasn't needed or didn't matter.

When I loaded eight unexpected dogs into my vehicle last Thursday, I had absolutely no idea there would be a Minnesota rescue waiting for them a week later. I knew there was a momma and seven 3–4 week old babies living underneath an abandoned house. I knew people were publicly asking for their exact location because they wanted to go get themselves a puppy. And I knew we couldn't leave them there.

That was pretty much the entire plan. 😂 Everything after that was figure it out as we go.

And because you guys helped us, we were able to figure it out. Those donations fed them. Those towels and blankets gave seven little babies somewhere clean, warm and soft to sleep. The supplies helped us keep seven flea-covered, parasite-loaded, staph-infected little nuggets clean and comfortable while they started healing. Your donations helped us get them medical care. Most importantly, your help gave us the ability to say YES when eight dogs needed somewhere safe to go right then, even though we absolutely did not have the room, resources or energy for eight more dogs.

So please don't think for one second that your help wasn't needed because they're leaving. Your help is part of the reason they're able to leave better than they arrived. ❤️ Everything that was sent for this family did exactly what it was supposed to do... it helped us take care of dogs who desperately needed somebody.

And when you really think about everything that has happened in less than two weeks, it's kind of crazy.

One woman noticed a hungry little Husky coming around looking for food. Valerie fed her and cared enough to follow her. Liberty led her underneath an abandoned house where seven tiny babies were found. Valerie worked her butt off getting every last one of them out. They came to Ludo's world. You guys helped us take care of them. Our vet figured out what was going on with their skin and got treatment started. And now another rescue is stepping up and saying, “We've got them from here.” ❤️

THAT is how rescue is supposed to work. Not one rescue drowning while everybody else looks the other way. Not seven 3–4 week old puppies being handed out to whoever could crawl underneath a house fast enough. Just people helping people help dogs.

Tomorrow is going to be bittersweet because apparently I'm perfectly capable of becoming attached to eight dogs in approximately 14 minutes. 😂 But this is a good goodbye.

Lady Liberty and her babies didn't need us forever.

They just needed us when nobody else was coming.

And we came. Then all of you came right behind us. ❤️

Thanks to every single person who donated, sent supplies, shared their story, offered advice, checked on them or helped us in any way over this past week. Tomorrow evening, all eight will leave Missouri together.... safe, fed, flea-free, worm-free, receiving treatment and headed toward people who are ready to take it from here. A HUGE thank you to Healing Hearts Rescue in Minnesota and the angels who will be helping with transport. ❤️

A week ago, they were underneath an abandoned, falling-down house.

Tomorrow, they're headed to Minnesota to an actual foster home with a whole family. ❤️

Not too shabby, Lady Liberty. Not too shabby at all.

Go show Minnesota what Ludo's little chocolate nuggets are made of. ❤️🐾

08/30/2026

Guess it's time to introduce everyone to our newest little family. ❤️

This was absolutely not in the plans. We did not have the room, resources, or energy for eight more dogs. And we definitely weren't looking for eight more dogs.

But sometimes you get put in a situation where you either figure it out… or you walk away knowing exactly what you left behind.

Last Sunday, I got a message from a woman named Valerie who was staying with her parents in Brookfield. A small Husky had been coming around their house looking for food for over a week. Valerie had been feeding her, and eventually decided to follow her to see where she was going.

She led her straight to an abandoned, run-down house. And underneath that house were seven tiny puppies.

From there, we started trying to figure out who Momma belonged to and what exactly had happened.

Her name was Roxy. She's only three years old and is reportedly a full Husky. The father of the puppies is reportedly a full chocolate Lab.

We learned that on the Fourth of July, both adult dogs were apparently terrified of the fireworks. According to a conversation with the family, the door was opened and they were told to get the heck out. 😭💔😡

Momma was pregnant. Daddy hasn't been seen again since..😭

Momma apparently didn't go far. She ended up only a few houses away, crawled underneath an abandoned house and eventually had her babies there.

When the family was contacted and told that Momma and seven puppies were living underneath that house, we were told they didn't want anything to do with them, didn't care what happened to them, and that they weren't their problem.

