Negril Pup Rescue

04/07/2025

An unfortunate, but necessary new policy:
We are still happy to welcome visitors to the rescue, however, going forward, we will be asking all visitors to utilize shoe covers OR bleach their shoes before entering the rescue. We also ask that visitors make a strong effort to not touch or hold any dogs or cats prior to coming to the rescue.

Parvo virus is a deadly disease for dogs and can be brought into the rescue on the soles of your shoes or clothing. A surprise case of parvo has us questioning the reach of this illness. We do not want our dogs to get deathly ill and we would prefer to not have to deep clean and sanitize the rescue after an exposure, so we are trying to limit the potential. Thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation.

04/04/2025

Guess what?? Tomorrow is Feed the Pups Friday and we wouldn't be mad about it if you wanted to donate to feed the pups a little early! It takes about $800USD ($1,125CAD) to feed our dogs and the stray dogs in Negril through our outreach program. The dogs of Negril Pup Rescue rely on your support and donations each week and we can only do what we do with your help. If you are having trouble deciding, we have included a picture of a little pig-pile-of-pups to persuade you. (The little white puppy was brought to us last week with two broken back legs and is being nursed back to health by her fellow pups and us.)

How to help:
The simplest and quickest way you can help is to donate -
https://negrilpuprescue.com/donate/ (check on our website if your workplace offers donation matching)
E-transfer - [email protected]

**The tip is optional on the website. Choose Custom and enter $0 and your donation will be fee-free!

We have offered paypal and venmo options in the past, but we ask that anyone who donated through these methods use our website platform going forward and save us (or you) the fees that we lose on every donation. It also helps us to keep all of the donation records in one place without having to go back and manually enter all of the donations for each campaign. You will also get an automatic letter for your tax records.

04/03/2025

From a horrific injury and likely death to playing and seeking a loving pat on the head in just a few weeks. Look at what a little love can do....

04/01/2025

Because of YOU, our rescue pups have full bellies, a safe space, and the love they deserve! Your generous donations make it possible for us to feed hungry strays, provide medical care for those in need, and offer a place of comfort for the forgotten. Our community outreach, rescues, and rehabilitation efforts would not be possible without your support.

From the bottom of our hearts (and paws), THANK YOU for being part of this mission. Together, we are changing lives, one pup at a time.

Amy Ferreira
Sandra Kendall
Koralee Stewart
Randa Morisette
Heather Smith
April McGibbon
Natalie Barton
Corie Fisher
MaryAnne Morin
Tanya Cerasale
Kristin Papanek
Stacy McClure
Kerrie Swenson
Taylor Hewlett
Linda Madonia
Marie Paul Mazzerole
Kelly Tazzman
Jason Golding
Ginger Brooks
Scott Tucker
Jamie Sanks Vacation Vibes
Melanie Paquin
Brooke Hunter
Charlene Green
Kim Malobabic
Chad Smith
Molly Weigerig
Stephanie Sloan
Sara Dillon

03/30/2025

Maverick has arrived in Montreal! Thank you once to everyone who donated to make this happen, to Catherine Barrett for being a wonderful flight angel and to everyone who helped us find an adopter on Tuesday! Congratulations to Dawn Lamoureux-Proude on the newest little addition to her family!

03/28/2025

Oh boy, what a week. Two puppies off to Canada. A whirlwind search for both an adopter AND a flight angel for another puppy (heading to Canada on Saturday). And slowly, surely, day by day, the injured dog we took in last week is learning to trust. His wounds are looking much better, and he is feeling loved and cared for. It's all we ask for these dogs. To give back to them a little of the unconditional love they give us.

But the cycle continues. A new puppy. A little girl estimated to be 7 weeks old with both back legs broken. The vet determined that she will need special care for the immediate future. This pup has brothers and sisters and a Mom that we feed through our outreach. We feed and care for the 80+ dogs that are physically at the rescue. And countless other strays on the street. This takes money. Which means we need your support. Can you help us to raise $1000 this week to feed the dogs, conduct our outreach program, pay this puppy's vet bills, and support the care for the injured dog?

