Fundraising

Please help support TSK by shopping in our online store, purchasing books, using Smile.Amazon and select The Stafford Knot, Inc as your charity, shopping in our Etsy store and making donations. We are a 501c3 non profit so your purchases and donations can be tax deductible! Thank you!

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The Shops at TSK

We have been hard at work over the past year building an online shopping ‘mall’ to help support the growing need for funding for Stafford rescue. Sadly we are now helping families re-home their pets mainly due to lack of support from their breeders. Some breeders are also selling puppies Read more

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Rescued By Staffie Smiles

Chip’s history is not known but he was rescued by SSR from a pound in Yorkshire a few days before he came to me. He had been picked up as a stray. Chip was in a terrible state very underweight (under 10 kilos), huge bald patches due to skin condition (and I believe stress) and…

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Stafford Rescue USA Updates 2016

Dempsey entered into rescue on July 23rd of 2016. His heartbroken owner had become increasingly disabled and was very worried that one day his own health would require a higher level of care and that Dempsey’s fate would be decided by others. Though extremely unhappy to see his best friend of 10 years go off…

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Reprogramming The Secondhand Dog

One mistake that I see and I cannot stress enough is the over emotional human who thinks it best to coddle, impose and add more stress to second hand dog. Whether the dog you have adopted is an introverted, passive dog or an extroverted, anxious, reactive dog. Imposing upon them will only add to your…

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Important Steps To Safely Foster A Rescue Dog

It is so important that I do not take on a problem that will be more than I can handle emotionally, physically or financially. That is what causes volunteers to quit. It can be the same with dogs; it has to be a good experience for me, the rescue dog and my own dogs! Here…

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Foster Mom Enjoys Rewards Of Fostering

Our challenge was to get him ready for adoption. Our temporary tenant needed a lot of training before he would be ready to go to his forever home. The first two weeks were the hardest. In many ways, taking care of Atticus was like having a young puppy. He had no experience living among humans…

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