Useless Bay Sanctuary

Useless Bay Sanctuary Useless Bay Sanctuary is a nonprofit rescue organization specializing in hard-to-catch stray dogs and found stray dogs. Why another rescue organization?

We focus on trying to find the owner who lost the dog before putting strays up for adoption. Many small and large rescue groups in the Seattle area work hard every day to help dogs and cats find new homes. Useless Bay Sanctuary helps dogs that may not get help at traditional rescues. We will focus on helping two categories of stray dogs. First, we will specifically try to help stray dogs running l

oose that are hard to catch. Jim Branson, who started Useless Bay Sanctuary, has over seven years of experience catching stray dogs that are hard to catch. Once captured, we will work to locate the owner for thirty days. Then we will find a new home for the dog if the owner is not located. Most shelters would put a found dog up for adoption after three days, reducing the chances of the owner locating her dog. The second category of dog we will help is the stray dog someone has found, and the finder is unwilling to take the dog to the local shelter. This could be out of fear that the dog would be euthanized. We are a no-kill rescue, to the extent it is in the best interests of the dog. (We would not keep a dog alive, in agony due to an untreatable medical condition, just for the sake of keeping the dog alive.) Most rescue groups do not accept found stray dogs, and they refer the finder to the local shelter. We will accept found strays, as funding allows, and work to find the original owner. We will register the found dog with the local shelter, and keep the dog in foster care. If the dog is not neutered or spayed, we will have the dog fixed before putting him or her up for adoption at the end of thirty days. Dogs go to new homes that have been checked and approved. The type of dogs entering this rescue would probably be at a higher risk of escaping from their new homes, so we take preventive measures. This rescue was started on August 24th, 2013, and received a letter from the IRS recognizing us as a registered 501c3 nonprofit charity. We are also license and registered with the state of Washington. Please watch this page for updates, found dogs, adoptable dogs, and opportunities to volunteer or donate.

Casper needs a foster.
04/12/2025

Casper needs a foster.

04/06/2025

Please share so we can get these dogs amazing forever homes!

If you are interested in meeting any of the dogs, please contact us so we can schedule a meet and greet.

Many thanks to James Branson for trapping Maple, and Rebecca Susano and her family for fostering Maple and her puppies.

04/06/2025

Can you provide a temporary or permanent home for this sweet, playful puppy?

04/05/2025
04/05/2025

Need a puppy fix? We’ve got you! Tune in at 2:30 as we’ll being going live with the hound mix litter of 10 puppies that just turned 8 weeks old this weekend!

We’ll be announcing their names too. Can you guess the theme we went with? One clue is a number, and that number is Eleven.

These adorable pups will be available for adoption and you’ll want to get your application in soon.

04/04/2025

We have a litter of ten hound mix puppies that will be ready for adoption soon. They will come with their first set of shots and a contract with the rescue for continued vaccinations and their spay and neuter surgeries once they are old enough. Email us at [email protected] for more details!

This sweet girl had been wandering the Weyerhaeuser campus in Federal Way for at least ten days. A UBS volunteer caught ...
03/21/2025

This sweet girl had been wandering the Weyerhaeuser campus in Federal Way for at least ten days. A UBS volunteer caught her in a humane trap. She is currently at the Burien shelter. Please let us know if you know where she belongs or if you might like to foster her. Please share her picture. 

03/20/2025
A very pregnant and slightly injured dog was captured by a UBS volunteer in Kent by the golf course. She is safe in a f...
02/07/2025

A very pregnant and slightly injured dog was captured by a UBS volunteer in Kent by the golf course. She is safe in a foster home for the night. Please let us know if you recognize her or know where she belongs.

Teddy had been on the run for 4 days. When he had escaped a previous time, two months earlier, UBS volunteers caught hi...
02/03/2025

Teddy had been on the run for 4 days. When he had escaped a previous time, two months earlier, UBS volunteers caught him in the standard 48 inch humane trap. Because he had been caught in a trap once, he wouldn’t fall for that again. Volunteers had to bring the big kennel trap to the area where Teddy was being seen. The trap is 10 feet long when assembled. It requires a volunteer with a truck, and takes about 45 minutes to set up. Teddy came around within 10 minutes of us completing the setup, and he went in the trap 4 minutes later, caught and safe. In all, UBS volunteers contributed dozens of hours in Teddy’s capture. He is one of several dogs we have caught twice, such as Honey, Wolfie, and Bebe, who we caught three times. We have the equipment, experience, and expertise to catch stray dogs that no one else can catch. When you donate to UBS, you support a unique and vital community resource, that saves the lives of many dogs. Thank you.

01/06/2025

Who wouldn't want to adopt this sweet and beautiful girl, Kaia. She has had training and is hanging out with the trainer. So you could have the best friend ever.

If you are interested please send and an inquiry to Useless Bay Sanctuary at [email protected].

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Please help this dog find his family. Volunteers captured him near interstate five and Highway 18 in Federal Way. He had...
11/20/2024

Please help this dog find his family. Volunteers captured him near interstate five and Highway 18 in Federal Way. He had been wandering around the area for about a week. He does not seem to have a microchip. Please share his picture so we can reunite him with his family if possible. Also, please contact us if you might be able to foster him. 

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P O Box 904
Burien, WA
98062

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+12065520304

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