At that point, we started begging for help.

We uploaded photos and reached out looking for an alternate licensed rescue that had the space and resources to take them. We posted them for days. We asked. We shared. We waited.

Nobody came.

Then the post reached the general public, and instead of rescue offers, people started asking for the exact location because they wanted to go underneath the house and get puppies for themselves.

These babies are only approximately 3–4 weeks old. They still need their mom.

And once people started asking where they could go pick one up, we knew we couldn't wait around anymore.

This had become urgent.

So Valerie got to work. She deserves a HUGE amount of credit because she had already been feeding Momma and watching over this little family, and ultimately she managed to get every single puppy out from underneath that house.

All seven. Five girls and two boys. ❤️

Thursday evening, all eight of them came home with me. But not before heading to a good friend's house for 3.5 hours of bathing and combing and picking off thousands of fleas. Along with getting everybody some wormer started and what we've been cleaning up for the past 3 days is what nightmares are made of...🤮 These babies were overloaded! 😭

And Roxy has now officially retired her old name.

Considering how this whole mess apparently started on the Fourth of July, Lady Liberty seemed pretty fitting. 🇺🇸❤️

Liberty is incredibly sweet and well behaved. She's also very much a Husky and is currently convinced that being safely contained is a terrible injustice. 😂 She's already been trying to escape and in the process has dumped enough water in the last couple of days to fill a small swimming pool, but we're figuring each other out.

The babies are safe, warm, eating and becoming more active every day.

But they're also not okay enough for us to pretend this was just a cute litter of puppies that needed somewhere to go.

All seven have injuries of varying degrees. Two of the girls have injuries that are especially concerning, including one with a significant injury to her tail and another with abnormal exposed/swollen tissue near her rear. We've been trying to get them seen, but haven't been able to get anyone in with it being the end of the week. We're monitoring everyone closely until we can get them to the vet.

And that brings us to where we are now.

For the Love of Ludo unexpectedly has eight more dogs. 🥹❤️

We could really use some help with this bunch.

We're going through towels and blankets like crazy. We need more wet food, puppy toys, towels and blankets, and we're going to need help with what is likely to be a pretty substantial veterinary bill between seven injured puppies, their routine puppy care, and getting Momma completely vetted as well.

And I want to be clear about one other thing:

If there is a licensed rescue with the resources and appropriate setup to help us with this family, that offer is STILL very much welcome.

Taking them in didn't magically create more space here. It simply meant we couldn't leave seven 3–4 week old babies underneath an abandoned house while people were publicly trying to figure out where they could go grab one.

For now, they're here. They're together. And They're safe.

And we'll do what we always do and figure out the rest as we go. ❤️

Thank you, Valerie, for noticing one hungry dog, caring enough to follow her, and refusing to give up when you found seven more little lives underneath that house.

To the lady who booted her out on 4th of July when she was already terrified.... Karma is a good friend of ours. 🤷‍♀️

Welcome to Ludo's World, Lady Liberty and your seven little chocolate nuggets. ❤️🐾

You don't have to survive underneath a busted up, falling down house anymore. You're safe now. ❤️

08/27/2026

Of COURSE we almost missed National Dog Day. 😂❤️

In our defense, we were a little busy… with dogs.

But with just a few minutes left in the day, it felt wrong not to stop for a second and celebrate the whole reason we're here.

Before there was For the Love of Ludo, there was just Ludo. One little brindle dog who had absolutely no idea how much he was going to change my life.... or how many other dogs would someday be saved simply because he existed.

And then came all of these faces. ❤️

Every dog pictured here, besides the little guy who started it all, is currently in our care. Different stories. Different reasons for ending up here. And every single one still writing their own story.

The scared ones. The forgotten ones. The dumped ones. The ones who needed medicine, patience, a full belly, a safe place to sleep, or somebody stubborn enough to keep showing up for them. The goofy ones who make us laugh when we're exhausted. The difficult ones who make us question every life choice we've ever made. 😂 The ones still waiting for their people.

