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Rescue Listings for Ohio (below)                                                                          Updated  January 6,  2022                                                                                                                                                                                              Send corrections to:   ColumbusDogConnectionInfo@gmail.com
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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

  1. only have puppies for adoption
  2. adoption fees are high (over $400 is too high)
    Columbus Dog Connection started in 1998. At that time, our adoption fee was $125.  About 8 yrs later, we raised it to $150.  About 6yrs after that, we raised it to $200.  In March of 2020, we raised it to $300.  Please note we receive no gov funding.
    California is considering a bill to limit rescues to a $500 adoption fee cap to crack down on Rescue Brokers.
  3. not spayed/neutered before adoption, often times they will say the pup is spayed/neutered but when you actually get the pup,  they are not. Ask for the vet that did the spay/neuter.
  4. claim they remove pups from puppy mills or Amish that don't spay/neuter, 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                 

All Breed Rescues

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

Black/Orange Cat Foundation
Canaan Animal Sanctuary
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Canine Collective
Cat Welfare
Cause For Canines

Cause For Paws
Citizens for Humane Action
​Charlie's Wish
Colony Cats & Dogs
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Columbus Humane
Cozy Cat Cottage
Columbus Pet Rescue

DASH
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Every Pet Needs a Home

Franklin Co AC
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Friends for Life    cats too
Freedom Tails

Fuzzy Paw Shih Tzu & Small dogs
Gigi's Shelter
Grateful Hearts Senior Dogs 

Happy Tails
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HEART
Help Save Pets
Hospets
Kitticcino Cat Cafe

Pet Promise           cats too
​New Albany Pet rescue
Pawsitive Hearts
​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

All Tails R Waggin
Friends of the Shelter-Athens Co
Grateful Acres Pets
Grateful Hearst Senior Dog Rescue
Homeless To Home
Kind Hands For Paws
Pack Pride
​Project Cecil
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Second Chance
Sierras Haven  cats too
SPOT 



937 Area Code

A 2nd Chance Pet Adoptions
Barely Used Pets
DREAM
Over the Rainbow Rescue
Paw Savers
Pawsitive Warriors
Persian Cat Rescue
PuppyPalsRescue.com

Robyns Nest Rescue   
Siamese Cat Rescue, Blews Mews
Sacred Hearts Rescue
The Backyard Dog Project
The Tenth Life
Wags Inn



513 Area Code
Animal Adoption Foundation
Circle Tail Rescue
Crookers Critters
Good Buddies Canine Rescue
HART Homeless An Rescue
His Eye On The Sparrow

Louie's Legacy
Luv Fur Mutts
Niley Dog Rescue
Save The Animals Foundation

3 Sisters Pet Rescue

419 Area Code
All Species Adoption
Another Chance Sanctuary
​ASAP
Best Friends Forever
Deb's Dogs
Dog Gone Rescue
4 Paws Sake
Ohio Small Dog Rescue  

Open Arms Pound Rescue
Planned Pethood    cats too
Mid OH Animal Welfare

SART Cat Rescue
SPAOhio    cats too
Teddy's Rescue
The Compassionate Village

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440/216 Area Codes

Deaf Dogs, Colorado Rescue
Forget Me Not Rescue

Geauga Mamma Dogs & Pups
Love A Stray Dogs/Cats
​Marilyn's Voice
Multiple Breed Rescue
Paws Ohio
Saved Soul Dog Rescue

