Living Hope Canine Rescue’s focus is to keep dogs “out” of shelters and to help decrease overpopulation and euthanasia. We do not have open foster slots for the general public. We would like to find out more information about why you need to surrender your dog to see if we have resources to help you. If this is not an option, we can consider a "Courtesy Listing" to help you after we have a full understanding of the situation. Please send photos and a bio of the dog via email to livinghoperesce@gmail.com. We do ask that you consider a donation to Living Hope Canine Rescue to help defray our operational costs.

North Carolina law requires that anyone who finds a stray dog must make a 'reasonable' attempt to find the owner before rehoming. Please take the dog to a veterinarian or Animal Control Shelter to have it scanned for a microchip. We do not have extra foster slots available for taking in strays. If you would like to foster and will keep the dog until adopted, we will consider taking the dog into our program. You will need to complete a Foster Application and work with us to get the dog vetted and processed.

No. We are a canine only rescue.

Living Hope Canine Rescue is an organization of volunteers and we have no physical shelter or location for you to visit

Yes, we are a 5013c charity registered with the IRS. Our EIN # is 99-4724314

Please visit our Resource/Training Page for programs in your area. We work closely with local shelter to provide assistance to dog owners in need. You can also send us an email and tell us about your specific circumstances to see if we can assist you or know of another program that can help.

Fill out an adoption application and we will review and potentially arrange a visit. We do NOT setup visits without an application on file.

Living Hope Canine Rescue does not charge a pre-set adoption fee. We rely entirely on your donations and appreciate a tax-deductible donation in any amount. Our rescue depends on your donations to do the work we do, and all donations are appreciated and are much needed by our rescue.

• We will provide:

  • All medical coverage for the dog to date, according to the age of the dog (vaccinations, deworming, heartworm preventative, flea and tick preventative, treatments as required).

  • Microchip insertion and registration.

  • Spay or Neuter (already done if the dog is more than 5 months old or will provide when more than 5 months. If the dog is not yet altered, we will pay for the spay or neuter if you bring the dog to one of our approved veterinarian,otherwise we will reimburse you $100 upon proof of procedure. Spay/Neuter MUST be completed by 9 months of age unless veterinarians suggest otherwise.

*All dogs are required to be spayed or neutered as a condition of adoption*

• A leash and collar set.

Please refer to our “Adoption Process” for additional information.