House of Hope Animal Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Cecil County, MD, and run by a 100% volunteer staff. Not a single donated dollar goes to pay anyone – all of it goes to the medical, transportation, and fostering expenses needed to help our dogs.

The dogs pulled from shelters by House of Hope are primarily black labs or lab mixes (as they have the highest euthanasia rate of any other breed/color combination in the country), but we also extend a helping hand to dogs of all other breeds that find themselves in high-kill-rate shelters throughout the southern US. No dog is too old, too injured, too sick, too untrained, or too “anything” for us to help save and place in a good home.

Not all of our dogs follow traditional adoption models – we have provided service dogs for veterans affected by PTSD/TBI, dogs trained to support law enforcement or search and rescue operations, and pet therapy dogs. Please feel free to reach out to us about your specific needs, we love when we can put our rescue network to use saving both dogs and humans.