Breed Specific Dog Rescues

*Note: The Following Rescues are Breed Specific Only 

American Maltese Association Rescue- Maryland 

Breed Specific Rescue for Malteses Only

Email: [e-mail]

www.americanmalteserescue.org

Phone: [phone]

Appalachian Great Pyrenees Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Great Pyrenees Only

8976 Battlefield Park Rd, Richmond, VA 23231

Phone: [phone]

Website:https://agprescue.org/

Basset Rescue of Old Dominion:

Breed Specific rescue for Basset Hounds Only

Sometimes accepts owner surrenders, cannot have a history of aggression or biting. Must have medical background. Contact: 866-710-9476, located in Charlottesville, VA.

Email: [e-mail]

Bichon Rescue: Small Paws Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Bichons Only 

We rescue Bichons from shelters, and from owners who can no longer take care of them.

Website: https://smallpawsrescue.org/

Surrender Form: Owner Surrender Form – Small Paws Rescue

Big East Akita Rescue 

Breed Specific Rescue for Akitas Only

Vincentown, NJ 08088

Ph: 609-388-7004

https://bigeastakitarescue.org/contact/

Blue Ridge Bull Terrier Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Bull Terriers Only

Ph: [phone] Areas served: East Coast

https://www.brbtc.org/forms/surrender/

Boxer Transfer

Breed Specific Rescue for Boxers Only

Email: [e-mail] – Network of boxer fosters

Blue Ridge Boxer Rescue:

Breed Specific Rescue for Boxers Only

Owner Surrender - Blue Ridge Boxer Rescue

Carolina Boxer Rescue 

Breed Specific Rescue for Boxers Only

Ph: 910-799-5638

Email: [e-mail]

Cavalier Rescue 

Breed Specific Rescue for Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Only

Ph: 917-858-5047

Email: [e-mail]

Cocker Spaniel Adoption Center  

Breed Specific Rescue for Cocker spaniels Only

Westminster, MD 21158-5704

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Collie Rescue Inc

Breed Specific Rescue for Collies Only

Email: [e-mail]

Ph: 703-579-9931

www.savecollies.org

Delaware Valley Doberman Pinscher Assistance, Inc.

Breed Specific Rescue for Doberman Pinschers Only

PA, NJ, DE

Ph: 610-935-0896

Website: www.dvdpa.org

Email: [e-mail]

Delaware Valley Siberian Husky Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Siberian Huskies Only

Serves: PA, NJ, MD

Ph: 877-876-2644

Website: https://www.siberianhuskyrescue.org/

Email: [e-mail]

East Coast Boxer Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Boxers Only

Email: [e-mail]

For the Love of Poodles and Pooches Rescue

Breed Specific for Poodles and Poodle Mixes Only

Richmond, VA

Website: https://floprva.org/contacts/

French Bulldog Rescue Network

Breed Specific for French Bulldogs Only

Contact the Regional Contact for MD, DC

Email: [e-mail]

Website: https://frenchbulldogrescue.org

GRREAT (Golden Retriever Rescue, Education, and Training) 

Breed Specific Rescue for Golden Retrievers Only

Merrifield, VA 22116 (Accept surrender from DC, MD, VA)

Ph: [phone]

Website: https://grreat.org/

Happy Go Lucky Mastiff Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Mastiffs Only

Flintstone, MD 21530

https://www.happygoluckymastiffrescue.com/

Email: [e-mail]

Lab Rescue LRCP

Breed Specific Rescue for Labs Only

Annandale, VA

Lab Line at [phone]. Please leave a message with your full name, phone number, and some information about the Lab you’re giving up to Lab Rescue. One of our volunteers will return your call.

