City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue, Washington DC
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About City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue

City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue rescues adoptable cats and dogs in overcrowded and high-kill shelters, where resources are severely limited. We offer a lifeline to as many of these wonderful animals as possible. Sadly, many of the cats and dogs that City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue takes are just days — and sometimes hours — away from being euthanized for no reason other than lack of space. By finding these animals permanent and loving homes in the DC metropolitan area, we can enrich lives of humans and their pets. We welcome your help in any capacity, through volunteering, fostering, adopting, sponsoring and/or donating.

City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is a "rescue" not a "shelter." We are made up of a network of volunteers (most with full-time jobs) who foster cats and dogs in their homes. Since most of our available animals are living in private homes, we cannot arrange a visit without an adoption application and an appointment with the foster family. 

City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue has saved over 8700 dogs and cats since we started in 2011.  Every one of them has left little paw prints on our hearts, and we remember all of them fondly.  We have an active alumni community and we're so grateful every time someone chooses to join the City Dogs & City Kitties family. 
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Bentley: Our first rescue

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Stuck in a rural Georgia shelter, this sweet, friendly, 1 year-old lab had less than 24 hours to get pulled or he was going to be killed. Local rescue organizations were not able to help him.

After hearing about the situation, the organizers of City Dogs Rescue decided to get off the sidelines and see if they could make something happen for this pup.  One spent countless hours on the phone to coordinate the help of local rescue organizations, the other raised funds through friends on Facebook, and the other had secured a place to foster. At the 11th hour, through a combination of luck and persistence, Bentley was pulled from the shelter, treated by a local veterinarian (and neutered), boarded until he was cleared for transfer, and then transported to City Dogs for shelter and a new life.  

Within a very short time of being in DC, he met Melissa, his wonderful future owner, while on a walk around Dupont Circle (he was quite irresistible with his "please adopt me" bandana). Amazingly, his life was transformed from an anonymous dog with only hours left to live to a happy, healthy pup enjoying a great new life in DC. We were able to help Bentley and we wanted to do the same for other dogs in similar situations.

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City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, the appointment to and termination from its Board of Directors, hiring and firing of staff or contractors, selection of volunteers, selection of vendors, selection of fosters, selection of adopters, and providing of services.
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City Dogs & City Kitties
Rescue saves adoptable dogs and cats in overcrowded and high-kill shelters, where resources are severely limited. We offer a lifeline to as many of these wonderful pups and kitties as possible. 

City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue
1812 1/2 11th St NW
Washington, DC 20001


Administrative Office Hours:
We are not a shelter and do not accept animal surrenders at our location, nor do we have adoptable animals onsite. All of our adoptable animals are in private foster homes.


Due to  COVID-19 we have closed traditional office hours. Visit our contact page for information about foster supply pick up. 
City Dogs Rescue has federal tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, effective September 21, 2011.
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  • CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
    • We Are Home >
      • FOX5 Good Day DC #BettyWhiteChallenge
      • Media Release | We Are Home Print
    • Giving Levels
    • Rainbow Bridge Medallion
  • ADOPT
    • Adoptable Dogs >
      • Adopting a Puppy
    • Adoptable Cats
    • Adoption FAQs
    • Training >
      • Trainers and Behaviorists
    • Finding Your Lost Dog
  • FOSTER
    • Foster a City Dog
    • Foster a City Kitty
  • VOLUNTEER
    • CDCK Kids
  • DONATE
    • Rainbow Bridge Medallion
    • Auction Donors
    • Urgent Medical Needs
  • EVENTS
  • ABOUT
    • Mission, Vision, & Guiding Principles
    • Impact and Financials
    • Board of Directors and Executive Director
    • Careers
    • Awards & Press
    • Sponsors
    • Blog
    • Newsletter
    • CDCK FAQs
    • Contact Us
  • SHOP