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All Breed Rescues

614 Area Code
Columbus Dog Connection cats too
Black/Orange Cat Foundation
Cat Welfare
Colony Cats & Dogs
Fuzzy Paw Shih Tzu & Small dogs
Pet Promise           cats too
Friends for Life    cats too
Pets W/out Parents
A Purrfect Start
ADOPT Pet Rescue
Stop the Suffering
Powell Paws
Perfect Pet Adoption Center
Canine Collective
Jo Ann's Foster Animals
Happy Tails
Citizens for Humane Action
Tame A Cat
Peace For Paws
Speak for The Unspoken
Cause For Paws
Central Ohio Dog Rescue
Persian Cat Rescue Columbus
Franklin Co AC
Capital Area HS
C H A
Pets W/out Parents
Cozy Cat Cottage
Columbus Pet Rescue
Help Save Pets
        

740 Area Code
Second Chance
Myhio Horse Farm Animal Rescue
Pet Orphanage
Kind Hands For Paws
SPOT 
All Tails R Waggin
For The Love of Pets
Sierras Haven  cats too
Heroes of Animals
Pick Me Rescue
Heavens Lil Angel
In Good Hands
Forgotten 4 Paws
Abandoned Companion Rescue
Perry Co Rescue/Rehoming
Avalon Animal Rescue
Friends of the Shelter (Athens Co)
Whisker Connection
Paws N Purrs Pet Rescue
Pawssible Dreams Dogs & Cats
Four Paws Adoption Center
Fido's Rescue & Rehab
Creature Comforts
 

937 Area Code
DREAM
Barely Used Pets
Sacred Hearts Rescue
Stormy's Place
Rescue Me 
Persian Cat Rescue
Robyns Nest Rescue    
Over the Rainbow Rescue
Animals For Life
Stepping Stone Rescue
PuppyPalsRescue.com
Petite Pooch Rescue
Dog Gone Pet Adoptions
Dayton Dog Adoption
A 2nd Chance Pet Adoptions
The Backyard Dog Project
Miami Valley Dog Rescue 
The Tenth Life
Blews Mews



513 Area Code
Luv Fur Mutts
Circle Tail Rescue
HART Homeless An Rescue
3 Sisters Pet Rescue
Animal Adoption Foundation
Good Buddies Canine Rescue
Crookers Critters
Louie's Legacy
Niley Dog Rescue
Homestretch Hounds
Save The Animals Foundation


419 Area Code
Open Arms Pound Rescue
4 Paws Sake
Animal House
SPAOhio    cats too
All Species Adoption
Angels for Animals
Planned Pethood    cats too
Mid OH Animal Welfare
Paw Pals 4 Buckeyes
Littliest Angels Sanctuary
Teddy's Rescue
Deb's Dogs
Ohio Small Dog Rescue
​SART Cat Rescue  
Another Chance Sanctuary


440/216 Area Codes
Marilyn's Voice
Caroline's Kids  Cats
Senior Dog Rescue
Ginger's Animal Rescue
Love A Stray Dogs/Cats
St Francis Animal Sanctuary
Coda Blind Deaf Dog Rescue
   Deaf Dogs, Colorado Based Rescue
Pal's For Paws
All Breed Rescue


330 Area Code
Star Mar Rescue
One of A Kind Pet Rescue
Paws & Prayers
Happy Endings
It's A Ruff Life Rescue
Rose's Rescue
Elite K-9
Canine Crusaders
East Ohio Animal Rescue
Dogs Unlimited
Take Me Too

Purebreed Rescues

See PetFinder.com & Adopt A Pet for shelter dogs.  Petfinder & Adopt A Pet do some screening for fraudulent “rescues", known as "Rescue Brokers".  If a rescue only has pure breed/hybrid small dogs & puppies, you have likely found a Rescue Broker. 

