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K9EI Rescue

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  • K9 ENRICHMENT INITIATIVE, INC. (KEI)
    • This Is Us
    • Testimonials
    • Testimonials
    • Mission Statement
    • Rescue Best Practices: Five Freedoms
    • Considering Adoption?
    • Be A Sponsor: A lifeline of Support
    • What we mean by “Fear Free, Force Free”, Positive Reinforcement training
    • From All of Us to You…
  • Adoptable
  • FOSTER/ADOPTION/VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
    • FOSTER / ADOPT
    • Foster / Adoption Policies
    • KEI Foster Agreement
    • Fostering: What it means to a dog in need and you?
    • Adoption Contract
    • Adoption Fees
    • Volunteer
    • Two Week Shutdown For the Dogs New Beginning
  • KEI AFFILIATES
    • Veterinary Medical Care Partners
    • KEI Training Resources
    • Power of 3
    • Southern Comfort Coalition
  • SHELTER PARTNERS
    • Chicago Animal Care and Control
  • Food Resources
  • Lost Dog? What to do.
  • News & Information
    • Safe At Home w/ K9 Enrichment Initiative Joliet Slammers Baseball game to benefit the dogs
    • Dogs looking for love and forever
    • Rescue Best Practices: Five Freedoms
    • Trinity: Journey of a Warrior Princess Dog
    • Trinity Turns One!
    • Simple Lessons With Major Impact
    • Trinity: My Very Own T-shirt?
    • Trinity-Strike Out Animal Cruelty
    • Trinity Grace: Splint Be Gone
    • Who Rescued Who, Lessons Taught
    • Trinity: Photos
    • Trinity: Thank you!
    • Trinity: Give me the Bark Pops!
    • Trinity: Foster Home
    • Trinity Update!
    • Trinity: They Named Me Trinity
    • Happy Mother’s Day!
    • Brian and Amanda Bickell Foundation “Bick’s Pit’s” 2018 Calendar
    • Fostering: What it means to a dog in need and you?
    • Puppypalooza
    • #30DAYSOFHOPE: Bette Davis Eyes
    • Celebrating King Cairo. One Love.
    • Southern Comfort Coalition
    • Brian and Amanda Bickell Foundation “Bick’s Pit’s” 2018 Calendar
    • St. Pawstricks Bowl!
    • Baby Hope Needs Our Help!
    • Chicago’s Homeless Animals Need You!
    • Trinity Steps Out Against Animal Cruelty

Looking to complete your family with the addition of a canine member?

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Posted on December 26, 2022

Puppy Pinot Hospitalized

Just when we thought we could make it out of 2022 without further damage, our little Pinot has Strangles. "Puppy strangles is a rare skin…

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Posted on September 7, 2022

Dogs Deserve Better: Community Outreach & Shelter Aid

Questions and the answers to those questions you might be considering before donating.Why Missouri?  K9 Enrichment Initiative has always done outreach work since our inception. …

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Posted on August 17, 2022

*SOS* URGENT Dogs in Need of Rescue in Southeast Missouri pounds

These dogs are located in SEMO Bootheel area in rural pounds that have been at overpopulation for months now. They have reached a critical point…

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Posted on August 12, 2022August 13, 2022

A Shooting Star…Atticus

Dearest AtticusI wanted to share with everyone who hadn’t met you just how magical you were, but I can’t find the words, or I find…

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Posted on August 4, 2022

Sip n Support K9 Enrichment Initiative

Order your favorite wines, have them shipped directly to your home and support the rescue with a portion of the profits being donated to the…

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Posted on July 14, 2022July 14, 2022

ADOPT ME!

Von Ruger Pure Bred German Shepherd5 years oldAlteredUp to date on Vaccinations and PreventativesMicrochippedHouse trainedCrate trained/but roams house freely/or designated roomDietary restrictions Von Ruger came…

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Posted on March 16, 2022July 14, 2022

March Adoptable Dogs

Izzy (In foster to adopt home)Female2 years oldAlteredUp to Date VaccinationsCrate TrainedHouse TrainedDog SocialCats Unknown Floki (ADOPTED)Male8 years oldHouse trainedCrate trainedDog SocialCats UnknownUp to Date…

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Posted on January 9, 2022January 9, 2022

Live Like Roo Foundation Comes Through AGAIN for Hope Love!

