Meet Charlie
Hi, I’m Charlie.
This dog rescue organization is named after me.
My sister and I were in cages, sleeping on a cold concrete floor and getting lousy food. It was crowded and they had to make room because more dogs were coming.
If we hadn’t been rescued, things would not have ended well for us.
Some of my friends are in the same terrible situation and they need help.
Will you help me save my friends?
Let’s make sure they get a new life in a warm and loving home.
Save a life. Adopt one of my friends.
Lets go!
Can you please hurry?
My friends are waiting!
Is it OK if I drive?
Meet Charlie
Hi, I’m Charlie.
This dog rescue organization is named after me.
My sister and I were in cages, sleeping on a cold concrete floor and getting lousy food. It was crowded and they had to make room because more dogs were coming.
If we hadn’t been rescued, things would not have ended well for us.
Some of my friends are in the same terrible situation and they need help.
Will you help me save my friends?
Let’s make sure they get a new life in a warm and loving home.
Save a life. Adopt one of my friends.
Lets go!
Can you please hurry?
My friends are waiting!
Is it OK if I drive?
Meet Charlie's Friends
all but one of the adults and puppies that arrived on November 2nd have been adopted. Lots MORE will arrive at the END of November and even MORE in early December. Stay Tuned…
2019 has been a huge success – lots of Rescue dogs adopted!
Charlie (with help from humans) rescued lots of his friends so far this year. They are very happy dogs now that they have been adopted by their new families. Scroll down to see the dogs and puppies that will be arriving in Maine and ready for adoption soon.
None of this would be possible without our wonderful volunteers and sponsors. The happy faces on kids, adults and wiggly, tail wagging dogs makes all the effort worthwhile. With your continued support, we will make 2019 even better than last year!
All dogs and puppies adopted through Rescue Charlie’s Friends are up to date on all their vaccinations, have been spayed or neutered and have a microchip so that if they are ever lost, they can be returned to their family.
NOTICE: Lots more adults and puppies will be arriving at the end of November and again in the first week of December. Details will be added to this website as they become available. If you want to be the first to know, get a sneak peek and be notified of our adoption events, just sign up for our email.
DOG OF THE WEEK
This dog is
Squiggy
Full of energy. Wants to know everything that is going on. Squiggy loves everybody – kids, adults – loves ’em all. Great with other dogs. We don’t know about cats.
Squiggy is well socialized and gets along with everyone. His sisters, Laverne and Shirley have already been adopted. In fact of the thirty adults and puppies that arrived on November 2nd, Squiggy is the only one not yet adopted. He needs a new home!
Squiggy is in Maine now and staying with a Foster.
Squiggy is a four month old male Labrador mix.
I’m only four months old and I’m already learning how to shop.
Hi, I’m Squiggy. I’m a really great dog and I can’t figure out why, out of thirty dogs that arrived here in Maine last week, I am the only one not yet adopted. I am a sweet, playful, loyal love-bug but no one has adopted me. I just don’t get it.
i know what you’re thinking. “These shoes are nearly new and I don’t want some puppy chewing on them”.
OK, so here’s the deal. Just PUT THEM AWAY and I promise I won’t eat them. There, see how simple?
Besides, I’m not just “some puppy”. Maybe you could say it with some enthusiasm, as in “Wow! Now that’s SOME PUPPY”. Got it?
Rex
Rex is a one year old male Labrador mix. He is good with kids and other dogs. He is very sweet.
Noah
Noah is a four month old male Chihuahua mix
Wilma
Wilma is a three year old female. She is a Schnauzer / Yorkshire Terrier mix
Wilma is three years old. She is a Schnauzer / Yorkshire Terrier mix.
Pookey
Pookey is a male Chihuahua mix. He is three years old.
They only took one picture of me. All the other dogs got two or three each. But me, only one. Maybe they think I am soooo cute I only need one picture to get adopted. Maybe they think that having two pictures on the website would give me an unfair advantage.
Please, just adopt me and we can figure it out later.
Cody
Cody is a male long haired Chihuahua mix. He is three years old.
I need a new home. This place sucks. All the other dogs – bark , bark, bark all the time.
Please take me home with you. I’ll lay quietly beside you on the couch and I won’t make a peep.
Peaches
Peaches is a female Chihuahua / Pug mix. She is three or four years old and recently became mom to five gorgeous puppies.
I’m a Chihuahua / Pug mix. If you can’t adopt one of my babies, maybe you can adopt me. OK?
Here are Peaches' Puppies
Three boys, two girls. Chihuahua / Pug mixes, four months old.
I’m a girl. I have three brothers. I have a sister too. Of course, We all want to be adopted. Can you help?
I’m a girl. I am worried about my sister and brothers, I really hope they get adopted soon. Of course I want to be adopted too.
Marci and Darci
Marci and Darci are female Chihuahua mixes. They have been together a while and they have really bonded. They would love to be adopted into the same family if possible.
Marci is a Chihuahua mix. She is about five years old.
