Anakiya was adopted by a couple who live in the mountains and had been waiting for just the right dog. They adore her and feel she is the perfect dog for them.

Bella came into rescue as a 12 wk old puppy, birthdate 08-17-07, and of course, she is adorable. A purebred Ridgeback, Bella was an impulse purchase because she is so cute, and to their credit, her owners turned her over to rescue when they realized they could not put in the amount of time and work that raising a puppy takes. <br /> <br /> Bella found a wonderful home with a couple who have the time and knowledge needed to provide socialization and careful training. They will help her learn all the things a big dog needs to know and love her a lot!

Biscuit was one of 5 Coonhound/RR mixes that the Alamosa shelter asked CRRR to help place. Biscuit was adopted by a wonderful woman from Utah, an old friend of rescue, and is learning all the things big dogs need to know.

Big Bo found a forever home with a wonderful couple who will spoil him rotten, love him a lot, and help him be the best boy he can be. He is a "happy tail".

Bodie is a beautiful Ridgeback who was dumped in a shelter "because he is destructive". He showed no signs of destructiveness in his foster home, and proved to be very sweet, very well mannered, and even good with cats. He was adopted by a loving home with another big RR to play with, and is now living the good life.

Sweet Camo is a RR/Cattle Dog mix with a ridge, "the Ridgeback in the clown suit". He found a wonderful home with a loving couple who will take hime for runs and to obedience class, and play fetch with him. He is great with the three cats in the home and is all set for the good life at last.

Candy is a pretty 3 yr old Lab/RR mix without a ridge, about 62 lbs and 22 inches at the shoulder. She is a happy girl who is playful, affectionate, and smart. She even knows a few tricks,like "shake" and "sit pretty". Candy found a home with a young couple and a 3 year old who all adore her. She is very good and gentle with the little girl and has settled in nicely.

Clancy was a wonderful purebred baby who somehow ended up in a shelter at 6 months old. He found a home with some great folks who have a lot of love and time for him and can help him learn all the things a big dog needs to know.

Clooney has found the perfect home. Kathy Doll, her fiancee, Nick, and grown kids just adore him. He is already best buds with the two greyhounds and carefully ignores the cat. The family makes frequent visits to Chatfield, his favorite place, and from the first day, he stays close by. Since we fostered, he has lost 6 pounds and Kathy promises to continue his weight loss program.

Copper is a BIG boy, a four year old purebred Rhodesian Ridgeback that is 31 inches at the shoulder and 125 lbs. Copper was tearfully surrendered to rescue by a young couple who found he could not adapt to life with a toddler. He found a place in some BIG hearts - the couple who adopted him will take him on lots of walks, play with him, and love him. He has a great back yard to play in and a comfy dog bed to sleep beside his new "Dad". This sweet klutz will have a good life.

Daisy is a pretty little girl with an amazing ridge. She looks like a double sized Shiba Inu with a ridge. She has a foxy face with amber eyes and a liver nose, and her tail is carried up and curly when she is happy. Amazingly, she is good with cats, and she found a wonderful home with a couple who think she is the perfect dog (just as her foster family did!) She has an enormus malamute brother and two cat siblings to play with, a dog door to run in and out of, and lots of walks and love. She really is a "happy tail" these days!

Eddie is a RR/lab mix and one of the sweetest dogs in the world. At one year old he was rescued from a shelter where his time had run out. He was adopted by a wonderful couple who think he is the perfect dog. There are two cats for him to cuddle with and steal toys from. He gets to go to work with his new "dad", he gets to spend quality time with his new "mom", and he has 70 acres to roam on. What a good life for him!

Elliot was adopted by a couple and their young Foxhound, who is clearly Elliot's match when it comes to energy and playfulness. What a great life for this young fellow!

Francis found a forever home with a wonderful couple who drove all the way from their home in an eastern state, with their dogs, to meet him. We do not usually adopt out of state, but made the exception for this family. Francis is now settled in and loves his new people.

Greta found a wonderful home with a vet student who can give her the training and structure she needs to be a great dog. she is loved and is living the good life!