And somehow, all these years later, that little dog in the flannel shirt is still right in the middle of every bit of it.

So we may be sliding into National Dog Day at approximately the last possible second… but around here, every dern day is Dog Day. ❤️🐾

Happy National Dog Day from Ludo's World!

And now we want to see YOUR dogs. ❤️ Drop a picture in the comments.. the pretty ones, the goofy ones, the seniors, the puppies, the rescues, the foster fails, the spoiled rotten couch potatoes… we want to see them ALL. 🐾

And Ludo... this one's still all because of you, buddy. ❤️

08/26/2026

🎒 BACK TO SCHOOL: SMARTY MARTY 🎒

First up in the Ludo class of 2026 is the one and only Smarty Marty. ❤️

And if we're going in order of seniority around here… well, Marty has unfortunately earned himself a front row seat. This sweet boy has spent far too much of his life waiting for somebody to finally choose him for keeps. In fact he first came into our world in May of 2025. That's 15 months 🫨

Marty is around 5 years old, fully vetted, and one of those dogs that makes you wonder how in the world he is still here. Or should we say.... back here again! He walks on a leash like an absolute gentleman, loves his people, rides well in the car, 1000 percent housetrained and when you're out and about with him, he carries himself like he's been professionally trained for this whole "good boy" thing.

His report card isn't completely spotless, though. 😂 Marty would do best with female dogs and needs a home without cats.

He's been through more than enough in his lifetime. He's survived being a stray, carries old buckshot in his body from a life we'll never fully know, found what we thought was his forever home…and then, months later, found himself right back here with us.

And somehow, Marty is still Marty.

Still sweet. Still loyal. Still ready to go wherever you're going. Still looking at people like maybe this time somebody will mean forever. ❤️

So while everybody else is heading back to school, our senior boy has exactly one thing on his schedule this year:

Graduate from Rescue and go HOME. 🎓🐾

📍 Located near Kirksville, Missouri
🚗 Transport available within reason
❤️ Applications required, please message us.

Let's find Smarty Marty the family he's been waiting for.

08/25/2026

BACK TO SCHOOL: LUDO'S WORLD EDITION ✏️📚

Everybody else is posting their first-day-of-school pictures today, so obviously we had to show off our kids too. 😂❤️

Meet the For the Love of Ludo Class of 2026. 🎓🐾

We've got class clowns. Overachievers. Professional snack testers. Hall monitors nobody asked for. Kids who excel at recess. Kids who would absolutely be sent to the principal's office. And probably a couple who would fake a stomachache just to go home early. 😂

But our kids aren't waiting for the school bus.

They're waiting for their families. ❤️

Every goofy little “student profile” in this post belongs to a real dog still waiting for somebody to look at their picture and think, Yep. That's my dog.

And we're introducing them in order of how long they've been waiting here. Starting with the ones who have watched the most dogs come and go while they continue waiting for their turn. 🥺

Some are outgoing. Some are shy. Some want adventures. Some would happily major in Couch Potato Studies. Some need to be your one and only. Some would love a four-legged sibling.

They're all different.

But every single one of them deserves to finally graduate from Ludo's World to HOME. 🎓❤️

So while you're scrolling through all those adorable back-to-school pictures today, take a minute to scroll through ours too.

Maybe your newest family member is sitting right here in the Class of 2026. 🐾

📍 Located near Kirksville, Missouri
🚗 Transport can be arranged within reason for the right home.

And if you can't adopt, SHARE THE CLASS PHOTO. Their person might be sitting right there on your friends list. ❤️

Alright kids... everybody smile and say CHEESE. 📸😂❤️

08/24/2026

❤️ EVERYBODY NOTICED THE BABIES... NOW LOOK AT HIM. ❤️

All the babies are officially out of the house. Everybody has moved on, roommates have been rearranged, and for one beautiful, peaceful moment... Momma Dottie had her room all to herself.

We fixed that. 😂

This is her oldest child, King Charles.... or Kingsley, because apparently we can't even commit to calling this dog by his government name. 😂❤️

And my goodness, I cannot adequately explain how sweet this big ol' boy is.

