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Our Facility
Located in Middletown, Ohio, Red Riding Hood Rescue Project currently has 17 animal habitats, with 26 sanctuary residents. Each habitat provides weather resistant houses, platforms for climbing and shade, and pools for summer play. Entrances to each habitat are secured and many have lock-out sections for animal caretaking.
Our facility has an onsite medical clinic to reduce stress for our animals. Located within our perimeter fencing, the clinic eliminates travel time required for services for everything except emergencies.
A new play yard is being constructed to provide additional exercise and enrichment opportunities for our residents.
RRHRP is USDA licensed, and our philosophy is to not to just meet minimum standards of care , but to always exceed those standards to ensure our animals are engaged physically and mentally enriched in their homes.
Our Beginning: A Legacy of Love
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On a cold day just before Christmas in 2013, the owner of a wolfdog named Porter, who had kept the animal on a 30-foot chain for the first six years of his life, had decided to move away. When no home could be found for Porter, the owner called a mobile vet to end his life.
Fortunately for Porter, and for RRHRP Founder and rescuer of Porter Susan Vogt, that vet refused to end his life. Porter passed away in August of 2021, but his legacy of love remains. Susan says rescuing and caring for him over eight years is what inspired her to start a wolfdog sanctuary. "He's the reason for all of this," she says. "It all began with him."
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Susan later adopted Theran, which means "to hunt" from Full Moon Farms Wolfdog Sanctuary.
In early 2022, Susan rescued Ayoni, which means "bringer of joy", from a life on the street, and a dismal fate of certain death at a high-kill shelter.
Finally, meet Yicha! While she's not a rescue, Susan got her as a puppy to be Porter's first friend, and she's a cherished member of the pack.
Porter's legacy is strong, and lives on through Susan's other wolfdogs, and now The Red Riding Hood Rescue Project.
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