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Rescue Listings for Ohio (below)          Updated March 28, 2018             Send corrections to:     KDifrischia@gmail.com

Do not buy from a Rescue Broker, while not illegal, they are highly unethical

Rescue Brokers buy from breeders to resell for a high "adoption" fee.  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.   PetFinder.com & Adopt A Pet also list homeless dogs but do minimal screening for  "Rescue Brokers".   ​

Signs of a Rescue Broker

Examples of Rescue Brokers in Ohio

  1. only have puppies for adoption
  2. adoption fees are high (over $350 is too high)
  3. not spayed/neutered before adoption  
  4. claim they remove pups from puppy mills to remove them from the breeding cycle
  5. ​cannot show proof of pup coming from animal shelter
Always ask if a pup has been purchased from a breeder.  If the answer is yes, report this "rescue" to the Ohio Department of Agriculture as it is illegal for a rescue to pay for pups/dogs and be registered as a rescue in Ohio.  Report to       Animal@agri.ohio.gov                 
Remember, what they do is not illegal, but they are making a profit off using the term "rescue" and some may be using the term to avoid paying taxes.
Do Not Adopt/Buy from the rescues listed in this box, they are Rescue Brokers
​--Heaven to Earth
--Plain & Fancy Dog Rescue




Please let us know if you see any listed on our Rescue list or see them on Petfinder or Adopt A Pet websites.        ​

All Breed Rescues

​614 Area Code
Columbus Dog Connection cats too
A Purrfect Start
ADOPT Pet Rescue

Black/Orange Cat Foundation
Canaan Animal Sanctuary
​
Canine Collective
Cat Welfare
Cause For Paws
Citizens for Humane Action
​Charlie's Wish
Colony Cats & Dogs
​
Columbus Humane Formerly
​         known as Capital Area HS
Cozy Cat Cottage
Columbus Pet Rescue

DASH
Franklin Co AC
Fuzzy Paw Shih Tzu & Small dogs
Grateful Hearts Senior Dogs 

Happy Tails
Pet Promise           cats too
Friends for Life    cats too

Help Save Pets
Pets W/out Parents
Peace For Paws

Persian Cat Rescue Columbus
Powell Paws
Rescued Ohio

Speak for The Unspoken
Stop the Suffering

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740 Area Code
Second Chance
Kind Hands For Paws
SPOT 
All Tails R Waggin
Sierras Haven  cats too
S Ohio All Breed Rescue
Heavens Lil Angel
Avalon Animal Rescue
Friends of the Shelter (Athens Co)
Whisker Connection
Paws N Purrs Pet Rescue
Four Paws Adoption Center
Creature Comforts
Sanctuary K9 Rescue
Animal Health Org

937 Area Code

Paw Savers
Pawsitive Warriors

DREAM
Barely Used Pets
Sacred Hearts Rescue
Persian Cat Rescue
Robyns Nest Rescue    
Over the Rainbow Rescue
PuppyPalsRescue.com
Dog Gone Pet Adoptions
A 2nd Chance Pet Adoptions
The Backyard Dog Project
The Tenth Life
Blews Mews
Wags Inn



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
Save The Animals Foundation


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




440/216 Area Codes
Marilyn's Voice
Senior Dog Rescue
Love A Stray Dogs/Cats
St Francis Animal Sanctuary
Deaf Dogs, Colorado Rescue
Multiple Breed Rescue
​
Storm's Angels 
WolfSpiritsRescue

Forget Me Not Rescue

​
330 Area Code
Star Mar Rescue
One of A Kind Pet Rescue
Paws & Prayers
Rose's Rescue
East Ohio Animal Rescue
Dogs Unlimited

Take Me Too
​
Animal Pawtectors

Purebreed Rescues

 Afghan Hound         ahrco@columbus.rr.com
Airedale                 kimzab9@columbus.rr.com
Akita                      marsakita@sbcglobal.net
Anatolian Shep    watchdogps@yahoo.com
Australian Shep   meredevice@hotmail.com 
Australian Shep   Adopt@SpeakForTheUnspoken.com​
Basset Hound      babynugs2003@yahoo.com
Basset Hound      info@bagsbassetrescue.org
Basset Hound   buckeyebassetrescue@gmail.com
Beagles                 intake@GotBeagles.org    
Beagles             dogadoption@live.com  
Beagles                ebenzinger@beaglesrus.org
Beagles              
ohiohound@yahoo.com
Bearded Collie      beardies@charter.net
Bearded Collie     Lwahoff@columbus.rr.com
Bernese Mt Dog    BrnrMom@aol.com
Belgian Sheps      carol.stein@voyager.net
Bichon Frise        kingsall3@aol.com
Border Collie       lassie9@bright.net
Border Terrier     Wildwoodbts@aol.com
Boston Terrier     resqabt@insight.rr.com
Boston Terrier    ohio@midwestbtrescue.org
Boxers                GOBR_Intake@yahoogroups.com
Britt Spaniel      BeauBritt2@aol.com
Bulldogs French/English Info@BuckeyeBulldogRescue.org