Darci is a Chihuahua mix. She is about seven years old .
Chip
Chip is a male Great Pyrenees mix. He is eight weeks old.
I’m only eight weeks old – I won’t be this small for long!
Someone already wants to adopt me! I can hardly wait to meet my new family!
Hershey
Hershey is a one and a half year old Chiweenie female.
“What’s a Chiweenie?” people always ask me. Well, according to my mom,. it is a mix between a Chihuahua and a Dachshund. Doesn’t matter to me, because I am just about the cutest little dog you ever saw, if I do say so myself.
Just take me home and watch all your friends wish they had adopted me.
I would love to lay in your lap.
Skylar
Skylar is a female Labrador / Greyhound mix. She is two or three years old.
Skylar has been the victim of abuse in the past. If you move your arm quickly, she will cower and tremble in fear. She needs a gentle family where she can build confidence and learn that not every quick movement brings pain. She needs to build trust and that may take some time.
Are you the right person for her?
In spite of my past, I still love humans and just want to be a part of your family . I will be your best friend ever.
Penny and Sadie
Penny and Sadie are Sisters. They are one year old Labrador mixes. Penny and Sadie have bonded with each other. Any chance they can be adopted together?
Penny
Sadie
This picture doesn’t show my best side. I’m actually a lot cuter than I look here.
Hi, I’m Sadie. Can you really resist my big brown eyes? Won’t you adopt me? Please?
Moody and Rose
Moody and Rose are Sisters. They are seven months old Shepherd mixes.
Moody
Rose
I’m Moody. Well, not really. I always have a sunny disposition and I love everybody.
My sister Moody and I just want to be adopted and be part of a family.
Two Sisters
One to two year old Golden Retriever / Labrador mix
Luella
So we are Golden Retriever / Labrador mixes but it looks like I got more of my DNA from the Golden and my sister got more from the Labrador.
Junebug
She is just naturally golden – no peroxide there. I like my color better, so I’m happy. I will be a lot happier when I’m adopted.
Jackson and Jordan
Jackson and his brother Jordan are four years old. They are male Chihuahua mixes.
I am good with everyone. I would like to become your favorite couch buddy and we could watch Animal Planet on TV together, OK?
I am a very sweet dog and I want to become your very best friend. I love kids, adults other dogs and just about everyone and everything.
Frannie
Frannie is a Labrador / Dachshund mix. She was found as a stray. Frannie is about two or three years old and weighs about twenty pounds.
Please adopt me! I just want to lay next to you on the couch and watch movies. I don’t care what the movie is, as long as the dog lives.
Please adopt me! I ‘m waiting just for you.
Frannie is an absolute love muffin. She just wants to be on the couch with you, but when she finds her “person” she doesn’t like to share attention and gets jealous of other dogs.
She would do best in a home where she is the only dog.
Those above are scheduled to arrive November 30th.
Those below are scheduled to arrive December 7th
(There are more to add – this is a work in progress. Please check back again)
Grandpa Jones
Grandpa Jones is about three to five years old. He is a Labrador / Husky mix.
So I’m walking around minding my own business, just looking for something to eat and this guy says “Hey, come here. Let me see your eyes. They’re two different colors.”
Now I never knew that before, they seem the same to me, so I let him look. Bingo-Bango I wind up in the back of a truck and he brought me here to this shelter. So then they gave me something that made me go to sleep and when I woke up I find out they neutered me! In my sleep!
Now no one asked me if that was OK, nope, they just went ahead and did it without my consent and let me tell you, I was not too happy about it. But I’ve kinda gotten used to it and I guess it’s OK. I mean, I still like girls. I just can’t remember why.
Sissy and Bowie
Sissy and Bowie are seven months old. They are Australian Shepherd mixes.
Sissy
Bowie
Popcorn and Cambridge
Popcorn and Cambridge have really bonded together. They would love to be adopted into the same family if possible, but if that can’t happen, they still want to be adopted.
Popcorn is a male Chihuahua mix. He is ten years old.
Cambridge is a male Chihuahua mix. He is five years old.
Popcorn and Cambridge have bonded together.
Sammy
Sammy is a Dachshund mix. He is a male.
My name is Sammy and I’m a male Dachshund mix. I’m eight months old and I want a new home. I’m stuck down here in Alabama. The people are really nice and they are taking good care of me, but word is out that I’ll be going to Maine soon.
Maine, wherever that is, sounds great but what I really want is to settle down with one family. I just want to lay next to my best friend on the coucn and know that it is my forever home.
Please, just adopt me while I’m still young!
Hope
Hope is an eight week old Labrador / Bulldog mix.
Hi, I’m Hope. I had a little accident and broke my leg. It is healing up just fine and I will soon be as good as new.
I am hoping that someone will adopt me into a new family. Being adopted will make me so happy. I will love my new family forever.
DeWayne
DeWayne is a one year old Anatolian Shepherd
I’m DeWayne and I don’t want to sound like I am complaining.
