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SHDR is a nonprofit, foster-based rescue (no shelter location) based in Rochester NY

10/14/2026

🥰🐾 They’re vetted. They’re loveable. And they’re being overlooked.

Right now, six of our sweet pittie-type dogs are waiting in foster homes, and some have been waiting awhile. They’re puppies and adults. They’re good with people, all great with other dogs and most even do well with cats. What they don’t have is the look that automatically gets a second glance in a photo. 👀

❤️ So for these dogs, we’re lowering the adoption fee to $100.

Here’s what that $100 comes with: spay/neuter, vaccines, microchip, negative heartworm test, flea/tick prevention, positive training rebate, plus time in a foster home where we know their personality, not just their breed appearance label. Their care costs us far more than $100. We’re not discounting their worth. We’re clearing the way for the right person to say yes. 🤗

If you’ve been thinking about adding a dog to your family, or know someone who has, meet: Bowie, Chungus, Cody, Denny, Humphrey, and Marshmallow Frost!

🧐 Our usual application and meet-and-greet process of course still applies

📌 Please share. The right home might be one share away. Application on our website or profile.

10/14/2026

We are looking for volunteers and a videographer to make a fun little parody song set to a classic show tune about pit bulls.

If you’d like to get more info and help please respond TROUBLE right here!📣

Singers and dancers wanted! A few hours of your time!

10/08/2026

🫶 Who's here for our Gentle Giant CODY?
(adopt OR foster!)

And he's not as big as they come - he weighs in still (just barely) in the 2-digit range! 😉 Does he have great body awareness? Not always. But besides cats - he's not got an aggressive bone in his body. He's making huge progress with a no-pull leash and our volunteers are becoming big fans of this big guy!

🙌 He's great with other DOGS and people including school-aged and up KIDS (but just not super small-sized to be safe because of HIS size and possibly knocking over) and was returned after 2 years ONLY because they could not get him to be better with their cats. Just 2 years old and playful but not crazy energy at all.

👉 Even a FOSTER for Cody would be huge as we currently have him in a home with dogs who are not good with others (ONLY because no one will take a 93 lb dog ☹️ to foster so far, even though he's pretty much perfection!), which means he's having to be crated and rotated and not living the home life we want for him.

Come meet this big lug who's got so much love to give and see what all the hype is about - and great things can come in BIG packages, too!

10/08/2026

We’ve been asked to give updates about a local viral pup

Sir Chauncey pants is adopted!

After 7000 plus dollars we saved this guys life

We need your help to continue to save other local dogs

Please can you spare for the next dog who needs us?

💙 PayPal or credit card: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RP5H2VX3ULTNS

💜 Venmo: -weisberg
Last four numbers- 5111

💚 Cash App: $rocshdr

10/06/2026

😍 Help Us Help Them!

Local surrender requests & dogs in need ~ all of these pups need a FOSTER! A safe, loving place to crash for awhile as we work on finding them the perfect home. Saying yes to one or even a couple for a period of time will help us SAVE LIVES, no exaggeration!

We can provide everything needed & 24/7 support - fostering is such a feel-good thing to do and it will make all the difference to the pup you take in. Sending us awesome pics and stories about them helps them even MORE! 🥰

Join our team - become a regular foster, or maybe you just see one of these pups who catches your eye... FOSTERS get the first shot at adoption! 😉

WALTER: 7-month 17 lb fun little terrier mix boy (pretty much full grown), volunteer favorite
SNUGGLEPUFF: beautiful medium mix F, 7-months 30-35 lbs
WESTON: 7-month 17 lb little terrier mix male (pretty much full grown), brother of Walter (little more spotty)
FLANNEL: 6-month medium mix female, ~30 lbs
GRETEL: 7-month 16 lb little terrier mix (pretty much full grown), sister of Walter, adorable!
FIA: 2-year Dalmation, great with all people, but seems like she needs to be the only pet in the home ** DESPERATELY need an animal-free foster home for her (they're hard to come by! be her hero!)
MACKEY's brothers (we took him in last week and now his surrenderers want to surrender his brothers, also) - 2 years old small mix breed
MILO: Sad return after being adopted as a young puppy - little 7-month old cutie whose adopters now have a newborn and aren't able to manage him and give them the time and attention he needs and deserves! (no hate ~ let's just get this guy adopted - super sweet and fun!) only 27 lbs last month when neutered
BATMAN: Almost 6-months old and still being overlooked - be his hero and foster him and help us get some AWESOME pics to get people's attention as an under-noticed black puppy! Super friendly and sweet!
Also Chungus & Humphrey (you can find on our website - we are limited to 10 pics here)
*****And we almost forgot the 5 year old small breed surrender request we have - her owner is going to be evicted cause she’s got separation anxiety in bark’s nonstop when they’re gone. We can’t take her unless we have a foster

APPLY NOW to join the SHDR Foster Team! (or maybe become a "Foster Fail", as sometimes happens!)
🐾 secondhanddogrescue.com/apply

10/02/2026

LIttle Cuties! 6 month old, 17 lb brothers, adoptable separately! Check them out on our website 😍

10/01/2026

🤷‍♂️ BATMAN is still waiting! How is he still waiting?!

