Rescue Lyfe is a 501c3, foster based, dog rescue serving the Coachella Valley. Our mission is to save, rehabilitate, and rehome dogs in need, providing them with the second chance they deserve. We are dedicated to rescuing abandoned, abused, and at-risk dogs, offering them medical care, love, and the opportunity to find their forever homes. Through education, advocacy, and community outreach, we strive to promote responsible pet ownership and create a world where every dog is valued, protected, and given a life filled with love.
Rescue. Rebuild. Rehome.
Live the Rescue Lyfe.
We are committed to educating our community about responsible pet ownership and the importance of dog adoption. Through outreach and advocacy, we strive to inspire informed and compassionate decisions that lead to brighter futures for dogs in need. By empowering people with knowledge, we hope to create a world where every dog finds a loving and permanent home.
Your generous donations help us provide medical care, shelter, and support for dogs in our rescue program. Every contribution makes a difference in the lives of these deserving animals.
URGENT NEED!
💚 URGENT HELP NEEDED 💚
3 DOGS HEADING TO SAFETY
Three sweet souls are on their way to Mexicali right now, where they’ll finally get the medical care they’ve been waiting for — and desperately need. 🩺🐾
🐶 One is a gentle Husky with a broken foot, left in pain for two weeks before a kind soul helped connect him to us. He’s been suffering in silence, but that ends today.
🐕🦺 The other two are brindle Dutch Shepherd mix pups, found wandering the streets alone.
💔 The male has deep wounds that need immediate care.
💔 The female was just in heat last week and will be spayed (with full bloodwork) to keep her safe and healthy.
They’re only about a year old—sweet, affectionate, and incredibly loving. Both are great with people and other dogs 🐾❤️ and will be looking for forever homes once they’ve healed.
Thanks to our trusted low-cost vet in Mexicali, we’re able to stretch every donation—but we still need to raise about $1,400 to cover their medical treatment, safe transport, and recovery. 🐕🚑
🙏 Every dollar helps. If you can give—or even just share—we’d be so grateful:
These pups had no voice, no family, and no chance… until now. Let’s show them what love looks like. 💚
With love and hope
— The Rescue Lyfe Team 🐶
🐶 Puppy Madness 🐶
at Rescue Lyfe!
17 puppies rescued in 2 weeks — and we’re overflowing!
🚨 One litter found under a desert trailer
🚨 Two more litter’s pulled from homeless encampments
Now safe… but boarding fees, vet bills, and supply costs are exploding.
👉 Adopt if you can
👉 Donate if your heart says yes but your home is full
👉 Rescue partners, we need you too
Let’s get these pups into forever homes — together.
Rescue. Rebuild. Rehome. 💕
Ongoing Field Intervention
🚨Rescue Lyfe Saved 7 Puppies
from a Dire Situation 🚨
Friday June 13 | Desert Hot Springs, CA
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OVERVIEW
Rescue Lyfe safely removed 7 puppies from a high-risk, neglect-filled environment in Desert Hot Springs, CA — part of a larger crisis involving more than 10 unsterilized adult dogs and 13 puppies from two litters living in exposed, unsanitary, and resource-scarce conditions.
The dogs at this site face extreme desert heat, food insecurity, untreated injuries, and the constant risk of overbreeding. This isn’t just rescue — it’s intervention.
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WHAT WE’VE DONE SO FAR
✅ Emergency Field Support
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Supplied food, water, shade tarps, crates, and large-capacity feeders
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Delivered essential field gear for stabilization
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Engaged residents in respectful outreach and education to allow ongoing access and cooperation
✅ Medical Rescue
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Selah – Spayed and now recovering in a Rescue Lyfe foster home
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Eva – Spayed and returned to her home on-site after recovery
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Baby Russ – Young shepherd-lab mix who required a leg amputation; now healing and thriving in foster
✅ Puppy Placement Success
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Litter of 6: 3 puppies secured by a trusted northern rescue partner
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Litter of 7: 4 puppies placed with a Rescue Lyfe foster
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7 of 13 puppies are now safe and off the property
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WHAT WE’RE STILL FACING
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🚫 6 puppies remain onsite — their owners have not yet agreed to surrender them
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🚫More than 10 adult dogs are still unfixed, unvetted, and uncontained
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🚫 Veterinary care on-site is limited — but we’re actively coordinating spay/neuter and emergency pulls
Trust is growing. Selah and Russ were fully surrendered, while Eva was surrendered for spay and returned to her owner after recovery. Each visit builds stronger cooperation and opens new opportunities for intervention.
