N.C. Non-Profit Animal Rescue
Give a Freedom RideIn 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.
About Us
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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Puppy season never stops around here. Just look at all the adorable pups still looking for homes!
A few weeks ago, we had fifty puppies in our care and we are so excited that so many of our pups have found their forever homes since then. We still have about 35 puppies (between 8 weeks and 1 year old) available for adoption--along with a few who new additions who are to brand new to us and aren't available yet and/or are too young to start their search for a forever home. That's still a lot of hungry pups to feed.
We're hoping even more of our adoptable dogs find their forever families before the holidays (don't forget we pause adoptions during the week of Christmas because we firmly believe that puppies are not presents: they are lifetime commitments the whole family needs to be ready for). In the meantime, we could still use your help to keep all our pups supplied with plenty of food to help them grow big and strong! You can still donate to our puppy food fundraiser!
www.facebook.com/donate/758803179753346/
And please go to our website to read more about all the dogs we have available right now and submit an application for the one that makes your heart sing!
Santa Claus is coming to town on Saturday to take pictures with your pooch!
We're excited to team up with Canine Community Outreach of North Carolina and Five Freedoms Photography again this year for a super fun event. For a $25 donation (that goes to help Canine Community Outreach's mission to help people get their pets spayed and neutered), you can get your pooch's photo taken by an amazing professional photographer.
Check out the event page details for how to sign up for a photo slot!
www.facebook.com/events/1762859247852070
And of course, we couldn't have an event without adoptable dogs and puppies. Here is who is scheduled to attend the event this weekend!
We have so many AMAZING dogs and puppies looking for homes right now!
We do put a "paws" on adoptions the week of Christmas because we firmly believe that a pet is NOT a present; it is a lifetime commitment that everyone needs to be ready for. But we would LOVE to see as many of our dogs and puppies find their homes before the holidays.
If you see a pup that pulls at your heartstrings, head over to our website to read more about them and fill out an application! And keep an eye on our events to see where we'll and what dogs are coming with us to our upcoming events!
www.freedom-ride.org
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Browse our dogs in foster care and available for adoption!
We`d like to officially introduce the newest little family here at Freedom Ride.
Mayzie came to her foster home a little over a month ago as a very shy little thing. The vet guessed that she was only about a year old, so she`s barely more than a puppy herself. Her foster was giving Mayzie some time to settle in and get comfortable before we started looking for her forever home...but as time went on, Mayzie`s foster began to suspect that she had a secret she was keeping. Yes indeed, sweet Mayzie was expecting puppies!
This beautiful little mama welcomed 5 perfect pups into the world on October 3. There are 3 girls and 2 boys. We can`t wait to watch them grow over the next few weeks! The puppies will be able to start attending adoption events and accepting applications when they are 6 weeks old (November 14) and can go to their forever homes once they are 8 weeks old (November 28). Of course little Mayzie will need a forever home too! We want to get her spayed and ready to face her future once her pups are weaned, so it will still be a couple of months before she can join her forever family.
If you`d like to send a gift to welcome this precious little family, you can choose some puppy items off our Amazon list! Mayze will be eating puppy food while she`s nursing to give her lots of extra calories, and once the puppies are old enough, they`ll go through lots of puppy food too! We can always use puppy pads and puppy toys to help support our growing pups.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/25OJZNI88Y18K?ref_=wl_share&fbclid=IwAR0xNDAoVVBE3-tEbHE6T4hTglS8U9LU-RwYpFrqXH2aY9ewRo98bMu2VxI
You can also send a monetary donation on our website to help with their care!
https://www.freedom-ride.org/giving/
🐾🌼 **Join Us for Doggies in Bloom!** 🌼🐾
This Saturday, 10/19, from 8 AM to 12 PM, head over to the Western Wake Farmers Market in Morrisville, NC for a paws-itively amazing event! 🐶✨
🌟 **What to Expect:**
- Local vendors with delicious pastries (for both pets and humans!) 🥐🍩
- Fresh produce, crafts, and artisan goods 🥕🎨
- Meet some adorable, adoptable dogs from Freedom Ride Rescue! 🐕❤️
Bring your friends, family, and furry companions for a morning of fun, shopping, and supporting a great cause! Let’s make this a day to remember!
