Adopt & Support
Every view, every share, and every act of support creates a ripple effect. Whether you’re able to adopt or foster a featured pet, support the organizations featured here, or spread the word—you can make a difference in rescue pets’ lives.
Consider supporting our Mission in these three ways: Adopt or foster a featured pet, support rescue and advocacy organizations, and/or join our community. Learn more about each of these impactful opportunities below.
Adopt or Foster a Featured Pet
Even if you can't adopt right now, sharing their stories can make a difference. And if fostering seems daunting, consider this: it gives pets a vital break from the shelter, helps reveal their true personalities, and boosts their adoption chances. While goodbyes are hard, knowing you've been a bridge to a loving, lasting home makes fostering truly rewarding.
Need more encouragement? Check out these resources:
📌 Cat, Dog, and Other Pet Fostering FAQs
📌 Scientifically proven benefits of fostering companion animals
Featured Pet: Nieva
Nieva Shows How to Escape Drama at Work!
Nieva is friendly, gentle, quiet, affectionate, snuggly, and loyal. She gets along great with kids and other dogs...cats, not so much.
Although she's had multiple litters and survived cancer, her bright, sunshiny disposition holds a valuable lesson we can apply to our own lives!
Want to see other featured pets available for adoption?
Support Featured Organizations
Our Mission is amplified through collaboration. By supporting our partner organizations or reputable nonprofits we support, you help provide vital resources and care for rescue pets. Whether through monetary or supply donations (many have Amazon wish lists!); volunteering regularly, when called upon, or for special events; purchasing their products, or spreading the word and supporting petitions and legislation, your involvement makes a significant impact in the animal welfare community. Explore their needs and services…then take action!
Featured Organizations
There are so many small, local shelters and rescue organizations struggling to get funding, volunteers, and adopters. Please check your local community for nearby organizations in need, and stay tuned as we build our network and feature many of them! Here are a few reputable local and national organizations we’ve supported in recent years (we also donate to every featured pet's organization!). Visit their sites and learn more about the ways to support animal advocacy and no-kill shelter efforts nationally or in your local community:
Since its founding as the first animal welfare organization in North America in 1866, the ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) has been at the forefront of animal rescue and protection. Their “Get Involved” page shares several ways to make a difference…even right from your computer!
Best Friends Animal Society is a national, award-winning animal welfare organization focused on creating a no-kill environment in America's shelters and communities. Check out their wealth of educational and advocacy support resources, including monthly educational topics for its open-invitation “Action Group.
Dark Dog Posse supports the people who rescue, rehabilitate, foster, and otherwise save the uncared for, lost, rehomed, and unwanted. They offer dog-inspired merchandise to help fund donations to rescue/shelter partners and feature these partners in their social channels for increased visibility. Check out their latest story and cool merch!
FETCH a Cure works with pet owners and the veterinary community to further pet cancer awareness, education, and treatment. They provide financial aid to families unable to manage cancer treatments for their pets, and they offer in-person and virtual pet loss support groups for those navigating loss, regardless of the cause.
In partnership with the VA Department of Corrections, Pixie’s Pen Pals places dogs from area animal shelters with incarcerated men and women, who prepare the dogs for successful adoption by training, socializing and caring for them under the guidance of professional canine behaviorists. Learn more about available dogs and opportunities to foster or volunteer.
A Virginia-based nonprofit dedicated to progressive animal sheltering and advocacy, including providing training classes and vet services to adopters.Not affiliated with the ASPCA, this independent nonprofit offers a host of options for volunteering and adopting, including a “Pets for Patriots,” “Seniors for Seniors” and the “Animal Brigade Service Club.”
COMING SOON: "The Pack" - Our Facebook Community
You’ve found your people — the ones who lead with heart, grow through challenges, and believe in the wisdom of the group. Connect with and contribute to our Facebook Community to go deeper: sharing real-life insights, practicing new skills, and showing up for each other — just like any good pack would.
The Coaching to the Rescue team will support The Pack by sharing exclusive coaching tips, answering individual questions directly, and hosting live events with "hot seats" (real-time laser coaching for a community member, while others observe for insights).