"Animal lovers are a special breed of human, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big as a cloudless sky. -John Grogan from Marley and Me

Boxers

• Northeastern Boxer Rescue
• American Boxer Rescue

Bulldogs

• On the Rebound - Bulldog Rescue Foundation (Washington, D.C. area)
• The Bulldog Club of America Bulldog Rescue Network

Other Breeds

• Beagle Rescue of Southern Maryland   Waldorf, MD
• Mid-Atlantic Chinese Shar-Pei Rescue Operation   Bethesda, MD

Senior Dogs

• The Senior Dogs Project   Older dogs in Delaware, Maryland, and D.C. needing homes.

All Breed

• Montgomery County Humane Society  Rockville, Maryland
  

Lost Pets.   Here's a true story with a happy ending. A few years ago someone inadvertently left my fence gate open, and Max and Tatiana got loose without my knowing it. I never leave them alone in the yard for very long, but in the 15 minutes it took me to discover what had happened, they were long gone.

After fruitlessly searching the neighborhood all morning, I went down to the local humane society and reported the two boxers AWOL. It paid off! At 4:30pm I got a call from the woman who took the report. Someone had sighted the two playing in the middle of a nearby highway (dumb dogs - argh). Upon hearing this I flew out the door and drove over to the intersection where they had been spotted.

There, on the shoulder of the road I noticed a sheriff's car, lights aflashing, pulled over along with a couple of other cars. Sure enough, he had my two wet (thanks to a sudden downpour) and frightened pooches sitting in his patrol car, no worse for the wear. Whew! Since both dogs don tags with my name, address, and phone number, no doubt the sheriff would have brought them home without the humane society intervening, but it sure was nice to get that call from them. It was also reassuring to know that had the dogs lost their ID tags, I still would have been notified of the sighting based on the missing dog report I had filed.





• Heaven's Gift Animal Rescue and Sanctuary   Mount Airy, Maryland. A sanctuary for severely abused or neglected animals that need lifelong medical care as a result. Heaven's Gift provides a permanent home to its residents for as long as they live. Donations of money and supplies are always needed, and volunteers are welcome.

All Breed Rescue and Referral   Gaithersburg, MD

Best Dawg Rescue, Inc   Bethesda, MD

Companion Animal Rescue Alliance   College Park, MD

Friday's Dog   DC/Baltimore area

Hedgesville Hounds   Rockville, MD

Maryland Online Pet Resources

MetroPets Online   Silver Spring, MD

Montgomery County SPCA  Maryland

Roxie's Fund   Silver Spring, MD

Tails of Hope Sanctuary   Mt. Airy, MD

Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation   Northern Virginia  New! 4-24-07

Washington Animal Rescue League  DC

photo from "Boxers looking through windows."