Woman Turns Her Home Into A Sanctuary, Takes In Over 200 Dogs

Lisa Wallace is president of the Animal Placement Bureau, a non-profit dog rescue in Lansing, Michigan, that has been around for 40 years.

For half of those years, Wallace has taken in more than 200 rescued dogs into her own home. Among those dogs are ones that are sick, elderly, blind, abused, abandoned, lost, and dying.

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One of those dogs is Simon, a toy poodle who first came to Wallace’s home in August 2016, with paralyzed back legs. Yet, despite being unable to use his hind legs, he was still able to run around the yard with his front legs and kept up just fine with other dogs. Some thought he’d never recover, but Wallace never gave up on him. Thanks to her, Simon now has a loving forever home!

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Since the rescue is a non-profit, Wallace holds many fundraisers to raise money for the expensive veterinary care and medical costs. She also does a great job at getting her dogs adopted once they’re healthy. There are currently 70 foster homes that she has placed her rescued dogs into, and many of them find permanent homes rather quickly.

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Wallace’s love for dogs began many years ago. Once her children were older, she had a lot more time on her hands and was searching for something to occupy her time. That’s when she started taking in dogs, fostering them while she worked from home for an IT security firm.

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“There’s an awful lot of ugly stuff in this world, but we work with some great people and we make a difference,” Wallace told the Lansing State Journal. “We’re making a difference for the family (who adopts), and we’re making a difference for the dog.”

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