Jessica Liu

Help Us Unlock a $5,000 Donation Match for Rescue Dogs We’re excited to share that Homebound Hounds has received a generous $5,000 donation match opportunity through the end of June — meaning every dollar donated can go twice as far in helping us save dogs from unnecessary euthanasia at overcrowded Southern California shelters. If you’ve ever fostered, adopted, donated, volunteered, or cheered on one of our dogs, we’d love your help spreading the word. You can donate directly, share the...

The Hard Truth About Rescuing As we head into May, we want to share a transparent look at where things stand and how we’re evolving. Like many rescues, we’re feeling the impact of limited bandwidth across our team. We’re currently missing several key roles — including a foster coordinator, event leads, and, most importantly, fosters — which makes it challenging to sustainably support the level of intake we strive for. Rather than trying to force a structure that isn’t set up to succeed, we’re...

The Hard Truth About Rescuing Rescue isn’t always the heartwarming highlight reel people see on social media. Sometimes it’s messy, exhausting, and emotionally draining. The past few months have been a tough season for rescue. Adoptions are slower than we’ve seen in a long time, shelters remain critically overcrowded, and more dogs need help than we have space for. Every day we are asked to step in for dogs who have run out of time, and every “yes” depends on one simple but powerful thing: a...