N.C. Non-Profit Animal Rescue

Give a Freedom Ride

In the rescue world, a “Freedom Ride” is that magical car ride out of an animal shelter for a dog. At first they are nervous, but there is a moment when they realize they are safe …. tongue out, tail wagging, a new chapter for them.

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About Our N.C. Rescue

We are proud to be the crazy dog lovers who skip out on work to transport dogs from all over the state to their excited fosters’ homes; who stay up late searching shelter pages for that next “Freedom Ride” potential; who spend countless hours making rescue a reality!

Freedom Ride Rescue brings together individuals who share a love for dogs and a dream to see a no-kill state. Our foster-based network is in the Raleigh/Clayton, NC, area. We bring in dogs of all ages, sizes and breed mixes. We help to rehabilitate these animals – providing security, love, medical, and behavioral training as needed – until they can be adopted to their “fur-ever” homes.

We are foster based: we have no facility and every one of our adoptable (and not quite ready to be adopted) animals are in homes where families are teaching trust, love, basic manners …. preparing your future dog ready to be the best addition to your family that he can be!

As fosters, we are willing to have our heart break after we love, rehabilitate and nurse an unwanted, unloved animal until they prance away with their fur-ever person – often never looking back – as they start their most life’s wonderful chapter: the one as a cherished pet.

So join our road to making freedom rides happen! We are a wonderful, tight-knit family needing volunteers, fosters, donors – basically caring people willing to help in any way they can!

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😍FRR Alum Renna has been happy at home with her forever family for almost two years! She’s had an excellent big sister to learn from and bond with.

😎She is a regular baseball doggo at weekly Little League games.

😅Renna has a wonderful glass front door to sunbathe in front ofduring the day, but she doesn’t like it when delivery people don’t pay the dog tax.

🌊She is obsessed with her baby pool and turns into a wild girl full of zoomies!

🎂Renna celebrated her first birthday with a birthday hat, bandana, a dog cookie cake, and some playtime with the hose!

😆She loves going to the dog park so dogs can chase her. It’s what she lives for!

🏖️Renna gets to go to the beach with her family where she plays in the water, has her fill of watermelon, and lets every child pet her that will give her the time of day.

👀Do you want your alum to be featured on our page? Post their photos and what their life is like now in our alumni page and you could be next!
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Happy Friday! This week, we are sharing an absolute GEM of a doggo with lovely Ruby! Ruby is such an amazing dog. She loves people but isn't clingy and doesn't jump or beg for attention. She's just a happy, low-key gal who would love a home that will let her lounge and love (her two favorite things). Ruby does have some arthritis in her legs and has responded really well to injections that help her be more mobile and more pain-free. Her ideal family would be open to continuing those meds for her so she can live her best life. Read more about Ruby and apply to meet her!

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🚨🚨FOSTER NEEDED!!🚨🚨 This sweet little 4 year old girl was an owner surrender. She is just 7lbs, UTD on vaccines, dog friendly and super sweet! Please email jennifer@freedom-ride.org if you can help.
😍FRR Alum Renna has been happy at home with her forever family for almost two years! She’s had an excellent big sister to learn from and bond with. 

😎She is a regular baseball doggo at weekly Little League games. 

😅Renna has a wonderful glass front door to sunbathe in front ofduring the day, but she doesn’t like it when delivery people don’t pay the dog tax. 

🌊She is obsessed with her baby pool and turns into a wild girl full of zoomies! 

🎂Renna celebrated her first birthday with a birthday hat, bandana, a dog cookie cake, and some playtime with the hose! 

😆She loves going to the dog park so dogs can chase her. It’s what she lives for! 

🏖️Renna gets to go to the beach with her family where she plays in the water, has her fill of watermelon, and lets every child pet her that will give her the time of day. 

👀Do you want your alum to be featured on our page? Post their photos and what their life is like now in our alumni page and you could be next!
Little Tinker came to us a few weeks ago and we discovered that she is, sadly, heartworm-positive. The good news for Tinker is that she has already found her forever family (yay!) and that we'll continue to take care of her heartworm treatments until she is totally healthy. 