Ohio has many "Rescue Brokers".  They buy from breeders/dog auctions to resell for a high "adoption" fee.  Compare adoption fees, are the dogs/pups spayed/neutered before adoption, ask if they came from a breeder and if they gave the breeder money for the dog. Puppy mills will continue to thrive as long as anyone is buying from them.

Reputable rescues do not pay breeders for dogs to rehome as rescued dogs/pups. Reputable rescues have a 100% spay/neuter before adoption policy.




     
Airedale                            
Akita                     
Am Eskimo            
Anatolian Shep    
Australian Shep    
Basenjis            
Bassett Hound      
Bassett Hound      
Beagles                    
Beagles                
Bearded Collie      
Bearded Collie     
Bernese Mt Dog    
Bichon Frise        
Border Collie       
Border Terrier     
Boston Terrier    
Boxers                
Boxers              
Britt Spaniel      
Bulldogs             
Bull Mastiff       
Cairn Terrier     
Cairn Terrier    
Cattle Dog           
Cattle Dog           
Catahoula           
Cav King Charles 
Ches Bay Ret       
Chihuahua          
Chihuahua           
Chihuahuas        
Chinese Crested  
Chinese Crested 
Chinese Crested  
Chinese Crested  
Chow Chow       
Chow Chow      
Chow Chow      
CockerSpaniel   
Cocker Span    
Cocker Spaniel  
Collie               
Collie                   
Collie               
Coonhound        
Corgi          
Corgi               
Corgis & Mixes  
Dachshund        
Dachshund        
Dachshund        
Dalmatian       
Doberman            
Doberman             
Doberman         
Doberman         
English Mastiff     
English Setter     
English Setter      
Fox Terrier         
Fox Terrier         
German Shep        
German Shep           
Germ Sheps White  
Germ Sheps White  
Germ Short Pnt        
Germ Short Pnt       
Giant Schnauzer    
GoldenDoodles         
Golden Ret             
Golden Ret             
Golden Ret            
Golden Ret               
Gordon Setter        
Great Dane            
Great Dane            
Great Pyrenees       
Greater Swiss Mtn 
Greyhound               
Greyhound              
Greyhound               
Greyhound              
Greyhound              
Greyhound              
Greyhound             
Havanese 
Havanese          
Irish Setter           
Irish Setter         
Irish Setter      
Irish Wolfhound    
Italian Greyhounds     
Jack Russell         
Japanese Chin      
Japanese Chin    
Kerry Blue Terrier     
Kerry Blue Terrier   
Labrador            
Labrador            
Labrador             
Labrador              
Lhasa Apso          
Malamute            
Malamute          
Mini Pinscher      
Newfoundland      
Papillon            
  Pit Rescue   Advice OH
Pit Bulls             
Pit Bulls             
Pit Bulls            
Pit Bulls
Pit Bulls            
Pit Bulls  National Sites      Pit Bull      PBC
Pointer Rescue  
Poodle              
Poodle              
Poodle            
Pomeranian     
Pug                  
Rat Terrier 
Rhodesian Ridgebacks  
Rottweiler          
Saint Bernard     
Schnauzer         
Schnauzer           
Schnauzer       
Shar Pei             
Sheepdog    
Shelties              
Shelties             
Shiba Inu            
Shih Tzu             
Shih Tzu           
Siberian Husky    
Siberian Husky    
Siberian Husky    
Springer Spaniel   
Vizsla                  
Vizsla                
Weimaraner       
Whippet            
Yorkie           

Animal Control & Humane Societies

All Ohio Counties have
Animal Control = AC (county run)
Most counties also have a
Humane Society = HC (private)