Bull Mastiff       bigdogresq@live.com
Cairn Terrier     windsorpaints@aol.com
Cairn Terrier     info@cairnrescueusa.com
Cattle Dog           acdrsqohio@gmail.com
Catahoula           gsmalley@hvch.org
Cav King Charles  topdog@toledodogtraining.com
Ches Bay Ret       trishnwilson@aol.com
Ches Bay Ret no site   lisa.keller146@gmail.com
Chihuahua           janetchihuahuas@aol.com
Chihuahuas        wolfspirit729@aol.com
Chinese Crested  k9raintree@aol.com
Chinese Crested jennifercolvin@columbus.rr.com
Chinese Crested  ohiorep@barepawsrescue.org
Chow Chow       Wendyjobrown@yahoo.com
Chow Chow      themadissoninn@gmail.com
Chow Chow     
deborah.west@comcast.net
CockerSpaniel    barb@columbuscockerrescue.org
Cocker Span    Christine_Bacon@cherishedcockers.org
Cocker Spaniel  cbuisket@bright.net
Collie               lassie5900@aol.com
Collie                   Info@NEOCR.org
Collie               adoptions@almosthomeohio.org
Coonhound   dogadoption@live.com  
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Coonhound      X
Coonhound      dogadoption@live.com
Coonhound     
 Ohiohound@yahoo.com
Coonhounds      Other State Options
Corgi          HowellingCorgi@aol.com
Corgis & Mixes  cbrickner5006@gmail.com
Dachshund         wildwienerranch@live.com 
Dachshund        cmdundon@aol.com
Dalmatian        dalmatianrescue@comcast.net 
Doberman       HandMeDownDobes@hmdd.org
Doberman          foreverdobesrsq@yahoo.com
Doberman         swohdoberescue@aol.com  
Doodle              revchrisandsher@aol.com
English Bulldog      AllTailsRen@aol.com
English Mastiff     mastiff.rescue@gmail.com
English Setter     crazyforbirddogs@gmail.com ​
English Setter      board@englishsetterrescue.org
Fox Terrier         jbrown4571@wowway.com
French Bulldog      AllTailsRen@aol.com
German Shep       440-439-8026
German Shep        jan@dogshope.com
Germ Sheps White  brendastillwagon@yahoo.com
Germ Short Pnt        gspcare@yahoo.com
Germ Short Pnt       adriana@ohioshorthairrescue.org
Giant Schnauzer       carjanak@aol.com
Giant Schnauzer       mylessmom2001@yahoo.com
Giant Schnauzer      tarabeard@earthlink.net
Golden Ret                gegrr@att.net
Golden Ret                grin@grinrescue.org
Golden Ret               CLaws10133@aol.com
Golden Ret
Gordon Setter         wyttsend@yahoo.com
Great Dane              info@hhdane.com 
Great Pyrenees        
Greater Swiss Mtn  BrnrMom@aol.com
Greyhound Like  (lurchers, even more in need of rescue)
Greyhound               president@teamgreyhound.com
Greyhound              Adopt@CentralOhioGreyhound.org
Greyhound               jgibbs@neo.rr.com
Greyhound              koleksa@yahoo.com 
Greyhound              BRPennix@aol.com
Havanese 
Havanese          HavaHeart31@aol.com
Hound 