He's happy. He's goofy. He loves people. He loves attention. He's great on a leash, loves going for car rides, and does great with female dogs. He's just one of those dogs who walks up to you with that giant head and sweet face and makes it really darn hard not to love him.

He also has absolutely ZERO respect for his mother's personal space.

There was an ENTIRE BED available. An entire bed.......

And this approximately 75-pound grown man chose to sit directly on his mother. 😂😂😂

Look at Dottie's face. LOOK AT IT.

She spent months raising babies and now she's apparently running a halfway house for her adult child. 😂

But despite what her face would have you believe, she's actually loving having him in there with her. And Kingsley? He's just happy to be included. ❤️

This sweet boy has patiently hung out in the background while the little ones got all the attention. One by one, everybody else has moved on to their next chapter...

And somehow he's still here.

King Charles is fully vetted with the exception of his neuter, which is already scheduled. He's handsome, ridiculously sweet, and more than ready to stop living with his mother like a 30-year-old who refuses to move out. 😂❤️

We're located near Kirksville, Missouri, but we're absolutely willing to travel within reason for the right home.

So now that all the babies have had their moment...

Can it be this big ol' sweetheart's turn next? ❤️

Please share Kingsley. His people have to be out there somewhere. 🐾❤️

08/23/2026

❤️ Rusty needs YOU!!! ❤️

You just don't know it yet.🤷‍♀️

This ol' boy has been dragged along to every public event we've done. He loads up, rides like a gentleman, walks into a crowd of complete strangers and proceeds to make friends with everybody he meets.

And every single time, I hear the same things. “Oh my gosh, I love him.” “He's SO sweet.” “He's so calm.”

Yep. He is.

And then somehow... Rusty loads back up with me and comes home.

😭❤️ I don't understand it.

This man spent the first part of his life as a badass, fearless coyote-hunting warrior. Scarred up, tough as nails, and apparently willing to take on the world.

These days?

😂😂😂

Give him a car ride, a pup cup, some attention and somewhere comfortable to lay that big hound-dog head and he's pretty darn content. This warrior has officially retired. He's ready for the good life now.

Rusty is around 6 years old and 50 pounds. He's neutered, fully vetted, house trained, dog friendly, ridiculously laid back and one of the easiest dogs to take anywhere.

He does like to eat separately from other dogs. And NO CATS. The warrior may be retired, but apparently there are terms and conditions. 😂🤦‍♀️

Other than that? He's just a really good dog.

Rusty doesn't need saving anymore. We already did that part.

Now he needs the part we can't give him. His own human. His own couch. His own passenger seat. His own front door to walk through at the end of the day and to know that this time, he doesn't have to leave again.

He's spent enough time being everybody's favorite dog at the events.

It's time for him to be somebody's dog at home. ❤️

📍 Near Kirksville, Missouri
🚗 We'll travel within reason for the right home.

Somebody out there needs this goofy retired warrior. Help me find them. ❤️🐾

08/22/2026

🐾 WELL... DARLING DARLA IS BACK. ❤️🥹

This isn't exactly the update we thought we'd be making after celebrating Darla's adoption about a month ago, but here we are.

Unfortunately, Darla's adoption didn't work out and she was returned to us earlier last week. Her adopters reported a couple of seizure-like episodes while she was in their home, so obviously we took that seriously. Since coming back to us, Darla has not had a single seizure-like episode or shown us anything neurologically concerning. She's currently hanging out in a wonderful foster home where she's being closely monitored and, so far, she's just... Darla. The exact same goofy, happy, sweet girl she's always been. ❤️

We did find an issue with one of her back legs when she came back. She's on antibiotics, it's already showing improvement, and of course we'll continue keeping a close eye on everything.

But in the meantime...

DARLING DARLA IS OFFICIALLY LOOKING FOR HER FOREVER HOME... AGAIN. 🥹❤️

And y'all. This girl is SUCH a good dog.

She absolutely loves other dogs and would be thrilled to have a doggy friend to romp around with. She's playful, affectionate, ridiculously sweet and incredibly well behaved. She's about 45 pounds, just over a year old, fully vetted, spayed, up to date on everything and ready to go.