📍 **Location:** Western Wake Farmers Market
🕗 **Time:** 8 AM - 12 PM
See you there! 🐾🌼
#DoggiesInBloom #FarmersMarket #AdoptDontShop #FreedomRideRescue #MorrisvilleNC
🙏🏽TEMP FOSTER NEEDED 10/17-10/20🙏🏽Plum needs a temporary foster for a few days while her peeps are away. She is a 4 months old lab mix female pup. Great on leash and enjoys her crate. Good with other dogs and there are cats in her current foster home too. Please email jennifer@freedom-ride.org if you can keep this girl for a few days
Turkey Day Tuesday: 44 days left but there`s still time to sign up as a Turkey Day sponsor for our competitive timed 5K AND our relaxing dog/kid friendly one mile stroll that happens Thanksgiving morning in Garner.
Sponsorships available for all budgets! We also still need businesses wanting their logo on 450 runners` bags ... (the other 450 bags are covered!)
See the sponsors already on our road trip at: https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Garner/FreedomRideRescueTurkeyDay5k?previewCoverPage=T (You can sign up to register there, too!) PLEASE share and ask businesses you frequent to help the dogs of Freedom Ride Rescue!
#garner #pawitforward #garner #turkeyday5K #turkeytrot #freedomriderescue
FRR Alum Jubilee (FKA Alice) was adopted from the Brady Brunch litter, and her mom says it’s one of the best decisions she’s ever made!
😴When she isn’t going on adventures around town, or dismantling a toy, then she’s usually napping.
🤯Jubilee’s DNA results revealed she`s a mix of Cane Corso, Siberian Husky, American Pit Bull Terrier, and German Shepherd Dog.
📷She loves to take walks downtown and loves all the fun photo opportunities she gets!
😅Jubilee loves her best friend next door, Maebel, chew toys, and mud puddles!
😹Her cat sister tolerates her and probably secretly loves her…
🥹To this day, Jubilee still gets so excited and wiggly when she sees her fosters Scott and Lanier! (There’s nothing better than your foster babies remembering you!)
👀Nothing brings us greater joy than to hear about how our alumni are doing now! 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!
Meet the girls of Freedom Ride! All of these lovely ladies are looking for their forever homes! Read more about each of them and submit an application on our website: www.freedom-ride.org
We are so excited by the success of our yard sale this weekend. Thanks to all those who came out to shop, we raised just shy of $1,500 that all goes back to help Freedom Ride care for all of our foster dogs. We had an expensive week last week with several dogs ending up at urgent care, so this will help!
And a HUGE thank you to one of our amazing volunteers and fosters, Colleen Eddy Bouchard for letting us borrow her yard for this sale!!
Our hearts are broken ... but we are grateful for the love and time our fosters were able to provide these dogs before they crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
Rocky was a large senior dude just shy of his one-year anniversary with Freedom Ride Rescue. He was surrendered to a rural shelter, still with a lot of life and loyalty to give. He was a gentle 80-pound hound who loved everyone, and while his heart wanted to keep on loving, his body could not keep up. Rocky left this world surrounded by the fosters who loved him.
Grace`s story with us was too short. She was rescued from a local shelter VERY pregnant, with her milk already in. Her maternity foster had her less than a day when Grace became very sick. An urgent rush to the vet ended with the worst possible diagnosis: Parvo. While the vet was providing us with possible options, Grace`s condition deteriorated - she and her unborn litter did not make it.
Both dogs had very different endings and neither had enough time with their foster; however, both were being held and tears were shed for them in the end … they said goodbye knowing love and having their very own names. Run free until we meet again.
Thank you to Falls Village Vet for their care of Grace and to N. Raleigh Mobile Vet for helping Rocky through his final stage. And thank you to all of our fosters who give their full hearts to their foster dogs every day.
Say hello to the boys of Freedom Ride! All of these handsome fellas are looking for their forever homes. Read more about each of them and fill out an application on our website: www.freedom-ride.org
It takes all kinds of people to help us do all the amazing things we do. If you are a "people person" who is good at schmoozing and/or selling things--we can use you! We need people to stay at our information table and talk about our mission as well as people who can sell some of our merch and/or raffle tickets. It`s a pretty fun way to spend an afternoon: have a beer, pet some dogs, sell some tickets...and you`ve HELPED THE RESCUE!!
Apply to volunteer with us! www.freedom-ride.org
Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.”
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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.
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.