Ulster County Canines

Ulster County Canines Ulster County Canines is a Non-Profit Dog shelter, and Adoption center. Ulster County Canines offers
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06/22/2026

Hello Facebook Friends, Family and Followers. Please lend me your eyes and a few minutes of your time.
We could sure use a little help with supplies, and donations toward purchasing supplies right now. With shelter stays for animals turning from days/ weeks into months/ years. We need your help making their undetermined shelter stay brighter and a little better. Just about every animal care facility is getting more requests to take in animals than we are getting requests to adopt them out. From our longest resident Ricky to our newest arrival Rhea we never know just how long they will be with us. Whether they have only been here a few days in Rheas case or going on what will be a few years now for Ricky. We try to make them as comfortable as possible. We certainly need some help with donations and items as we make adjustments and brace for the dogs who stay longer with us. We also have some smaller animals we are taking care of, and some aging now senior dogs. We have added some items to our wish list for them specifically.
( more details on that over the next upcoming weeks)
Please feel free to use our wish list as a reference and ship from a company of your choice. https://a.co/4jGXoeW
I've updated to suit our current, ongoing needs and upcoming changes.
Don't forget to subscribe and save on things like food, supplements and toys as these needs are ongoing.
We could not execute the time we spend cleaning, feeding and socializing with the dogs, without your ongoing support. As the world around us is changing drastically and at a rapid pace it is impacting our shelter companion animals very hard.
We have dogs staying longer, we have dogs aging, displaced dogs in need of longer term boarding, and the list of needs goes on….
Please send an item or donation if you can. A little love goes a long way.

Items we are currently low on:
Wet dog food (pedigree pouches preferred but we do use all brands)
Fortiflora Dog
Fortiflora Cat
Canned Cat food
Senior dog supplements
Linens
Black Kongs
Frisbees
Peanut Butter
Long lasting Chews
Washable P*e Pads
Elevated Dog Beds

New one time Items we are in need of:
72 inch dog crates (total 6)
5ft Galvanized deer fence black
Shop vac(s)
Ply wood
Paints (interior/exterior)
Misc Lumber

Thank you for always supporting UCC dogs, cats, and critters in need and contributing to our ongoing efforts.
**update** Please send Monetary Donations to PO box 98 Saugerties NY 12477
( as someone stole/took over our established mail box. Things I dont have effort to fight )
Other ways to donate directly;
Venmo- (last 4 digits of phone number (6184)
*****ALERT ******
((do not send to jamiestechucc845-4749 this is a fake account be alert to fraudulent accounts))
Pay Pal- paypal.me/UlsterCountyCanines
Zelle- [email protected]
Amazon Wish List - https://a.co/4jGXoeW
Item donations can still be dropped off to our donation bin, or shipped from a company of your choice to 3539 rt 32 Saugerties NY 12477.

Feat Rhea. She is a 1.5 year old GSD mix who was recently surrendered to UCC.
Rhea is smart, affectionate, and athletic. She has a medium energy level, loves to explore with her nose, loves to play fetch and is happy to hang out and relax. She knows some basic commands, is house trained, and does best when not kenneled for long hours. She bonds quickly and swiftly becomes a little shadow. Rhea would do best with someone that works from home, or is not gone for more than a few hours, and has a fence as she will chase birds in the yard. She was reported to do well with dogs from her previous owners, but we have not dog tested her at this time bc she's still super new. She did show very cautious/ reserved interest in the cats and preferred to avoid them. She has been with us 5 days now and over all is a very lovely dog, that is pretty laid back as long as you are near by, has enormous potential and is eager to please. Please visit our website www.ulstercountycanines.com for adoption applications and donations.

06/18/2026

Contrary to popular belief, I have no issue with responsibly done dog breeding.
But that's a high bar to cross:
Attention paid to the temperaments you're propagating moreso than the appearance.
Attention paid to the medical maladies that lurch from.one generation to the next, silently metastasizing over time.
Attention paid to the mothers, and the toll it takes on the to carry and nurse entire litters...and recognizing their right to a full life after motherhood ends.
Attention paid to the lives involved, and the legacy you claim to want to preserve, over the profit you may collect.
And finally, attention paid to the homea purchasing your puppies, there are requirements more important than their ability to pay your prices.

