From Jane, Save A Dog

Meet the people actually doing this

Hi, I'm Jane. We believe with our whole heart that every dog deserves a warm bed, a full bowl, and someone who comes looking for them when they're lost. It's not a faceless organization, it's six people, actually living here in Eastern Europe, doing this ourselves.

Here's who we are. Most of us moved here from the US to do this full-time; Ioana is the one who's actually from here.

Jane & Daniel From USA

I'm the one who can't say no to a dog on the side of the road. Daniel's the one who says yes before I've even finished asking. Between us we've already taken in seven of our own, and our son still asks why we can't keep just one more.

Casey From USA

Casey is the muscle of this team. If a dog needs to be carried, calmed down, or physically wrangled into a crate, that's Casey.

Ioana From Romania

Ioana is the reason any of this actually works on the ground. She knows these regions better than any of us ever will, and pretty much every local connection we have exists because of her.

Arthur From USA

The most patient person I know, and the reason any of us are even here. Arthur started this back in 1999, long before the rest of us showed up. Dogs that won't go near anyone else somehow still go near Arthur.

Patricia From USA

If it's unglamorous, paperwork, supply runs, the stuff nobody posts photos of, that's Patricia. She's never once complained about any of it.

The Numbers

What we've done so far

856

Dogs rescued total

Missions documented

1999

Rescuing since

2023

Biweekly rhythm since

Why We Do This

The work we actually do, every two weeks

We take street dogs off the road, get them veterinary care, and work to place them into foster or permanent homes. Arthur started this back in 1999; today it's the six of us running it together, on a biweekly rhythm we locked in back in 2023. The 63 missions below are the ones we've properly documented since then, not the full count since 1999, just the ones we have real photos and dates for.

We cover several regions across Eastern Europe. We go out on a regular schedule, not just when a sponsor happens to fund a trip. That regularity is the whole point: dogs don't stop needing help between fundraisers.

We currently operate across these regions in Eastern Europe:

Ilfov Dolj Olt Mehedinți Gorj Skopje Niš

Rescuing since: 1999
Biweekly rhythm since: 2023
Regions covered: 7
Dogs rescued to date: 856
Missions documented: 63

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Recent Rescues

The last two months, mission by mission

Every two weeks or so, we head out on a new mission. These are real dogs we've picked up recently, not stock photos, and every one of them is a life your purchase today helps make possible.

Week of September 1 · Most Recent 14 dogs rescued this mission · 2 pictured here

Before

After

Shadow · September 1

For the first few days, he wouldn't even lift his head when I came near. He still doesn't come running like the others, but he's stopped flinching, and some mornings he's already waiting by the gate.

Before

After

Daisy · September 1

The first time I tried to approach her, Daisy backed into a corner and stayed there. These days, the second she hears the food container rattle, she's already at the door.

Week of August 18 12 dogs rescued this mission · 2 pictured here

Before

After

Duke · August 18

The wound on his leg was deep enough that Casey genuinely wasn't sure he'd walk normally again. Six weeks of cleaning it twice a day, and he's back to running full speed at everyone who visits.

Before

After

Rocky · August 18

It was almost midnight when Casey found him too weak to stand on the side of the road, and they carried him the rest of the way to the van themselves. Rocky hasn't spent a night outside since.

856 dogs down. Yours could help fund the next one.

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Week of August 4 16 dogs rescued this mission · 2 pictured here

Before

After

Milo · August 4

His skin was so inflamed that even a gentle touch had to have hurt. He never once snapped or pulled away, not even while Ioana was cleaning the worst of it. He just wanted to be held.

Before

After

Bella · August 4

When Ioana found her she couldn't even lift her head out of the mud. Now she's the one who steals socks out of the laundry and refuses to give them back. That's Bella for you.

Week of July 21 · Oldest shown 11 dogs rescued this mission · 2 pictured here

Before

After

Milo · July 21

He was too weak to lift his head when Casey found him, but they could hear his tail thumping against the crate before they'd even gotten him fully dry.

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After

Bruno · July 21

Casey spent almost an hour just pulling ticks off him before they could even towel him down. A week later, he was the one following Casey around the yard like a shadow.

The Archive

Every mission we've ever documented

Beyond the two dogs we feature per mission above, here is the fuller picture. Real photos from our archive, pulled straight from the field.

June to August 2026

94 dogs documented

February to April 2026

88 dogs documented

October to December 2025

91 dogs documented

June to August 2025

83 dogs documented

We do not have a photo of every dog rescued since 1999. Partly because there was no way to document them back then, and partly because Arthur has owned four phones since he started this and has taken roughly eleven photographs, nine of which are of his own thumb. There is still no fancy editing team, just six people trying to keep a record between trips. What you see above is everything we have actually managed to capture and keep, not the full 856.

You Can Help, Right Now

Somewhere out there is a dog who does not know yet that we are coming.

They do not know their name yet. They do not know what a warm bed feels like, or that someone is going to show up for them. Right now they are still out there, cold, hungry and hurting, waiting for someone who never comes. You can help end that. Every "I Saved A Dog" collar sold pays for real fuel, real vet care and real hands reaching for a dog who has never once been chosen. That is what your order actually does.

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