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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✨💙 FRR Alum Sky (formerly Skylar!) is a certified snuggle bug with a heart as big as his cuddle game. Living his absolute best life, this sweet boy is happiest curled up on the couch with his humans—or sprinting through the yard in hot pursuit of squirrels and chipmunks like it’s his full-time job. 🐿️💨
🐾 A proud blend of 7+ breeds (with Yorkshire Terrier leading the pack, plus Shih Tzu, Mini Schnauzer, Poodle, Pekingese, Lhasa Apso, and a dash of Supermutt magic), Sky is basically a walking, wagging masterpiece.
🤫 Despite his impressive resume, Sky is famously quiet—so quiet that he doesn’t even bark when he needs to go out. Instead, he politely stations himself in specific spots around the house, and his humans have learned to decode his needs based on location alone. Smart and respectful? Icon behavior. 👑
🏡❤️ Sky’s favorite adventures include trips to Grandpa’s house (elite destination) and quality time with his beloved dinosaur toy 🦖—one of his prized possessions.
💋🐶 He’ll be celebrating his second gotcha day in July, and judging by the snuggles and sloppy kisses he hands out daily, he knows exactly how loved he is.
💫 Sky isn’t just living his best life—he’s filling his humans’ lives with warmth, laughter, and endless cuddles, one quiet sit and happy tail wag at a time.
👀 We absolutely love hearing about how our alumni are doing! Want to see your alum featured? Share their photos and stories on our alumni page—you could be our next spotlight!
🍫🐾 Meet Snickers 🐾🍫
Sweet, irresistible, and guaranteed to make you smile—Snickers is the kind of pup you can’t help but fall in love with. With those puppy eyes and that heart-melting charm, he’s bringing all the sweetness and none of the calories.
Looking for a little joy to brighten your days? Snickers might just be the treat you’ve been waiting for. 💛🐶
Apply to meet Snickers: www.freedom-ride.org
🐾🍻 DOUBLE HEADER ADOPTION WEEKEND 🍻🐾
Freedom Ride Rescue is taking over your weekend plans… and trust us, you’re gonna want to show up 🐶💛
🏈🍺 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7
📍 Beertooth Taproom | Durham
🕓 4–7 PM
Pints & Puppy Kisses
What’s better than a cold craft beer?
👉 A cold craft beer AND a slobbery puppy kiss 😍
Join us for an afternoon of brews, barks, awesome raffle prizes and life-changing connections. We’re bringing a crew of our most affectionate, adoptable dogs who are ready to steal hearts (and maybe your seat). We'll also have a raffle event with beautiful gift baskets and hand selected goodies. You can find information on items on raffle on our facebook page-winners will be selected just be the end of our event. Whether you’re looking to adopt or just want to support local rescue—grab a pint and share the love 🐕🍺
🏈🐶 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8
📍 Sneaky Penguin Brewing | Raleigh
🕑 2–4 PM
Puppy Bowl Sunday
Some of us love the Super Bowl.
Some of us love the commercials.
👉 ALL OF US LOVE THE PUPPY BOWL.
Come see how the puppies (and adult dogs!) of Freedom Ride Rescue gear up for everyone’s favorite football event. Cute players. Zero penalties. Maximum tail wags 🐾🏆
✨ Adopt • Foster • Support • Snuggle
Bring your friends, grab a drink, and meet your future best friend—TWICE this weekend
See us on Instagram
Browse our dogs in foster care and available for adoption!
✨💙 FRR Alum Sky (formerly Skylar!) is a certified snuggle bug with a heart as big as his cuddle game. Living his absolute best life, this sweet boy is happiest curled up on the couch with his humans—or sprinting through the yard in hot pursuit of squirrels and chipmunks like it’s his full-time job. 🐿️💨
🐾 A proud blend of 7+ breeds (with Yorkshire Terrier leading the pack, plus Shih Tzu, Mini Schnauzer, Poodle, Pekingese, Lhasa Apso, and a dash of Supermutt magic), Sky is basically a walking, wagging masterpiece.
🤫 Despite his impressive resume, Sky is famously quiet—so quiet that he doesn’t even bark when he needs to go out. Instead, he politely stations himself in specific spots around the house, and his humans have learned to decode his needs based on location alone. Smart and respectful? Icon behavior. 👑
🏡❤️ Sky’s favorite adventures include trips to Grandpa’s house (elite destination) and quality time with his beloved dinosaur toy 🦖—one of his prized possessions.
💋🐶 He’ll be celebrating his second gotcha day in July, and judging by the snuggles and sloppy kisses he hands out daily, he knows exactly how loved he is.
💫 Sky isn’t just living his best life—he’s filling his humans’ lives with warmth, laughter, and endless cuddles, one quiet sit and happy tail wag at a time.
