{"id":321987,"date":"2026-06-27T18:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/321987\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T18:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:47:12","slug":"rescue-ride-out-aims-to-help-miami-dade-shelter-dogs-find-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/321987\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescue Ride Out aims to help Miami-Dade shelter dogs find homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0June 27, 2026 at 12:17 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0June 27, 2026 at 12:36 PM<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade Animal Services hit the road Saturday in an effort to help more shelter dogs find permanent homes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Miami-Dade Animal Services hit the road Saturday in an effort to help more shelter dogs find permanent homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/27\/paseo-de-rescate-busca-ayudar-a-perros-de-refugio-de-miami-dade-a-encontrar-un-hogar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/27\/paseo-de-rescate-busca-ayudar-a-perros-de-refugio-de-miami-dade-a-encontrar-un-hogar\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The shelter\u2019s \u201cRescue Ride Out\u201d pairs about 25 volunteers with adoptable dogs for a caravan through the community in decorated vehicles displaying \u201cAdopt Me\u201d signs and QR codes linking to adoption information. The route includes Wynwood, where organizers hope the dogs will catch the attention of potential adopters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The event gives dogs a break from their kennels while allowing the public to see them outside the shelter, where their personalities can shine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Volunteer Mackenzie, with Paw Ventures, said many of the dogs come from the shelter\u2019s overflow facility and benefit from spending time outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are actually taking them out so that they can enjoy the AC and get a little bit more exposure,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Among the dogs participating were Luna, a 3-year-old who eagerly settled into her volunteer\u2019s car before the ride began, and Josh, another adoptable dog preparing for the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Organizers say many shelter dogs spend most of their days in kennels and are often overlooked by adopters. By bringing them into the community, they hope to increase awareness and improve their chances of finding families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anyone who spots one of the dogs during the Rescue Ride Out and is interested in adopting can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/global\/animals\/contact.page\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/global\/animals\/contact.page\">Miami-Dade Animal Services<\/a> in Medley to meet the animals and begin the adoption process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials say every adoption not only gives a homeless pet a permanent home but also creates space for the shelter to care for other animals in need.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jolena Esperto\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/4c492fdc-471c-4ae6-a004-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Jolena Esperto<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Jolena Esperto joined the Local 10 News team in July of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0June 27, 2026 at 12:17 PM Updated:\u00a0June 27, 2026 at 12:36 PM Miami-Dade Animal Services hit the road&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-321987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}