Boxer Butts & Other Mutts

05/20/2026

Today is National Rescue Dog Day ( that is every day we think ❤️). Show us your amazing rescue pups

05/18/2026

Happy Monday Rescue Family - sharing our rescue wish list as we could use a few supplies - 70% of the time Mr. Todd and myself purchase all the supplies for The Wagner Zoo and for all the fosters - and to be quite honest sometimes I will be laying in the bed and at 2am I am doing an Amazon order because I remember we are out of something or a foster contacted me earlier that day.
This will be the last list we share for the rescue - as I mentioned we have a Amazon Wish List we will be sharing for the clinic in the next week or so - not that the rescue dogs are going anywhere or we are not going to bring more dogs in, but our main goal is to get the clinic up and running and not only provide affordable vet care and free vet care to those in need but to be able to provide pet supplies to those in need and Mr. Todd and myself will continue as we do most weeks and provide for all the pups and cats and kittens in the rescue.

And yes Mr. Pickles treats are again on the list - he has been getting a few extra due to a super duper watch dog and keeping eye out for the bear during the night - he claims those front windows in the living room and keeps watch :) And yes he is super proud of himself .

So any items off the list are appreciated - we just bought a full supply of dry food ourselves so that is not on the list but anything else listed is always needed and always appreciated.

Have a Great Monday

05/17/2026

I went to the new clinic early this morning to help Mr. Todd unload some things. I looked down this hallway and took a deep breath. Alot of love has been poured into each of these rooms (including the 3 not pictured that are behind me ) I can say that having to have major surgery and then coming down with the flu was not in the plans but as the old saying goes " The show must go on" and it has - I logged over 100 hours on the phone last week and that does not include emails and in between dealing with our rescue dogs needing vet visits, medications, supplies and helping some families out with some much needed pet food. Mr. Todd leaves the house at 7am to go to work and works until 5 and then works on the clinic until usually after 9pm every night and the weekends it all day at the clinic. When people think big things for retirement , like beach houses, houses in the mountains - we thought hmm lets build a vets office - so yes this is our retirement - not because we are going to get rich but because we have poured all we got into making it an amazing clinic and yes we have had some amazing help along the way and proper thank you's will be posted as I start to share more.
I have had so many people calling and messaging me asking what they can do to help - and we have some things we are going to be posting soon. One thing is this long hallway - I think that hallway needs to be filled with pictures of our rescue families pets to help us start the fund that will be set aside for families that need financial help - we will be posting more on this soon.

The reality is that Boxer Butts & Other Mutts is going to phase over to the clinic - as I said we will still rescue , and we will be able to help more medical dogs, but we are going to keep our foster base small - we have some amazing fosters and we have found that sometimes people have good intentions of fostering but when the newness wears off , they are done and that puts us in a bind and that is not fair to us or the animal - but the long time fosters we do have are nothing short of amazing and we will continue to help the underdogs as that is always what we stood for.

Several people have mentioned an amazon list to help send things - we are working on that as well. As I told Mr. Todd last night - this clinic is owned by the people, the people that have supported us for 16 years, the community that has stood by us and seen us through the good times and the bad times. Together we are going to continue making a difference but in a much bigger way.

This week a lot of furniture, equipment, etc will be moving in - so my plan is to share more pictures this week - but I took one look down this hallway this morning and I think it hit me - this is much bigger than me and it has never been about me - it has and always will be about doing good - giving back as much as we can as we only have one life to live.

Hope everyone is having an amazing weekend

05/15/2026

New items are posted on our thrift page. Link below. Here is a small sample of these items that are listed.

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All purchases made on our thrift store page go directly towards our medical fund.

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05/10/2026

Wow - I took the time this morning to read through all your comments on our big announcement - the up and coming opening of Anna's Hope Veterinary Clinic and your support is amazing and very appreciated.

I will say this was not in the plans as neither Todd or myself are getting any younger and this has been a BIG project to say the least but when something is meant to be , it just happens. And after speaking to many people that I highly respect, I learned that a dream could become a reality. I remember thinking - well I wonder how Mr. Todd is going to take this news and when I told him - he said "Lets do it" And the big project began - and when I say lots and lots of hours have been poured into this - believe me - sometimes when we go to bed at night - I ask him if we are crazy 🙂 But we have had so many amazing people help us along the way with lots of volunteer work hours and some businesses when they have learned why we are contacting them for what we need done, have been so so supportive and each of them will have plaques up in our new clinic as their support is something we will never forget.