How to help:
The simplest and quickest way you can help is to donate -
https://negrilpuprescue.com/donate/ (check on our website if your workplace offers donation matching)
E-transfer - [email protected]
**The tip is optional on the website. Choose Custom and enter $0 and your donation will be fee-free!

We have offered paypal and venmo options in the past, but we ask that anyone who donated through these methods use our website platform going forward and save us (or you) the fees that we lose on every donation. It also helps us to keep all of the donation records in one place without having to go back and manually enter all of the donations for each campaign. You will also get an automatic letter for your tax records.

Setup Recurring Donations -- Commit to a dollar amount that will be automatically processed every month. This cuts down on the manpower needed to run fundraising campaigns to meet weekly goals and provides an understanding of concrete resources each month.

Thank you in advance for your help. ❤🐾

03/27/2025

If you are a recurring donor and have setup payments on our previous fundraising software (haven't moved to the new system yet), we are waiting to hear from you! Emails have been sent to all donors from [email protected] (check your spam or promotions folders) with details about switching to our new system so we can cancel your old recurring donation. Please respond to that email to let us know that you received it or reach out to us in a private message if you did not get an email. If you are not a recurring donor on our previous system, you would not have received an email. :)

03/27/2025

This week's gratitude post comes to you courtesy of these three adorable faces. Your donations this week did some big things:
- Provided care and comfort to a dog who's injuries are graphic, painful and unthinkable. Today, he is doing much better, enjoying treats, eating and drinking well and slowly letting his guard down to allow Dominique to touch his head. We can't imagine what he's been through, but that's all over now.
- Fed 80+ dogs at our facility and countless others strays throughout Negril in our outreach program.
- Funded the rescue and rehoming to Canada for these three -- two girl puppies off to Newfoundland on Tuesday and a male puppy (named Maverick) heading to a fur-ever home in Ottawa on Saturday. This was made possible through incredible teamwork and communication, over 140 shares of our original post and volunteers willing to help if possible. Sometimes making these things happen is like threading a needle and all of the tiny elements need to come together just so ---and it happened.

We still need support. We took in a puppy (7 weeks old) with both back legs broken at the ball joint. Xrays -- $73. She will require rest and care until she is fully healed and ready to be adopted.

Thank you to our recurring donors*, Feed the Pup Friday donors, those who donated to support the injured dog and those who donated to help send the puppies to Canada. A special thank you goes out to Purvez & Jen Captain+ for providing the matching challenge gift for the campaign to send the pups to Canada and to Nicole McCormick Chileen + who provided the matching challenge gift for Feed the Pups Friday.
Glenn Marilyn
Nicole McGregor*
Debra Jones*
Cari Brown
Harold Feckner
Karin Pfluegner
Linda Madonia
Rory Rosselot
Diane Reising-Wendler
Stephanie Sloan
Martha Maxwell
Aisling D'Arcy
Elizabeth Lighthizer
Sara Hudock*
Louise Pollard
Leslie Oestreich
Heidi Vanderlaan
Charlene Green
Judy Katchen
Marie-Jude Rochester
Randa Morisette
Cynthia Meyers
Koralee Stewart
Nicole McCormick Chileen+
Isabel Maia
Trevor Melnyk
Ginger Brooks
MaryAnne Morin
Natalie Barton
Jen and Purvez Captain*+
Sara Kelderman
Tammy Poppel
Kathy Watts
Taylor Radovic
Angeline Lawry*
Sandra Lalli*
Nicole Herreros
Chrissy Sakers
Venus Santana
Deborah Lawson
Shannon Weber*
Gail Lowe
Kerry Armstrong
Milena Puhar*
Janet Tyne
Kelly Tazzman
Tonia Taylor*
Kathy Gillespie*
Karen Hughes*
Lisa Adamusik*
Ami Mezahav*
Kathleen Watts*
Tina Frasier
Su Min Lee*
Michelle Walas
Chad Smith*
Corie Fisher
Stephanie Kerins
Mary Lingvall Stein
Suzy Ahrens
Lynda Krane*
Eric Payne*
Jenny Naves*
Catherine Barnett - Flight Angel