Email: [e-mail]  

Lab Rescue of Greater Richmond (Labrador Retriever Rescue)

Breed Specific Rescue for Labs Only

Ph: 804-417-7527

https://www.labrescue-richmond.com/

Love of Collies and Shelties Rescue of SEVA

Breed Specific Rescue for Collies and Shelties Only https://loveofcolliesandsheltiesrescue.com Contact: Karen Joos Email: [e-mail] ph: 757-814-4389

Lu's Labs

Breed Specific Rescue for Labs Only

Ph: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

https://www.luslabs.org/labalert

Majesty Rottweiler Rescue Inc 

Breed Specific Rescue for Rottweilers Only

Darlington, MD

Phone: [phone] 

E-mail: [e-mail] 

Mid-Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for German Shepherds Only

P.O. Box 353, Mount Airy, MD 21771

Ph: 410-644-7763

Website: https://magsr.org/surrendering-your-dog

Mid Atlantic Jack Rescue (Jack Russell Terrier Rescue)

Breed Specific Rescue for Jack Russell Terriers Only

Pottstown, PA

Email: [e-mail]

Website: https://www.majr.org/

Mid Atlantic Poodle Rescue 

Breed Specific for Poodles Only

Mid Atlantic Poodle Rescue is a network of people from MD, PA, and VA dedicated to finding loving permanent homes for abandoned unwanted or surrendered poodles of all varieties as well as Poodle mixed breed dogs. MAPR does not have a facility. Dogs surrendered by owners or pulled from shelters are placed in foster homes or other protected placements and cared for by our volunteer members until they can be adopted. 

Ph: 410-963-0079

Surrender Application: https://www.midatlanticpoodlerescue.org/volunteer

Mid-Atlantic Pug Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Pugs Only

Website: https://www.midatlanticpugrescue.org/surrender_form.html ph: 828-610-8440

They assist with surrender on the east coast of pugs

Mid Atlantic Samoyed Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Samoyeds Only

Maryland, Washington, DC

Regional Contact: Danielle Buchheister 410-279-5244

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.samrescue.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samrescue/

Must Love Corsos 

Breed Specific Rescue for Cane Corsos Only

Email: [e-mail]

National Foster Based rescue for Cane Corsos

Oldies but Goodies Cocker Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Cockerspaniels Only

Arlington, VA

Email: [e-mail]

Potomac Valley Pekingese Club and Rescue 

Breed Specific Rescue for Pekingese Only

Richmond, VA 

Email: [e-mail]

R.E.A.L. Rottweiler Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Rottweilers Only

https://www.realrottweilerrescue.com/

Owner Surrender: https://www.realrottweilerrescue.com/owner-surrender

Russell Rescue, Inc. (RRI) 

Breed Specific Rescue for Jack Russell Terriers Only

Website: https://www.russellrescue.com/

Sharpei Rescue of Virginia

Breed Specific Rescue for Sharpeis Only

Contact: [e-mail]

Shiba Inu Rescue: DC SIR (Shiba Inu Rescue)

Breed Specific Rescue for Shiba Inus Only

https://dcsir.org/

https://dcsir.org/service/surrender-your-shiba/

Southern States Rescued Rottweilers

Breed Specific Rescue for Rottweilers Only

 SSRR’s initiatives are in 14 states – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Requires a $100 donation to surrender. Must surrender online using the following link: 

Website: https://www.southernstatesrescuedrottweilers.org

Email: [e-mail]

United Maltese Rescue

Breed Specific Rescue for Malteses Only

18955 Ferry Landing Circle, Germantown, MD 20874

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] ; [e-mail] 

Virginia German Shepherd Rescue Inc.

Breed Specific Rescue for German Shepherds Only

VGSR is dedicated to rescuing and rehoming German Shepherds and German Shepherd mixes in Maryland, Virginia and metropolitan Washington, D.C. Fill out an intake form on their website to speak with an intake coordinator regarding surrender.

Fairfax County Sterling, VA 

Ph: 804-387-2284

Email: [e-mail]

Website: https://www.shepherdrescue.org/forms/form?formid=3147

Washington Poodle Club 

Breed Specific Rescue for Poodles Only

Rescue contact: Laura Thistle| 410-268-1110 

Email: [e-mail]

Website: https://poodleclubofamerica.org/

Welsh Terrier Rescue: 

Breed Specific Rescue for Welsh Terriers Only

WTCARES

Maryland representative: Jean Gunning  

Ph:  410-982-8029 

Email: [e-mail]