THIS WEEK AT VRC

Greetings Villalobos Village!

AND THE MOVE BEGINS!

We began moving our kennel buildings out of New Orleans today. As you can see here, it is quite a process, and special equipment is needed.

Unfortunately, the move became necessary after our network was sold and all of the shows on Animal Planet were dropped. Donations dwindled and we could no longer afford the expenses that it took to pay rent and utilities on this amazingly huge building.

So we are consolidating, and we will remain at our other Louisiana location in Assumption Parish. When the going gets tough, the tough have to get...tougher 😐️ 

In other news, our virtual adopter program continues to grow! Zippy, Posey, Onion AND Dutton all have virtual adopters! Woohoo! Our virtual adopters are so kind, they’re even starting to send goody bags. The dogs love them! There are now 9 dogs from the West Virginia location available for the virtual adopter program. If you are interested in virtually adopting one of the West Virginia pups, or at any other VRC location you can get more information by emailing: [email protected]

Keep scrolling 👇️ to see updates from our Texas and West Virginia locations this week. Together, we'll keep wagging those tails and changing lives.

Slobbers and Drools,

Tia Torres

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THE ADOPTABLES

Meet 11-year-old Poncho. Poncho has been waiting too long for a family of his own. He is just so sweet and innocent. He loves to play fetch and he is very good at it!! He just wants to hang with his person, go for car rides, walks, and call it a day. He doesn’t react to other dogs but he isn’t interested in having a doggie roommate. Kids 10 and up would be best for this gentleman now that he’s ready for retirement! He deserves to live out his golden years in a home. Click below to fill out an application!

To learn more about Poncho and all of the adoptable dogs at Villalobos, click below.

VRC SPONSOR PROGRAM

CAIN NEEDS A SPONSOR

One word to describe this guy…BAD DOG! 🙂 Of course I mean that in the comical sense. Cain is a mixture of Bart Simpson and Dennis the Menace which is why he’s been difficult to adopt out. We tried once but he got returned rather quickly.  He’s just “complicated” so he will remain here with us where in our eyes…he is perfection.

Want to adopt a dog, but for one reason or another, you’re unable? Rather than a typical adoption, we also offer virtual adoptions through our Sponsor Program. You can sponsor Nymeria, Cutie Pie or any of our amazing dogs in this program.

VRC dog sponsors get access to a private Facebook group moderated by Tia.

Rabid Reality is our streaming network we built for our loyal (rabid 😉) fans who miss Pit Bulls & Parolees AND all pet lovers. Proceeds from your subscription goes back to helping the dogs.

WHEN YOU JOIN, THEY EAT

This week we are airing a new episode of Dog Diaries all about Joan! If you don’t know Joan’s story, it was filmed in an episode of Life With the Underdogs last Fall! Before you watch her upcoming Dog Diaries episode on Saturday night, make sure you’re caught up and watch her episode of Life With The Underdogs “Joan’s Home.” 

Have you heard we now have a Rabid Reality app on Roku, firetv and AppleTV? This means you're now able to watch your Villalobos family on your TV again!

Remember, whether you sign up for $3/mo or $25/mo, the proceeds from your subscription goes back to helping the dogs.

The easiest way to access the TV apps is to sign up and pick a tier at rabidreality.com from your phone or computer. Once you've signed up and picked a tier, search RABID REALITY in the app store on your device (Roku, firetv or AppleTV), download the app and login to Rabid Reality.

To sign up or to check it out, click below or go to RabidReality.com 

TEXAS SANCTUARY

From Texas Manager Amy: Welcome to spring in Texas. We have had quite a few storms lately here in Texas and as usual with the storms comes some sort of clean up. Luckily, we didn’t have any major damage this time, just some downed trees on fences to clean up etc.

On a brighter note, Koda had his yearly vet visit. He got a clean bill of health and was such a good boy.

To get more regular updates from Amy, feel free to follow the Villalobos Texas Facebook page.

WEST VIRGINIA WAYSTATION

From Prison Dog Program Manager Dani: In an issue of the newsletter a while back I mentioned how there had been a whirlwind of activity up here in the mountains of West Virginia, all the way to the rolling hills of Pennsylvania. Turns out I spoke too soon! So far during the month of April we have definitely had a whirlwind ... of weather! April 2nd West Virginia saw a record-breaking amount of tornadoes touch down. An EF2 touched down about 20 minutes away from the kennels in one direction, and an EF1 landed about 30 minutes away in another. Debbie, who was briefly out from a Louisiana location, said she watched the storm rolling in, and right as it was about to hit the kennels, it was like the sky opened up and was clear, and then resumed on the other side of the kennels, leaving us untouched, with nothing more than a power outage.

All the way from Louisiana to our prison program in Pennsylvania, Chuckie, Olaf, Yelena and Crop Top  arrived safely and  are settling in, making themselves at home! Each of them has already made progress, have learned a few new commands, and even a couple tricks! Don't forget about the fluffy hunk Wawkalak and the smooth talkin' Crowley, who are also still in the program! All six of these cuties are eagerly awaiting a furever home of their own!

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