03/25/2025

SUCCESS!!! We have found an adopter in Canada and a flight Angel to take this beautiful little boy to his forever home! Thank you to everyone who shared and commented and offered and inquired. We saw the best of everyone come together today on behalf of this little boy. We are incredibly appreciative. For those of you who expressed interest in adopting a puppy, there will be more. We have one who came to us today with an injured back leg that will be looking for a home shortly. If you are still open to taking a jam pup into your home, then connect with us and we will keep you in the loop for upcoming puppy flights.

To clarify - - - the person who is planning to adopt this dog and carry it to Canada has fallen through. We do not have an adopter in Canada and we do not have a flight Angel to bring them to Canada as of yet. Plenty of people have volunteered to carry the dog but we don't have anywhere for the dog to go as of yet. The dog cannot go to a rescue or a foster. It is against government policy.

This is now what could be categorized as an emergency. We have about 10 days, maximum, to get this pup on a plane to Canada with a flight Angel and to an adopter before he will outgrow the crate that fits beneath the seat in the cabin of either Air Canada or Air Transit. If we miss this short window, then the only option would be to send the dog in the cargo hold which would increase the price by $1,000 USD and if we don't find someone in time, can't even happen after a certain cutoff date because of temperatures in Jamaica. We are dangerously close to this dog not being able to be adopted off of the island until the fall, and we know from experience that adoptions once the dogs are grown are few and far between. Please, share this post to everyone that you know in Canada and anyone you know that is traveling to Canada soon from Jamaica. It would be incredibly sad to have the resources to send this puppy but no one to send him to and have him miss his chance for a better life.

This little guy is a small male of the potcake breed. Approximately 9 weeks old. His breed is considered medium dogs and grow to be anywhere between 35 and 50 lb. They are extremely smart, exceptionally loyal and one of the most loving dogs you will ever meet.

03/25/2025

We have some good news and some bad news.

The good news is that our first two female puppies have made their way to Canada and will continue on to Newfoundland and their new lives soon! Thank you to everyone who made this possible through your donations.

The bad news is that the third puppy, a little boy, did not get to head out to a new home because his adoption fell through at the last moment. We have been working hard behind the scenes to find an alternative solution for this cute little guy and are financially ready to put him on a plane as soon as we find someone who wants to give him a forever home. If our friends and followers in Canada know of someone who's looking for a puppy, we have got the perfect solution for them! Please reach out to us and we will facilitate getting the puppy to a new home as soon as we can!

03/21/2025

*Trigger Warning - graphic photos

Well, it's been another long week mixed with the good and the bad. We have reached our goal to send the three puppies to Canada! Thank you to everyone who donated and to Purvez and Jen Captain for providing the matching gift that covered a majority of the cost.

We are trying to switch over all of our recurring donors to our new fundraising platform but are having trouble connecting with a majority of them either by email or on social media. (If you are a recurring donor and reading this - please reach out by responding to your email or sending us a PM).

Today is Feed the Pups Friday and we still need $800 to feed the dogs this week. ❤️💵🐶 We have a matching gift offer of $400. We have $200 left to raise before we can activate this matching gift. https://negrilpuprescue.com/donate/
or by Etransfer in Canada - [email protected]
Scroll down to Feed the Pups Friday.
**The tip is optional on the website. Choose Custom and enter $0

Dominique worked to find resources for more puppies who had been orphaned after their mother had been killed. With no room at the rescue, she worked with Misti Memphis locally to connect with the woman who found them to determine how many puppies and their approximate age and needs (whether they were drinking on their own, etc.) and then connected with Debbie at Negril Spay Neuter Clinic to inquire about the potential for fosters.

