Rescue Groups

When puppy mills and backyard breeders flood the market with animals, they reduce homes available for animals from shelters and rescue groups. Every year 6 to 8 million animals enter shelters nationwide. Sadly, only about 15 percent of people with pets in the U.S. adopted them from a shelter or rescue group, leaving so many deserving pets left behind. Below is a list of helpful links to lots of different kinds of animal rescue groups.  We have grouped them by cats at the top, dogs below, then other animals below that.

If you would like to recommend an animal rescue group for our website, please contact caris@hshobart.org.

Dog Rescue Groups closest to Northwest Indiana:

ABRA (All Breed Rescue Angels) - (Crown Point, IN)

ASPCA (Dogs)

AFFENPINSCHER Rescue of America

AFGHAN HOUND Club of America

AIREDALE TERRIER Rescue and Adoption (ATRA)

Big East AKITA Rescue

ALASKAN MALAMUTE Rescue

All Breed Canine Rescue

Almost Home BULLDOG Rescue, Inc.

AMERICAN ENGLISH COONHOUND

AMERICAN ESKIMO Dog Club of America

AMERICAN FOXHOUND Rescue

AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER Rescue

AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG Rescue, Inc.

ARPH, Inc. (AUSSIE Rescue and Placement Helpline)

AUSTRALIAN TERRIER Rescue

BASENJII Rescue & Transport, Inc.

Guardian Angel BASSET HOUND Rescue

BEAGLE Rescue Education & Welfare

Begin Again Rescue Co. - (Valparaiso, IN)

The Woof Project (BELGIAN MALINOIS)

BELGIAN SHEEPDOG Rescue Trust

Bella's Babies Rescue - (Schererville, IN)

BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG Club of Northeastern Illinois

BLACK AND TAN COONHOUND Rescue

The BLOODHOUND Network

BLUE TICK COONHOUND Rescue

Midwest BORDER COLLIE Rescue

North American BORDER TERRIER Welfare

National BORZOI Rescue Foundation

Midwest BOSTON TERRIER Rescue

BOXER Rescue Groups

BRIARD Club of America Rescue Trust

National BRITTANY Rescue and Adoption Network

National BRUSSELS GRIFFON Rescue, Inc.

Chicago ENGLISH BULLDOG Rescue

BULLMASTIFF Rescue

Rescue Welfare Trust Fund of the BULL TERRIER Club of America

Col. Potter CAIRN Rescue Network

CANAAN Dog Rescue Network, Inc.

CARDIGAN WELSH CORGI National Rescue Trust

CATAHOULA Rescue

CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER Rescue

Midwest CHIHUAHUA Rescue

CHINESE SHAR-PEI Rescue

CHOW CHOW Rescue

COCKER SPANIEL Rescue

COLLIE Rescue of Indiana

CPR Fund K9 Rescue - (Chicagoland Area)

Cry For Help Rescue - (Momence, Illinois)

CURLY COATED RETRIEVER Rescue

Tennessee DACHSHUND Rescue

DALMATION Rescue

DOBERMAN PINSCHER Club of America Rescue

Ohio ENGLISH SETTER Rescue

adoptaBull ENGLISH BULLDOG Rescue - (Chicago, IL)

FRENCH BULLDOG Rescue Network

German Shepherd Rescue Inc. - (Chicago, IL)

GERMAN SHEPHERD Resource and Rescue Center

Redemption GERMAN SHEPHERD Rescue - (Kouts, IN)

Valley of the Sun GIANT SCHNAUZER Rescue

Giant Paw Prints Inc. - (Valparaiso, IN)

GOLDEN RETRIEVER Rescue, - (Indiana specific)

GREAT DANE Rescue, Inc. - (Indiana specific)

GREAT PYRENEES Rescue- (Indiana specific)

Greater SWISS MOUNTAIN DOG Rescue Foundation

Great Lakes GREYHOUND Rescue - (Westville, IN)

GREYHOUND Rescue

National ICELANDIC SHEEPDOG Rescue Alliance

IRISH SETTER Rescue

IRISH TERRIER Rescue Network 

IRISH WOLFHOUND Club of America

I Wanna Go Home Rescue - (Dyer, IN)

American GREYHOUND - (Hobart, IN)

GREYHOUND Club of America Rescue 

Guardians of the Green Mile - (Portage, IN)

K9 Rescue Mission - (Schererville, IN)

KEESHOND Rescue of the Central States

Loving LABS of Indiana - (Indiana Specific)

Lakeshore Paws  - (Valparaiso, IN)

American LHASA APSO Club (ALAC) Rescue

LEONBERGERS In Need Rescue 

Northcentral MALTESE Rescue, Inc.

MASTIFF Club of America – Rescue

MINIATURE PINSCHER Rescue

Almost Home SCHNAUZER Rescue

United States Neapolitan Mastiff Rescue

NEWFOUNDLAND Rescue

OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG Rescue of America

Open Arms Animal Rescue - (Valparaiso, IN)

Papillon Haven Rescue

Pekingese Rescue Network Inc

Lakeshore Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club, Inc. 

It's a Pittie Rescue (PITBULL) - (Peotone, IL)

PointerRescue.Org, Inc. (PRO)

POLISH LOWLAND SHEEPDOG Rescue

Recycled Pomeranians

Mid-Atlantic Poodle Rescue

Portuguese Water Dog Club of America Rescue

PugSavers

RAT TERRIER Rescues

REDBONE COONHOUND Rescue

Rhodesian Ridgeback Rescue, Inc.

Recycled Rotts - (Oswego, IL)

MidAmerica Rottweiler Rescue

Saint Bernard Rescue Group

Saluki Tree of Life Alliance, Inc.

Samoyed Rescue

SCHIPPERKE Rescue

SCOTTISH TERRIER Rescue

National SHETLAND SHEEPDOG Rescue Network

SHIBA INU Rescue

Shih Tzu Rescue Adoption & Educ. Safehouse - (Homer Glen, IL)

SHIH TZU Rescue

Adopt A SIBERIAN HUSKY

SILKY TERRIER Rescue

Sunshine Paws - (Crown Point, IN)

WHEATEN TERRIER Rescue

STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER Rescue

TREEING WALKER COONHOUND Rescue

2 x 2 Recue - (Merrillville, IN)

VIZSLA Rescue

Great Lakes Weimaraner Rescue

Welsh Terrier Club of America

West Highland White Terrier Club of America

WRAP (Whippet Rescue and Placement)

Wire Fox Terrier Rescue Midwest

American Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Association

Wirehaired Vizsla Club of America

Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue

 "Other" Rescue Groups:

Northwest Indiana Chinchillas - (Hammond, IN)

Greater Chicago FERRET Rescue - (Chicago, Illinois)

GUINEA PIG Rescue at Critter Corral  - (Highland, Indiana)

Erin's Farm HORSE Rescue - (Hobart, IN) 

Equine Adoption Network HORSES

IL Horse Rescue of Will County - (Beecher, IL)

Lakeshore Paws  - (Valparaiso, IN)

Indiana HOUSE RABBIT Rescue - (Indianapolis, IN)

Friends of Scales REPTILE RESCUE - (Wheeling, Illinois)

Humane Indiana WILDLIFE  - (Valparaiso, IN) - Preserving and protecting native wildlife through rescue, rehabilitation, and education at Humane Indiana's 29-acre Wildlife Center.

Open Arms Animal Rescue  - (Valparaiso, IN)

Second Chance 4 Pets Network  - (Northwest Indiana)

Settler's Pond Rescue  - (Beecher, IL) - exotic, domestic and farm animals