Adams Co AC
Allen Co AC
Allen Co HS
Allen Co Angels For Animals
Ashland Co AC
Ashland Co HS           
Ashtabula Co AS
Ashtabula Co HS
Athens Co AC
Athens Co HS
Athens Co Friends of Shelter
Auglaize Co AC
Auglaize Co HS
Belmont Co Animal Shelter
Brown Co AC
Butler Co AC
Butler Co HS
Butler Co, Paws Adoption
Carroll Co AC
Carroll Co HS
Champaign Co AC
Champaign Co Shelter
Clark Co HS & AC
Clermont Co HS
Cleveland Berea Rescue
Cleveland Kennel
Cleveland Parma AS
Cleveland An Protection
Clinton Co AC
Clinton Co Wilmington HS
Clinton Co HS
Columbiana Co AC
Columbiana Co Salem HS
Coshocton Co AC
Coshocton Co Fourpaw Friends
Crawford Co AC & HS
Cuyahoga Co AC
Cuyahoga APL
Cuyahoga Independence AC
Darke Co AC
Darke Co HS
Dayton HS of Greater
Defiance Co AC
Defiance Co HS
Delaware County HS
Delaware Co AC 
Erie Co AC
Erie Co HS
Euclid Co AC
Fairfield AC
Fairfield Co HS
Fayette Co AC
Fayette Co HS
Franklin Co AC
Franklin Co Capital Area HS
Franklin Co  C H A
Franklin Co Pets W/out Parents
Franklin Co  Cozy Cat Cottage
Franklin Co Cat Welfare
Fulton Co AC
Gallia Co AC
Gallia Co An Welfare League
Gallia Co Perennial CatShelter
Geauga Co AC
Geauga Co HS
Greene Co AC
Greene Co HS
Guernsey Co AC
Hamilton Co AC & HS
Hamilton Co Save An Found
Hancock Co AC & HS
Hardin Co AC
Harrison Co AC 
Henry Co AC
Henry Co HS
Highland Co AC
Highland Co HS
Holmes Co AC
Holmes Co HS
Hocking Co HS
Hocking Co AC
Huron Co AC
Huron Co HS
Jackson Co AC
Jackson Co HS
Jefferson Co AC
Jefferson Co HS
Knox Co AC
Knox Co HS
Lake Co AC
Lake Co HS
Lakewood Animal Shelter
Lawrence Co AC
Lawrence Co HS
Licking Co AC
Licking Co HS
Logan Co AC & HS
Lorain Co AC
Lorain Co Erie Shores
Lucas Co AC
Lucas Co Toledo HS
Madison Co AC & HS
Mahoning Co AC
Mahoning Co Angels For Animals
Mansfield-Richland HS
Marion Co AC
Marion Co HS 
Medina Co AC
Medina Co SPCA
Meigs Co AC
Mercer Co AC
Mercer Co APL
Miami Co AC
Miami Co HS
Monroe Co AC
Monroe Co HS
Montgomery Co AC
Montgomery Co HS
Morgan Co AC
Morrow Co HC
Morrow Co Animal Shelter
Muskingum Co AC
Muskingum Co HS
Noble Co AC
Noble Co HS
Ottowa Co AC
Ottowa Co HS
Paulding Co AC
Perry Co AC
Perry Co HS
Pickaway Co  HS
Pickaway Co AC
Pike Co AC
Portage Co AC
Portage Co An Protect League
Preble Co AC
Preble Co HS
Putnam Co AC
Richland Co HS
Richland Co AC 
Ross Co HS
Sandusky Co AC
Sandusky HS
Sandusky Soc for Animals
Scioto Co AC
Scioto Co Animal Welfare League
Seneca Co AC
Seneca Co AS
Summit Co AC
Summit Co HS 
Shelby Co AC
Shelby Co HS
Stark Co HS
Stark Co AC
Trumbull Co AC
Trumbull Co Animal League
Tuscarawas Co AC
Tuscarawas Co HS
Union Co AC & HS
Union Co HS
Union Co HS
Van Wert Co AC
Vinton Co AC
Warren Co HS
Warren Co AC 
Washington Co AC 
Washington Co HS OhioValley 
Wayne Co HS
Wayne Co AC
Williams Co AC
Williams Co HS
Wood Co AC
Wood Co HS
Wyandot Co HS
Wyandot Co AC