And, two days ago, this dog - who looks to be horrifically abused - was dropped off on at the rescue. Not taking him in would have meant certain death - if not from his horrible wounds, then from the locals who were throwing rocks at him to try to kill him. He is resting on pain killers and antibiotics, but he will require expensive medical care.

This is reality in Jamaica. It is never ending. Too many animals that are abused, starving, hit by cars, shot, poisoned, abandoned, cut with machetes and more. Not enough room at either of the rescues due to overcapacity. And money is needed in order to operate at all. When we do not raise enough money each week, the money comes out of Dominique and Les' bank account, which is not infinite. Nor should we, as dog and Jamaica lovers, expect them to cover the shortfalls. There is nowhere else for these dogs to go. Without consistent donors, fosters, adopters and volunteers, this organization will cease to exist, and the dogs will be back on the street. Our outreach to feed and care for strays throughout the community would end. That's not a situation that any of us want.

We know that our supporters and the people sympathetic to this plight are spread out all over the world. There are animals in your own communities that are suffering. So, why care about a little rescue in Jamaica? Because, other than Montego Bay Animal Haven (which is also struggling), we are it. There are no other rescues to care for, save and take in these dogs. We need your help.

How to help:
The simplest and quickest way you can help is to donate -
https://negrilpuprescue.com/donate/ (check on our website if your workplace offers donation matching)
E-transfer - [email protected]
**The tip is optional on the website. Choose Custom and enter $0

We have offered paypal and venmo options in the past, but we ask that anyone who donated through these methods use our website platform going forward and save us (or you) the fees that we lose on every donation. It also helps us to keep all of the donation records in one place without having to go back and manually enter all of the donations for each campaign. You will also get an automatic letter for your tax records.

Setup Recurring Donations -- Commit to a dollar amount that will be automatically processed every month. This cuts down on the manpower needed to run fundraising campaigns to meet weekly goals and provides an understanding of concrete resources each month.

Volunteer -- you don't have to be in Negril to volunteer for the rescue. We are currently seeking people who have experience in fundraising, marketing, social media management, data entry and more.

Carry Supplies -- if you are coming to Jamaica soon and want to help, you can bring supplies to us that are difficult to find or very expensive in Jamaica. To learn more https://negrilpuprescue.com/help/ -supplies

Spread the word -- Facebook operates on algorithms. The more you like our posts, share our posts, comment, etc., the more people will SEE our posts. This costs nothing and have HUGE return.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Thank you for taking a moment to help. Without you, the rescue could not exist and the dogs in Negril would not have a rescue resource to help them.

**There are graphic photos of the dog that was brought to us this week in the comments. Please be advised.

03/20/2025

We are 39% of the way to $1400. And we have a very generous matching donation of $581. We just have to raise $276 more to get the match. Can you help us to raise the final money to get these dogs out of Jamaica and to forever homes?

E-transfer: [email protected]

https://www.zeffy.com/fundraising/lets-get-the-puppies-to-canada

*** please remember that the tip is optional. When submitting your donation, at the tip screen, choose custom and enter zero. No fees will be added to your donation and we will not be charged any fees.

In January, we took in 8 newborn puppies after their mom was killed by a motorcycle in the West End and we are bursting at the seams. We have the opportunity to get three of the eight puppies on two separate flights to new homes in Newfoundland/New Brunswick this week! We have to move fast to get the pups on a plane to their new lives. We need to quickly raise $1400 to cover the fees to get these pups in the air! Will you please help?

Fees cover -
Transportation to Montego Bay and boarding while preparations are made
Flights
Government vet appointments
Private vet appointments for health check
Exporter
Crates

THANK YOU!

https://www.zeffy.com/fundraising/lets-get-the-puppies-to-canada
E-transfer: [email protected]

Please remember that the tip on the fundraising form is optional. When filling out your donation, choose custom and then enter zero. Your entire donation will make its way to us and you will not incur any additional fees.

