Poplar Plaza Petco Provides Plenty of People to Pet Pups

A little alliteration on a Sunday afternoon isn’t a bad thing, is it? Especially after our rescue group has had a great adoption weekend (3 events in 2 days)!
Today’s event was at our favorite Petco at Poplar and Highland. We always enjoy the staff and the clients of the store make our dogs feel welcome.
Adopted [...]

HollyWood Pet Store~Adoptions

This beautiful Saturday brought out a few visitors to the Hollywood Store on Union. The day was fun with all the dogs and volunteers. Rose was adopted today and several were considered. Here are a few pictures of the “Good Dogs” that were at the store today.  Good Dog Rescue also had [...]

Blackie & JW…love at first sight

Blackie, Good Dog’s 3 1/2 year old Chihuahua mix caught the eye of Annitta Pryor this week.  She completed an application for her Dad, J. W. Bailey, who is retired and lives in Pinson, TN.  Well, the application contained the sentence ‘and she could go on car rides as often as she likes’ caught the [...]

A Memorial Day Celebration at Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Aquatic Park Yields Homes for Two Great Dogs

Our second adoption event of the weekend was Sunday, May 25, 2009 at the Memphis Jewish Community Center. They brought out their tent, tables, and chairs and provided some great space to showcase Real Good Dog Rescue’s great dogs and puppies.
Even though the day saw showers from time to time, they were [...]

Miss Cordelia’s Welcomes Real Good Dog Rescue to Harbor Town – Thank you!!!

Real Good Dog Rescue sometimes has the opportunity to showcase our great dogs and puppies at various events in Memphis and Shelby County. Yesterday we were fortunate to be invited to Miss Cordelia’s in Harbor Town. Miss Cordelia’s has a reputation for friendliness and having high standards in all they do – so they were [...]

New dogs and puppies join us at Saturday’s adoption event

Yesterday’s adoption event was a two-location one. While one band of Real Good Dog Rescue (RGDR) volunteers showed up at our normal 3rd Saturday location at Hollywood Feed, 2013 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN, a second group went to Wags and Whiskers, 5101 Sanderlin in Memphis. We had lots of people coming in to see our [...]

Senior Dogs make Great Companions!

If you’re looking for a pet who’s already housetrained, quiet, docile, and able to be alone while you or your family is out of the house at work or school, please consider one of our older pets.
These mostly aged 6-9 year old pets make excellent companions, yet they are often overlooked by folks who are [...]

Wags & Whiskers Adoption Day!

A very busy day for Good Dog Rescue at Wags and Whiskers on Sanderlin.  The day started out drizzling rain and then the sunshine came out.  We had dogs everywhere for all to choose from.   Puppies and dogs…what a day to enjoy together.

It’s raining dogs & puppies … and adoptions!

Our usual 1st Saturday at Hollywood Feed, 2015 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN was a downpour … of dogs as well as rain! What a start to the day! Lots of rain to start and end our adoption event. But we were wonderfully pleased with the turnout of dogs, fosters, and potential adopters.
Adopted today were Redd [...]