About Cowboy

We are writing this with broken hearts because we don't know where else to turn. This is our last hope for Cowboy - a dog we saved from being euthanized, a dog we've loved deeply for over a year, and a dog who desperately needs a second chance�'�| again. Cowboy's story started in an apple orchard in Lancaster, California. He was found alone and terrified, then taken to a high-intake shelter where he spent a month with zero interest. When we visited to volunteer - just to walk dogs and give them a bit of love - we were told Cowboy would be euthanized that week. We couldn't leave him behind. So we made a promise to give him another shot at life, hoping we could find him a forever home through fostering. We never expected we'd still be here over a year later, struggling to keep up emotionally, financially, and physically. Cowboy is now a long-term foster we truly love, but we can no longer provide the life he deserves. Cowboy is a stunning German Shepherd/Pit/Husky mix - just three years old, sweet, smart, and gentle with people and other dogs. But he suffers from severe separation anxiety that makes it very difficult to leave him alone. We truly are completely financially drained and cannot afford it. To make things worse, we recently found out that the daycare we trusted has been locking him in rooms and neglecting his basic needs. It crushed us. We also have a cat who Cowboy, despite our best efforts, has attacked more than once. He has a strong prey drive, and we've tried everything to manage it - but we live in a small space that isn't the right environment for him anymore. Every local rescue has told us the same thing: 'We're full.' We would NEVER take him back to the shelter but we truly are out of options. We've hit a wall, and we are scared. Cowboy deserves so much more than a life shuffled between daycare and lonely confusion. He deserves freedom, consistency, land to run on, and someone who can give him the full attention and space his spirit craves. This is the hardest thing I've ever written. But the only thing harder would be to let Cowboy keep living like this - confused, anxious, shuffled around, and slipping further from his best life.

Los Angeles County
los angeles, California