03/20/2025

In January, we took in 8 newborn puppies after their mom was killed by a motorcycle in the West End and we are bursting at the seams. We have the opportunity to get three of the eight puppies on two separate flights to new homes in Newfoundland/New Brunswick this week! We have to move fast to get the pups on a plane to their new lives. We need to quickly raise $1400 to cover the fees to get these pups in the air! Will you please help?

Fees cover -
Transportation to Montego Bay and boarding while preparations are made
Flights
Government vet appointments
Private vet appointments for health check
Exporter
Crates

THANK YOU!

https://www.zeffy.com/fundraising/lets-get-the-puppies-to-canada
E-transfer: [email protected]

Please remember that the tip on the fundraising form is optional. When filling out your donation, choose custom and then enter zero. Your entire donation will make its way to us and you will not incur any additional fees.

03/19/2025

Important, but long post! Please read!!

There are some big things happening at the rescue. We have officially launched our new fundraising platform and so far, have received great feedback. It will allow us to do so many things including campaign-based and peer-to-peer fundraising, donor management and more but with one HUGE benefit -- no platform or payment processing fees. The platform operates on an OPTIONAL tip-based system, which can be turned off at the point of donation without any consequence to the rescue and we will receive 100% of your donation without losing fees or asking you to pay the fees for us. On our website, you can also check if your employer offers matching donations and receive the information that you need to make that happen!

We are trying to get in touch with all of the recurring donors who utilized our previous platform to set up monthly, quarterly or annual payments to help them switch to the new platform. Some of these are very time sensitive. We are sending out emails to all of these donors (emails will be coming from [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] - please check your spam filter) with instructions for how to move over your donation. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Going forward, we will be providing the new platform links when fundraising. If you currently use Venmo or Paypal to donate (outside of the website), we would greatly appreciate it if you will utilize the website platform to make your donation as it is fee-free (we paid over $1600 in fees to venmo and paypal last year). For those in Canada - e-transfer is also fee-free for the organization. The new platform does offer fee-free ACH transfer for those in the United States. Using the new platform also allows us to keep all donor records in one location.

Finally, as you know, we run our Feed the Pups Friday (and other fundraising appeals) each week asking for money to feed the dogs. That need will never change. We are a very small volunteer run organization, and we would love to move to a model where our donors create recurring donations each month to feed the pups so that we can use Fridays for other important things. We need to raise $3200 a month to feed the dogs. That's:

62 people committing to $50 a month ($12.50 x 4) for one dog
32 people committing to $100 a month ($25 x 4) for two dogs

To set up recurring donations - visit our (new) website at negrilpuprescue.com/donate. If you wish to setup a general recurring donation, scroll down to General Fund and click the "Set up recurring donation" button. If you want to cover a dog or two for the month every month, scroll down to Feed the Pups Friday and click on the "Feed the Pups" button. This will bring you to a form. You can choose a preselected amount or fill in your own amount. Be sure to choose Monthly in the tabs above the amounts. Once this is done, you will continue to a Summary box where you will be prompted to make the optional tip described above. Choose Custom and fill in "$0". This will ensure that your donation is fee-free. Let us know if you are making your donations in honor or in memory of someone or if you are choosing to sponsor a specific dog. It will then process your payment.

The new system offers Google or Apple Pay (when using your mobile device) or payment by credit card or ACH (if in the United States). Payments are processed in USD and then converted into the appropriate currency at your bank so plan the conversion accordingly.

Thank you. From the bottom of our hearts. For your participation, for your support, for the care that you show to the dogs of Negril, for your patience while we implement these changes.

