Rutland County Humane Society

Rutland County Humane Society RCHS is dedicated to advocating for and working towards a responsible and humane community.
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12/30/2025

Happy 2026!

12/25/2025

✨ Wishing You a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! ✨

From all of us at RCHS—our staff, Board of Directors, volunteers, and the animals in our care—we wish you a joyous holiday season filled with love and warmth. Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Yule, or another special tradition, we’re grateful for the kindness and support you’ve shown to animals in need.

Today, while many of you are celebrating with loved ones, our incredible Animal Care staff and volunteers are here, sharing their holiday with the animals, making sure they are cared for, loved, and spoiled with treats and cuddles. 🐾

Thank you for being part of our community and for helping us bring hope and joy to so many lives. Happy Holidays from everyone at RCHS!

** Please note - our Adoption Center is closed 12/25 and 12/26 but you can come meet your best friend for 2026 on Saturday, 12/27, 11-4.

12/23/2025

Have a safe and cozy Christmas!

12/19/2025

New Arrivals

🐾 Our Adoption Center is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am - 4 pm, and will be closed Christmas Day & December 26🎄🎁🐾

46th Annual Critter Community Holiday Card Deadline is MIDNIGHT tonight!Support RCHS and share your holiday message in t...
12/18/2025

46th Annual Critter Community Holiday Card Deadline is MIDNIGHT tonight!

Support RCHS and share your holiday message in the 46th Annual Critter Community Holiday Card. Your message will be published in the Christmas Eve edition of the Rutland Herald.

Your donation supports the animals we serve and the important programs we provide. Hurry, time is running out....

Click here to give: https://rchsvt.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20010

🚨Found Cat 🚨Date Found: 12.17.25Location Found: 99 Triangle Court in BrandonS*x: Unable to determine due to temperament....
12/17/2025

🚨Found Cat 🚨

Date Found: 12.17.25
Location Found: 99 Triangle Court in Brandon
S*x: Unable to determine due to temperament.
Age: Adult
Microchipped: No
Distinguishing Marks: Black and white with white dot on face and white paws.
Stray Hold End Date: 12.23.25
**Please note: A stray hold end date is when the cat becomes the responsibility of our shelter. This allows us to provide necessary care such as vaccinations, spay/neuter surgery, veterinary exams, bloodwork, and behavioral evaluations to help us find the best possible home for them.
Please call RCHS at 802-483-6700 if this is your cat

🚨Found Cat 🚨Date Found: 12.17.25Location Found: Clark Hollow Rd. in PoultneyS*x: Intact MaleAge: AdultMicrochipped: NoDi...
12/17/2025

🚨Found Cat 🚨

Date Found: 12.17.25
Location Found: Clark Hollow Rd. in Poultney
S*x: Intact Male
Age: Adult
Microchipped: No
Distinguishing Marks: Large orange tiger with white paws. Missing tip of his left ear.
Stray Hold End Date: 12.23.25
**Please note: A stray hold end date is when the cat becomes the responsibility of our shelter. This allows us to provide necessary care such as vaccinations, spay/neuter surgery, veterinary exams, bloodwork, and behavioral evaluations to help us find the best possible home for them.
Please call RCHS at 802-483-6700 if this is your cat

🎉 It's time to party! 🎉 The RCHS Adoption Center will be closed on Wednesday, December 17 so our rockstar team can get t...
12/16/2025

🎉 It's time to party! 🎉 The RCHS Adoption Center will be closed on Wednesday, December 17 so our rockstar team can get together for lunch and celebrate an amazing 2025! 🎊

We'll be back to our regular adoption center hours on Thursday at 11 am. Come hang out with us and find your new BFF (best furry friend, of course!), Tuesdays - Saturdays, 11 am - 4 pm. 🐾

Deadline Extended Due to Popular Demand! Support RCHS and publish your message in the 46th Annual Critter Community Holi...
12/15/2025

Deadline Extended Due to Popular Demand!

Support RCHS and publish your message in the 46th Annual Critter Community Holiday Card!

DEADLINE: Thursday, December 18th at MIDNIGHT.

Your message of 60 characters or less will be published in the Christmas Eve Edition of the Rutland Herald!

https://rchsvt.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/20010

Remember Dawson? Back in September, we came together to fund his life-changing surgery and provide a loving foster home ...
12/12/2025

Remember Dawson? Back in September, we came together to fund his life-changing surgery and provide a loving foster home for his recovery. Our incredible community rose to the challenge, donating $6,041 to the Help Dawson Heal campaign!

Today, Dawson is thriving with his foster family, and we're overjoyed to see him heal and flourish.

Want to help empower more transformations like Dawson's? Consider making a monthly or one-time gift, opening your heart and home to foster an animal, or volunteering your time with our animal care team.

Thank you for being part of this compassionate community!
https://rchsvt.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/19685

Hi, I'm Nate and I am the Animal Care and Behavior Coordinator here at the Rutland County Humane Society. That is really...
12/12/2025

Hi, I'm Nate and I am the Animal Care and Behavior Coordinator here at the Rutland County Humane Society. That is really a nice, polite title that means I'm the guy responsible for picking up piles, cleaning the various cages and kennels, walking the dogs, and generally looking after the well-being of the animals while they are in our care. This is definitely not a task I do by myself, and every day I am grateful to work with some of the best, most devoted and caring people I have ever had the privilege to work beside—which brings me to the point of my little story here.

You see, when I started here about four months ago, there was one dog in particular that kept coming up in conversations with the staff. That dog was May. When I finally had the opportunity to meet May, I would be lying if I didn't say that my heart sank a little bit. May is an Akita mix—an absolutely beautiful dog, young, energetic, with that soft double coat that Akitas are known for, with beautiful brindle markings on her ears and face. The problem is that Akitas do not do well in confined spaces, and May had been here a long time. She was struggling to get not only her puppy energy, but her breed-specific energy out. It was a double whammy! Also, Akitas are notoriously independent and wary of both strangers and other dogs—all in all, not a dog you want in a kennel environment, and especially not as long as May was here. We were all very worried about May and we worked very hard to give her what she needs, but what she needed most was to get out of here. And it would be tricky to find her forever home—for her well-being she needed a specific set of circumstances. Everyone wanted to meet her, she had a lot of visitors, but nothing ever stuck or was right for her.

Then, it happened. The stars aligned and word came from Adoptions that someone had adopted May! After all this time, she was going home!!! There was an audible gasp from staff when we found out and the excitement and joy from this news spread throughout the shelter. Some even called their significant others to share the news, and that right there is "the thing." The thing that makes this job and this place so special. That staff I spoke about at the beginning—we are all here because we care, we want to make a difference, because we want the best for the animals that come here. We genuinely love and care for them and while we often miss our friends when they leave, there is no better feeling than knowing you found your friend their family, especially the ones that can be tricky, and seeing the joy in their fuzzy faces when they load up with their new family and drive away.

May is just one of many, many stories I could tell from just my short time here, and I know there are going to be so much more to come! Stay tuned, big things are on the horizon.

Go get 'em May, we love you and are so proud of you!!!!
(photos of May going home with her new Dad)

Support RCHS's important work today!
https://rchsvt.harnessgiving.org/campaigns/19685

Address

765 Stevens Road
Pittsford, VT
05763

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm

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+18024836700

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