🐾 This pup just turned 5 months old and is just 26 lbs of pure lovebug! 😍He adores snuggling on a lap and playing in the backyard with his people or foster doggy siblings is a favorite pastime, too! As they've grown, we are seeing some possible Whippet and lab mix in him and his 3 littermates - but one thing we do know is that Batman is 100% ready to be your new best friend. 💕 He's also got a brother and 2 sisters who look quite similar who are hoping for their forever homes, as well.

Apply today to get a time set up to meet this puppy for yourself!

09/30/2026

WE HAVE AMAZING NEWS AND A HUGE ASK-

We are looking for forever sponsors- we can connect you to a forever foster of your choice and if you sponsor some or all of their costs you will get photos and updates and whatever else you’d like to keep abreast of their lives

A short time ago we posted about some long time unicorns getting their adoption or foster /forever foster!

Today 2 more dogs who are unicorns made into hopefully a home for good- (some are still technically adoptable but hopefully forever foster/adopted is soon to follow

WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We did not give up on these dogs and need your donations to help make the reality of forever be theirs!

Yearly costs to maintain these dogs and the 18 others we anticipate requiring forever funding is as follows:
(Per year)

Prevention- $400-500 a year
Routine testing and vax $200

Plus any medical concerns as several are on special foods and meds $250-1000

Current dogs in foster (forever foster)

Clara (aka Jill Skellington)
Farley
Stormy (Aka Hugo)
Mumbles
Gigi
Sammy
Bella & Beck
Honda and Hobbs

Outright adopted unicorns:
Queenie
Cassie
Max

We need your help to fund these unicorns

Indicate unicorn🦄 on all donations

Current amount: $210

KEEP IT COMING !!! The dogs thank you!

💙 PayPal or credit card: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RP5H2VX3ULTNS

💜 Venmo: -weisberg
Last four numbers- 5111

💚 Cash App: $rocshdr

09/24/2026

Meet some dogs whose eyes will stop your scroll! 👀🐾

Last night we shared that Queenie and Cassie headed home last week after years of waiting - and Mumbles finally to a foster. We're so happy for them, and it's got us thinking about who's still here, still waiting, still so ready to be somebody's whole world.

These are just a few of our "only dog" dogs. The ones who do best as the sole four-legged resident of a household, no roommates of the canine variety, please and thank you. And LOOK AT THEM!

That's not a technicality standing between them and a home. That's just... a dog who wants you all to themselves. (**They all need fosters, as well - so they don't need to be crated and rotated all day**)

They're not high-maintenance. They're not "hard cases." They just need a family without another dog already in the house (they'd all be cool with some crate time when the cousins visit). In exchange, you get a dog who will love you with everything they've got. Some are young adults and we've got a few seniors in this group, too.

Queenie and Mumbles waited 3.5 years. Someone finally looked past the "only dog" line and SAW them. Some of these faces have waited almost this long, too.

Know someone who's been thinking about adopting? Tag them. Share this post. Or if any of these eyes speaks to your soul... apply to come MEET one of them!

09/23/2026

Calling all small breed puppy seekers (this hardly ever happens) 😍

🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶 We've got an urgent request for surrendering these (7!) beautiful little YORKIE mix 6-month old puppies! They've been well-cared for, but the older gentleman is having housing/financial issues and hasn't been able to get them vetted yet, and wants help getting them up to date and finding them homes before they perpetuate the cycle of their parents.

(We're also of course going to help get mom & dad fully vetted and fixed so no more puppies! 🚫)

We have an appointment for them first thing tomorrow to get up to date and need FOSTERS tomorrow! We have had a couple of our fosters step up, but if you want to help, (and/or might be in the market for a small breed puppy 😏) - this might be a win/win! The adoption fee will still apply, but we supply everything needed and you'd have first chance to adopt once they're ready shortly - after vetting, exams, prevention, etc. And if you take 2 or 3 for a short time, you can get to know them and CHOOSE the puppy you adopt by more than just looks!

✨ Dad is a 15 lb Yorkie and Mom is a 30 lb some-kind-of-terrier mix! ✨

All 5 dark bicolor ones are females and the 2 with white are males

✅ APPLY now to foster/adopt!

Address

Rochester, NY

Telephone

+15853055111

Website

https://secondhanddogrescue.com/, http://secondhanddogrescue.com/apply

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