Because a dogs AKC certificate is not some guarantee if a life we'll led, or a life free of pain, neglect or abandonment.

Two weeks ago, in this small Rescue we call UCC, we had 15 dogs for adoption. Of those fifteen, we included:
A dane, choppy (still available)
A pug (adopted)
2 doodles (adopted)
An American shepherd (adopted)
And little Qubit (featured in today's video), still available.

6 out of 15 dogs, chance arrivals on our doorstep, purebred, coexisting in our facility with a half dozen passed over pitties, pure bred Shelter Dogs, the largest single breed in america, with bloodlines stretching back 150 years to the esrliest days if the ASPCA. Qubit herself, is an xl bully descended from the most famous of her breed, Hulk.

Yet she, along with the entire Q continuum of dogs we have placed over the past year, needed the help of this stubborn little Rescie and our relentless push to see all dogs not as breeds or bloodlines, but as breathing individuals.

Qubit is available for adoption here at UCC, applocations on our website at ulstercountycanines.com

You can support our work through donation via venmo: (6184)

Paypal.me/UlsterCountyCanines

Or via check to UCC, po box 98, saugerties ny, 12477

06/16/2026

RickyBobby was an adorable, if opinionated,.puppy.
He was eternally ready to meet the day, the week, the month; a lust for life he still retains 3 years later.

Rick's puppyish charm landed him a home early on,, shortly after arrival. But adolescent Ricky made some of those bad adolescent decisions we all chuckle about in our 40's, and adolescent Ricky was sent back to the orphanage while the town crier shouted "hide your cats and chickens!'

Now, look, Ricky will stand sentry over your garden, protecting it from the groundhog that has partaken of the forbidden vegetables.

He will try to make friends with nearby dogs, but playtime for Rick tends to include a lot of hair pulling, hard nibbles and wrestling in the dirt. Rick never quite understood that not all dogs speak the same love language.

He will, eventually, chill out on the couch...but he is a singular, indomitable personality; one that will ensure there is never a dull moment, no adventure too small, no moment left unexplored.

Ricky, now our longest resident at 2 years, has now had his adoption fee sponsored! Spice up your summer, adopt Ricky at UlsterCountycanines.com!

06/14/2026

Somewhere, somewhen, your family chose to give you up.
Maybe it was an economic decision. Lost job, lost home.
Maybe it was the classic, 'im moving, can't take her where im going'. That one is overplayed in Rescue.
Maybe it was 'allergies' that developed suddenly when you were 2 years old.

You probably ended up on someone's page, begging for a new home for their sweet girl, sacharine enough to get a post but not enough to keep.
And lo and behold, a thrice arrested animal abuser found you. Despite her vibe essentially screaming 'institutional escap*e long estranged from her meds', your previous family handed over the leash.

I can't say how long you were there, but I can say patterns are patterns because they predictably play on repeat, and your newest, latest, owner was evicted from her apartment; and suddenly you all get to experience the creature comforts of a uhaul cabin in November.

Until someone intervened and brought you here, to UCC. It's not meant to be your final home, but we aim to find you that happily ever after.

To that end, loyal friends searching for a loyal friend, meet Maddie.
She is vaccinated, spayed, dewormed, heartworm negative and healthy.
Her adoption fee is sponsored, which for practical purposes, means there is no fee. Show me a good home for Maddie, and make her yours.

Applications.for adoption can be found on our website, ulstercountycanines.com

Contributions to support Maddie, our mission, or the other dogs here can be sent via Venmo (6184)
PayPal.me/UlsterCountyCanines

Or via check to UCC, po box 98, saugerties ny 12477

Let's lighten the mood a bit, and meet the available crew for adoption!!!Take a look at the pups looking for homes, and ...
06/11/2026

Let's lighten the mood a bit, and meet the available crew for adoption!!!

Take a look at the pups looking for homes, and if you see anyone you like, swipe right!

Applications for lunch dates in the park here at UCC can be found on our website, ulstercountycanines.com

06/08/2026

Tonight, I have an axe to grind.

