Dogs Matter

Dobbie and Zara still need temporary foster homes.

Open your home, steal a heart, and give them a soft place to land.

Email: [email protected] to foster

*Transportation within TX is available*

That’s a wrap on TAAP in San Antonio! 🤠🐾

We’re leaving the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals Conference feeling grateful for the connections, conversations, and new possibilities.

A huge thank you to the recovery coaches who represented Dogs Matter and helped share our mission.

From treatment and recovery to housing and pet care, it takes collaboration across all of these spaces to support the whole person and keep pets and their people together.

We’re grateful for every connection that helps us build a stronger network of support for pet owners in recovery.

More connections. More collaboration. More second chances for people and the pets who love them. 🐶❤️

Join Team Dogs Matter for the Shatterproof Walk to End Addiction. Invite your friends, family, bring your pup and walk alongside a community choosing hope over stigma.

This year, we walk in honor of Jayde, Stephen’s beloved dog. She was there from the very beginning, and her spirit is woven into everything Dogs Matter has become. Though she has crossed the rainbow bridge, she will be with us every step of the way. 🌈

We also walk for the pets who stand beside their people through recovery, for the loved ones we have lost, and for every family still finding their way forward, together.

Join our team or donate in honor of Jayde or someone personal in your life.

https://fundraise.shatterproof.org/team/9595

Did you know Dogs Matter also does community outreach?

Our recovery coach, Shawna, with Project Street Vet in Fort Worth, brought resources and support to pets and the people who love them.

Thanks to generous donations from PetSmart, CUDDLY, and incredible individuals in our community, they were able to share food and supplies with pets in need. ❤️

Shawna also features the special “In Memory Of” bags in honor of some beloved rainbow bridge babies. 🌈🐾 A beautiful way for their legacy to continue helping other dogs.

Community. Compassion. And the power of paying it forward. 💙

Some conversations exist to amplify what already matters - to make sure the voices who can't speak for themselves are finally heard. This was one of them. 🐾

We're incredibly grateful to matt nelson of WeRateDogs and The Dogs Were Good (again) podcast for sitting down with our founder, Stephen Knight | Dogs Matter, to share the story behind Dogs Matter and the mission that continues to change lives.

From Stephen's personal journey and the inspiration behind Dogs Matter to a heartfelt tribute to our beloved co-founder, Jayde, fostering, recovery, reunions, and the stigma surrounding addiction, this conversation dives into what it truly means to make sure no one has to choose between getting help and the pet they love.

And of course, there was a very special adoptable guest named Dumpling. 🥹🐶

Thank you, Matt, for creating space for this conversation and for lending your voice to ours, helping us speak up for the people and pets who need it most.

🎧 Watch the full episode of The Dogs Were Good (again): https://youtu.be/cbpSBFmVopM?si=2wzCyfLXDyFBvAA9

FOSTERS NEEDED — SOCAL 🐾

Meet Gigi & Charlie! This sweet duo needs a safe, loving foster home for 90 days, starting immediately, while their person focuses on recovery. ❤️

🐶 Gigi | 3 years old
✨ Dog-friendly
✨ Crate trained
✨ Potty trained

🐱 Charlie | 7 years old
✨ Total cuddle bug
✨ Good with dogs
✨ Has never lived with another cat

The good news: Gigi and Charlie can be placed in separate foster homes, if needed. If you can help one but not both, we still want to hear from you!
For 90 days, you can give one of them a safe and loving home while their person works toward recovery.

It’s a short-term commitment that can make a life-changing difference. ❤️

📍 Foster homes needed in Southern California

📩 Email mail: [email protected] to learn more, or apply to foster through the PACT Foster SoCal App (link in bio).

Can’t foster? Please share! The right home could be just one share away.

*We’re proud to partner with PACT.dog, a foster management platform connecting pets, foster families, and clients in one place, making it easier to help more families stay together.*