Generally speaking, somewhere around 90% of the dogs that find themselves abandoned can be rehabbed – some with very little training at all, others with more intensive training – but none the less, they can be given a chance at life through training. Far too many are deemed helpless and euthanized without even getting that chance.

Public shelters in North Carolina took in almost 110,000 dogs in 2018. More than 20% of those didn’t make it out. That’s over 23,000 dogs euthanized. Expanded nationally, that’s a pretty horrific number: more than 1.2 million put down.

With those statistics heavy on our hearts, and after many conversations among professional dog trainers who desired to make a bigger difference, Casey’s Legacy, Inc. was formed to help put a dent in those numbers.