She is the kind of dog who will meet you at the door and approximately 14 seconds later decide she has loved you her entire life. 😂 That's just Darla.

We were sad to see her come back. Of course we were. Every time one of these dogs leaves, we hope with everything we've got that this is it.

But there's one promise every Ludo dog gets:

If it doesn't work out, you come home. Always.

So Darla came home.

Now we're gonna try again. ❤️

Somebody out there is missing one heck of a good dog.

Located near Kirksville Missouri but willing to travel for the right family.

Let's find her forever for real this time! 🙏🐾❤️

08/22/2026

❤️ WELL… LOOK WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

Our sweet Milton and Amelia BOTH got adopted. On the same dang day. 🥹❤️

And there's just something really sweet about that.

Milton came to us from Schuyler County with Momma Dottie and the rest of that pack. Amelia came from Queen City with her brother Davie. Two completely different litters, two completely different beginnings, and absolutely no reason these two would've ever known each others existence.

But rescue is funny like that. ❤️

Their siblings got adopted, and eventually Milton and Amelia were the two babies still here.

So they became roommates.

And then they became best buddies. 😂❤️

For the last few weeks these two have done EVERYTHING together. Playing, wrestling, snuggling, sleeping, stealing toys, annoying each other and creating all the puppy chaos two little bodies could possibly create.

And then yesterday, after doing everything else together…

They found their families together too. 🥹

Milton went home with his new dad. He also has a momma and baby girl and two older doggies to love on too. And Amelia went home with her new mama, where she also has a bunch of cat siblings and and a sweet older doggie to look up to. Honestly, I don't think either one wasted much time making themselves comfortable. 😂❤️ Just LOOK at them.

I loved these two babies dearly, so sending them both out the door in one evening was definitely a little bittersweet.

And I can confirm that it is VERY quiet in this house this morning. 😂🥹

But this is exactly what we wanted for them.

To their adopters: thank you for choosing our babies. ❤️ Thank you for loving them already. Thank you for giving them homes and families of their very own. And thank you for making it a whole lot easier for me to say goodbye to two little faces I've gotten awfully attached to.

They were loved like crazy while they were here, and I know they're going to be loved like crazy where they are now too. ❤️

Take good care of them for us. Send lots of pictures. And enjoy every minute of the puppy chaos you're about to experience. 😂

As for Ludo's World this morning…

We're two puppies lighter, considerably quieter, a tiny bit sad…

and a whole lot happy. ❤️

08/19/2026

❤️ Can we talk about Amelia for a minute??

Because seriously. LOOK AT HER. 🥹

The freckles. The floppy ears. The little white socks. The ridiculously long legs she's still trying to figure out how to operate. 😂❤️ How is this girl still here?

Amelia is 13 weeks old now and she is just such a GOOD girl. She's sweet, she's goofy, she's getting braver by the day, and this girl would probably sell her soul for a good belly rub. 😂 Once you start, you're basically committed. She will happily lay there as long as you're willing to keep rubbing.

Amelia doesn't need to grow up here.

Her roommate and best buddy Milton is getting adopted in TWO DAYS, which is absolutely wonderful for Milton... but it also means Amelia is about to lose her little partner in crime and be sitting in that room all by herself. 😭

And we really, really don't want that for her.

We want somebody to see this face and fall stupidly in love with her. We want her next pictures to be sprawled across somebody's couch, stealing somebody's blankets and getting those belly rubs she thinks she's entitled to. 😂 We want her to grow up knowing exactly who her people are.

She already spent the beginning of her life surviving outside with her brother. She's done her time being a little wild highway baby.

Now she just needs to be somebody's baby. ❤️

Amelia is 13 weeks old, healthy, up to date on age-appropriate vaccines and preventatives, and ready to get the heck outta here and start her life.

We're located near Kirksville, Missouri, but we'll travel within reason for the right home.

Come on, y'all. Don't let us fall any more in love with this dog. 😂😭❤️

Please share our sweet little freckle face. Let's get Amelia HOME. 🐾❤️

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