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- Unknown



Rescued!

A photographer on the scene of a burning home in North Carolina from the Charlotte, NC newspaper, "The Observer," took this photo.

Cinnamon, a pregnant Doberman Pinscher, "thanks" a fireman as he sat down to rest after the fire was out. 

Some time later, she gave birth to 5 puppies.  

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Consider this:

Many dogs do not remain with their original owners either because of a genuine life-altering circumstance or because the owners weren't prepared for the responsibility 
of dog ownership. 

Perhaps they didn't have the time they thought they would, or perhaps they didn't provide the training and didn't want to live with the results. 

Perhaps they 
simply didn't do their homework about the characteristics and behaviour of a particular breed. Whatever the reason, less than 50% of dogs remain in their original homes.


Consider this:

These unwanted dogs and those who have been victims of neglect are considered rescues. 

Sadly, there are often rescue dogs available for placement in loving homes. If you're 
ready for dog ownership, but hesitate because you're not sure if a puppy is right for you, consider a rescue. Rescue organizations and contacts are listed here by breed.

Breed Rescue listings are provided FREE of charge!


All Breeds:

Delta Humane Society (BC)

All Small Breeds Rescue
Tracy Gault
4511 Ontario Street
Beamsville, ON
(905) 563-1494
Email:
gaultyorkies@yahoo.ca

Giant Breeds:

Gwendilin Boers
Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
(613) 725-4279
Location: Eastern Ontario

 

 

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Breed

Contact

Afghan Hound Afghan Hound Club of Canada Rescue
Bob Guerette
(204) 255-3986
Airedale Terrier Airedale Terrier Rescue and Adoption
Akbash Akbash Dogs International Rescue Service
Sunny Reuter
(905) 884-7924
Akita Akita Watch
mitsko@niagara.com
(905) 357-7592
Alaskan Malamute Alaskan Malamute HELP League
Dave Hardie, President
(905) 571-7521
497 Waite Road
Pontypool, ON   L0A 1K0
American Bulldog Canadian Working American Bulldog Alliance
Ellen Opp, Western Canada Rescue Coordinator
11220 Highplain Road
Prince George, BC V2K 5E9
(250) 963-3828
Web: http://www.holdfastbulldogs.com
Anatolian Shepherd Dog National Anatolian Shepherd Rescue Network 
Australian Cattle Dog Australian Cattle Dog Rescue of Ontario
Sarah Mombourquette
(905) 973-6687
Australian Shepherd Australian Shepherd Rescue in Canada

Second Time Around Aussie Rescue





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Breed

Contact

Basset Hound Basset Hound Rescue
Phyllis Stapells
RR#4
Tottenham, ON  L0G 1W0
(905) 936-6156

Basset Hound Rescue - Bedford, NS
Carolyn Mitchell
(902) 832-6250
(902) 452-0242 (cell)
Beagle Beagle Club of British Columbia
Beth Caskey
(250) 746- 7091

Anderson Beagle Rescue
Rev. David Anderson
506 Second Street
Rayne, LA 70578
(337) 334-4432

Beagle Paws
Bearded Collie Bearded Collie Club of Canada
Joan Wright
(416) 455-4884
Beauceron Beauceron Rescue Society of Canada
Craig McCracken
(604) 885-4740

North American Beauceron Club Rescue

Beauceron Club of America Rescue
Belgian Shepherd Dog Crusader Resources
255150 Towers Trail
Cochrane, AB  T4C 2A2
(403) 932-6570
Email: crusaderresources@yahoo.com
Bernese Mountain Dog Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Canada National Rescue
Maureen Greaves
(403)226-4953
Bichon Frise Happy Tails Rescue
Email:  info@happytailsrescue.ca 
(905) 889-9690
Black Russian Terrier American Association of Black Russian Terriers
Anna Carson
Bloodhound Bloodhound Club of Canada Rescue
Tammy Arseneau
4792 2nd Line Road
North Lancaster, ON  K0C 1Z0
(613) 347-1973
Border Collie Border Collie Friends Rescue

Southern Ontario Border Collie Rescue

Luan Egan
(416) 410-7573

Border Collie Rescue Ontario
 
Cindy Boht (416) 536-2910
  
Sharon Fong (905) 839-1751
 

Border Collie and Rough Collie Rescue
Janet Arthur
(519) 922-2555
Border Terrier Canadian Border Terrier Welfare 
Pam Dyer, English
(450) 584-3951
Jocelyne Tasse-Durocher, francais
(450) 641-0941
Borzoi Borzoi Club of Ontario
Judith McAnanama - (905) 765-4909
Lisa Miceli - (905) 722-5010
Boston Terrier Boston Terrier Club of Canada
Ana-Maria Davies
Boxer Boxer Club of Canada Rescue

