In October 2025, we saw that shelters all over the country are over crowded with dogs and cats. Unfortunately from these over crowded shelters, we are seeing more and more deaf and deaf/blind dogs and puppies who need rescue and need rescue sponsorship funding. Many of our rescue partners are currently on intake hold because they are all so overwhelmed with so many requests to take in deaf and deaf/blind dogs. The core mission of our Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Dog/Puppy Rescue sponsorship program is to set up each deaf dog or puppy for success by networking and sponsoring them into a experienced special needs rescues where they can go into a experienced deaf dog foster homes. The foster homes are committed to training and socializing each deaf dog that comes into their care before they are available for adoption. This way, each foster advocate gets the opportunity to live with the deaf pup for awhile, work with the deaf dog, and accurately evaluate each deaf dog/puppy to make sure the organization makes the very best match for each deaf dog when it comes to finding the right home for that particular deaf dog. We donate to our partner rescues to ensure each deaf dog is fully vetted before they go to a new home (spayed/neutered). We have seen many deaf dogs go on to become valued therapy partners.
It takes a thoughtful and giving tribe of animal lovers to support Deaf Dogs Rock to continue to carry out our mission of helping one deaf shelter dog at a time. Deaf Dogs Rock spends between $2500 and $4000.00 each month on Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Dog/Puppy Rescue sponsorships. If you would like to help sponsor a deaf dog out of a kill shelter into the safe arms of rescue, please click here to Donate.
If you would like to donate in honor of a person, your deaf dog or in memory of one of your pets, you can send us a photo for our Honor/Memory Wall and donate here.
Every single day on our Deaf Dogs Rock FB page you will see us put up Rescue plea posts and offer of rescue sponsorship funding for each deaf dog in need hoping to find rescues who can take the deaf and deaf/blind pups. We share deaf and deaf/blind dogs that are currently be held in shelters across the country trying to get deaf dogs out of over crowded shelters before they are euthanized to make space for more intakes. Sometimes a deaf dog who is surrendered only has a day or two for the opportunity to be pulled by a reputable foster based rescue. For this reason you will see our organization Deaf Dogs Rock offer $250-$300 (urgent medical can go up to $400 to $500) rescue sponsorship on almost every rescue plea we post up on our Deaf Dogs Rock FB page. By offering a rescue sponsorship we encourage rescues to help a deaf dog in need. Without the financial sponsorship offers to help with each deaf dog’s vetting expenses, many of the deaf shelter dogs would parish and surely die within a few days.
Deaf Dogs Rock works directly with shelters, rescues, sanctuaries, private individuals, and breeders to help get each deaf puppy into our Rocker Dog/Puppy Rescue sponsorship program and into rescue. By doing so, each deaf pup gets the individual training, vetting, socialization, and TLC to grow up to become a cherished member of society. Deaf Dogs Rock is a judgement free zone and our number one priority will always be to help deaf and deaf/visually impaired dogs and puppies get a fresh start and a chance at a great life.
When our rescue partners screen potential new homes for a deaf dog/puppy, each rescue has a specific set of guidelines to follow when considering a new home for example; like checking all references, talking to the applicant’s veterinarian, and performing a thorough home visit to make sure each home is a safe place for a deaf or deaf/blind dog. This is why our Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Dog/Puppy Rescue Sponsorship program is so important to get the deaf dog out of the shelter (or from an individual) and help our partner rescues set up each deaf pup for a successful happy life in their new home. We do this by helping each rescue with vetting expenses so each puppy ends up in a rescue that specifically advocates for them and fully vets each special needs pup. Our Rocker Dog/Puppy Rescue sponsorship program financially sponsors deaf dogs/puppies so each pup can be vaccinated and spay/neutered before they are adopted to a new family. We only work with rescue partners and advocacy organizations who are committed in making sure each deaf pup is spay/neutered before being placed in a new home (unless they are Great Danes or Dalmatians which need to done after 12 months of age). We also offer each rescue courtesy adoption listings to be posted on our national website at Deaf Dogs Rock by targeting experienced deaf dog homes looking to add a new deaf dog to their families.
Our amazing Deaf Dogs Rock community sponsored another 9 deaf dogs/pups into rescue in October, 2025 which is a huge accomplishment in a struggling economy. In 2024 Deaf Dogs Rock has sponsored 149 deaf pups into the safe arms of rescue. So far this year 2025, our Deaf Dogs Rock community has helped to sponsor another 115 deaf pups/dogs into rescue since 1/1/2025. So far since the beginning of our Rocker Dog/Puppy Program several years ago, Deaf Dogs Rock has sponsored 1793 deaf dogs into rescue (as of 10/31/25).
