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Safe Harbor

When a family loses their housing, they shouldn’t have to lose their dog, too.

Safe Harbor provides temporary, safe housing for dogs whose families are experiencing housing instability or crisis and have nowhere for their pets to go.

For many people facing homelessness, displacement, domestic crisis, hospitalization, or another temporary hardship, finding a safe place for a beloved dog can become an impossible barrier. Shelters and temporary housing often cannot accommodate pets, commercial boarding can be unaffordable, and surrendering a dog may feel like the only option.

Safe Harbor exists to create another option.

We are building a peaceful, purpose-designed campus in Central Massachusetts where dogs can stay safely while their people work toward stable housing. Unlike traditional surrender or adoption models, our goal is not to find these dogs new families. Our goal is to help them stay connected to the families they already have.

Safe Harbor is currently in its building phase, creating individual indoor and outdoor living spaces designed to provide dogs with safety, comfort, enrichment, and consistency during their stay. Once operational, we will work alongside community organizations and service providers to help families navigate temporary housing instability without permanently losing their pets.

Every donation helps us move closer to opening our doors—from completing our first dog living spaces and outdoor areas to purchasing equipment and supplies and building the infrastructure necessary to welcome our first Harbor Dogs.

Because sometimes keeping a family together means giving one member of that family a safe place to wait.