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Foothills Animal Rescue’s 2027 Photo Contest is now open, giving adopted and rescued cats and dogs a chance to take center stage in a community-powered fundraiser that turns beloved pets into calendar stars while helping save more homeless animals across the Valley. Entries are open now, with public voting running June 1–30. Pet parents can enter a photo of their rescued or adopted dog or cat for a chance to win one of 14 featured spots in Foothills Animal Rescue’s 2027 calen

The Rescue dog project is an advocacy platform that blends art, education, public policy, and emotional connection to bring attention to the emotional exhaustion caused by nonstop crisis situations, suffering animals, and difficult outcomes. Maybe people think, 'Call a rescue and then the dog will be "saved." A common misconception. The actuality Is they are not saved until they are In a good home. The strain causes a lack of care that Is needed for the welfare of the Rescue

Thanks for stopping by! The Rescue Dog Project has been a solo project since 2022-2023, and probably earlier If you count all the note-taking! The project was launched as an art & advocacy campaign in 2024, creating whimsical graphics that carried a serious message to make people feel a bit uncomfortable so they'd reflect on an issue that is really serious. Fast forward two years later, between my two jobs and life's unexpected challenges, I am ready to launch the information

The idea for the program came after the nonprofit learned about a similar initiative in California. Inspired by the impact it had on both dogs and people, One Love Arizona adapted the concept to serve communities across Arizona.

Supporting People and Animal Relationships for Change (SPARC) believes that stories and messaging have a profound impact on the lives of animals and people.

Sometimes the dog we end up with isn't the dog we imagined we wanted, but I believe it is the dog that we needed. Some dogs walk out of a shelter, hop into your car, and within a day or two, they start to soften. They just needed quiet, soft place to land, and a full night’s sleep. Mr. Fluffy made his way to your heart and bed! But others? Others carry the shelter with them. You may be bringing home a dog whose nervous system has been in overdrive for far too long. Shelters a

Rescue Pals Located in Fountain Hills, Arizona Email: RescuePals85268@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RescuePals/ How they started In 2009, Fountain Hills residents Susan Dawson and Christine Schaeken began volunteering with rescue dogs while training for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day walk. Partnering with Pal’s Inn Pet Resort, the two friends started walking rescue dogs to help socialize them and improve their quality of life. What began as a simple volunteer effort

Beloved dogs are in a real bad spot and need our help! To everyone who loves dogs — especially those who prefer purebred dogs — this letter is written with understanding, not judgment. Please know rescuers and volunteers love all dogs... cats, horses and geckos... We are asking the public to take a deeper look at what is happening behind the scenes of the dog overpopulation crisis. Across the country, shelters and rescues are overwhelmed – people dropping off dogs they found,

ARIZONA – In animal welfare, the most urgent cases are often the ones no system was neatly built to hold. A dog whose owner has been arrested. A pair of cats abandoned in carriers outside a store. A litter of kittens suddenly left without a mother. These are the animals that can fall into the gaps between agencies, contracts and capacity. Foothills Animal Rescue is now helping close that gap through a new partnership with Peoria Police and Animal Control, providing urgent pla

By Alix Frazier, Executive Director and Founder, Paw Arty by Paws With Cause A community is often measured by how it treats its most vulnerable members. While that usually brings to mind children, the elderly, or those in need, there is another group that quietly reflects the moral fabric of a society: animals. When people come together to care for animals—whether rescuing, protecting, or simply advocating for their well-being—they aren’t just helping animals. They are streng

If this level of suffering were happening to zoo animals or endangered wildlife, there would be immediate intervention. Dogs deserve that same urgency and compassion. They can not live in cages In overcrowded shelters that rely on volunteers! Lawmakers have to start supporting RESCUE! Stop profiting, start caring! Please!

Want to raise money for your local rescue, but have no idea where to begin? We’re calling on the go-getters, community leaders, and big-hearted supporters ready to rally donations, organize fundraisers, or gather a team of volunteers. Your energy, ideas, and support can change lives! Do you have something you'd like to submit that will help inform, inspire, or move someone toward helping end the pet crisis? ​Please email: info@therescuedogproject.com Your voice can help shift

When Lulu first came into rescue, she was just a tiny puppy with her front legs broken. What would normally be a straightforward surgery for most dogs wasn’t so simple for Lulu. Her bones were too small for standard plates, and her case became much more complex than anyone expected. But Lulu had heroes on her side – her rescuer, and an incredible team of people who weren’t about to give up on her. She was treated at the UC Davis Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Northern Califo

The Rescue Dog Project is an awareness campaign. Rescuers love all animals, but know too closely that shelters and rescues need serious support. Art is an opportunity to make people a little uncomfortable to force reflection in an effort to decrease breeding or increase volunteers, change a few minds or create a few more fosters – bring communities together for a good cause – whatever it is, let's just reverse the cycle. Please feel free to share these as you see fit! Social

The Five Freedoms are guidelines that promote good animal welfare and humane treatment. A compassionate approach to animal care ensures that every animal is treated with dignity, respect, and consideration for both physical and emotional wellbeing. They are used worldwide in farming, veterinary care, zoos, and pet ownership to ensure animals live healthy, comfortable, and respectful lives.

In 2024, I started the Rescue Dog Project art and advocacy campaign as a way to get the message out that rescues and rescuers are strained. We hear about rescuing the dogs, but rescuers are drowning in overcrowded facilities with little to no support. And the problems run even deeper. My publishing background motivates me to create a hub for information – not just about adoption, but about every facet of rescue. The parts that are celebrated, and the parts that are often over

Your first day at the rescue is tomorrow, congratulations! You love dogs, that's all you know. And that's all that really matters! Quickly, I started learning all the different facets of rescue – from the first call to save, to transporting, and managing intake and fostering, adopting, microchipping and I looked up a lot of words along the way! As silly as it seems to write a blog about this, the work is more serious and there's a lot more involved then catch, save and rehome

Ever see those news stories about people hoarding animals and get so mad, and hope they “get what they deserve?” My neighbor and I tried to help a dog once, deemed aggressive. (Full story here.) A man in the community with a great reputation came to the rescue, telling us that he boarded dogs that appeared aggressive and he'd work with his behavioral issues. I believed him. He had a good reputation, lots of property, everyone seemed to know that he cared – but then dogs were

By Jenifer Lee, Founder of The Rescue Dog Project It’s been over a year since the launch of The Rescue Dog Project. I did what I set out to do – create art that speaks for the strain on rescues and rescuers alike. Surprising, many people seemed unsure what I was doing – and visual communications is what this is all about! Only a little mortified, it's an awareness campaign, comparing it to the No Smoking campaign; subconsciously it is supposed to work. Right?! Maybe the quest

The idea of the project is to END THE STRAIN ON SHELTERS AND RESCUES. People turn away because it's sad, and it's sad because there's not enough volunteers – or there's too many people that just don't care about the consequences of reckless breeding, or the risks of letting dogs roam.