Give to a Rescue

A sack of kibble, stacked shipping boxes, kraft paper and packing tape on a workbench, with a teal tote bag and a dog's tail just in frame.

You love dogs. You cannot get to a shelter this week. This is for you.

Rescues run out of the boring stuff constantly. Towels. Puppy food. Leashes that actually hold. Never glamorous, always needed, and almost never the thing people think to send.

So we made it simple. A rescue tells us what they are short on. You buy it here. It goes to them.

How it works

  1. A rescue tells us what they need. Real needs from the people doing the work, not our guess at what sounds good.
  2. You buy it at the normal price. Same products, same prices as the rest of the shop. Nothing marked up because it is headed to a rescue.
  3. It ships to them, not to you. Everything bought for a rescue during the month goes out together in one box at the end of that month.

Why one box a month? Because postage on six separate small parcels costs more than the supplies inside them. One box means what you spent turns into more stuff for dogs and less money for the shipping company. It is the least exciting sentence on this page and it is the reason any of this works.

What rescues actually run out of

These four come up on almost every rescue list we have read. All of them are in the shop today.

Rescues also turn things away for good reasons. No rawhide, no opened or expired food, no pillows or comforters, no retractable leashes, no prong or shock collars. When a partner list goes up here, it follows their rules, not ours.

What this is, and what it is not

This is a purchase. You are buying supplies and having them delivered to a different address. That is the whole mechanism.
It is not a donation. SnoutHub is a small business, not a charity. There is no tax receipt, and we are not going to dress this up as something it is not.

If you want a tax deduction, give cash straight to the rescue. Most of them take donations right on their own site, and a cash gift to a registered nonprofit is deductible in a way that buying a bed from us never will be. We would rather tell you that up front than have you find out at tax time.

Are you a rescue? Come on in.

There is nothing to sign and nothing to pay. Ever.

What we ask you for
  • A list of what you are actually short on.
  • An address we can ship to.
  • Permission to share your dogs' photos and stories, always credited to you, always linked back to you.
What we never ask you for
  • No contract.
  • No fee, no cut, no minimum.
  • No payment processing. You never touch the money.
  • No setup, no dashboard, no account to babysit.
Tell us about your rescue

Where this stands today

We are signing the first partner rescues right now, so there are no lists up yet. If you want to do something for a dog in the meantime, the First Night Essentials bundles are the ones rescues hand to adopters on day one.

Check back soon, or tell us which rescue you want to see here.