Sweet, gentle, and beautiful, Hershey was loved and was only surrendered by her old family because family changes kept them from taking care of her like she needed. She found a great new home with a loving family. She is careful and gentle with the younger boy and she and the teenage girl fell in love at first sight. Hershey is loved like she was in her old home, and now she has a family that can spend lots of time with her. This is truly one of the heartwarming stories of rescue.

Beautiful Kenda is happily dispensensing kisses in a home with her new "dad", who works from home a lot and gives her lots of attention. She gets to go running, play in the yard, go on camping trips, and just live the perfect life for a perfect dog.

Leo is a wonderful 1 yr ol lab/RR mix who came to us from a small town shelter where his time was up. Leo was such an engaging and sweet boy that he was only in foster for a few days before he was adopted. Now known as Booker T., he is living the good life (as you can see from the pictures, he is quite the couch potato) with his new dog sister Hattie (also adopted from rescue).

Lilly is a true success story. She was shy and unsocialized, but with some TLC she was adopted into a loving home with a Ridgeback sister to play with. Now her sweet nature shines out!

Macey came to rescue starved for food and affection, 20 lbs under her ideal weight of 70 lbs. Once she had been brought back to health and good condition, this big, active girl found a home with some wonderful people who have a Dane/RR Mix for her to play with and who enjoy this beautiful girl.

Maylee went to her forever home with Michelle and Dave Stewart. She will accompany Dave to work every day and on weekends there will be plenty of time for hiking and camping.

Misty is a Spaniel/RR mix who is wonderful with humans but not so good with other dogs. She found a home with an amazing couple who are happy to let her be the only dog and the ruler of the roost. She is living the good life!

Mo is a mix with a beautiful "mohawk" ridge. He had a very hard life until he came into rescue. He ran loose, scrounged for food, and ended up in a pound. He was heartworm positive when he came into rescue and required extended treatment for that. Mo is an exceptionally smart dog who needed the right home to teach him how to live a settled life. Mo is now living with a couple who really love him and he is doing great!

Molly (AKA Elle Mae) was one of 5 Coonhound/RR mixes that the Alamosa shelter asked CRRR to help place. She was adopted by a wonderful couple in Broomfield and is learning all the things big dogs need to know. She has made huge strides in trusting people since moving in with them and has become a happy puppy and loves playing with her lab mix big sister Derby!

Nala is a three year old Rhodesian Ridgeback / Anatolian Shepherd mix.. a big girl at 27in. tall and 85lbs. She found a home with a loving family and 2 kids who keep her very busy!

Sweet loving Nikki found a home with a great young couple who spoil her totally but also take her to obedience class and are helping her be the great dog she is meant to be.

Odin is a handsome liver-nosed boy. He is 25-26 inches at the shoulder and about 85lbs. Odin has very good manners and is a pleasure to walk and to have in the house. He does have some food agression issues. Odin was adopted by a dog-savvy single man who is well able to work with his food issues and sees him for the wonderful boy he is.

Opus is lab/RR mix who was deemed not adoptable by a shelter. He turned out to be a great dog, and he found a great couple to live with who will take him running and hiking, take him to obedience classes, and love him a lot.<br /> Good boy, Opus!<br />

When Peanut came into rescue she was an adorable bundle of puppy energy, 4 months old and 19lbs 2oz as of 12/27/06. She is probably Boxer and Ridgeback and a few other breeds mixed in. Peanut is very smart and sweet, with a very friendly nature. She found a great home where she loves to snuggle with the people, and is learning all the stuff a big dog needs to know.

Pete is a beautiful 2 yr old light wheaten purebred Ridgeback with a nice ridge, a beautiful head, and a sweet disposition. Some wonderful people in rural Colorado who run an all-volunteer Humane Society found Pete starved and injured. They called CRRR for help and we nursed Pete until he found a great home with a loving family and two little boys.