Rescue, even on a good day, faces enormous headwinds to success. The non-profit sector is, by nature, donor fed. Not customer fed, but rather donor-fed.

Our product, at a glance, might seem to be dogs. It might seem to be boarding, or grooming, or low cost vet services. It might seem to be behavior support, or training advice. But in reality, it is none of those things. Those are services all performed at that altar of Rescue. The core mission, sun around which all the other efforts orbit, is the Rescue of dogs.

Its an all consuming pursuit that hungrily swallows your finances, your free time, your friends and your family. It's a round the clock, years long slog of an ultra marathon that, at ucc at least, is performed by two people...

We take no salaries, but we perform this daily miracles; offering up partial ownership of our good deeds to you through the opportunity to financially support the Rescue. That is our product. We live in the trenches of this war, guiding the refugees we find here safely out, into your arms.

We, once, trusted others to work here. A larger staff, equals a greater impact on the mission, right? More human souls working together might save more Canine souls.

One would think, and one would be wrong.

I have managed employees in this field since 2006. I have long struggled to find and retain intellectually sound, emotionally stable people also possessed of the affinity and empathy for animals that this field requires- skills and cam taught, empathy and instincts are intrinsic.

I have long noted an abundance of both diagnosed and suspected emotional disorders among applicants and employees in animal Rescue. This can be accompanied by substance abuse, essentially habitual self-medicating. Chicken or egg? Does this business attract those of us existing on the fringes because we connect better with animals than humans? Or is the terminal weight of suffering woven throughout our workday the contagion that breaks us emotionally, or sparks the self-soothing with substances?

Is it the drugs that causes you to turn on your employer? Your friends? The bipolar disorder for which you treat with microdosed mushrooms rather than lithium? Is it a generalized sociopathy that drives you to place choking hazards or toxins in the kennels? Where does one land on the spectrum of neurodivergence when one sneaks around dog rescue breaking equipment, sabotaging electronics, leaving gates unlocked, stealing small items while framing your co workers or the 'p*e p*e gnomes' for the constant troubles.

Do you actually believe the gaslighting crawling out of your own mouth or posted on your social media? You're aware of the legal bar for libel and slander? Have you just assumed we are too exhausted to pursue it? 3 years ago, I terminated your relationship with ucc...

Yet there you are on the security cameras in the driveway 3 nights ago. Wtf.
..while the physical, internal damage has been repaired; our trust, our interest in sharing this mission with anyone else has been shattered. We have operated alone on core animal services ever since. Was it us you hated so much, or was it the animals you secretly despised?

And you were simply the latest, the last, in utterly disappointing, subpar employees hell bent on tearing jamie or i down, given the chance to equal her efforts, you proved fundamentally deficient on every front. We are still here. UCC is still here. I asked you to be empathetic. You, cupcake, only managed to be pathetic.

Anyone out there that wants to donate $25 in honor of your own horrible employees, attach their name to the donation comment, and ill give them a place of honor on our fire hydrants in our dog park- and you can enjoy future videos of the dogs live streaming their way through play time.

As always
Venmo: jamiestechucc845 (6184)
PayPal.me/UlsterCountyCanines

Or check to
UCC
Po box 98
Saugerties ny 12477

Video of me, angrily splitting wood, not so long ago, added for engagement.

Attention!!!Our regularly scheduled Saturday vaccination clinic is cancelled for today!We will be back on normal schedul...
06/06/2026

Attention!!!

Our regularly scheduled Saturday vaccination clinic is cancelled for today!

We will be back on normal schedule next Saturday fro.230-4!

Thank you!

Simon and Qubit are available for adoption, though!

06/02/2026

UPDATE!!!!!

Your generosity has secured funding for chops' neuter (and then some!)

Now we just need to see him adopted!

open letter to the former owner of this magnificent dog, known as 'Chops'.

This is not an angry letter, nor accusatory. I dont know your situation, I know only the roughest draft of the story that landed you, and Chops, at the Kingston Motel, and from there, to UCC.

