Adoption Partners Directory

Adopt a pet from one of our "Your New Best Friend" Adoption Partners, and receive exclusive Best Friends Pet Hotel benefits.

Our Adoption Partners

We’ve hand-selected these adoption partners based on requirements
important to us that benefit adoptable animals including:

• Maintaining a current 501(c)(3) status
• Upholding a high-compliance spay/neuter program
• Engaging the public to help place pets &
build awareness in the community

When you adopt a pet from one of our Adoption Partners, you'll immediately receive a "Your New Best Friend" Perk Pack containing exclusive savings on boarding, daycare, & grooming services offered at Best Friends Pet Care locations nationwide.

Click on or scroll down to your state below, and see our locations along with a list of their local Adoption Partners.


CALIFORNIA • COLORADO • CONNECTICUT • FLORIDA • GEORGIA • ILLINOIS • INDIANA • MARYLAND • MASSACHUSETTES • MICHIGAN • NEW JERSEY • NEW YORK • NORTH CAROLINA • OHIO • PENNSYLVANIA • TEXAS •

Interested in Adoption?

Visit one of our
Adoption Partners Near You (listed below)
or Come to our National Adoption Day!

2023 National Adoption Days: Sun 5/21, Sun 9/17 or Sun 11/5
We will be hosting adoptable pets at our center alongside our adoption partners.

CALIFORNIA

Best Friends in Carmichael
Fosters & Paws

Based out of Sacramento, Fosters & Paws primarily focuses on those vulnerable dogs in shelters. They pull pregnant/nursing moms, bottle puppies, dogs with medical needs, and dogs in danger of being euthanized and look to find compatible adopters.

ADOPTABLE DOGS

COLORADO

Best Friends in Wheat Ridge
Colorado Pet Pantry

 

CONNECTICUT

Best Friends in Avon
Avon Animal Shelter

 

Best Friends in Bethany
Naugatuck Animal Control Shelter

Animals are available for adoption through the Naugatuck Animal Control Shelter and are funded by the State of Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Animal Control Population.

ADOPTABLE PETS

Best Friends in Rocky Hill
TBD

FLORIDA

Best Friends in Disney
Pet Rescue by Judy

 

Pet Rescue By Judy is a non-profit “NO KILL” organization dedicated to the rescuing and rehabilitation, of companion animals. Many of them come to us with medical needs. They are doctored to the best of our ability and resources.

ADOPTABLE PETS

 

GEORGIA

Best Friends in Marietta
Forgotten Paws

 

Forgotten Paws logo
Forgotten Paws is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that rescues and places abandoned dogs and cats. They are active in the entire Atlanta, metro area and surrounding counties.

ADOPTABLE PETS

ILLINOIS

Best Friends in Chicago
Chicago Canine Rescue

Chicago Canine Rescue was founded in 2001 to help find lifelong, loving homes for homeless dogs in Chicagoland and beyond. The dogs in their care come to us from open-intake animal shelter facilities, from a handful of rural partners who lack the resources for adoptions, and from families who can no longer care for them.
ADOPTABLE PETS

Best Friends in Prairie View
Orphans of the Storm

 

Orphans of the Storm Animal Shelter logo
Orphans of the Storm works with shelters in states that have very lax spay and neuter laws, resulting in an enormous overpopulation of abandoned, feral animals. Thanks to their partnerships, they are able to bring these wonderful, adoptable animals to the Chicago area, saving them from euthanasia and finding them happy forever homes.
ADOPTABLE PETS

INDIANA

Best Friends in Carmel
TBD

Best Friends in Indianapolis
TBD

MARYLAND

Best Friends in Gaithersburg
Lizzy's Lodge Rescue

Lizzy’s Lodge Rescue is nonprofit foster-based dog rescue located just north of Washington DC. They have placed over six hundred rescue dogs in the past ten years. Unlike some of the large DC-based rescues, they don’t discriminate against dogs because of their breed or what they look like, and they focus on rescuing local dogs from local shelters that would otherwise be euthanized.
ADOPTABLE DOGS

MASSACHUSETTES

Best Friends in Ashland
Dog Orphans Inc.

Dog Orphans, Inc., was founded over 40 years ago by a small group of animal lovers dedicated to saving dogs from pain and suffering. They house stray, homeless and unwanted dogs until suitable permanent homes are found.
ADOPTABLE DOGS

Best Friends in Boxford
P.A.W.S Project Foundation

 

P.A.W.S. Project Foundation logo

Best Friends in Sudbury
Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue

Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue’s mission is to provide comprehensive medical care, behavioral evaluations, and adoptive homes to homeless Golden Retrievers in the six New England states. 
ADOPTABLE DOGS

Best Friends in Tyngsboro
TBD

Best Friends in Wakefield
Cape Ann Animal Aid

 

Cape Ann Animal Aid logo
Cape Ann Animal Aid is a non-profit, no kill organization dedicated to facilitating appropriate placement of adoptable animals and enhancing the lives of all companion animals by promoting respect and well-being through education and outreach
ADOPTABLE PETS

MICHIGAN

Best Friends in Clinton
TBD

Best Friends in Lansing
Capital Area Humane Society

Capital Area Humane Society’s mission is to promote the humane treatment of companion animals through protection, placement, education, and example. 
ADOPTABLE PETS

NEW JERSEY

Best Friends in Berlin
Voorhees Animal Orphanage

 

Voorhees Animal Orphanage logo
Voorhees Animal Orphanage is a municipal, open intake animal shelter providing shelter, food and medical care to stray and unwanted animals.
ADOPTABLE PETS

Best Friends in Cinnaminson
New Jersey Bully Rescue

New Jersey Bully Rescue’s mission is to rescue and help save as many animals as they possibly can. They will care for them, rehabilitate them, and find them all loving homes.
ADOPTABLE DOGS

Best Friends in North Plainfield
TBD

Best Friends in Windsor
Marty's Place

 

Marty's Place Senior Dog Sanctuary logo
Provides a safe, loving and protected environment for senior dogs that do not have homes.
ADOPTABLE PETS

NEW YORK

Best Friends in Chestnut Ridge
Hi-Tor Animal Care

Founded in 1973, Hi Tor Animal Care Center takes in over 2,000 animals each year and is the only open managed admission shelter in Rockland County.

ADOPTABLE PETS

NORTH CAROLINA

Best Friends in Charlotte
Humane Society of Charlotte

The Humane Society of Charlotte believes in working to improve our community by creating new, loving families, and building a world where there are no more homeless and unwanted animals.

AVAILABLE PETS

OHIO

Best Friends in Cincinnati
HART Animal Rescue

HART’s mission is to rescue homeless animals, saving them from being euthanized, abandoned, and abuse with the goal of placing them in forever homes. Our rescue animals are housed in foster homes.

AVAILABLE PETS

PENNSYLVANIA

Best Friends in Chadds Ford
Providence Animal Center

Providence Animal Center saves thousands of animal lives each year and strives to be a national resource and model, nurturing exceptional humane treatment of companion animals across the country

AVAILABLE PETS

Best Friends in Huntington Valley
TBD

TEXAS

Best Friends in Houston
Montgomery County Animal Services

The Montgomery County Animal Services provides high-standard sheltering and care to the homeless, abused, and neglected animals in our community and ensures the safety and welfare of the county’s citizens. They are the county’s only open-admissions, municipal shelter. They are open to all animals in need from dogs and cats to farm animals, wildlife, and exotics.

AVAILABLE PETS

Best Friends in Spring
Operation Pets Alive

Operation Pets Alive is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization striving to elevate Montgomery County to a No-Kill community through innovative programs.

AVAILABLE PETS


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