Who We Are

Welcome to the official website of CANINE GUARDIANS FOR LIFE, INC! benjamiaIncorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 2003, to date we've rescued and placed 525 dogs into loving homes in NH and surrounding areas. High-kill shelters in other parts of the country routinely euthanize millions of terrific companion dogs each year. One at a time, CGL rescues individual dogs from such facilities and rehomes them with loving forever families.

If you have room for a great new canine companion in your heart and your home, please browse our website for more information to learn how you can help through adoption, fostering, or donations. The more dogs we are able to place, the more dogs we will be able to save! So spread the word!

We're very proud of our new website and will be updating it frequently. Thanks for visiting, and please return again and again!

Judith Apy, Founder and President

Summer Safety

Summer Safety

When summer heat arrives, your dog’s love for car rides could be the death of him! When you need to go out and run your errands, please leave your dog at home! Car temperatures can rise 20-40 degrees in the summer sun. 85 degrees outside can easily climb to 102 degrees in only 10 minutes. [...]

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Happy Birthday to our Texas Sisters

Happy Birthday to our Texas Sisters

Last year, we brought 6 beautfiul 14-week-old pups up from Texas to foster care in NH. Ella, Eva, Emma, Erica, Valerie, and Gigi all have their forever homes now and we are so proud of them and their adopters. From puppies who were sent to die in a high-kill shelter, these wonderful dogs have found [...]

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Leading Your Dog

Leading Your Dog

In order to have a stable pack, whether human or non-human, that pack must be led by a stable and confident leader. In the human world, a good leader is confident, assertive, knowledgeable, strict with boundaries, protective of his/her people, etc. It is those same qualities that make a strong leader in the world of [...]

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Debunking the Dominance Myth

Debunking the Dominance Myth

By: Laura Chapman, Miss Behavior For decades, the idea of dominance and dependence on establishing yourself as the alpha by forcing dogs into submission through alpha rolls, choke collars, and other aggressive methods has existed. With this mentality, there is an assumption whenever a dog does something inappropriate, whether pulling on leash, jumping on people, [...]

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