Poodle and Pooch Rescue

We are a 501(c)3 non profit organization in the Central Florida area that saves dogs that truly need help. We rescue the “leftovers” from animal control, the dogs nobody wants because they’re older or suffer from neglect, abuse or have a medical need.

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Featured Articles Help! We Need Fosters! Calling all Orlando-area dog lovers! What are you up to this summer? With so many families busy with summertime activities and travels, we are always in need of additional foster support. We even have opportunities for “temporary” fostering in which you’d provide vacation coverage for a family who just needs someone to watch their foster pup for a short time. As always, fostering is FREE! We provide the supplies, the dog food, and the veterinary care… you provide the home and Continue Reading Featured Articles PPR Wins a Wag Wine Grant A huge thank you to Petfinder Foundation for awarding Poodle and Pooch Rescue a 2025 Wag Wine Grant!This grant hel ps Poodle and Pooch Rescue offset one of our core ongoing expenses: monthly heartworm and flea preventatives for the dogs in our care. Through the support of the Petfinder Foundation and the Wag Wine Grant, we'll be able to cover preventatives for 30+ dogs in foster care. We are grateful to the Petfinder Foundation for supporting rescues! #petfinderfoundation #wagwinegrant #adoptdontshop #rescuedog #saveadog Continue Reading Featured Articles PPR Awarded Walmart Grant A big thank you to Walmart Neighborhood Market Port Orange - Clyde Morris Blvd for supporting our mission to rescue and find forever homes for special needs dogs! We’re honored to receive a $1,000 Walmart Spark Good community grant, which helps us continue saving “the leftovers,” reducing shelter overcrowding, and bringing people and pups together through adoption. With partners like Walmart who believe in the power of local giving, we’re making a real difference - one dog at a time. #SparkGood #DogRescue #AdoptDontShop Continue Reading Featured Articles Volunteer Spotlight -- Janet To say Janet is busy would be an understatement. The mom of two young children is also a real estate agent and former pro golfer who ran the New York marathon last year to raise money for golf programs that engage juniors and veterans. But she always makes time to volunteer with Poodle and Pooch as a member of our donor team.  Janet writes a thank you letter to each Save a Dog sponsor and then sends updates throughout the adoption journey Continue Reading Featured Articles Volunteer Spotlight -- Cindy and Neil For Cindy and Neil, it’s simple. If there is a dog in need, they are going to do everything they can to help. The couple moved to Central Florida in 2020 with their two dogs, Echo and Alex, and soon added Lulubelle, an emaciated dog attached to a 3-foot chain that they discovered while visiting friends in St. Lucia in the Caribbean. “St. Lucia has a huge stray dog issue. Lots of cruelty and breeding,” Neil says. Sadly, Echo and Alex died Continue Reading

What We Do Differently

We put our dogs first, and your donation will directly help save lives.

100% Foster-Based Care

Special Needs
Dog Care

Saving Senior Dogs

Saving Seniors
Program

Permanent Resident Dogs

Permanent Resident
& Medical Care

Adopt a Dog in Need

Meet our beautiful dogs. Thank you for your interest in adopting!

Adopt a dog

Apply To Adopt

Thank you for interest in adopting a dog. There are lots of dogs that need your help. By adopting a dog from Poodle and Pooch Rescue, you are not only rescuing that dog, but part of your adoption donation helps us save other dogs. Adopting a dog helps us pay for the costs associated with rescuing your new friend, but it can also help our special needs dogs get the medical care they deserve. When your rescued dog comes from Poodle and Pooch Rescue, you save more than just one life! All dogs from Poodle and Pooch Rescue are fully vetted, groomed, spayed or neutered.

It’s really easy to adopt all you have to do is:

  1. Check to see if you meet the requirements
  2. Fill out the dog Adoption Application
  3. Select A Pet
  4. Fill out the questionnaire
  5. We’ll call you to help find the right match for your family.

 

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Foster a Dog

Care for a dog until they’re ready for adoption

Permanent Residents

Some of our dogs will stay in our care forever. Some have been through so much change and trauma in their lives that putting them through more change isn’t in their best interest, others may have medical needs or need hospice care – these dogs will remain in PPR foster care for the rest of their lives as Permanent Residents.

 

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Apply To Foster

Apply To foster

When you become a foster parent, you are playing a significant role in our rescue program.  When you invite a dog into your home, you provide the love, patience, and guidance to a little dog in need, and Poodle and Pooch Rescue provides the rest!  We are responsible for all vetting, grooming, and medical needs the dog may have, all you have to do is treat the dog as if it’s your own.  A typical fostering lasts 2 to 3 weeks, and you are never stuck with a dog.  You choose the dogs you want to foster, and you are free to foster at your own convenience.  If for whatever reason the dog you choose doesn’t fit into your lifestyle, we will simply place the dog into a new foster family.  You get to enjoy the companionship of a dog without the lifelong commitment.

It’s really easy to foster all you have to do is:

  1. Check to see if you meet the requirements
  2. Fill out the dog Foster Application
  3. Select A Pet
  4. Fill out the questionnaire
  5. We’ll call you to help find the right match for your family.

 

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Volunteer

Our dogs need you and you can make a difference in their lives

Volunteer Now!

Did you know that Poodle and Pooch Rescue is 100% volunteer-based? That means we need an army of volunteers to help support our rescue efforts.

Here is how you can help:

Foster

Transport

Administrative

Events

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