reliable rescues & Rehomes
Check out our extensive list of local rescues & rehoming centres that can help match you with your new canine companion.
If you believe we’ve missed one, please contact us!
“Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.”
— Karen Davison
Christchurch/Canterbury Area
Dogwatch
Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust is a registered charity established in 1982. They rescue, care for and rehome dogs that have been abandoned at pounds throughout Canterbury, or surrendered from private situations.
03 981 4708
230 Dyers Road
Bromley
Christchurch 8062
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, 1pm–4.30pm
CHCH Bull Breed Rescue
Christchurch Bull Breed Rescue provides temporary shelter, food, medical attention, and comfort to neglected and rejected dogs. They seek out new homes for these dogs and try to educate the public about the humane care of dogs. They consider the unique needs of all the dogs in our care and work compassionately to prepare a safe, appropriately socialised dog for a wonderful new life.
https://www.chchbullbreedrescue.org.nz
https://www.chchbullbreedrescue.org.nz/contact-us/
1 Barton Street
Woolston
Christchurch
Open: Monday-Saturday, 10am-2pm and evenings by appointment
Chihuahua Rescue
New Zealand Chihuahua Rescue ("NZCR") is a New Zealand registered charity dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of Chihuahuas and Chihuahua crosses throughout New Zealand. They also take in small breed dogs under 5kg if they have capacity.
https://nzchihuahuarescue.co.nz
contact@nzchihuahuarescue.co.nz
Christchurch Border Collie Haven
Christchurch Border Collie Haven is a non profit rehoming and rescue organisation, helping collies and collie mixes to find the best homes, all over New Zealand.
They have a high class foster program which includes providing their fosters with positive reinforcement training from one of NZ's leading training facilities.
chchbordercolliehaven@gmail.com
Nightrave
Nightrave believe every healthy dog deserves a home, and every good home deserves the right greyhound. Dogs come to Nightrave to get ready for pet life - this can take from two weeks to two years or longer, depending on the hound, its needs, and the needs of potential adopters. They know as much as they can about the dogs in their care and hope to help each and every potential owner choose a dog who will bring them joy for always.
Pound Paws Rescue
Pound Paws Rescue have a passion to help the underdog - this includes taking in dogs from pounds that have no one else, dogs that are neglected, retired/injured/failed working dogs. They never rush their dogs into new homes.
https://poundpawsrescue.weebly.com/
poundpawhelp@gmail.com
SPCA Christchurch
SPCA helps protect over 40,000 animals in New Zealand every year. Animals who are sick, injured, abused or simply abandoned.
https://www.spca.nz/centre/christchurch-centre
14 Wilmers Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8025
Monday - Sunday 10am - 4pm
Dog rescue dunedin
Dog Rescue Dunedin Charitable Trust rescues dogs, provides veterinary care (including desexing), food and home-based foster care and advertises them until they find their “forever homes”. They also run a desexing programme for dogs for members of the public.
022 176 5052
Chained Dog Rehabilitation & Rehoming
Chained Dog Rehabilitation & Rehoming NZ (CDRRNZ) is a registered charity that is fighting to end the life-chaining of dogs in New Zealand. They specialise in working with Life Chained Dogs, and have gained many years of experience and expertise in this area.
info@chaineddog.org.nz
Saving Hope
Saving Hope is dedicated to creating a regional no-kill dog rescue and sanctuary operation with one purpose. To rescue, rehabilitate and re-home all abused, neglected, abandoned and stray dogs all over NZ. We work to match all homeless with loving forever homes and owners who will make them part of their family.
info@savinghope.co.nz
Retired Working Dogs NZ
Retired Working Dogs NZ is dedicated to helping find loving forever homes for working dogs who have reached retirement age or aren’t quite cut out for life on the land. Through a system of foster volunteers they provide healthcare and behavioural assessment, wherever possible, before placing dogs with their perfect family. Their aim is to find loving retirement homes for these amazing dogs, after all their years of hard work. Let’s give these dogs the retirement they deserve.
Greyhounds as pets
Greyhounds As Pets strive for a time where every greyhound leaving the racing industry has a caring home and a greyhound is the top choice for adoption. We work to build a thriving community of GAP owners and hounds. For GAP, best practice is at the centre of everything they do.
https://greyhoundsaspets.org.nz
info@gap.org.nz
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Humane Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-homing (HURRAH)
www.hurrah.org.nz
Hope Rescue South Auckland
hope.rescue.south.auckland@gmail.com
Auckland Puppy Rescue
puppyrescue@outlook.com
ARAN Animal Rescue NZ
aran.rescue.nz@gmail.com