👀 We absolutely love hearing about how our alumni are doing! Want to see your alum featured? Share their photos and stories on our alumni page—you could be our next spotlight!
🍫🐾 Meet Snickers 🐾🍫
Sweet, irresistible, and guaranteed to make you smile—Snickers is the kind of pup you can’t help but fall in love with. With those puppy eyes and that heart-melting charm, he’s bringing all the sweetness and none of the calories.
Looking for a little joy to brighten your days? Snickers might just be the treat you’ve been waiting for. 💛🐶
Apply to meet Snickers: www.freedom-ride.org
🐾🍻 DOUBLE HEADER ADOPTION WEEKEND 🍻🐾
Freedom Ride Rescue is taking over your weekend plans… and trust us, you’re gonna want to show up 🐶💛
🏈🍺 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7
📍 Beertooth Taproom | Durham
🕓 4–7 PM
Pints & Puppy Kisses
What’s better than a cold craft beer?
👉 A cold craft beer AND a slobbery puppy kiss 😍
Join us for an afternoon of brews, barks, awesome raffle prizes and life-changing connections. We’re bringing a crew of our most affectionate, adoptable dogs who are ready to steal hearts (and maybe your seat). We`ll also have a raffle event with beautiful gift baskets and hand selected goodies. You can find information on items on raffle on our facebook page-winners will be selected just be the end of our event. Whether you’re looking to adopt or just want to support local rescue—grab a pint and share the love 🐕🍺
🏈🐶 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8
📍 Sneaky Penguin Brewing | Raleigh
🕑 2–4 PM
Puppy Bowl Sunday
Some of us love the Super Bowl.
Some of us love the commercials.
👉 ALL OF US LOVE THE PUPPY BOWL.
Come see how the puppies (and adult dogs!) of Freedom Ride Rescue gear up for everyone’s favorite football event. Cute players. Zero penalties. Maximum tail wags 🐾🏆
✨ Adopt • Foster • Support • Snuggle
Bring your friends, grab a drink, and meet your future best friend—TWICE this weekend
🚨🚨PUPPY FOSTER NEEDED!!🚨🚨 we are in need of one foster home for two of these sweet puppy boys. Because of their young age they need to stay together. Freedom Ride covers all costs associated with their care! We just need you to provide the loving foster home. Email jennifer@freedom-ride.org today if you can help!
Every walk, every cuddle, every quiet moment shared adds up to something truly special. These incredible pups—and all the other FRR pups waiting for their forever families—are all ready to turn everyday moments into lifelong memories.
If you’re thinking about adding more love, joy, and purpose to your days, adopting a rescue dog might be the best time investment you’ll ever make.
Apply to adopt one of our amazing dogs: www.freedom-ride.org
Meet Steve Harrington, serving main-character energy with that irresistible puppy face and a snoot that’s practically begging for a boop. One look and it’s game over—he’s already stolen your heart (and probably your snacks).
Cute? Check.
Boopable? Extremely.
Ready to be your forever sidekick? Absolutely. 💛
Warning: booping may result in instant love and a lifelong best friend.
Apply to meet Steve: www.freedom-ride.org
SNEAK PEAK to some of the amazing raffle prizes coming to our Saturday, Feb. 7, Pints and Puppy Kisses Event at Beer Tooth Tavern in Durham at: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/puppy-kisses-for-freedom-ride-rescue (where you can by tickets now!!!) Our event is 4 - 7 pm!!
Our fabulous hosts always put out an amazing effort to raise money for Freedom Ride Rescue! Come get puppy love, meet some adoptable dogs ... bring your dog for a photo in our very swanky kissing booth - and maybe win something! (At very least, it will be a lot of fun with cold beer and prosecco on tap)!
Our fosters are starting to RSVP so keep watching the event page to see what adoptable dogs will be ready for action at our kissing booth: https://www.facebook.com/events/1517620972805854
As usual, we have a very full calendar of events coming up in February. We hope to see lots of friendly faces at all our events...and fingers crossed that our adoptable dogs find their perfect people at some of them too!
Don`t forget we share details about each week`s upcoming events in our WAG (Weekly Activities and Gatherings) posts on Wednesdays. And we share a roll call reel of dogs who have RSVP`d to events on Friday evenings. If you`re hoping to meet specific dogs, be sure to watch for those!
Tuesday Trivia Time!
Here`s a breed you probably haven`t heard of!
🚨🚨PUPPY FOSTERS NEEDED!!🚨🚨 five 6-week old male puppies are in need of fosters. Due to young age need to go in pair and trio (2/3). Freedom ride rescue covers all cost associated with their care. We just need you to provide the loving foster home if you’re interested in fostering a few of these cuties, please email jennifer@freedom-ride.org today!
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.