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 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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Start your year off with something that truly matters: a new family member. 🐾

At Freedom Ride Rescue, we have so many amazing dogs available for adoption, and new faces are being added to our website all the time. Whether you’re looking for a playful puppy, a loyal adventure buddy, or a cozy couch companion, your perfect match could be waiting for you right now.

Make 2026 the year you add more love, laughter, and happiness to your life—adopt a dog and start the year with a forever kind of joy.

Read about all of our adoptable dogs and submit an application: www.freedom-ride.org
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Start your year off with something that truly matters: a new family member. 🐾

At Freedom Ride Rescue, we have so many amazing dogs available for adoption, and new faces are being added to our website all the time. Whether you’re looking for a playful puppy, a loyal adventure buddy, or a cozy couch companion, your perfect match could be waiting for you right now.

Make 2026 the year you add more love, laughter, and happiness to your life—adopt a dog and start the year with a forever kind of joy.

Read about all of our adoptable dogs and submit an application: www.freedom-ride.org
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Start your year off with something that truly matters: a new family member. 🐾

At Freedom Ride Rescue, we have so many amazing dogs available for adoption, and new faces are being added to our website all the time. Whether you’re looking for a playful puppy, a loyal adventure buddy, or a cozy couch companion, your perfect match could be waiting for you right now.

Make 2026 the year you add more love, laughter, and happiness to your life—adopt a dog and start the year with a forever kind of joy.

Read about all of our adoptable dogs and submit an application: www.freedom-ride.org
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Start your year off with something that truly matters: a new family member. 🐾

At Freedom Ride Rescue, we have so many amazing dogs available for adoption, and new faces are being added to our website all the time. Whether you’re looking for a playful puppy, a loyal adventure buddy, or a cozy couch companion, your perfect match could be waiting for you right now.

Make 2026 the year you add more love, laughter, and happiness to your life—adopt a dog and start the year with a forever kind of joy.

Read about all of our adoptable dogs and submit an application: www.freedom-ride.org
Start your year off with something that truly matters: a new family member. 🐾

At Freedom Ride Rescue, we have so many amazing dogs available for adoption, and new faces are being added to our website all the time. Whether you’re looking for a playful puppy, a loyal adventure buddy, or a cozy couch companion, your perfect match could be waiting for you right now.

Make 2026 the year you add more love, laughter, and happiness to your life—adopt a dog and start the year with a forever kind of joy.

Read about all of our adoptable dogs and submit an application: www.freedom-ride.org
Start your year off with something that truly matters: a new family member. 🐾

At Freedom Ride Rescue, we have so many amazing dogs available for adoption, and new faces are being added to our website all the time. Whether you’re looking for a playful puppy, a loyal adventure buddy, or a cozy couch companion, your perfect match could be waiting for you right now.

Make 2026 the year you add more love, laughter, and happiness to your life—adopt a dog and start the year with a forever kind of joy.

Read about all of our adoptable dogs and submit an application: www.freedom-ride.org
Only 10 more donations available!
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A FANTASTIC New Year's donation from Vivian Fish to help us raise money for Crumbles ... two tickets to the Seth Myers stand up show at DPAC on Jan. 24! A $10 donation get you a chance!

Crumbles was an emergency intake this weekend - she's lived outside her whole life and is VERY happy to be in a warm foster home! She will see our amazing partner vet, Falls Village Veterinary Hospital, for a full work up (vaccines, exam, heartworm test). We think she's about 3, but she's in such horrific shape, it's hard for us to be sure.

Your donation will go to her care! Once we have 50 donations, we'll select one person to go to the Seth Meyers show (7 pm at DPAC on Jan. 24, section 6, Row A). 

Donate on our web or Paypal at freedom-ride.org/donate
Venmo @Freedom-Ride-1
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Happy Holidays from FRR and from Mira!

Mira is the most loyal and loving 1-year-old mixed breed lady who would love to kick off the new year in a home of her very own. 

Read more about her on our website: www.freedom-ride.org
Happy Holidays from FRR and from Otis!

Otis is a happy, goofy, loving 5-year-old pittie mix who would love to kick off the new year in a home of his very own. 

Read more about his on our website: www.freedom-ride.org
Iko is still missing ... we've had an incredible army of volunteers putting up signs, putting out feeding stations, had a drone operator donate his time and hired a tracker: we THOUGHT we were going to catch him, but no sightings since Dec. 27. 

If you have seen him - or MAYBE know someone who HAS him - please let us know. He was last seen near 98 off Olive Branch and Patterson Roads in Durham. If you are interested in helping us expand our search area with signage, please let us know! To help or IF you know anything about his whereabouts, text/call 919-673-6338.
Happy Holidays from FRR and from Ellis!

Ellis is a loyal and loving 1.5-year-old mixed breed lady who would love to kick off the new year in a home of her very own. 

Read more about her on our website: www.freedom-ride.org

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.

Upcoming Events

 Don't miss our fun-filled line up of events!

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