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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Life is sweeter with a puppy...and these Sweet Treats are impossible to resist!
Snickers, Kit Kat, and Reese's Cup are officially available for adoption. Head to our website to read more about each of them and submit an application for the pup that satisfies your sweet tooth!
www.freedom-ride.org
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It`s Tuesday, so let`s learn some fun facts about our favorite furry friends!
Life is sweeter with a puppy...and these Sweet Treats are impossible to resist!
Snickers, Kit Kat, and Reese`s Cup are officially available for adoption. Head to our website to read more about each of them and submit an application for the pup that satisfies your sweet tooth!
www.freedom-ride.org
We hope everyone is staying safe and warm in the winter weather.
(Or if you`re like Cody, maybe you`re enjoying the white stuff)
Does your dog love the snow? Drop a pic of your pooch having some winter fun!
Kahn wants you to SHOW US YOUR dogs on SNOW (or ice?)!! He is almost 3 - adopted from Freedom Ride Rescue in 2023!! Thanks to our amazing volunteer, Tiffany Allen, for sharing this to get us started: (ICE ICE DOGGY!)
Drop your dog`s snowy adventures in the comments (and let us know if it`s a FRR alumni)
🌼 Meet Daisy Long-legs 🌼
Short legs. Big hops. Bigger personality.
Don’t let the lowrider look fool you—Daisy is all puppy energy! She loves to zoom, jump, climb, and play hard with her dog friends, then crash just as hard for cuddles with people and pups.
✨ Daisy highlights:
🌼Playful, athletic, and full of spunk
🌼Loves other dogs (best with pups her size)
🌼Food-motivated, smart, and learning fast
🌼Working on house training, crate training & basics
🌼Would be amazing at agility
Daisy is looking for an active, experienced home ready to keep up with her fun-loving spirit. If you want a cutie who will keep you laughing and moving, Daisy Long-legs is your girl
www.freedom-ride.org
❄️ COLD WEATHER PSA ❄️
While we do live in NC and never know when Winter may really find us, it`s important to know what to do if you find an animal that has been out in the cold and needs assistance.
If you come across an animal that appears hypothermic this winter, what you do next matters more than you think.
Hypothermia can be life-threatening—and even well-intended actions can cause harm if done incorrectly. When in doubt, slow and gentle warming + professional help is the safest path.
Please save and share—this information can help save lives during the coldest months of the year.
TODAY: PUPPY POP UP at Fortnight Brewing in Cary from 1 - 3 pm ... come hold a puppy while you watch a game in the warmth! We had several fosters with meetings already scheduled and with the weather forecast giving us clear day, we`re gonna do a small event!! Grateful Fortnight can host on such short notice!!
We have three litters and at least three adult dogs joining us, so make your way over and say hey before we all hunker down for the storm!
#freedomriderescue #collegebasketball #puppybreath #fortnightcary
🚨🚨PUPPY FOSTERS NEEDED URGENTLY!!🚨🚨4 month old, flat coated retriever-poodle mixes need fosters ASAP! We’d love to pull them from the shelter by Saturday morning. 2 boys and 1 girl. Can go to individual foster homes. Freedom ride rescue covers all costs associated with their care, We just need you to provide the loving foster home! If you can help, please email jennifer@freedom-ride.org today!
💙 Meet Phineas 💙
A stunning blue pittie mix with a heart ready for a fresh start.
✨ Why we love him:
🐾Sweet, cuddly, and thrives on attention
🐾Smart puppy who’s eager to learn
🐾Walks wonderfully on leash
🐾Giving great potty cues and doing well with routine
Phineas is just learning how to be a dog and will shine with patient, loving humans who are ready to help him keep building confidence. He’s been through a lot—now it’s his turn for the good life. Apply to meet him: www.freedom-ride.org
Freedom Ride Rescue has been in nightmare mode - not one, but TWO dogs escaping from their fosters. Today, after 6 days on the run, our team safely trapped Marius! He`s a tiny 6-month-old guy who got a direct doggy Lyft IN his trap to Falls Village Vet for an exam (all good) and neuter today! We are SO grateful to the army of volunteers and Eagle-eyed neighbors who helped us track and trap him this morning!
Sadly, we are still following our elusive Chihuahua-Terrier mix, Iko, around Durham. He seems to have a circle he is doing, but has managed to stay away from our feeding stations and cameras for almost 6 weeks! A drone actually saw him catch prey last weekend so we get why he won`t go to our kibble (which also includes tuna, cat food, liquid smoke, fried and rotisserie chicken ... to name a few failed menu items). We put out a dog house with bedding an straw last night at one of his regular stops HOPING he will find it before the storm (so far, only a fox has found it but we are still hopeful Iko will).
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.