Sally Sue (Reduced Rover)

Part steel magnolia, part sugar cookie, part unlicensed emotional support biscuit.

Picture this: a 32-pound shepherd mix with a heart big enough to light up rural Mississippi and a spirit strong enough to raise SEVEN puppies in a shelter with nothing but grit, grace, and the sheer force of motherhood. That's Sally Sue—a pint-sized, biscuit-flavored miracle who refuses to let her past dim her shine.

Take Paws rescued her just in time, scooping up this tiny heroine and her seven squirmy miracles like precious jewels. Her pups have been adopted, adored, and are probably running their new households. And now Sally Sue is finally—FINALLY—ready for her own soft landing. Sally Sue loves her people the way Southern grandmas love bragging about their grandchildren—loudly, loyally, without apology. She melts into cuddles like butter into cornbread. She'll follow you from room to room with the quiet devotion of someone who has lived the hard chapters and is ready—achingly ready—for the good ones.

Ideal Home

New dogs? She observes first, like a polite woman at a potluck gauging whether the potato salad has raisins. Once approved, though? She's all in. She currently lives with FIVE foster siblings, managing them like a benevolent small-town mayor. Cats? Unconfirmed. Could go either way, much like family reunions.

Ongoing Health

Spayed, vaccinated, and heartworm treatment completed. Healthy as a peach in June.

Training & Support

House trained.

Application Details:

• Applications start by contacting us through Wags.
• You must complete an application and read all of our FAQs at wags.com.
• Information to determine if you might be a match for one of our animals can only be found on our application.
• An inquiry, questions or an introduction through Petfinder is NOT an application.
• All known details about our animals are posted on their profile and updated daily. Other info will be discussed in detail with the foster during the application review process.
• Due to the high volume of introductions/questions received, we ask you to submit an application. That application can be used for any dog with Take Paws Rescue.
• The adoption fee for adult dogs covers age-appropriate vaccinations, microchip, spay/neuter if not yet performed, heartworm test & appropriate heartworm treatment by the rescue's vet. All dogs in our care are also kept up-to-date on HW/Flea Prevention. For more on this, or for additional information, including the adoption process and our adoption fee scale for all our adoptable pets (including an explanation about Benefactor Dogs), please see our FAQs page at wags.com.

Transporation

Take Paws Rescue saves dogs from high-kill shelters across the South, owner surrenders, and discarded dogs with uncertain futures. All of our animals live in foster homes where they are socialized and well cared for. An application will be required to make sure it's the perfect match!