Please keep your pets up to date on monthly heartworm medications so that you never have to go through the difficult process of treating this awful disease.
Check out Sara’s foster journey! “I can’t believe it, but t’s been almost two years of being a foster! (May 27, 2022 to be exact) ❤️ I’ve been blessed to be a short pit stop on the way to the forever home for 11 dogs - although lucky #7 has taken up permanent residence here 🙂
🐶 I personally joined Freedom Ride after losing my sweet Benji. I couldn’t imagine getting another dog anytime soon, but the house felt empty.*Enter Pickle* my first foster dog and my first happy heart break when he went to his forever home. With each sweet pup that’s come into our home, I’ve grown more and more passionate about fostering. We are given such a wonderful opportunity to not only give these dogs a safe, loving home but we are able to help them transition out of the overcrowded shelters, get the medical attention they need, and watch them blossom into their true potential and personality - learning how to be on their best behavior along the way. Watching that happen is the most rewarding experience and allows us to match them up with the perfect family to live out their forever with. There are hard moments of course, but the dogs and people we get to meet in the process are incredible and make the experience beyond worth it. The pictures and videos we get of our fosters with their new families, even years later, will always make my day! And then likely make me reach out to Jennifer for our next foster! 🤣
If you’re considering fostering, just do it. That’s it. If you can provide a safe and loving home, that is enough and you’ll learn the rest along the way. The work this organization does is inspiring and the passion of each volunteer is unmatched. I’d encourage you to reach out to any of the other foster’s in Freedom Ride if you have questions and then take the leap! If you are interested in joining Freedom Ride in any capacity, I can personally guarantee it will be one of the most rewarding choices you could make!”🩷
Are you looking for a sunbathing partner? These dogs are all about that sunbathing life!
🚨🚨FOSTER NEEDED!!!🚨🚨Martha is a 7-8 year old low rider, Bassett hound mix and an absolute doll. She could use a few LBs but who are we to judge? If you can give this chunky lady a loving foster home please email jennifer@freedom-ride.org today!

Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.”

~ Karen Davison

Services

What We Do

Rescue Dogs

We are proud to be the crazy dog lovers who skip out on work to transport dogs from all over the state to their excited fosters’ homes … who stay up late searching shelter pages for that next “Freedom Ride” potential …. who volunteer countless hours making rescue a reality!

Provide Medical Care

Freedom Ride Rescue provides all supplies (crates, food, bowls) and gets the animal in for a vet visit (for a spay, neuter and/or vaccines); we’ll also provide flea and heartworm preventatives. Anything and everything to make a happy and healthy pet!

Find A Home

We love, rehabilitate and nurse an unwanted, unloved animal until they prance away with their fur-ever person as they start their most life’s wonderful chapter: the one as a cherished pet.

help save a life

Donations cover vet expenses, shelter fees, continuing long-term care, and any other costs that arise treating dogs in great need. We prepare our dogs for success with a microchip, spay/neuter and make sure they are up to date on vaccines and preventatives. We are a 501(c)(3) organization making your financial contributions tax deductible.

foster

Join our tight-knit rescue family! We need fosters until dogs are adopted, for temporary needs, for medical cases and/or for end of life hospice care. Supplies and vet care is provided. You help your dog blossom and find his fur-ever home and in the process learn what a rewarding experience fostering really is!

Adopt

Adopting a rescue animal helps to save the life of an animal in need, through no fault of their own! And you get a new best friend out of the deal. Seriously, what could be better than that? We take in all mixes of breeds and all ages! You can meet adoptable dogs at our weekly adoption events or put in an application for specific dogs.

Lost a Pet?

Freedom Ride Rescue partners with Petco Love Lost to make reuniting lost pets easier using image recognition technology to search a national lost and found database. 

Report Lost Pet