As the dog control officer for Town of Ulster, im at the Kingston Motel with some degree of frequency. One could never confuse that establishment with The Four Seasons. Even a decade ago, while standing outside a hastily rented suite, my temporary neighbor cheerfully remarked that someone had died in my room the night before.

His account was very likely accurate. What is less clear was if the bedsheets had been changed prior to check in. The motel now contracts with the county to house the homeless population, and by association, their pets.

So, Chops.
There but for the grace of God, goes I.
The reasons one might end up homeless are multitude,and not all reflective of some sort of character flaw. Job loss, downsizing, lay offs. Hell, my own previous employer chased me out after 20 years, for reasons I can guess at but only she could confirm. Semper Fidelis, amiright?

Life can come at you fast. We are, all of us, far closer to residency at the motel than we are to landing our helicopter on our yacht while adopting politicians.

There are self inflicted wounds as well, that may have deposited you there. I dont presume to assume.

I respect the drive to keep your dog, even as the walls close in. Lord knows, the shelter system can't absorb every surrender request as it is.
Once upon a time, I looked at my dog Reese as I now look upon Rella, and vow that God himself couldn't separate us.....quietly ignoring the fact that it was God, if he exists, that gently whispered for years that he was coming for Reese, with only dust and memories filtered through my hands in the end.

But I've also been at this long enough to have pulled two dogs, deceased, from the vehicle their dad left them in while he went to work- because he so desperately wanted to keep them.

I've been at this long enough to have trudged through snow and ash to pull a body from the charred embers of a home- a dog i had tried, and failed, to illicit a surrender agreement from her owner following his repeated visits to psych.

I've been at this long enough to have guided two dogs, dead of starvation-related organ failure, to their final rest because the dad refused to abandon his failing business in favor of regular income that might feed his dogs. Or his child.

Every circumstance is unique, and I don't know yours.
I know your dog was terrified when he arrived, lashing out in defiant self defense.
I know he refused to eat for days.
I know, while he warmed to me, he warned other strangers away for weeks.

I know he buried that galloping locomotive of a personality deep inside because his new circumstances terrified him.

But I also know that he deserved time to show me who he is, truly. And I know that i enjoy him immensly. And I know he deserves a home leagues away from the Kingston Motel. And i know that in UCC i have a mechanism to find him that home.

But here's the thing: ucc exists under the thumb of the same creditors as everyone else. We have a mortgage. Insurance. Central Hudson gleefully ready to cut the power at any given moment. Car payments; the grand capitalist religion doesn't much care if you're a nonprofit.

Chops is healthy, but he needs to be neutered, and he's a big boy. So lets aim to raise $450 tonight, to cover those costs.

And let's find him a family.

Venmo: code (6184)
paypal.me/UlsterCountyCanines

3539 rt 32 saugerties ny 12477

Video of chops for reference!

For the past week or so, I've gotten a bit somber,a bit philosophical, about Rescue, the Cause, about THIS Rescue. After...
05/31/2026

For the past week or so, I've gotten a bit somber,a bit philosophical, about Rescue, the Cause, about THIS Rescue.

After near 30 years in this business, somber is my default mood. Philosophical, that pairs well with whiskey.

Despite all that, or perhaps in part because of, it's been what passes for a very full plate of adoptions; which means congratulations are order!

Congratulations to Greta!
Congratulations to Lovey!
Congratulations to katydid!
Congratulations to Nyla!
Congratulations to Timmy!
Congratulations to Finley!

Go grow up, and chase the lives you deserve! We love you.

UPDATE!!!Katydid has received numerous applications, which are being processed in order of reciept. I would encourage in...
05/28/2026

UPDATE!!!
Katydid has received numerous applications, which are being processed in order of reciept. I would encourage interested parties to consider Prawn, a friendly young shep mix of similar size, ad an alternative to Katydid.

ood Morning!

Ms Katydid is making her feature debut on UCC's social media!

She is a stunning 6 year old female American shepherd, weighing just 22lbs!

While she can be a bit reserved in new settings and with new people (we can relate), her wallflower tendencies vanish when she is comfortable.

Available for adoption at ucc, Pease go to our website, www.ulstercountycanines.com for an application.

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3539 Route 32
Saugerties, NY
12477

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