Hope Love developed a cancerous tumor in 2018 while in her adoptive home. We contacted Live Like Roo asking for financial aid to help cover…

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Posted on January 4, 2022January 4, 2022

A Princess in Training: Meet Harlow

There is one thing for sure in life and that is it’s not easy. We all find a moment in time in our lives when…

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Posted on November 25, 2021November 26, 2021

On this day and every day, I am GRATEFUL, THANKFUL and BLESSED

2021 and our 5th year of animal welfare work with homeless dogs is coming to a close  and with that, I want to take this…

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Posted on October 4, 2021July 14, 2022

Adopt Me!

Interested in one of our gems? Complete an application here on the website after reading through the policies, procedures and all about who we are.…

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Posted on August 27, 2021

ILLINOIS GOES HUMANE-NO MORE PUPPY MILL DOGS SOLD IN STORES

From the Office of Bailing Out Benji, Illinois Chapter Raquel Melendez and Nikki Ormsby We are so thrilled to tell you that Illinois has OFFICIALLY…

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Posted on June 19, 2021June 19, 2021

#30DAYSOFHOPE: Bette Davis Eyes

It is with sad hearts that we have learned that Hope's dad has passed away, leaving Hope homeless. If you have followed our rescue from…

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Posted on May 1, 2021

Prince Otto Gracin: The Legend

They are never "just a dog", they are all legends in someone's heart.

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Posted on October 19, 2019October 19, 2019

Otto Grayson is HOME

This evening was one for the record books, our tiny Prince has chosen his people and he is now home. Otto came to us on…

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Posted on October 8, 2019October 9, 2019

Update on Imogene Grace

We are so blessed that Imogene's foster Mom is a retired Veterinary Technician and still has ties with veterinarians in the Galena, Illinois area.  Within…

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Posted on August 20, 2019

Prince Otto’s Journey-Living Large

Then as I opened his carrier on my driveway, I knew why they had commented he is so tiny.  Otto wasn't 3lb's, he is was 13 ounces. 

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Posted on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019

Dogs looking for love and forever

Taavi SOS Taavi is UrgentTaavi needs out of boarding ASAP and into a home. His health is deteriorating despite everything we do and he is…

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Posted on January 26, 2019August 27, 2019

Henry -(Abandoned) Adopted

  The Basics Dog Age: 1 to 1.5 years estimated Dog Breed: American Staffordshire Gender: Male/Neutered Weight: 65lbs (rock solid) Vaccinations: Up to date &…

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Posted on January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

Rescue Best Practices: Five Freedoms

In establishing K9 Enrichment Initiative, we agreed above all else it was our duty and promise to the dogs we brought into our program that…

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Posted on October 9, 2022

K9 Enrichment Initiative Fall Community Event

Register via this link to have your dog vaccinated against distemper/parvo (DHPPV) and kennel cough (Bordetella)Join us for a day of browsing the rummage sale,…

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Posted on August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Jessie: A Rags to Riches Tale

This is a tale about Jessie. A female American Pitbull Terrier who along with a male dog, that we figured was a littermate as they…

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Posted on July 21, 2022

Labrador X Puppies

IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED- 4 DAY DEADLINE Story old as time... Young female dog, left unprotected. Male dog strolls into town and out like a tumbleweed…

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Posted on April 15, 2022April 15, 2022

Where There Was Hope, There was Always Love

My heart has been shattered with the loss of Hope Love on April 5, 2022. Hope survived physical abuse, starvation, attack wounds and abandonment before arriving…

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  • If YOU are ready, let US show you the way.
  • Apply Now to Foster/Adopt
    • Foster/Adoption Requirements
    • KEI Foster Agreement
    • Adoption Contract
    • Adoption Fees
    • Two Week Shutdown For the Dogs New Beginning
  • Be A Sponsor: A lifeline of Support
  • Fostering
  • Volunteer
  • KEI Training Partners
    • What we mean by “Fear Free, Force Free”, Positive Reinforcement training
  • Veterinary Medical Care Partners
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K9 Enrichment Initiative has received grant funding aiding our mission of completing families through the homing of homeless dogs.

