Freedom Dog Rescue

Freedom Dog Rescue is a registered charity Non Profit all breed dog rescue in Ottawa, Ontario in Can

Freedom Dog Rescue is a small, non-profit, all-breed dog, all-size foster based rescue which was founded in Ottawa, Ontario in February 2015. Charity # 783761323RR0001

Our fosters and volunteers are the heart and soul of Freedom Dog Rescue, and the reason we are able to successfully rescue and adopt out so many deserving dogs. We truly are like a family of friends and in some cases we actually ar

Photos from Freedom Dog Rescue's post 11/24/2023
11/24/2023

It's that time of year again for Freedom Dog Rescue to give back to the community!

This year we are collecting toys for the children and youth at CHEO.

A donation of the following items can be made. All items must be brand new, unopened, tags on and in their original packaging. Please do not gift wrap the items (decorative bags, bows etc. are ok).

-Lego Sets
-Hot wheels
-Crafting supplies
-Small to Med stuffies
(We will email you a poster with a bigger list)

Drop-off locations will be provided by email. Please do not deliver items directly to CHEO.

If you are interested in helping please email [email protected]

11/23/2023

Welcome back to Vanilla ice.

Vanilla ice is a Male - he is a husky X and 11 months old

He was returned to our care to no fault of his own

11/23/2023

Welcome to Checkers.

Checkers is male and is approximately 6-12 months old (to be confirmed)

He arrived from a shelter

11/23/2023

Update maxed on Santa’s ❤️

Sweet palliative goose has no secret Santa’s yet. If you are ok being a Santa in the Marionville/russell area he is your man.

Photos from Freedom Dog Rescue's post 11/23/2023

Secret Santa 2023 is back!
With Christmas around the corner we will be doing Secret Santa again this year. Keep an eye out for our adoptables and palliatives Christmas wish lists. The best part is you will be able to meet them and give them their gifts directly and be able to see how happy they are and how much they appreciate it!

*All gifts go with them to their adopted homes when they are adopted*
*All dogs can have more then 1 secret Santa.
* we cannot hold adoptions of dogs so sometimes you will be offered another dog.

If you are interested in being a dogs Secret Santa please email [email protected]

If you would like to send a monetary donation you can do so at [email protected] please advise which dog it’s for.

11/22/2023

Huge thank you to Groomaholics for their support.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/gY8zkK1meiaMUyGd/?mibextid=HqNPNq

Ongoing fundraiser for Freedom Dog Rescue! We have our holiday fabrics available for order, send us a message!

Order Form:
https://form.jotform.com/232088505540049

11/22/2023

Our online auction is live!!!

Auctions closes Nov 23, 2023, 9 PM. Amazing bundles and items all great for Christmas presents! We have a few new items so please take a look!

Thank you to Wendy M, Beaconhill Fur Family Training and Grooming and Margaret Lalonde for additional items.

Please check it out and support our pups in care like little Risotto and our many many medical cases, please note the little pup is not up for auction.

Link to the auction are here: https://form.jotform.com/211217775543254

11/21/2023

This weekend is the start of our Christmas Pet Photoshoots!

Join us at Pet Valu Casselman this Sunday November 26 from 11am - 3pm. Make sure to stop by and bring your furry friend to meet Santa and get their photo taken!

Digital downloads available by donation.

Photos from Freedom Dog Rescue's post 11/21/2023

Hey guys Oliver here!
I just wanted to pop in and say good morning and thank you to all my supporters and sponsors.
As you can see I am doing amazing since coming into care.
My tail is always wagging, I love to play with my foster siblings and to cuddle.

Have a great day everyone. I’m off to go snuggle my foster parents.

11/21/2023

This weekend is the start of our Christmas Pet Photoshoots!

Join us at Pet Valu Barrhaven this Saturday November 25 from 10am - 2pm. Make sure to stop by and bring your furry friend to meet Santa and get their photo taken!

Digital downloads available by donation.

11/20/2023

A BIG thank you to Groomaholics

25% of all their accessories sales until December 31st will be donated to Freedom Dog Rescue! Get your orders in and give your pups the gift of style this year!

