Detroit Dog Rescue

07/06/2025

Did you know July 5th is the busiest “intake day” for shelters? That’s why we were happy to see so many leave today! Daffy has left the building to with her new owners! Enjoy your life Daffy! We’re so happy we could be a small part of your journey. Go make us proud, Go BE GREAT!

07/02/2025

🎆 The should be fun for everyone! Here are some safety tips to keep your dog calm. Remember, what may be fun for you, isn’t always fun for your dog. It may be best to leave your pooch at home in a comfortable setting, instead of taking them to parades, firework displays, and big parties.

Make sure your dog has proper identification, keep them away from greasy foods that can cause GI upset, and have a FUN 4th of July!
We love your dog, but we REALLY don’t want them in our shelter on July 5th!

To all our volunteers, staff, board members, fosters, supporters and dog lovers, have a safe holiday and thank you to those members working the shelter to keep more dogs loved and safe! As always, thank you for your support.

Kristina Millman & The DDR Canine Crew
Executive Director
Detroit Dog Rescue
Detroit’s FIRST No-Kill shelter

06/30/2025

We are headed into another week of extreme heat AND fireworks! Please remember to use caution and good judgement when exercising your pet.

💥 Time outdoors for walks and enrichment may be best early in the morning when temperatures are cooler and BEFORE fireworks start in the evenings.

06/29/2025

Look at my ears! Look at them! Well, you can’t look at them much longer, because I’m OUTTA HERE!
I got adopted. I got a new dad. We are gone. We aren’t coming back, well, we might come say HI and visit the cool DDR team once in a while, but we have big things to do. I’ve been adopted and we are going to do big adopted things. We are going to eat cheese, snooz in until 9am, or until I need to p*e, and then my new dad is going to clap for me when I potty outside and give me snackos! I can’t wait to know what it’s like to be ADOPTED! I’m so excited.

Cayenne has officially been adopted! Go BE GREAT, dude! Have a blast going out into the world to do all the adopted dog things. Remember what we taught you, always wear your collar and tags, take treats gently, and watch over your human, always.

Thank you to everyone who came out to West Bloomfield at orchardmall to adopt a dog!

It’s not goodbye, it’s see ya later. 👋

06/27/2025

Mama Madonna and all her puppies came to us yesterday from Detroit Animal Control. Sadly, these all have a brutal respiratory infection that could lead to pneumonia.
Additionally, they have POSSIBLY been exposed to . Their tiny, sick immune systems are really weak. So, we are keeping them isolated and treating the whole family. This is a MASSIVE undertaking and comes with medical costs.

It’s $15 FRIDAY! We KNOW donating to their cause is hard right now, we know it hurts to give. We KNOW a box of cereal costs more than half of minimum wage right now. We try not to ask, and we haven’t done a Friday in a long time, but today, your GIFTS ARE DOUBLED!

Thanks to the Alex Burnstein Memorial Fund all $15 (or more) are doubled today up to $5,000.
If you become a recurring donor TODAY by registering to give $15 a month at DetroitDogRescue.com, The Alex Burnstein Memorial Fund will match your donation all year long! You can stop your recurring donation easily at any time and there is no minimal commitment.

Like these puppies, was full of life and he loved dogs! We try to honor him whenever we can and saving this family of pups is a great way to remember his giant heart that left too soon.

📱 If you can, please donate at: DetroitDogRescue.com

📱 Sign up to become a recurring donor at:
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06/26/2025

The concrete in Detroit feels like FIRE. To dogs like Thunder the heat was just too much.
•Thankfully a concerned citizen took him in and got him to DDR when he was crashing out from the heat. When the concrete was baking in temps over 100° and every thing in Detroit was just HOT we are so glad beautiful was able to come to DDR.

Thunder NEEDS help. He will need medical care and he is full of mats and burrs. Please, if you can, consider donating at DetroitDogRescue.com

We have so many requests for dogs to come into our care. We are also receiving hundreds of inquires and calls about dogs dying in the heat.
Please, help us. We are trying to help as many as we can. We are also in need of FOSTERS. So, please smash that foster application.

📑 THUNDER GOAL: $2,500
NEED: MEDICAL CARE + GROOMING
HEAT EXHAUSTION, DEHYDRATION, NEGLECT

06/23/2025

🚨 DANGEROUSLY HOT!
🚩It’s time to BRING YOUR DOGS INSIDE!

🍳 Dogs cannot survive the heat chained up outside. Dog shelters quickly become hot enough to cook eggs on the roof! The temperature of the grass can easily reach over 100°.

⛈️ In the coming days, we will have multiple days of rain. Yards quickly become giant puddles and lakes filled with mosquitoes. Chained dogs can drown if not properly cared for. Outdoor dogs are exhausted from this heat.

