MORE FOSTER HOMES NEEDED IN OHIO, INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, KENTUCKY, and WEST VIRGINIA!! Rescue Alliance has a serious shortage of foster homes in these states. These are the puppymill states and our foster homes are overflowing. Puppymill refugees are coming in as quickly as we can adopt them out. Experience with puppymill refugees is helpful, but we will train! We need foster homes in the northeastern, southern, and midwestern states as well. Rescue Alliance is unlike any other rescue organization. Our members are independent. Please contact us for more information or an application package. JOIN US NOW! YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Who We Are

Rescue Alliance of Hairless and Other Breeds, Inc. is a non-profit nationwide coalition of animal lovers who run independent rescues and foster homes. We have come together to help each other help our animal companions. Due to their special needs, we specialize in hairless breeds, but will never turn anyone away as long as we have room in our homes for anyone, whether furred, scaled, or feathered!

What We Do

Our rescues are sheltered in private foster homes and treated as part of the family. There they receive love, good nutrition, veterinary care, socialization, and lots of attention. Many come from puppy mills, kill shelters, deplorable conditions, and abusive situations with a lot of emotional baggage. Their emotional issues are addressed and many of our rescues undergo rehabilitation while living in the foster home. Some have never been housebroken, and that is another goal of foster care. Some have special needs that require ongoing medical treatment. Some are older, hearing or sight impaired. It is our quest to help these animals through education, fostering, rehabilitation, and placement of those animals into loving, permanent homes.

In an effort to help to control the unwanted animal population, we strongly support spaying and neutering.

Our Basic Premise

Our priorities are threefold. Our top priority is to support each other in the work we do. Our second priority is to help people with their animal companions through education. And our third, and most important priority is to help animals currently in limbo find their human partners. We love and honor every living creature and strive to find the perfect homes for our foster "children."

A Rescued Dog

Once I was a lonely dog just looking for a home.
I had no place to go and no one to call my own.
I wandered up and down the streets, in rain, in heat and snow.
I ate whatever I could find. I was always on the go.
My skin would itch, my feet were sore, my body ached with pain.
And no one stopped to give a pat. No one knew my name.
I never saw a loving glance; I was always on the run.
Some people thought that hurting me was really lots of fun.
Then one day I heard a voice so gentle, kind and sweet,
And loving arms reached down to me and took me off my feet.
"No one will ever hurt you." was whispered in my ear.
"You'll have a home to call your own where you will know no fear."
"You will be dry, you will be warm, you'll have enough to eat
And rest assured that when you sleep, your dreams will all be sweet."
I was afraid I must admit I've lived so long in fear.
I can't remember when I let a human come so near.
As she tended to my wounds and bathed and brushed my fur,
She told me 'bout the rescue group and what it meant to her.
She said, "We are a circle, a line that never ends.
And in the center there is you protected by loving friends."
"All around you are the ones that walk among the pounds,
And those that share their home with you after you've been found."
"There are many others who are searching near and far.
To find the perfect home for you, where you can be a star."
She said, "There is a family, that's waiting patiently,
And pretty soon they'll find you, just you wait and see."
"Then they will join our circle - they'll help to make it grow,
So there'll be room for more like you, who have no place to go."
I waited very patiently, the days they came and went.
Today's the day I thought, my family will be sent.
Then just when I began to think it wasn't meant to be,
There were people standing there just gazing down at me.
I knew them in a heartbeat; I could tell they felt it too.
They said, "We have been waiting for a special dog like you."
Now every night I say a prayer to all the gods that be.
"Thank you for the life I live and all you've given me.
But most of all protect the dogs in the pounds and on the street.
And send a Rescue Person to lift them off their feet."
~ Author Unknown ~

"I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs... [they] are an obligation put on us, a responsibility we have no right to neglect, nor to violate by cruelty."
~ James Herriot ~

How You Can Help

Rescue Alliance of Hairless & Other Breeds, Inc. functions purely on the generosity of those who want to help find homes for as many animals as possible. All rescued animals undergo a complete veterinary examination. They are either spayed or neutered, provided dental care, given all vaccinations, groomed, and are placed on a flea and heartworm preventative, if necessary. All of this usually exceeds the adoption fees. If you can't adopt a pet, you may wish to sponsor one of our fosters. Please click on "Sponsor A Pet" to learn more about our sponsor program.

We also have a special fund to assist our members with their spaying and neutering expenses. Donations to our "Speutering Fund" are also very much appreciated!

We are very grateful for any donation you wish to make. You may make your fully tax-deductible donation quickly, easily, and securely through PayPal by clicking on the "DONATE" button below, and know that you have helped reduce the number of unwanted pets by your charitable act of giving!

Thank You!