Order Link: https://form.jotform.com/232088505540049

11/20/2023

This weekend is the start of our Christmas Pet Photoshoots!

Join us at Pet Valu Beechwood this Saturday November 25 from 10am - 2pm. Make sure to stop by and bring your furry friend to meet Santa and get their photo taken. We will also be offering nail trims and dog baths!

Digital downloads available by donation.

Photos from Freedom Dog Rescue's post 11/20/2023

Secret Santa is well on its way and our pups and being so spoiled by their Santa’s.
It melts our hearts to see these babies so happy thank you so much

11/19/2023

Trigger may not play an instrument but has good instrument jokes, we think so anyway

learn more about adopting Trigger here:

https://freedomdogrescue.ca/trigger

11/19/2023

Onyx brings some cuteness not just in looks but jokes too

Onyx is also still looking for a home, learn here:

https://freedomdogrescue.ca/onyx

11/19/2023

Mazy thinks she is funny - we do too!

Mazy is also looking for a forever home!

Learn more about Mazy here

https://freedomdogrescue.ca/mazy

11/19/2023

Gabby has all the jokes - Gabby is also looking for her forever family still

learn more about her here
https://freedomdogrescue.ca/gabby-bio

11/19/2023

Ferguson is still available for adoption, we can't promise witty humour isn't included in the adoption

learn more about Ferguson here:
https://freedomdogrescue.ca/furgeson-1

Photos from Freedom Dog Rescue's post 11/17/2023

Omg!!!
We have to share 1 more feel Good Friday!

Oliver and his foster family. Safety, love, comfort and trust. ❤️❤️❤️

A picture speaks a thousand words.

Photos from Freedom Dog Rescue's post 11/17/2023

Last but not lease for our feel Good Friday medical updates is baby Bono.

Bono was super lucky to have his care done at Almonte Veterinary Services with Dr.Clark.
Little Bono came into care with a broken leg.
Dr Clark repaired his leg and added pins. Bono is heeling nicely in his foster home and will soon be able to start meeting potential adopters.
Bono says huge thank you for supporting his fellow medical cases.

With your donations even if it’s $1 a day, we are able to help these sweet souls that need it the most.

Thank you

Photos from Freedom Dog Rescue's post 11/17/2023

Feel Good Friday now brings the boy I’m sure your all waiting for an update on!!

WHISKEY!!!!! The boy who almost died from swallowing a ball.
Whiskey is now completely heeled and ready to start his new life:
Huge thank you to Animal Emergency & Speciality Hospital and Alta Vista Animal Hospital for all your care for whiskey. The ups and downs while we all waited for him to pull through.

For those who don’t know whiskey. He needed surgery to have a ball removed. During his surgery the vets realized that a part of his intestine was dead and needed to be removed. Whiskey was pretty sick but pulled through thanks to all the thoughts/prayers and amazing vetting teams.

Whiskey wants to thank you for everyone who donated.
We were able to raise $5621 to go towards his $15000 bill

Thank you so much

11/17/2023

Another Fee god Friday!

Remember Tyson?
Tyson came into care as an emergency as well.
Sweet little Tyson came into care with bladder stones. Thanks to Eagleson Tyson is now ready for adoption (awaiting his vaccines)
He had surgery to have the stones removed.

Tyson wants to say thank you to all his supporters for their donations
We were able to raise $245 of his $5500 invoice.

Thank you

Photos from Freedom Dog Rescue's post 11/17/2023

Welcome our first Feel Good Friday.

Who better to start it off other then the one and only Oliver the survivor!

Oliver is now at home with his foster family getting all the love and affection that he wants. He has settled and and claimed foster moms bed as his own.
This guy is such a trooper!!
Again we cannot thank the staff at Animal Emergency & Speciality Hospital for everything they have done.

Oliver wants to give a huge thank you to all his supporters and donations for his care.