Radar is one of 5 wonderful 6 month old puppies who were transferred to Rescue from a shelter. The mom is a purebred Redbone Hound and the dad is a purebred Rhodesian Ridgeback; they all have ridges. Radar is the only boy and is a goofy boy who does not sit still very often. He found just the right home with an active family and an eight year old girl who loves him.

Ramble and his brother, Scramble, were abandoned with their mother Ruby. Ruby took very good care of them but she was very thin when Good Samaritans took all of them in and called us for help. The puppies found a wonderful home together where they are learning all the things big dogs need to know and are loved very much.

Rodeo is a true success story. Arriving from TX, his past was relatively unknown as his former owners had adopted him from a shelter. His past life must have been hard as his numerous scars and missing chunks of ear would indicate. Now however, the only hardship Rodeo has to endure is being off of the couch for more than 30 minutes and to go to the park yet again.

Ruby is a Mastif/RR mix who was found abandoned with two puppies, whom she was taking very good care of. She had some serious health problems that she was nursed through by rescue. Sweet Ruby found a wonderful home with a young couple, their 16 month old daughter, and a Boston Terrier pal! The whole family loves her and she and the little girl have a special bond. We miss her but she is where she needed to be - in a loving home!

Cheers for beautiful Sadie, whom we fostered for several months, nursed through several surgeries because of injuries and neglect she had received in her three years of life in a puppy mill, and helped recover from the emotional damage she had received there. (She had never been on grass and was afraid of it for a long time! She would stay on the concrete walk from the back door, because concrete and cages was all she knew. The first time she went potty on the grass and the first time she ran across the yard with the other dogs were occasions for celebration!) Sadie found a forever home with an awesome couple who are able to continue leading this brave, sweet girl into her recovery and helping her learn to be a dog. We miss her, but are glad she is loved and safe.

Sweet Sasha found the perfect home with a wonderful family that live on a ranch. She has 2 lab siblings and 2 cat siblings, and she loves her new people already. She is a great companion for her new mom. We love happy endings!

Shilo was born 8-25-2007. We were caring for her Mom, Nell, when Nell whelped three mixed breed puppies. Nell is about 30 lbs, she appears to be a stock dog mix. She was a stray that stole our hearts. We were able to help her and her puppies although, obviously, they are not Ridgebacks. Shilo is a sweet, friendly, healthy puppy who found a wonderful home with a young couple who love her a lot!

Skye is a RR, Beagle, Lab mix without a ridge. He is a medium size guy, maybe 50 lbs. Skye was warehoused in a backyard chainlink pen with other dogs in pens around him for most of his life. He wasn't socialized and he didn't much like people or other dogs. His foster mom had faith in him though, and sure enough, he improved enough to find the perfect home. Renamed Willie, he is living with a boy named Bobby. Below is an essay written by Bobby about his dog Willie. "MY DOG WILLIE" by Bobby: I have been scared of dogs since I was three. When I heard the story of Willie, I thought this dog is going through almost the same thing as me, only he was afraid of people. Dad had visited him before I met him. Willie was nice to me, and after a couple minutes he came and put his head on my lap. That night Dad and I decided that we had a new member of the family! Willie gets nice long walks or runs every morning. He sleeps on his nice fluffy dog beds at home and at my grandparents' house. For a special treat I let him sleep on my bed sometimes. It is a dream come true for me! Willie has changed so much since we got him. He is learning to play now, he loves to cuddle and is a very happy dog. In fact, I am a very happy boy! Willie is the best dog in the world and I'm glad the Colorado Rhodesian Ridgeback Rescue gave him a chance.<br /> <br />

Skyridge, now known as Olivia, is a beautiful Ridgeback girl who came into rescue at 9 months old. She found a wonderful home with a vet student and a Ridgeback older brother to help show her the ropes.

Mr "sweet and waggy" Toby found a great home. He adores his new dad and follows him everywhere. He can also be found curled up on a big bed with his new doggy brother and 2 cat sisters. <br /> <br /> In Memoriam: Toby died suddenly in Sept 2007 from a fast moving lymphoma cancer. His family only got to have him for nine months but they gave him the best 9 months of his life, and they will remember him forever.