Irish Setter           lassie5900@aol.com
Irish Setter      ohio.irishsetter.rescue@gmail.com
Irish Wolfhound    hminnier@bellatlantic.net
Italian Greyhounds  ohioiggysrescue@gmail.com    
Jack Russell           jrtrescue@frontier.com 
Japanese Chin       rtcrbush@sbcglobal.net
Japanese Chin     info@luvachinrescue.org
Kerry Blue Terrier      bbkerry@aol.com
Kerry Blue Terrier    TNCampro@aol.com
Labrador             luvalabrador2010@aol.com
Labrador              Bzymomma4@aol.com
Lhasa Apso        shsr@roadrunner.com
Lhasa Apso          fluffmama3@yahoo.com
Lurcher Project  
Mini Pinscher      Forminpins@aol.com
Newfoundland      scnc_rescue@yahoo.com
Papillon             pat@pancero.com
    Pit Rescue   Advice/Options in OH
Pit Bulls           PittiePawRescue@gmail.com
Pit Bulls          IHaveADreamrescue@gmail.com 
Pit Bulls            Shana@FortheLoveofPITS.org
Pit Bulls  National Sites      Pit Bull      PBC
Plott Hound      coonk9@yahoo.com
Pointer Rescue  Pro_Adoptions@yahoo.com
Poodle              revchrisandsher@aol.com  
Poodle              wrpcrescue@yahoo.com
Poodle              419-693-1228
​Poodle           shsr@roadrunner.com
Pomeranian     CentralOhioPomRescue@gmail.com
Pug                    pugcrazy247@yahoo.com
Rat Terrier ratbonerescues@ratbonerescues.com
Rottweiler   rottrsq@frontier.com
Saint Bernard     allwaysunique02@yahoo.com
​Schipperke         lstusnick@aol.com
Schipperke         brennerar@aol.com
Schnauzer          pmiller0000@aol.com
Schnauzer           shsr@roadrunner.com
Schnauzer          saveaschnauzer@yahoo.com  
Schnauzer       wolfspirit729@aol.com
Scottish Ter    scdove49@yahoo.com   
Shar Pei             ljbrown1063@embarqmail.com
Shelties              CenOHSheltieResc@aol.com
Shelties              augustpch@aol.com
Shiba Inu             pam@royalkennels.com
Shih Tzu             info@shihtzuandfurbabyrescue.com 
Shih Tzu             info@ohiofuzzypawz.org 
Shih Tzu              Kimark7@aol.com
Shih Tzu             wolfspirit729@aol.com
Shih Tzu          
 shsr@roadrunner.com
Siberian Husky  Kaleidoscopek9s@yahoo.com
​Siberian Husky   ​HowlattheMoon@columbus.rr.com
Springer Spaniel   vistahknls@aol.com
Vizsla                buckeyeVizRescue@gmail.com  
Vizsla          
mvvcrescue@gmail.com
Weimaraner        poetweims@aol.com
Weimaraner       rescue@louisvilleweimrescue.com
West High Ter   Fairislewestie@cs.com
​
West High Ter              shsr@roadrunner.com
West High Ter      ​windsorpaints@aol.com
Whippet            churchill.kate@gmail.com
Yorkie              dwalcutt@live.com
Yorkie           wolfspirit729@aol.com

Animal Control
​
(dog pounds) &
Humane Societies

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


Adams Co AC
​Adams Co HS

Allen Co AC
Allen Co HS
Ashland Co AC
Ashland Co HS           
Ashtabula Co APL
Ashtabula Co AC
Athens Co AC
Athens Co HS
Athens Co Friends of Shelter
Auglaize Co AC
Auglaize Co HS
Belmont Co Animal
Brown Co AC
​Brown Co HS
Butler Co AC
Butler Co HS
Butler Co, Paws Adoption
Carroll Co AC
Carroll Co APL
Champaign Co AC
Champaign Co Shelter
Champaign Co Animal Welfare League
Clark Co HS
Clark Co AC
Clermont Co HS
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
Crawford Co HS

Cuyahoga Co AC
Cuyahoga/Cleveland APL
Cuyahoga Independence AC
     Cleveland Berea Rescue
     Cleveland City Kennel
     Cleveland Parma AS
     Euclid Animal Shelter
     Lakewood Animal Shelter
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
Fairfield AC
Fairfield Co HS
Fayette Co AC
Fayette Co HS
Franklin Co AC
Columbus Humane Formerly
​         known as 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
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 & HS
Knox Co AC
Knox Co HS
Lake Co AC
Lake Co HS
Lawrence Co AC
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
Mahoning Co Animal Charity HS
Marion Co AC
Marion Co HS 
Medina Co AC
Medina Co SPCA
Meigs Co AC
Meigs Co HS    740-992-6060 ​
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 AC
Morrow Co HC
Muskingum Co AC
Muskingum Co HS
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 HS
Summit Co AC
Summit Co HS 
Shelby Co AC
Shelby Co Animal Foundation
Stark Co HS
Stark Co AC
Trumbull Co AC
Trumbull Co Animal League
Tuscarawas Co AC
Tuscarawas Co HS
Union Co AC & 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
We do not have a shelter.  Dogs/cats are held in foster homes throughout Columbus.  
The best way to meet our dogs is by visiting us at Mingle With Our Mutts.

Columbus Dog Connection.com     /    2761 Johnstown Rd    /    Columbus  OH   43219
We are next to the Columbus Airport.  Do not go to New Albany or Johnstown Ohio.
 
614-471-9000    /     Kellie    
kdifrischia@gmail.com

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