03/19/2025

Are you a recurring donor that has monthly, quarterly or annual donations setup to automatically process through our website? If so, we would like to talk to you about our new fundraising software and help you to switch over. Can you please send us a private message on Facebook or Instagram messenger or email us at [email protected]?

03/18/2025

The luck of the Irish (and all of you) brought our pot of gold this past week -- and the dogs are incredibly grateful (as are we!). Thank you so much to our Feed the Pups Friday, recurring and supply donors for showing up this week! Numbers were down, but we're still here!

Thank you to:
Lyn McKay
Marie Hildreth
Beverly Griffith
Joanna Connor
Stephanie Sloan
Wendy Moore
Jane Gauthier
Pam Wagner
Toni Barr
Chad Smith
Joyce Bixby
Linda Madonia
Sara Dillon
Michael Weber
Angela Thornburg
Giselle MacDonald
Natalie Barton
Heather Smith
Randa Morisette
Purvez Captain
Jason Golding
Charlene Green
Patrick Conley in Memory of Aimee Conley
Pam Wagner
Kris Cvitoka
Elizabeth Lighthizer
Scott Tucker
Mary Frank
Christine & Dean Rasmussen
Kerry Armstrong
Stephanie Kerins
Catherine Antoinette James
Kelly Tazzman
Mellanie Paquin
Tanya Cerasale
Sarah Kelderman-Keough
Carol Nelson
Heidi Vanderlaan
Koralee Stewart
Karin Pfleugner
MaryAnne Morin
Christine Watkins
Ami Mezahav
Wendy Blackstone
Ginger Brooks
Gail Lowe
Patti Aukamp
Victoria Broad
Amy Wilk
Chris Elicson
Mary Lingvall Stein

03/14/2025

7:45pm -- 29 dogs or $375 left to goal.

It's Feed the Pups Friday! Time to come together as a community and support the rescue as they care for 80+ dogs! This week has been crazy! All eight puppies went to the vet on Wednesday for their 8-week vaccinations at a cost of $160. The pups are healthy and soon will be able to leave us for a home of their own. Construction put the rescue out of power for the entirety of Wednesday and that, combined with the chaos and noise of the project and the dogs wreaked havoc for the day! We cannot adequately describe the constant schedule and stress of caring for more than 80 dogs. Let's help to alleviate the stress of wondering how to pay for all of them. You can help by sponsoring one (or more) of the dogs and committing to their care for the week:

$13 USD or $18.74 CAD for one dog
$25USD or $36.04 CAD for two dogs.

Methods to donate:
negrilpuprescue.com (click on donate)
Paypal - [email protected]
Venmo: Negril_Pup_Rescue (please be sure to check for our logo and this EXACT venmo name)
E-transfer: [email protected]

03/11/2025

A huge THANK YOU to all of our donors from the past week. Whether your gift came to help support the injured pup, feed the dogs, as a recurring donation or as supplies (or any combination of the above), your generosity is the very reason that we can continue the work we do on behalf of these dogs. We are grateful.

THANK YOU:
Diane Riesing-Wendler
Donna Brown
Lynda Williams
Nicole McCormick Chileen
Joyce Bixby
Darlene McLean
Charlene Nero
Stephanie Kerins
Michelle Walas
Robert Camerino
Rebecca DeRoover
Heather Hosang
Debra Gravert
Carol Nelson
Angie Lawry
Christina Hauck
Sarah Stashkiw
Melanie Paquin
Christine Watkins
Dawn Fairbanks
Karen Mooney
Kristin Martin
Linda Madonia
Dawn Christian
Charlene Green
Chad Smith
Michelle Gross
Kathleen Watts
Giselle MacDonald
Randa Morisette
Josephine DeNobel
MaryAnne Morin
Scott Tucker
Martha Maxwell
Natalie Barton
Paul Haslam
Purvez Captain
Louise Pollard
Kathy Gillespie
Amy Daddonia
Karin Pfleugner
Kerri Swenson
Nicole McGregor
Sundee Scouten
Lea Craigie