Wish Upon a Bone
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A New Leash on Life for Every Dog
Help Dogs Where You Live
Wherever you are, there are dogs nearby who need someone to show up. Here are simple, practical ways to make a difference in your own community.
Foster or Volunteer Locally
Your local shelter or rescue almost always needs fosters, dog walkers, and weekend help. A few hours a week can get a dog out of the kennel and closer to a home.
Share Adoptable Dogs
Repost adoptable dogs from shelters near you. One share can reach the person who was looking for exactly that dog.
Donate Supplies
Ask your local shelter for its wish list. Food, blankets, towels, leashes, toys, and cleaning supplies are often in short supply.
Organize a Local Drive
Rally your school, workplace, church, or neighborhood to collect supplies or funds for a shelter in your area.
Learn Better Training
Dogs are often surrendered over behavior that training could solve. Learning how to understand your dog helps keep dogs in their homes.
Offer a Ride
Rescues often need drivers to get dogs to vet visits, foster homes, and adoption events.
Help a Neighbor Keep Their Dog
Point a struggling owner to low-cost vet care, pet food banks, or training help in your area before surrender feels like the only option.
Spread the Word
Tell people about Wish Upon a Bone and why rescue dogs deserve a second chance. Follow, share, and talk about it.
Our Programs
Wish Upon a Bone’s own adoption and foster programs are being built now. Until they open, the best ways to support us directly are donating and spreading the word.
Adopt
Free placements of rescued, trained dogs with families of children with disabilities.
Foster
Caring homes for rescued dogs while they train and wait for their match.
Every Book Helps
Because the more people who understand dogs, the more dogs get to stay in their homes. Every purchase of Foundations of a Better Dog — and anything connected to WAG University — helps fund Wish Upon a Bone.