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Since founding ALIVE Rescue in 2008, our hearts have always been drawn to saving dogs locally.  We have focused a great deal of our resources on dogs at Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC) through community outreach programs like CRISP and through our Homeward Bound partnership. 

After opening Big Barn we added another local partner, Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission (MADACC), so we could begin saving dogs in Wisconsin as well.

We love that we call two cities home.

THE PROBLEM

With the expansion of Big Barn, we hoped to be able to save many more lives. Unfortunately, over the last year, that has proved to be difficult for a couple of reasons.

 1)  The state of WI requires that all animals entering the state come with a special health certificate called a CVI.  A sick dog will not pass this veterinary exam required to enter the state making it impossible for us to save any of the ailing dogs from CACC.

2)  A majority of dogs coming out of CACC & MADACC will break with some sort of illness within the first 14 days of entering Big Barn. So even if dogs are presenting healthy when we save them, the likelihood of them remaining healthy is minimal.  The risk this presents to our current canine population at Big Barn is too great.

THE SOLUTION

ALIVE Rescue will be building a new special isolation center at Big Barn called ISO House (ISOH).  ISOH will be steps away from Big Barn and completely separate from our healthy dogs and puppies. This new addition will allow us to quarantine dogs straight out of MADACC & CACC until they are deemed healthy enough to enter Big Barn or move into a loving foster home.  

ISO House will be a game changer for ALIVE Rescue and the dogs and puppies waiting to be saved from Chicago and Milwaukee. 

By becoming a naming donor, you can make an impact in so many animals lives. 

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