His emergency care cost $2496.17
We raised $4445.00

Oliver and us are so extremely grateful

Thank you ❤️

Photos from Freedom Dog Rescue's post 11/17/2023

Secret Santa 2023 is back!
With Christmas around the corner we will be doing Secret Santa again this year. Keep an eye out for our adoptables and palliatives Christmas wish lists. The best part is you will be able to meet them and give them their gifts directly and be able to see how happy they are and how much they appreciate it!

*All gifts go with them to their adopted homes when they are adopted*
*All dogs can have more then 1 secret Santa.
* we cannot hold adoptions of dogs so sometimes you will be offered another dog.

If you are interested in being a dogs Secret Santa please email [email protected]

If you would like to send a monetary donation you can do so at [email protected] please advise which dog it’s for.

No time to meet a dog but want to buy presents. Here is an Amazon list of some needs and some wants

https://a.co/1qHvska

Of course the dogs will be happy with anything

11/16/2023

Thank you to our Alumni Cricket’s family for their continuous generous donation towards our pups in care in the honour of little Cricket!

11/16/2023

Remember little Lola who came in emaciated.
Look how great she’s starting to look. ❤️
Her foster dad has been helping her break out of her shell and put on some weight.

11/15/2023

Welcome to Pualunguaq

Pualunguaq is an adult female - she is a small mixed breed

She came to us from sahsmar paws

11/15/2023

Welcome Wednesday to Nora

Nora is a female and 3 months old. She is a small breed X

She came to us from SashMar paws

Photos from Freedom Dog Rescue's post 11/15/2023

We have great news to start our welcome Wednesday!!!!!

Our sweet Oliver from yesterday should be released and on his way to his foster home tonight!!!!
We cannot thank the Animal Emergency and Speciality Hospital enough for helping him and loving him. You have truly shown him what it is to be cared for and that not everyone will be cruel.

Medical update:
Seems our sweet vizsla x oliver has no brain damage, no fractures and all in all it doing great.
All your thoughts and prayers have helped!
He is amazing vet staff are making sure his electrolytes are good.
He will need very slow intro to food. Small amounts cause they aren’t sure how long he’s been without food.

Thank you all so very much for reaching out and supporting our medical cases.
As of early this morning we have raised $3000 towards him. However haven’t had the chance to tally up the totals.
We believe that you have all donated more the. His vet bills. If that is the cause we will definitely be able to help the next emergency case in need.

Have you ever considered fostering? Sometimes we have to turn away babies like Oliver, whiskey and Lola for lack of foster homes. If you are interested please email us at [email protected].

Thank you again to his foster mom for jumping into action to open her home, freedom drivers (without the amazing drivers he wouldn’t have made it so fast to Ottawa), all the vetting staff and No paw left behind ❤️. It really does take a village and everyone to save 1 life.

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Our Story

Freedom Dog Rescue is a small, non-profit, all-breed dog, all-size foster based rescue which was founded in Ottawa, Ontario in February 2015.
Charity # 783761323RR0001

Our fosters and volunteers are the heart and soul of Freedom Dog Rescue, and the reason we are able to successfully rescue and adopt out so many deserving dogs. We truly are like a family of friends and in some cases we actually are family and it's just so amazing that we can share our passion together and have so much fun doing so.

Being a foster based rescue means that any dog in care with us is placed in a loving foster home and not in a kennel environment. We strongly believe that they have gone through enough struggles and hardship in their lives and all of our foster families are devoted to showing and teaching the dogs in our care how to be part of a family and feel loved. We are so appreciative of our foster families who work very hard to give these dogs a second chance at a happy life.

Freedom Dog Rescue’s adoption process is fairly extensive because we really want to make sure every dog is going to their forever home, and that they are the perfect fit for our adopters. If any of our dogs ever needed to be returned we will always take them back without hesitation or judgment.


For more information on the adoption process, please go to the adoption process page.

We are extremely grateful for your endless support in helping Freedom Dog Rescue become who we are today and what we will become in the future.

​DEPARTMENT EMAILS
Adoptions: [email protected]
Event/Fundraising Department: [email protected]
Palliative Donations/Inquiries: [email protected]
​Intake/Owner Surrender: [email protected]
General Inquiries: [email protected]
​Monetary Donations: [email protected]

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