Boxer Rescue Canada
Gail Wittebrood, BC  (250) 747-1987
Marta Nettelfield, AB  (780) 338-2573

Boxer Rescue Ontario
Kathy Blundell, (905) 571-5795
Liz Robb, (905) 426-6935

Boxer Rescue Quebec
Crystal Ryan

Without Borders Boxer Rescue (BC/AB)
Chantelle Yates
 
Heather
 
Briard Briard Rescue
Nancy Valiquette
(905) 824-2405
Bull Terrier Norma Shepard
(800) BTBT-91
Carol Gray & Gord Williams
(905) 562-1555  
Bulldog (English) English Bulldog Rescue
Susan Dibbley
236 Robson Road
Leamington, ON  N8H 3V4

Confederation Bulldog Club (English/French Bulldog Rescue)
Gail Neilson
(905) 868-9940

Bulldog Club of Central Canada
Mary Coles
c/o Kilnridge Farm, RR#2
Hillsburgh, ON  N0B 1Z0
(519) 833-9757
Bullmastiff Bullmastiff Rescue of Canada
Maritimes - Harold & Janet Hamm - (902) 765-8483
Sharon Strong - (902) 660-2383
QC - Josee Perrin - (450) 477-2696
ON/SK/MB - Amy Lewis - (416) 951-1322
BC/AB - Cheryl Randolph - (250) 642-7667
Website - Anne Pogontsis - (647) 999-9433





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Breed

Contact

Cairn Terrier Cairn Terrier Club of Canada, BC Division
Judy Bruner, Lower Mainland   (604) 582-9645
Joy Sharp, Interior (250) 523-9908
Leslie Lundgren, Island (250) 748-5498
Ontario and Eastern Regions Rescue
Linda Kettlewell
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of Canada
Elaine Ellis
36 Allendale Road
Brampton, ON  L6W 2Y8
(905) 451-6399

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels of B.C.
Julie Olson
24325 - 57th Avenue
Langley, BC   V2Z 1G6
(604) 856-0462
Chihuahua
(Long Coat)

Chihuahua
(Short Coat)
Chihuahua Rescue
Edna St. Hilaire
c/o 2114 Dublin Street
New Westminster, BC  V3M 3A9
(604) 521-0922

Canadian Chihuahua Rescue and Transport

BC Chihuahua Rescue
Chinese Shar-Pei Chinese Shar-Pei Club of Canada Rescue Committee
Provincial Representatives

Merlin's Hope Chow Pei Rescue

TnT Shar-pei Rescue

Once Again Chinese Shar Pei
 
Claude Arsenault & David Bulloch
PO Box 161, Tyne Valley, PEI  C0B 2C0
(902) 831-3244
Chow Chow Chow Chow Fanciers of Canada, South Central Ontario
Judy Goacher
4248, RR#1
Kendal, ON   L0A 1E0
(905) 983-6412

Merlin's Hope Chow Pei Rescue
Cocker Spaniel (American)
Cocker Spaniel (English)
Cocker Spaniel Rescue of British Columbia
Carol Jackson
(604) 716-3647
Collie (Rough)
Collie (Smooth)

Collie Rescue Network

Okanagan Collie Rescue






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Breed

Contact

Dachshund (Miniature Smooth)
Dachshund (Miniature Wire-haired)
Dachshund (Miniature Long-haired)
Dachshund (Standard Smooth)
Dachshund (Standard Wire-haired)
Dachshund (Standard Long-haired)
Dachshund Rescue of North America
Charlotte Estabrooks

Maritime  Canadian Representative

Dachshund Club of Greater Ontario
Susan Skolnick
(905) 830-1216

Dachshund Club, Western
Susan Lankau
(604) 943-4304

Canadian Dachshund Rescue
info@wienerdogrescue.com

Miniature Long-haired Rescue
Sarah Brook
RR#3, Site 2, Comp. 19
Prince George, BC  V2N 2J1
(250) 962-0242

Miniature Dachshund Club of BC
Jo Reeves

Dalmatian Dalmatian Adoption and Rescue
(905) 458-1883
Doberman Pinscher Crusader Resources
255150 Towers Trail
Cochrane, AB  T4C 2A2
(403) 932-6570

