Sugar sat right on Mara’s feet and asked for pets. Mara went to meet this dog, “Brown Sugar”, that evening. Weeks later, Mara’s boss mentioned a small pitbull mix who would be taken back to the local shelter the next day if nobody took her due to her owners moving to Texas. After meeting a few dogs, Mara determined that none were the right fit, and halted her search. A family member suggested adopting a dog.
She was not able to sleep in her own home for weeks. Mara’s home was burglarized in 2013, which was a horrifying experience for her. There is a common phrase amongst those who have adopted pets from a rescue organization, shelter, or humane society: “Who rescued who?” The phrase applies to how Saved By Fate President and Co-Founder, Mara, ended up with her oldest dog, Sugar (the dog in the rescue’s logo). For more information on this program, please visit our Resources tab.Īdditionally, Co-Founder, Ciara Hagedorn, regularly visits local schools to educate Kentucky youth on the importance of spaying and neutering, professional dog training, and adopting from animal rescues and shelters.
At the end of 2023, we started to extend our S&N assistance to our rural KY animal shelter partners in need of additional resources as to avoid dogs being adopted out unaltered. In an effort to break the cycle of more dogs ending up in shelters, Saved By Fate offers a completely free Spay & Neuter Assistance Program to Kentucky residents. Bully breeds, specifically pit bull type dogs, hold a special place in the hearts of the SBF founders and will be prioritized by our Intake Team. Our primary objective is to reduce the need for Kentucky animal shelters to euthanize dogs by specializing in pulling dogs at high risk before they are euthanized. We see two possible solutions to help alleviate the dog overpopulation issue: Maximize the number of dogs pulled from Kentucky animal shelters into our foster homes and provide spay and neuter resources to Kentucky residents who cannot afford to do so on their own. Saved By Fate Dog Rescue was founded to be a community resource for Kentucky animal shelters and residents. Founders, Mara and Ciara, sought to make a difference in the Central Kentucky area. The concept of “no kill” shelters has almost become a thing of the past, yet people continue to breed dogs faster than rescuers can save them. It is not only friendly adult and senior dogs at risk of euthanasia, but puppies as well. When stray or surrendered dogs are brought into already full shelters, sadly, shelter workers are often forced to euthanize dogs for kennel space because in most cases, they cannot turn those new dogs down. This results in people abandoning dogs at a very high rate. It is a vicious cycle: Shelters are overflowing and rescues are full, thus unable to take in more dogs. Many veteran rescuers will tell you that the years following the pandemic have been the worst years in animal rescue they’ve ever experienced.