They are good to me here. Things could be much worse. But they could be much better too. For example, If I had a family of my own to love. If I had a backyard I could run around in. If I had…
I just hope I get adopted before I go stir crazy being locked up here all the time.
Mrs Claus
Mrs Claus is an Australian Shepherd / Husky mix
Mrs Claus is the mother of Santa Paws. She has been a great mom. She is good with kids.
Santa Paws
Santa Paws is the daughter of Mrs Claus. She is 7 weeks old. She is an Australian Shepherd / Husky Mix.
Charlie
What? The whole Rescue and the website were named after Charlie? Nope, I am definitely not THAT Charlie. I’m just one of his friends and I am very, very grateful that he rescued me.
I am a two year old male Australian Shepherd mix.
Charlie is a two year old Australian Shepherd mix.
I’m really quite a good dog. Everyone says so. Would you like me to be your best friend forever?
Stella
Stella is a one and a half year old Jack Russell mix. She recently became mom to six puppies, four boys and two girls. She has been a great mom!
I’m Stella and I’m a Jack Russell mix. I have six, count ’em, six gorgeous little babies. All of us need a new home and a new family. I promise, we are very, very lovable. Good looking too.
And here are Stella's Babies
Four boys, Two girls. They are only two weeks old in the pictures but they will be eight weeks old when they arrive in Maine. We will post new pictures when they become available.
I’m a boy. My sisters are really cute and they know it, if you know what I mean.
Lil Ricky
Lil Ricky is a male Chihuahua mix, three years old
Hi, I’m a male Chihuahua mix about three years old. I’m not sure how I wound up here, up for adoption. I had a family and I thought everything was fine. Guess something came up and they had to get rid of me.
Please, just adopt me and we can start a new life together.
Dolly
Dolly is a Maltese / Shis Tzu mix, two or three years old. She is a mom to four beautiful puppies!
Hi, I’m Dolly. I’m a Maltese / Shih Tzu mix. I’m two or three years old. Look at my beautiful puppies. Will you adopt one? Or, how about adopting me? OK?
Here are Dolly's Puppies
Two boys, Two girls. Eight weeks old.
Not sure I like my name. Cupid? Really? For a boy? Please adopt me and we can work on a better name for me, OK?
I like my name just fine. I think Blitzen is OK for a boy’s name and I’m proud to be associated with Santa’s Reindeer.
I am a really cute girl and I love my sister and brothers. I know we will go our separate ways and I’m OK with that, as long as we all get adopted
Please adopt my mother. She has been really good to us and I want her to be part of a family. I want that too.
Moo
Moo is a Labrador / Hound mix. He is eight months old.
I’m eight months old. I haven’t learned all my manners yet, but I really want to please you, so if you will just show me what you want, I’ll do my best for you. I am a quick learner.
I’m a really good dog. I love everybody and I just want to be part of a family. I’ll be the part of the family that is always happy, never in a bad mood.
Henderson
Henderson is a Jack Russell mix. He is one and a half years old
They named me “Henderson” and I like the name. I’m one and a half years old and I’m a Jack Russell mix. I’m proud of being a Jack Russell. When I grow up, I want to be just like Eddie, the dog that stared on Frasier.
What people are saying
I adopted a puppy from Rescue Charlie’s Friends on June 2, 2018 named August. My thirteen year old dog had passed away the month before.
I renamed him. Bud Lite. Bud because he is my Buddy and Lite because he is the Lite of my life.
I am some what of a hermit, but Buddy gets me out walking everyday. We have met many wonderful people and other dogs on our walks.
He means everything to me.
PLEASE keep up the good work you are doing both for the dogs and the families that are fortunate enough to adopt them.
From Foster to Adopter
I have always been a dog person.
For as long as I can remember I have had a special bond with these four legged loves.
When my karma died I thought that my heart would rip in two. To me, and many other pet owners, a dog is very much a part of your family, another child. There is nothing like the love that a dog has for their humans.
For many years I have wanted another dog, but as we all know it’s a lot of work and I’ve got enough going on in my life, Ha!
Fostering has been wonderful, it helps teach my kids responsibility, it shows them the importance of volunteer work and helping other beings, we get to have puppies around, and we got to save all of these beautiful dogs who otherwise wouldn’t have it so great.
I would highly recommend it for anyone out there who is a dog lover. It’s hard, yes, because you do fall in love, but it also gives life so much meaning, and it’s such an amazing feeling to see these dogs go to a new special home after coming from not so great circumstances.
This dog right here came into our life by chance. We are going away and the rescue just needed help with her for the weekend so they asked us. From the moment she got into our car, something was different. There was an immediate bond with my oldest and when we took her home it quickly extended to everyone. It just felt like she was coming home. We were absolutely not thinking about getting another dog right now, but just like Hazel, we absolutely could not let her go. She just fit. Even Hazel is realizing that she has a new body. This poor sweet dog had a rough beginning, but we’re here to make sure that the rest of her life is a grand one! I am so thankful that this sweet soul chose us. 
