In September 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 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 September, 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 106 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 1784 deaf dogs into rescue (as of 9/31/25).
Our September 2025 DDR Rescue Sponsorship Recaps are below:
Three deaf Dalmatian pups from Ohio – Green Dogs Unleashed – Troy VA
When a person from Ohio reached out to Deaf Dogs Rock to find placement for his three deaf Dalmatian puppies, we jumped into gear and reached out to our friend Erika at Green Dogs Unleashed to see if she had room for three Dal puppies in her rescue. She said she would love to take them, work with them and find them forever homes. All three puppies were transported from Ohio to Virginia and are recipients of our Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Puppy Rescue Sponsorship program to help with their care and vetting.
Lucia and Pandora – Speak for The Unspoken – Ohio
Above: Lucia
Above: Pandora
When our friends at Speak For The Unspoken Rescue in Ohio reached out to Deaf Dogs Rock for some help for Lucia and Pandora we were happy to help. Lucia is a six month old deaf puppy who was surrendered to Speak when her caregiver could no longer care for her. Sweet deaf dog Pandora was found as a stray and she was malnourished and has mange. Both Lucia and Pandora will be direct recipients of our Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Puppy/Dog Rescue Sponsorship funding program to help Speak For The Unspoken with their upcoming vetting expenses to get them healthy and ready for adoption in the near future.
4 pups from Davidson Co NC Shelter – PIPS Rescue
Above: Harold – view Harold’s adoption listing here.
Above: Deaf/blind puppy Hollis – You can view the adoption listing for Hollis here
When we got an email to reach out to the Davidson NC Animal Control in Lexington NC because they needed help with some special needs puppies in their care, we contacted Christina at the Davidson AC and she sent us the info on four puppies needing rescue. We immediately put up a rescue plea with a $500 off of rescue sponsorship to a foster based 501c3 rescue to consider stepping up to help them. A few weeks later we contacted Perfectly Imperfect Pups Rescue when we realized they were the rescue who pulled the pups to safety. Two of the pups are deaf/blind pups named Harold and Hollis – who are now listed available for adoption on our website. All four puppies will be recipients of our Deaf Dogs Rock Rocker Puppy Rescue Sponsorship Program to help the rescue with vetting expenses.