If you see a dog in need, please go to our HELP LINE at DetroitDogRescue.com
We may not have time or the manpower to call you back, but we are looking into each report in our help line section.

🚧 PLEASE be aware that construction is slowing us down. Detroit is a BIG city and we cannot possibly get to every call. Period.
Many organizations are battling construction right now as we all try to make it from one side of the city to the other. Due to construction, lane closures, and orange cone season, it can take us hours in traveling time, but we are trying to assist the cases that are reported and triage them!

🦺 Due to traveling time, we ask that you take our time seriously, as well as, be kind and understanding. Please do not report false information. Please make sure a dog is truly abandoned, this means if the dog is in good condition PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS first to see if their dog got out of their yard before having us come out just to do the same.

💥 It is in . Please make sure your gates are secure and do not let your dog outside during peak firework times. Make sure your 👀 are on your pet at all times, even if you have a fence! Dogs in fear and distress due to loud noises, jump gates, dig under fences and bolt through fence panels.

☀️ Please do your part to keep people and dogs safe in Detroit this summer.

06/22/2025

🔥 IT’s HOT! A little nap in the air conditioning always makes the day better. Diamond’s puppies are all enjoying the good life thanks to their foster mom and dad!

Please remember to bring your dogs inside! It’s too hot, even with shade, water or a dog house. Dog houses in this heat can quickly become sweltering. There is a heat advisory in Detroit and the surrounding areas through the week. Even if your dog can come in your basement, please bring your dogs INSIDE.

Looking to a a dog or puppy this summer? Check us out at DetroitDogRescue.com

06/21/2025

💦 This water dog needs to make a SPLASH on social media, because he’s not doing well in the kennels. needs out of the shelter this week!! Wish is a 10-12 month old . He’d do best in a home with another dog and actually really likes water.

A home with no kids or older kids/young adults would be best. He needs help learning to be brave, because loud kennels can be a chaotic place. We know he can shine!!
If we are going to give the dream he deserves, then we to get him out of the shelters this coming week!
🧸Please, even if you can be a for a week or two, we need to give him a chance in a home.

🏡 We want to know about you. Please fill out a foster or adoption application, it’s more like a short survey. We are thorough with adoptions and fosters, but we are not unrealistic and we want dogs in homes, not kennels. Wishbone’s adoption fee has been reduced to $75 for the right home. This includes vetting and his neuter, thanks to our new friends at thedoghouse.coffee in Lap*er and Metamora, Michigan. Be sure to give them a like AND please give WishyBone WiggleButt a share to make the biggest splash on social media.

⬇️⬇️⬇️SMASH THE APPLICATIONS HERE!
DetroitDogRescue.com

Our nonprofit organization focuses on raising awareness of the mounting homeless and stray dog epidemic in Detroit, along with advocating for humane rescue alternatives such as no-kill sheltering, foster care and adoptions, pet identification and healthy pet population control through spay and neute...

06/17/2025

06/17/2025

We need volunteers for Detroit’s FIRST free spay and neuter clinic build! Our east side location is getting prepped for all the spay and neuter fun we are going to have, but first we need your help from 2pm-7pm on WEDNESDAY!

I know this is a little last minute, but here is what we need:

🌲 Our backyard needs to be cleaned up a bit and prepped for new fencing and kennels.

🧹🫧 We need to clean up a bit. Dusting, mopping and scrubbing are needed!

🧑‍🔧 Are you handy? We need ya. A few bolts and screws could be tightened around.

💚 Are you a landscaper? You don’t have to ne w pro, but if you have a w**d whip or small mower we would love to see ya!

Let’s have some fun! I’ll make the mocktails and keep everyone hydrated while WE work. This isn’t just a volunteer event, this is a dog lovers party to help !

Who is in? Everyone that joins will receive a free t-shirt while supplies lasts.

Meet us there!
Detroit Dog Rescue Future Clinic
15612 Harper Avenue
Detroit, MI 48224

🅿️ Parking is on the street, right in front of the building and down Somerset St. The area is under surveillance. Please comment if you can attained. You do NOT need to be a current volunteer or attend orientation. We just want to hang out with you and do some good!

Ages 15+ welcome.

Have questions or are you a carpenter, electrician, plumber, architect, etc.? We are always looking for help in the skilled trades to keep going for the dogs of .
Please email: [email protected]

06/15/2025

ROCK! From to to they’re all cool dads and they help make our organization cool. The is always is always the best at !

Thanks to all the Dads who love our dogs!

Forgot to her Dad a gift? We have a secret. Just make a donation, print out your donation confirmation and tell Dad you saved a dog in in honor of him! Then, write your Dad’s name in the comments and we’ll add it to our list of puppy names! Shhhh we won’t tell Dad we helped ya!

Donate at DetroitDogRescue.com