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Rural Dog Rescue

Dog rescue in Washington, DC

Rural Dog Rescue is a non-profit organization whose mission is to save the lives of dogs and cats in high-kill shelters in rural areas with euthanasia rates of 80% or higher.

Mission Statement: Forever true to The Underdog, Rural Dog Rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of dogs in shelters who are often overlooked for adoption or rescue. We save the dogs who are at most risk of being euthanized: the hounds, the black dogs, the seniors, the sick and the broken. We make a commitment to reserve a minimum of 50% of the dogs we save to The Underdog. Root For The Underdog!

Rural Dog Rescue's home base is in Washington, DC. We support several high kill shelters that euthanize in 72 hours and whose kill rate is 70% or higher in rural areas of Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina. Rural Dog Rescue also helps dogs in need in Washington, DC and Maryland.

We are 100% volunteer and foster based and no salaries are paid. 100% of your donation and adoption fee goes to helping the dogs and cats of Rural Dog Rescue.

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719 8th Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
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719 8th Street SE

Washington, DC 20003

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Adoptable pets at Rural Dog Rescue

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Ember

Labrador Retriever/Mixed Breed (Medium)

Female, Young
Washington, DC
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Dove

Hound (Unknown Type)/Mixed Breed (Medium)

Female, Young
Washington, DC
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Smokey

Chihuahua

Male, Senior
Washington, DC
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Dreamer

Treeing Walker Coonhound/Mixed Breed (Medium)

Female, Senior
Washington, DC
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Blitz

Mixed Breed (Medium)

Male, Young
Washington, DC
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Sandy

Mixed Breed (Medium)

Female, Young
Washington, DC
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Rescue FAQs

Washington, D.C area, including Northern Virginia and Maryland

  • 1. Submit Application
  • 2. Interview
  • 3. Home Check
  • 4. Meet the Pet
  • 5. Approve Application

Additional adoption info

Adoption area is Washington, D.C area, including Northern Virginia and Maryland. All adoptions require a completed adoption application. Our adoption coordinators will contact you soon after reviewing the application. Our adoption fee is $450 to help off set the costs of rescuing dogs in need. All dogs go to their new homes spayed or neutered, up to date on all shots, wormed (although a 2nd worming may be required), started on heart worm and flea and tick preventative and sometimes microchipped.

Although we try to be as accurate as possible, Rural Dog Rescue cannot guarantee the breed or full-grown adult size of any of the dogs or puppies in its care. Because many of these dogs were found as strays or are the result of irresponsible, unplanned breeding, we do not know the dog's exact background and can only list breed and size by our best educated guess. If exact breed and size are important to you, please consider adopting a dog from a specific breed rescue. We want our dogs to be adopted by people who will love and care for them forever for who they are - no matter what breed and size they turn out to be!

To read more about the application process, or to fill out an application, visit https://ruraldogrescue.com/adoption-process/

Adoption Application: https://ruraldogrescue.com/dog-adoption/
Foster Application: https://ruraldogrescue.com/dog-foster/

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https://ruraldogrescue.com/dog-adoption/

https://ruraldogrescue.com/donate/

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