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RESCUE SECTION

The Lone Star Akita Club (LSAC) does what it can to help abandoned, lost or abused Akitas. We get calls from animal shelters, animal control officers, concerned neighbors, and owners from all over Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Unfortunately, we don't have the manpower or the financial ability to address all the appeals we get.

One of our members, Heather Salyer, is located in the New Orleans area. She's been helping out with the many calls we get from that state, so if you're looking for an Akita and are in that area, please check our pages to see what dogs she might have fostered.

We have compiled these links to to provide information about Rescue operations to prospective owners and rescue volunteers with the goal of ultimately providing loving permanent homes for Akitas everywhere. If you are interested in helping with these efforts, fostering an akita, or know of potential loving homes, please feel free to contact Sherry Wallis at 713-465-9729 (email: sherry@sherob.com) or any of the club members for information.

Lone Star Akita Club Adoption Forms
Orphans Successfully Placed by LSAC
Available Akita Orphans

If you would like to make a donation to the Lone Star Akita Club of Houston Rescue, you may do so via Pay Pal or you can send a Check or Money Order to:

Lone Star Akita Club of Houston Rescue
c/o Secretary
10811 Oak Hollow
Houston , TX 77024

Make a Donation via Pay Pal:

Thank you for your support of Akita Rescue

Acknowledgement of Rescue Benefactors

If you've read all the material on this website, you know that assuming same-sex Akitas living in the same household won't get along together is a much safer course than thinking that they will someday learn to cooperate or that if they grow up together they'll be fine. Some very experienced breeders do manage to keep some dogs together, but that's the exception to the rule.

This aspect of their character makes rescue especially difficult for us because we all have dogs of our own, and one thing that is almost a certainty is that a strange dog will probably not be accepted by the dogs in our houses. While some of us can manage to squeeze in a dog or two, once in a while, the burden of care for the dogs we are trying to place falls to two exceptioal boarding kennels that have generously and graciously helped us in our efforts to save Akitas.

Located on Klein Cemetary Road, off Spring-Cypress Road between I-45 and the Tomball Parkway (249), Strawberry Dogs provides an ideal home away from home. Housed there also is an all-breed rescue, Element of Mercy, who have also been very helpful to our rescue efforts. The facility also has an attached veterinary practice and training facility. Their phone number is 281 251 2828

On the other side of town, in the Spring Branch area of I-10 west is Auburn Kennels. Many of the Akitas on our placed list owe their lives to the wonderful folks at this boarding kennel who made room from them in their kennel and in their hearts. Auburn is at 1549 Campbell Road. Their phone number is 713-465-6425.

The owners and staff have shown the dogs to prospective adopters, cared for, and worked with the dogs. Since some of our members use their services for both boarding and grooming for our own dogs as well, we can't say enough nice things about them or recommend them more highly. Auburn is located in

Another valuable contribution to Akita rescue in Houston comes from the veterinary services rendered by Matt Dikeman, DVM, and Kit Kampschmidt, DVM as well as others practicing at Brittmore Animal Hospital, located at 1236 Brittmore in Houston. Their phone number is 713-468-8253. Again, they work not only with our rescues but with many of our members' dogs as well.

In addition to the aforementioned benefactors, special thanks are in order for the following volunteers and supporters of our Rescue Program:

Kemberley Warren and Steve Mullins- Foster care/training for rescues and forever home of Sampson
Cathy Spurlock - Home visits and help with rescue akitas in the Dallas area
Diane, Pat, Joe and Bob of Strawberry Dog Country - Love and care of our rescues
Rosemary Gossage - Akita Placement and rescue donation
Nancy Glantz - Home visits in the Dallas Area and a donation to rescue
Wendy Williams - Home visits and shelter work in Bryan / College Station
Sara Strandtman - Foster care and placement assistance for AJ
Kathy Dewees - Behavior Consultant
Monica Williams - Assistance with Rescue in Louisiana
Auction Participants - All those wonderful akita enthusiasts who support rescue by participating in our Online Auctions
Evelyn Jayne Williams - Assistance in the San Antonio area
Sonya Fitzpatrick, Judy Lazerson and the entire Film Crew of "The Pet Psychic" for highlighting Akita Rescue with their Story on Shadow which aired in June of 2003
Thank you to all of our Forever Homes for embracing an akita in need of a loving home
Nancy Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Abel - Rescue donation
Ms. Jackie Caffee - Foster home for Marshall
Mrs. Tina Ferguson - An Angel of Mercy who found an akita and cared for him despite being ill equipped to handle a large dog, until he was returned to his owner.
Teddy Childers - Foster care of Marshall
April Paonessa - Assistance in New York with a home check
Cyndi Crum - Supported our rescue program through donations to our July, 2004 online auction
Louise Davie of Sea Island Akitas - Hosted our July, 2004 online auction and did a fabulous job
Barbara Bouyet - Donated a signed copy of her book Akita Treasure of Japan to the 2004 online auction
Lola Chin - Foster care for Ginger

We apologize to anyone who is not listed. Please feel free to contact the Website Administrator if your name is not here and you would like to be included.

Akita Rescue Information
Placing Your Akita
Adopting an Older Dog - K9web
What is a Rescue Dog?
Why would I Want a Rescue?

Akita Rescue Organizations
Akita Rescue of Tulsa
Akita Rescue of Western New York
Nationwide Rescue Network
ACA Rescue Dog Spotlight
Greater Houston Area Akita Placement
Akita Adoption and Rescue of Mid-America
Akita Angel Fund
Akita Club of Illinois Valley-Rescue
Akita Resource Network
Akita Rescue Society of America(ARSA)
Akita Owners Rescue Foundation, Inc. (AORF)
Akita Rescue Mid-Atlantic Coast
Akita Rescue of Pittsburgh
Akita Rescue Society of America
Akita Rescue Society of Florida
Akita Support and Placement
Delaware Valley Akita Rescue
Friends Of Akita Rescue (FAR)
Friends of Akita Rescue NW
Golden Gate Akita Rescue
MidWest Akita Rescue Society (MARS)
New England Akita Rescue Alliance
North Carolina Akita Rescue
Ozarks Akita Rescue
Southern Virginia Akita Rescue Society
The Akita Project

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Companion Pet Rescue (Dallas/Ft. Worth Area)
P. O. Box 270161
Flower Mound, TX 75027-0161

General Rescue Organizations
Citizens for Animal Protection