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WHAT WE STILL NEED
🔹 Rescue Commitments
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For the remaining 6 puppies (3 from each litter)
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For 10+ adult dogs (shepherds, bullies, terrier mixes — all at risk and living outdoors)
🔹 Transport & Supplies
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Crates, collars, leashes, food, puppy pads, and medical support
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Volunteer drivers to help move dogs to rescue partners outside the Coachella Valley
These dogs aren’t feral — they’re social, trusting, and full of potential. They’ve been failed by circumstances, not by spirit.
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CLOSING NOTE
Friday's rescue was a milestone — but we’re far from done.
This is a long-term intervention in a community impacted by poverty, displacement, and years of unchecked breeding. We’re not here for quick fixes. We’re here to break the cycle — through consistency, compassion, and collective action.
Help us finish what we’ve started.
Foster. Donate. Share. Rescue.
Rescue. Rebuild. Rehome.
Desert Rescue:
A Family’s Fight to Survive
East of Hwy 86 | June 2025
Yesterday, Rescue Lyfe — with the help of our compassionate friend Bruce — rescued a mother (Leah), father (Leo), and five tiny puppies from beneath a collapsing mobile home in the desert east of Thermal.
This wasn’t a new crisis — it was a generational one. According to the landowner, Leah and Leo have been on the property for years, survivors of a previous litter left behind to fend for themselves. Most of their siblings didn’t make it. Coyotes, ranch dogs, and the desert claimed them. And now, with a new litter of five barely four-week-old puppies crying beneath that trailer, the heartbreaking cycle was repeating.
But yesterday, we stopped it.
We crawled through splintered wood, trash, and rat nests to reach the pups, one by one. Leah, thin and exhausted, was still fiercely protective. Her mate Leo, limping slightly, never left her side.
Today: The Vet Exam Revealed More
This morning, both parents were examined by our vet.
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Leah has multiple bite wounds around her neck, likely inflicted while protecting her young. Some are scabbed, others still raw. She’s dangerously underweight and clearly worn from weeks — or months — of fending off threats while nursing her pups.
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Leo suffered a leg injury during what appears to have been an altercation with another animal. The swelling suggests it happened days ago — likely another confrontation while defending his family.
The puppies, though frail, are active and nursing. Their tiny bodies carry the weight of survival already — but now, they have a chance at stability.
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🐾 This Is Where Their New Story Begins — And We Need You
They’re safe — but not settled. With no foster homes available, the family has been placed in private boarding to keep them together and protected while they heal.
Boarding, vet care, daily support, and basic needs are quickly adding up. We need your help to sustain their recovery.
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💚 How You Can Help:
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Sponsor a day of boarding
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Donate to support their medical care
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Foster or adopt
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Share their story far and wide
Every act of kindness moves this family closer to healing.
Every dollar helps change the ending.
Together, we Rescue, Rebuild, Rehome.
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📦 100% of Donations Support:
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Veterinary care and medications
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Emergency boarding and transport
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Foster placement
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Food, cleaning supplies, and recovery essentials
Emergency Field Aid
Desert Hot Springs
Rescue Lyfe returned to two desert encampments where adult dogs and two litters of puppies are struggling in the extreme heat...the same site where baby Russ and Selah were rescued.
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We installed 2 water stations
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Set ups a 50lb food dispenser
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Delivered food donations for ongoing support
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Provided on-site feeding for adult and puppies
There is minimal shade, no vet care, and no stable resources. A rescue in Northern CA voiced their willingness to help...but only if the dogs are spayed/neutered first.
We need your donations. Please indicate desert puppy rescue DHS in the notes of your donation.
We urgently need donations for:
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Spay & Neuter surgeries
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Food & supplies
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Transport & vetting costs