Email: crusaderresources@yahoo.com

Doberman Rescue Assistance

Heather Cole
Port Hope, ON
(905) 797-3087

Doberman Rescue BC (Kamloops)
Terra and Paul Vallely or 
dobermanrescuebc@hotmail.com  
(250) 459 2356  
cell: (250) 574 2356
Dogue De Bordeaux Dogue De Bordeaux Society
Dutch Shepherd Dutch Shepherd Club of Canada Rescue










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Breed

Contact

French Bulldog French Bulldog Fanciers of Canada
Deborah Alce
(519) 229-6546





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Breed

Contact

German Pinscher

Crusader Resources
255150 Towers Trail
Cochrane, AB  T4C 2A2
(403) 932-6570
Email: crusaderresources@yahoo.com
German Shepherd Crusader Resources
255150 Towers Trail
Cochrane, AB  T4C 2A2
(403) 932-6570
Email:
crusaderresources@yahoo.com

German Shepherd Rescue, BC
Email:
GSDRescue@shaw.ca

Toronto German Shepherd Rescue
Anna Young
(705) 924-9123 
Great Dane Danes in Distress
Jim Wood
  
(519) 279-4549 
Karin Severin
(905)682-4600

Great Dane Rescue Inc.
Jo Anne Richards
(705) 878-5845
Great Pyrenees Great Pyrenees Club of Central Ontario
Carol Graham and Norma Egginton
Prestonfield Farm, RR#5
Rockwood. ON  N0B 2K0
(519) 853-3005 or (519) 856-9267

Great Pyrenees in Distress
Arlene Griffen-Van Dallen
(450) 424-4019
Judy McPherson
(613) 673-5837
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Rescue
Brian and Sera Fradgley
(780-) 464-3025
Greyhound Adopt-A-Greyhound
Lynda Seed
(613) 489-0654

Greyhound Adoption
Linda Reidt
(905) 342-3391

Greyhound Adoption, Niagara
Email: nga@xracer.ca
(905) 563-1666

Greyhounds in Need of Adoption (GINA)
Marjo and Melanie Roth, Toronto area
(416) 429-5274
Rosanne Richardson, Niagara area
(905) 835-2078

Greyhound League, Northwest Canadian
Amy Johnston
(403) 663-1839

Greyhound Lovers of Hamilton Wentworth
Heather Geres
(905) 692-5790
Paul Hannam
(905) 304-1798

Greyhound Relocation & Adoption
Freddie and Bill Cowan
(519) 425-7822

Greyhound Rescue
Barb Johnston
(905) 563-1666
 

Greyhound Pets of Atlantic Canada
 
Cheryl Sinnott
Covering NS, NB, PEI & NFLD
 
(902) 889-2214 
Email: greyhnd@ns.sympatico.ca or 
          gpacmcs@hfx.eastlink.ca


Maritime Greyhound Adoption Program
Deb Levasseur, President
924 Shediac Road,
Moncton, NB E1A 5X6
 
(506) 384-0000
 
Email: deblevasseur@rogers.com

Greyhound Rescue Quebec

Shirley Smith
(514) 624-6335 

J.K. Greyhound Adoption
Patricia Gabriel, Ste Therese, QC
(514) 910-1219

Greyhound Club of Canada
Christina DePierre
263 1st Avenue
Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, QC  J0N 1H0

Greyhound Pets Inc.
Steve Waines
Griffon (Brussels) National Brussels Griffon Club Rescue
Blissfield Rescue
Michele Gilks
Box 1030
Doaktown, NB  E9C 1Z4
(506) 365-7662





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Breed

Contact

   










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Breed

Contact

Jack Russell Terrier B.C. Russell Rescue
Catherine Taylor, Coordinator
(604) 538-4440










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Breed

Contact

Leonberger Leonberger Rescue, Inc.
Leo Rescue Ontario
A Division of the Leonberger Club of Ontario
Gail Bishop, Director  (705) 487-2517





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Breed

Contact

Maltese Happy Tails Rescue
Email:  info@happytailsrescue.ca 
(905) 889-9690

Manchester Terrier

Crusader Resources
255150 Towers Trail
Cochrane, AB  T4C 2A2
(403) 932-6570
Email: crusaderresources@yahoo.com
Mastiff Canadian Mastiff Club Rescue
West - Lynn Storeshaw (780) 855-3722
East - Bev Molloy  (905) 473-5919  
Miniature Australian Shepherd Miniature Aussie Shepherd Rescue
Miniature Pinscher Min Pin and Shiba Rescue BC

Crusader Resources
255150 Towers Trail
Cochrane, AB  T4C 2A2
(403) 932-6570
Email: crusaderresources@yahoo.com





