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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Is there anything better than how excited your dog is to see you? (even if you were only gone a minute 😉 )
Check out our website for all of the amazing dogs looking for homes right now and apply to meet the one you can imagine greeting you with a big smile every day!
www.freedom-ride.org/for-adoption
Only ONE of our Poky Little Puppies has found their forever home so far, which means Putter, Lollygag, Fritter, Loaf, Meander, and Mosey are still just… well, taking their sweet time finding their people. And while these poky babies may be doing a bit of dillydallying in finding their families, they are VERY quick to steal hearts 💕
These cattle dog/hound/mystery mutt cuties were born January 20 and are ready to mosey on into forever homes of their own. Don’t dawdle!—your perfect pup might be waiting!
Go ahead and putter on over to our website and apply today 🐶✨
www.freedom-ride.org/for-adoption
May 30: GET READY TO ROLL at the 7th Annual "THE FREEDOM RIDE"! We are reinventing it a bit - cars & motorcycles start at the Lonerider in Wake Forest and take off at 11:15 am .... they will have three venues to stop at for cards on their own time (more of a scavenger hunt than the traditional 'ride' like we've done in the past). Go to any or all of the venues for drink specials and buy better cards for your poker hand!
From noon to 5, we'll be having a paw-ty at Lonerider with a DJ, vendors (we have a few more spaces), food trucks, raffles and, of course, adoptable dogs!
Have business swag you want to donate (we are making 100 bags for registered poker-runners)? Want to be a vendor? Email kristy@freedom-ride.org!
Freedom-ride.org/the-freedom-ride
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Browse our dogs in foster care and available for adoption!
Is there anything better than how excited your dog is to see you? (even if you were only gone a minute 😉 )
Check out our website for all of the amazing dogs looking for homes right now and apply to meet the one you can imagine greeting you with a big smile every day!
www.freedom-ride.org/for-adoption
Only ONE of our Poky Little Puppies has found their forever home so far, which means Putter, Lollygag, Fritter, Loaf, Meander, and Mosey are still just… well, taking their sweet time finding their people. And while these poky babies may be doing a bit of dillydallying in finding their families, they are VERY quick to steal hearts 💕
These cattle dog/hound/mystery mutt cuties were born January 20 and are ready to mosey on into forever homes of their own. Don’t dawdle!—your perfect pup might be waiting!
Go ahead and putter on over to our website and apply today 🐶✨
www.freedom-ride.org/for-adoption
May 30: GET READY TO ROLL at the 7th Annual "THE FREEDOM RIDE"! We are reinventing it a bit - cars & motorcycles start at the Lonerider in Wake Forest and take off at 11:15 am .... they will have three venues to stop at for cards on their own time (more of a scavenger hunt than the traditional `ride` like we`ve done in the past). Go to any or all of the venues for drink specials and buy better cards for your poker hand!
From noon to 5, we`ll be having a paw-ty at Lonerider with a DJ, vendors (we have a few more spaces), food trucks, raffles and, of course, adoptable dogs!
Have business swag you want to donate (we are making 100 bags for registered poker-runners)? Want to be a vendor? Email kristy@freedom-ride.org!
Freedom-ride.org/the-freedom-ride
🚨🚨FOSTER NEEDED 🚨🚨This stunning 6-month-old Aussie mix weighs about 30 lbs and is such a sweet, gentle boy according to shelter staff. He’s also dog-friendly and would love a safe place to land while he waits for his forever family.
Right now, he’s living in a crowded shelter where his only protection from the elements is a barrel and wood shavings. He deserves so much more than that. Freedom Ride Rescue covers all costs — you just provide the loving temporary home.
If you can help foster this deserving pup, please reach out. Fostering truly saves lives.
you can help foster this deserving pup, please
email jennifer@freedom-ride.org today! Fostering truly saves lives!
🚨🚨 FOSTERS NEEDED 🚨🚨These 3 adorable 4-month-old doxy mix pups are looking for loving foster homes! We have 1 girl and 2 boys, each about 10 lbs, and all are super friendly, social, and ready to soak up attention
Fostering saves lives—and the best part? Freedom Ride Rescue covers all costs. You just provide the safe, caring home while they wait for their forever families. Can you open your home to one of these sweet pups? Please email jennifer@freedom-ride.org if you’re able to help foster! 🏡✨
🍀✨ What a sham-rockin’ good time! ✨🍀
We’re still riding the lucky vibes from the Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 14 💚🐾 From our amazing volunteers to our adopters, supporters, and the incredible local community—YOU made this day so special.
There’s nothing we love more than celebrating alongside the people who make this rescue possible (and maybe showing off a few adorable, tail-wagging ambassadors along the way 😉).
Thank you for cheering us on, stopping to say hi, and spreading the love for rescue dogs all along the parade route. We’re so grateful to be part of this community 💚
Until next year… stay lucky, stay kind, and keep supporting rescue 🍀🐶
Tuesday Trivia!
While that`s some cool doggy trivia...we`re relieved that dogs like Mastiffs can just be lazy pals taking up the whole couch
Court is now in session… ⚖️🐾
Meet Phoenix Wright & Maya Fey, named for the Ace Attorney game series. They are here to defend your heart and win your affection—no objections allowed! With their playful personalities and undeniable charm, these two are building a very strong case for why they belong in your home 💙
The verdict? Guilty… of being absolutely adorable.
Apply to meet Phoenix & Maya today!
www.freedom-ride.org/for-adoption
MEDICAL MONDAY! Senior poodle Francine is LOUDLY asking for donations (volume DOWN if you have dogs who help you watch social media).
freedom-ride.org/giving << please consider helping!
Our little angry toddler or crow - you decide - is actually a very sweet, cuddly gal. Her person passed away which landed her in the Surry County Animal Shelter ... she`s with a fabulous foster and going for some major testing this week. The echocardiogram and abdominal untrasound is looking to see if she`s in congestive heart failure or not. If she is, she`ll be hospice and have the most amazing last chapter we can provide ... if NOT - we`ll look for an adopter looking for a sweet lap dog to adopt her!
Thank you to our amazing "retired" groomer and FRR board member, Colleen Bouchard, for the most vocal bath and hair cut; to Ania DeJoy for taking on a senior as her first FRR foster; and to Falls Village Veterinary Hospital for ALWAYS taking our our hard cases ...
#PawItForward #fallsvillagevet #freedomriderescue #seniordogsrock
Mrs. Brisby incredible foster mom knows seniors a little tougher to adopt out so did a DNA test to give some background on our sweet, petite gal!
We did a contest to guess her breed and Susan Pridon was the only one to include Staffie (a very close relative to to "American Pit Bulls") so she is our winner! We are also a hoodie to Megan Pitts for her creative (and not wrong) guess of "Purebreed Silly Girl".
Now that we have confirmation that she`s a one of a kind, fabulous older gal: please share her so we can find her fur-ever home!
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.