St Francis Animal Sanctuary
​Storm's Angels 
WolfSpiritsRescue



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330 Area Code

Animal Pawtectors
Dogs Unlimited
​Fur Get Me Not Rescue

One of A Kind Pet Rescue
​Pregnant Dog Rescue
Paws & Prayers
Rose's Rescue
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Star Mar Rescue
Take Me Too
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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                  ohiohound@yahoo.com
Beagles                 intake@GotBeagles.org    
Beagles                   dogadoption@live.com  
Beagles                ebenzinger@beaglesrus.org
Beagles                  ohiohound@yahoo.com
Bearded Collie     Lwahoff@columbus.rr.com
Belgian Sheps      carol.stein@voyager.net
Bichon Frise          kingsall3@aol.com
Border Collie       lassie9@bright.net
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
Cane Corso
Cane Corso
Cattle Dog         Buckeyeacdrescue@gmail.com        
Cav King Charles  topdog@toledodogtraining.com
Ches Bay Ret       trishnwilson@aol.com
Ches Bay Ret no site   lisa.keller146@gmail.com
Chihuahua           ​​CRTMidwestCoordinator@gmail.com
Chihuahuas        wolfspirit729@aol.com
Chinese Crested  k9raintree@aol.com
Chinese Crested jennifercolvin@columbus.rr.com
Chinese Crested  ohiorep@barepawsrescue.org
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      HoundWeb@gmail.com
Coonhound      Ohiohound@yahoo.com
Coonhounds      Other State Options
Corgi          HowellingCorgi@aol.com
Dachshund         wildwienerranch@live.com 
Dachshund        cmdundon@aol.com 
Doberman       HandMeDownDobes@hmdd.org
Doberman      info@bluegrassdobermanrescue.org
Doberman     info@dudobes.org
English Bulldogs     Info@BuckeyeBulldogRescue.org
English Mastiff          mastiff.rescue@gmail.com
English Setter             crazyforbirddogs@gmail.com ​
English Setter              board@englishsetterrescue.org
Fox Terrier                      jbrown4571@wowway.com
French Bulldogs     ​ Info@BuckeyeBulldogRescue.org
German Shep                       LabAndDaneResQr@gmail.com
German Shep  
German Shep                 440-439-8026  MaryAliceMoran@aol.com
German Shep                  jan@dogshope.com
Germ Sheps White      brendastillwagon@yahoo.com
Germ Short Pnt        gspcareofOhio@gmail.com
Germ Short Pnt       cheryl@ohioshorthairrescue.org
Giant Schnauzer       carjanak@aol.com
Giant Schnauzer       mylessmom2001@yahoo.com
Giant Schnauzer      tarabeard@earthlink.net
Giant Schnauzer       440-439-8026  MaryAliceMoran@aol.com
Golden Ret                info@goldenendingsrescue.com
Golden Ret                grin@grinrescue.org
Golden Ret               CLaws10133@aol.com
Golden Ret
Gordon Setter         wyttsend@yahoo.com
Great Dane  LabAndDaneResQr@gmail.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 
Hound Rescue   ​ohiohound@yahoo.com
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              info@cincinnatilabrescue.org
Labrador              Ed@lelrr.org ​
Labrador                      LabAndDaneResQr@gmail.com            
Lhasa Apso        shsr@roadrunner.com
Lhasa Apso          fluffmama3@yahoo.com
Lurcher Project  
Mastiffs    MastiffsToMutts@gmail.com    see also English Mastiff
Mini Pinscher      forminpins@att.net ​
Newfoundland      scnc_rescue@yahoo.com
Norwegian Elkhound    rescue@jnmrf.org
Papillon             pat@pancero.com
    Pit Rescue   Advice/Options in OH
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              wrpcrescue@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          saveaschnauzer@yahoo.com  
Schnauzer       wolfspirit729@aol.com
Schnauzer       440-439-8026   MaryAliceMoran@aol.com
Scottish Ter    scdove49@yahoo.com   
Shar Pei             ljbrown1063@embarqmail.com
Shelties              CenOHSheltieResc@aol.com
Shelties              augustpch@aol.com
Shiba Inu            info@tristateshiba.org
Shih Tzu             info@shihtzuandfurbabyrescue.com 
Shih Tzu             info@ohiofuzzypawz.org 
Shih Tzu              Kimark7@aol.com
Shih Tzu             wolfspirit729@aol.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
Whippet          whippetastic@gmail.com
Yorkie              dwalcutt@live.com
Yorkie           wolfspirit729@aol.com

Animal Control
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(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 SPCA
Clark Co Animal Welfare League
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
Crawford Co AC
Crawford Co HS

Cuyahoga Co AC
Cuyahoga/Cleveland APL
Cuyahoga Independence AC
     Cleveland Beara Anima 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
Humane Society of Delaware Co 
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
Franklin Co  C H A
Franklin Co Pets W/out Parents
Franklin Co  Cozy Cat Cottage
Franklin Co Cat Welfare
Franklin Co Gigi's

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
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Van Wert Co HS

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

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Questions? Email us at:   ​ColumbusDogConnectionInfo@gmail.com​
Columbus Dog Connection    614-471-9000 
2761 Johnstown Rd Columbus  OH   43219   (near the Columbus Airport)