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Donate to Southern Comfort Coalition Community Outreach Managed by K9 Enrichment Initiative

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In addition to their microchip, the FI collar can help bring them home safely.
PETCO LOVE LOST
Petco Love is helping to reunite lost pets. Simply register your pets in the national database to aid in finding your lost pet if every needed. If you find a pet, be sure to check if it's listed in the database and check out ways to help reunite the pet with their owners.

REHOMING YOUR PET SAFELY: Rescues and Shelters Ask You to Responsibly Re-Home Your Pet if Necessary

Contact us

Plainfield
(779) 875-6309
Foster Based Rescue

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K9 Enrichment Initiative, Inc. is a federal tax exempt not for profit corporation registered with the State of Illinois. Donations are tax deductible in accordance with tax law. Federal ID# 81-2234931

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Foster Based Rescue

Plainfield, Illinois
779-875-6309
Voicemail Available 24/7
Email: info@k9ei.dog

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Pet People Naperville by Hollywood Feed

Pet People of Naperville provide food and supply donations, fundraising and grants to the dogs of K9EI Rescue. Shop local, support those who support the animal community.

Proud to be a Fear Free Rescue

Together We Can Save Them All

Proud participant of Shelter Animals Count

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PURCHASE A TAG FOR HOPE
SUPPORTING K9 ENRICHMENT INITIATIVE
For each tag purchased we receive 35% of the purchase price.

Participant in Rescue Pack Chicago: Support 4 Rescues & Community

Rescue Pack Chicago provides low cost food & supplies to 501c3 animal welfare organizations, while also helping communities with Pet Pantry days.

Southern Comfort Coalition

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  • K9 ENRICHMENT INITIATIVE, INC. (KEI)
    • This Is Us
    • Testimonials
    • Testimonials
    • Mission Statement
    • Rescue Best Practices: Five Freedoms
    • Considering Adoption?
    • Be A Sponsor: A lifeline of Support
    • What we mean by “Fear Free, Force Free”, Positive Reinforcement training
    • From All of Us to You…
  • Adoptable
  • FOSTER/ADOPTION/VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
    • FOSTER / ADOPT
    • Foster / Adoption Policies
    • KEI Foster Agreement
    • Fostering: What it means to a dog in need and you?
    • Adoption Contract
    • Adoption Fees
    • Volunteer
    • Two Week Shutdown For the Dogs New Beginning
  • KEI AFFILIATES
    • Veterinary Medical Care Partners
    • KEI Training Resources
    • Power of 3
    • Southern Comfort Coalition
  • SHELTER PARTNERS
    • Chicago Animal Care and Control
  • Food Resources
  • Lost Dog? What to do.
  • News & Information
    • Safe At Home w/ K9 Enrichment Initiative Joliet Slammers Baseball game to benefit the dogs
    • Dogs looking for love and forever
    • Rescue Best Practices: Five Freedoms
    • Trinity: Journey of a Warrior Princess Dog
    • Trinity Turns One!
    • Simple Lessons With Major Impact
    • Trinity: My Very Own T-shirt?
    • Trinity-Strike Out Animal Cruelty
    • Trinity Grace: Splint Be Gone
    • Who Rescued Who, Lessons Taught
    • Trinity: Photos
    • Trinity: Thank you!
    • Trinity: Give me the Bark Pops!
    • Trinity: Foster Home
    • Trinity Update!
    • Trinity: They Named Me Trinity
    • Happy Mother’s Day!
    • Brian and Amanda Bickell Foundation “Bick’s Pit’s” 2018 Calendar
    • Fostering: What it means to a dog in need and you?
    • Puppypalooza
    • #30DAYSOFHOPE: Bette Davis Eyes
    • Celebrating King Cairo. One Love.
    • Southern Comfort Coalition
    • Brian and Amanda Bickell Foundation “Bick’s Pit’s” 2018 Calendar
    • St. Pawstricks Bowl!
    • Baby Hope Needs Our Help!
    • Chicago’s Homeless Animals Need You!
    • Trinity Steps Out Against Animal Cruelty
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