Below is our October 2025 Rescue/Medical Sponsorship recaps from our DDR Rocker Puppy/Dog Rescue Sponsorship Program (and one from Nitro’s Fund)
Sparrow – McNeely Farmily Rescue and Sanctuary (MFRS)
Above: Sweet deaf blind dog Sparrow before eye and neuter surgery. He is in a great foster home at this time.
Above: Sparrow after his double eye and neuter surgery
Sweet deaf and blind dog Sparrow needed double eye surgery and neuter surgery through McNeely Farmily Rescue and Sanctuary. We offered to help with Sparrow’s medical expenses so Sparrow is a recipient of our Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Puppy/Dog Rescue Sponsorship program which helps rescues who take in special needs dogs with their vetting expenses so they can continue to help deaf and deaf/blind shelter dogs in need of rescue.
Happy – Starfish Animal Rescue – IL
Sweet deaf puppy Happy is with the Starfish Animal Rescue in IL. We reached out to the rescue to see if Deaf Dogs Rock could sponsor the surgery to have Happy’s cherry eye issue removed and so she is a recipient of our Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Puppy/Dog Rescue Sponsorship program so we assist the rescue in getting her cherry eye removed through surgery.
Joy, Max, Opie and Radar – Foster Fur Love Rescue – Indiana
Above: Sweet deaf/vision impaired puppy Joy
Photo above: Sweet deaf/vision impaired puppy Max
Photo Above: Sweet deaf puppy Opie
Photo above: Sweet deaf and vision impaired puppy Radar
Thanks to Rachelle with Foster Fur Love Rescue e(under Rescue Release Repeat) in Indiana for taking in an entire litter of puppies who needed rescue. Four of the puppies are either deaf and or deaf/vision impaired. They have an appointment set up for their spay/neuter soon so we wanted to assist the rescue with some of the vetting expenses. Joy, Max, Opie and Radar will all be recipients of our Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Puppy Rescue Sponsorship program to help the rescue off set some of their vetting expenses with help from our fund. Thanks to Debbie and Michael Weddle and their sweet Boston Terrier Sassy Sissy for hosting a Fundraiser on Facebook and donating enough to cover the sponsorship for these four very special needs pups.
Debbie, Sassy and Michael hold a FB Birthday Fundraiser to benefit Deaf Dogs Rock
Thanks to Sassy Sissy and her mama and dad for hosting a Facebook Birthday Fundraiser to benefit Deaf Dogs Rock in honor of Boston Terrier Sassy’s birthday!
Two photos above: Sweet Sissy Sassy helping her mom and dad Debbie and Michael raising funds for Deaf Dogs Rock to celebrate Sassy’s birthday. They all held a birthday fundraiser to celebrate Sassy’s birthday and raise money to help deaf pups into rescue through their FB fundraiser. They raised enough money to sponsor deaf puppies Joy, Max, Opie and Radar. Thanks so much Sissy, Debbie and Michael! You all ROCK!
Freckles – Double Eye Surgery sponsorship – Humane Society of North Central Florida – PENDING
Sweet Freckles is going to get double cherry eye surgery soon. We sent in a medical sponsorship through our Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Dog Rescue Sponsorship program to the Alachua County Humane Society/Humane Society of North Central Florida of $400 to go towards her surgery. We are so thankful they have her scheduled to do the double cherry eye surgery (the surgery runs about $1600). Look at her sweet face. She is also listed available for adoption on our website so hopefully we can get some new photos of her after her surgery to update her courtesy adoption listing soon.
Code Red Animal Project – Jolene
Thanks to the folks at Code Red Animal Project, sweet deaf puppy Jolene is SAFE! Deaf Catahoula puppy Jolene was saved from a backyard breeder south of Houston. She was the only deaf puppy and she was riddled with worms, malnourished and way under socialized. This sweet girl was born on July 4th, 2025. She is a recipient of our Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Puppy Rescue Sponsorship program to help Code Red with her spaying surgery which will be scheduled in November.
Nala – Second Chance Boxer & Friends Rescue – CT
We sent in a spay sponsorship for deaf boxer Nala thorough our Nitro’s Fund. Thanks to Thomas J and Karin M P. Charitable Fund for sending in a donation to Nitro’s Fund which is set up to specifically sponsor deaf boxers into rescue and also sponsor their vetting to get each deaf boxer ready for adoption. Nala is available through Second Chance Boxer & Friends Rescue in CT.