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Breed

Contact

Neapolitan Mastiff United States Neapolitan Mastiff Club
Jennifer Groves, USNMC Volunteer
Newfoundland Newfoundland Dog Rescue Club of Canada
Lloyd Nelson
(905) 668-7339

Newfoundland Dog Club of Manitoba
Terry-Ann Lambert
139 Rodney Street
Headingley, MB  R4J 1A6
(204) 831-6923
North American Miniature Australian Shepherd Miniature Aussie Shepherd Rescue





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Breed

Contact

Old English Sheepdog Old English Sheepdog and Owners Club of Canada
Margaret Trenholm
(450) 264-0247

Old English Sheepdog.org

Old English Sheepdog Club of America










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Breed

Contact

Retriever (Golden) Crusader Resources
255150 Towers Trail
Cochrane, AB  T4C 2A2
(403) 932-6570
Email: crusaderresources@yahoo.com

Golden Retriever Adoption Service, Canadian

(416) 657-2445

Golden Retriever Club of Alberta Rescue
Email: rescue@grcab.com

Golden Retriever Rescue, Secours (Quebec)
Peter Hewitt (450) 465-1107
Nicole Lavoie
Retriever (Labrador) British Columbia Labrador Retriever Club (1995) Society
Cheryl Young
(604) 820-8765

Crusader Resources
255150 Towers Trail
Cochrane, AB  T4C 2A2
(403) 932-6570
Email: crusaderresources@yahoo.com

Labrador Retriever Rescue Calgary

Email: chaunce@attglobal.net
(403) 934-4965

Labrador Retriever Rescue Ontario
Diane Ploss and Joan Znidarec
(416) 429-8108

Labrador Rescue Nova Scotia
Patricia Pittman
Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada Rescue
Mairon Bennett
Rhodesian Ridgeback Rhodesian Ridgeback Rescue
Carole Bradley-Kennedy, National Coordinator
(905) 812-0568
Rottweiler Vancouver Island Rottweiler Rescue
Sarah McMillan
(250) 746-0669

Rottweiler Rescue - Vancouver
Lisa Strutinski
(604) 574-4819

Central Alberta Rottweiler Rescue
Diana Primiterra

Southern Alberta Rottweiler Rescue
Michelle Whistlecraft
(403) 620-0676

Adopt-A-Rott (Ontario)
Email: adoptarott@hotmail.com
(905) 692-1482

Trojan Rottweilers
Debbie Cornell-Charneski

Rottweiler Rescue Links

Elsa Laplante
Vernon, BC
250-549-3877
http://www.myrotties.com





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Breed

Contact

Saluki Saluki Rescue
Sandra Gahan
(519) 620-9937
Samoyed

Samoyed Rescue
Calgary, AB
Lisa Hubenig

Schnauzer (Giant) Ontario Giant Schnauzer Rescue 
Elizabeth Turner 
Schnauzer (Miniature) Miniature Schnauzer Rescue of Alberta
Ferne Gudnason
(403) 788-2189

Miniature Schnauzer Rescue of Ontario
Andrea Walli

Scottish Terrier Scottish Terrier Club of Canada
Eastern: (905) 701-1754
Western: (306) 757-6389
Setter (English) English Setter Rescue
Beth Denuino
(905) 465-0214
Setter (Irish) The Irish Setter Club of Canada
(613) 989-1342
Shetland Sheepdog Canadian Rescue Shetland Sheepdog Association
Michelle Rogowski
(204) 832-5484

Southern Ontario Sheltie Rescue
Nicole Moore, Toronto area, (905) 875-1195
Kathie Perron, Niagara area, (905) 894-4777
Shiba Inu Shiba Rescue GTA 
Bonnie Still
Lynn Scott
(647) 233-4495
Siberian Husky Siberian Husky Assistance and Rescue Progam (SHARP)
Marilyn Hubley 
Box 187
 
Kinmount, ON
K0M 2A0 
(705) 488-1822
Silky Terrier The Maple Leaf Silky Terrier Club (National)
Debby Nelson
Box 93
Goodeve, SK  S0A 1C0
(306) 876-2110
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier Rescue
Sylvia Hamilton   (519) 853-1456
Spaniel (Brittany) Brittany Rescue
Lori Haldorson
Spaniel (Clumber) Clumber Spaniel Club of Canada
Dermot Moore
Staffordshire Bull Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of Canada
Candy Beauchamp 
(613) 596-9323










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Breed

Contact

Vizsla Vizsla Society of Ontario
Elaine Hopkins
680 Otonabee Drive
Peterborough, ON  K9