"STUMPTOWN STRAYS" 12/28/25 !!!PLEASE HELP !!!BIG GIFT Giving DAY!!

 Stumptown Strays" is a wonderful local Portland, OR foster based  Rescue that helps shelter dogs in need of medical assistance and then finds them good homes 

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"Dec 28, 2025  Stumptown FB post BIG GIVE DAY!A medical condition for all animals (humans included!) that requires care and support is pregnancy. Unfortunately, with the amount of unfixed stray dogs and cats roaming the streets, it’s a common condition contributing to our overpopulation issue and taxing our local shelter systems.

 

Most rescues and shelters aren’t set up to care for pregnant animals since they require not only space, money, and time to get to the actual birth but also through the first 8 weeks of a puppy’s life, which is the earliest that they should be separated from their mom and adopted. So when we have available foster homes and funds, we always say yes to providing this type of care.This year we’ve taken in dogs we knew were pregnant and ones that came for other reasons and were surprise pregnancies! Giving dogs with medical needs love and care and then finding them their forever homes is our passion, so pregnancies known or not, we’re ready to help. 

 The joy we feel watching pups grow with their moms, who may not have made it on the streets, then finally all off to their own families makes all the hard work worth it. (After spaying mom, of course.) Your donations make it all possible!And since today is yet another Big Give Day, donating $10 or more will enter you into a drawing to win a bundle with prizes from Atlas Tattoo, Midtown Beer Garden, and Music Millennium! If you’re under 35, you have three additional chances to win.

 

Help us say yes to more pregnant dogs in 2026 by donating today! https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/stumptown-strays

If you can’t donate you can always support our work by sharing our posts with your friends and families!"

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Mission

Stumptown Strays is committed to rescuing shelter dogs (and the occasional cat!) with treatable medical needs, providing lifesaving veterinary care, and aiding these dogs on their path to their forever homes.

According to the ASPCA, hundreds of thousands of dogs are euthanized in shelters annually. The high cost of surgery and medical care is a major contributor driving this statistic. Founded by veterinarians, Stumptown Strays partners with our local over-crowded animal shelters and rescues as well as other dog rescue organizations in Washington, California, and Texas, to take in dogs with treatable medical needs that may prevent them from ever making it out of the shelter. 

Once an animal has received and recovered from the medical treatment and surgeries we provide, we work in partnership with our foster families to match each dog with their forever families. We could not do this important and expensive work without your generous donations!

Bottom Line for Portland

Stumptown Strays works in partnership with Multnomah County Animal Shelter and Clackamas County Dog Services providing additional adoption services for stray dogs in the Portland area when they are severely over capacity or unable to provide a specific type of care. We alleviate stress on the local animal welfare system by transferring dogs from the shelter into our foster homes, providing necessary medical care, and finding forever homes.

Stumptown Strays also helps to lower the overpopulation of dogs and cats by ensuring our dogs are neutered/spayed before adoption or providing that service when a puppy we adopt out is of age.

There are dogs in Portland metro that will never make it out of the shelter and into a family because of treatable medical needs that a typical busy shelter can’t afford to accommodate. The work that we do takes an “unadoptable dog” and makes them adoptable, helping people grow their family with a pet they never would have met otherwise.

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