Many have asked the location - once we are closer to opening I will post that - I have already had someone show up at my house wanting me to spay their 2 cats (and yes they brought their cats ) and I have had so many phone calls that I could have booked us up for a month in just 4 days. And I know how it works - people just show up as I have dealt with that for 16 years at my home. So in the next few weeks we will post the location .

So many have asked how they can help - and we will posting ways you can help . Most everything thus far has been personally covered by myself and Mr. Todd and we have had some very generous donors that believed in this mission and wanted to help and in return we offered to dedicate one of the rooms in the clinic to whomever they wanted it dedicated to. We want to work on building our fund to help families that can't afford vet care even though our prices are going to be very reasonable - so we have come up with some creative fundraising ideas and will be posting that very soon. And I want to make it clear that this fund will not just be used for vet care at our clinic - for 16 years we have helped people all across the United States and that will not stop as our supporters are everywhere and we consider everyone of you family. We will continue to support other rescues as we have done for years. Those things will not change.

Many have asked about volunteering and we will have opportunities for that and will be posting that in the future as well.

For years, I have been on the receiving end of heartbreaking phone calls - families that could not save their pets due to financial restrictions, some we were able to help but sadly we could not help them all, senior citizens that were trying to decide which was more important , food for themselves or medicine that their pet needed, Families that were putting less food on their own table so they could feed their pets (yes we will have a pet food pantry as well) and the list goes on - so I decided you know we can make a difference , so why not do it and Anna’s Hope Veterinary Clinic became a reality.

I also want to give a HUGE shout out to Animals R Us Veterinary Clinic for their support. I worked with Dr. Beverly for many years and the support from her and her amazing staff is very appreciated.

And as I type, Todd is making another long trip to pick up another piece of equipment for the clinic. So hopefully later this evening we can sneak in a quick dinner for Mothers Day.

To all the Moms out there - Happy Mothers Day.

To all of you - thank you for your support and for believing in us. We are excited to continue giving back and giving our life more purpose ~Heidi ~

05/10/2026

05/08/2026

Tiny put in his application to be the clinic cat at Anna’s Hope Veterinary Clinic. And he is holding my purse hostage until I give him an answer. It’s really a hard NO and I am going to have to break the news to him softly

05/07/2026

And the big announcement:

You know when you are a small child and you dream big dreams and say “ this is what I am going to do when I grow up”. Well I knew from a small age that I wanted to help animals and I have my Grandma Hessler to thank for that and I hope she reads this post from up in the big sky and is smiling

In the past 2 years , there have been several situations that have made me take a step back and look at the big picture. I have dedicated the last 16 years , basically 24/7 to rescue , but helping the community ( near and far) has been something that has always been important to me. I would say 80% of the phone calls I get weekly could be solved with more affordable vet care , more options and really just fostering some compassion into the situation

I am blessed to be surrounded by like minded people and the idea was thrown out there - we open a clinic - a clinic with high quality vet care and affordable prices and free vet care to those that need it ( the one thing I have learned in the 16 years I have been doing this is never judge anyone’s situation because you never know when life can throw you such a curve ball you don’t know what to do )

And the dream became a reality - named after the dog that started it all - Anna - without her the rescue would have never started and to honor her - the clinic is named after her

Will we still rescue - yes - but you will see some big changes and I will go into that in the next few weeks

This is a clinic that is not just owned by myself and Mr Todd , but by our community - near and far. This remains a family as that is what we consider each of you

I am blessed to have Dr Patricia Wilfert join me on this journey as I think Hurricane Helene changed our outlook on a lot of things and we knew this was something that was needed

We will do surgeries and really focus on affordable spay and neuters , we are going to have TNR days as that is needed badly as so many amazing rescues doing what they can but there is no light at the end of the tunnel, sick visits , wellness visits , dentals , a full service clinic basically And we will offer our services to rescues as I know the struggle is real for so many right now

I honestly always dreamed about this but never thought it would be a reality but it is and we are excited.

Coming this summer and we will continue to do more updates weekly and possibly maybe a live video this weekend and show you all the work that has been going on behind the scenes. A lot of love has been poured into this project ❤️

We are excited to start this journey and bring all of you with us

Much love to all of you and thank you for all the birthday wishes
~Heidi~

05/06/2026

While waiting for the big announcement, head over to our Thrift page and see what’s available.

New items are posted on our thrift page. Link below. Here is a small sample of these items that are listed.

Do not comment under these pictures. You must comment on the Thrift Store

All purchases made on our thrift store page go directly towards our medical fund.

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05/06/2026

Big announcement coming this evening, but in the meantime, please join me in wishing Heidi a very Happy Birthday 🎈🎂🎉🎊🎁