Saving shelter dogs and sending them to their forever homes

Pulling dogs from an overcrowded shelter, allowing them to recover and decompress, and sending them to their forever homes through transport.

The majority of the dogs that pass through Trev’s Ranch will go to out-of-state rescue partners in areas with higher adoption rates and lower populations of pets, filling a gap where they’re heading and lessening the burden in the Borderland.

All pets that leave Trev’s Ranch have three rounds of vaccinations, their microchip, and their spay/neuter surgery completed (if age-appropriate).

To become a rescue partner and help us save more lives,

Transport

giving over-looked shelter pets their second chances

Advocating for shelter pets

When you adopt, you’re not just giving a deserving pet a home. You’re also reducing the demand for puppy mills and other industrial-scale breeding operations that put profit before animal welfare. You’re opening a space in the shelter that allows another animal in need to find safety - saving not one, but two lives in the process.

Our local shelters have thousands of amazing animals just waiting to be seen, and it’s our mission to tell their stories.

You can make a difference in the pet overpopulation crisis in the Borderland region by making adoption your only option.

  • Transport

    Sending pets to better lives through our partnerships with rescues across the US

  • Foster

    Providing temporary placement for pets when their owners need a helping hand

  • Adoption

    Advocating for at-risk and long-stay shelter pets in El Paso and finding them homes

  • Last Litter

    Working with families in our community to end the cycle of accidental litters

Check out our programs

Meet Some of the Dogs We’ve Saved

  • Trev

    Trev is the pup that started it all. After sitting in the shelter for six months and ending up on the At Risk list, Trev came to the Ranch to decompress and be a dog again. Finally, Trev found a wonderful home and is living the good life!

  • Scout

    Scout was pulled to the Ranch from the shelter’s At Risk list. This big boy was desperately struggling with shelter life, and he instantly began to thrive at the Ranch. Scout, now Murphy, was adopted in Arkansas, where he enjoys a big backyard and locking his mom out of the house.

  • Peony

    Peony spent the majority of her life at El Paso Animal Services, arriving as an injured puppy in 2023. After waiting a year in the shelter, Peony came to the Ranch, learned how to be a dog again, and is now the beloved member of a doting family.

  • Mickey

    Mickey came to the Ranch after spending months in the shelter, then enduring a hip injury and subsequent hip surgery. She recovered quickly and went North to one of our rescue partners. She loves playing infinity fetch (regular fetch, but without stopping) and splashing in any water she can find.

  • Shenandoah

    Shenandoah’s journey started with cruelty. She was rescued by El Paso County Animal Welfare and taken to El Paso Animal Services, severely emaciated. She then spent over a year in a kennel at the shelter with no interest, until one of our rescue partners said yes. Shenandoah stayed at the Ranch for a few weeks before her flight, went up to Washington, and was adopted within a few days of arriving. She lives a pampered life now.

  • Jethro

    Jethro came to El Paso Animal Services absolutely terrified. For weeks, shelter staff was unable to coax him to leave his kennel. On the day he was confident enough to walk, we were waiting in the parking lot to take him to the Ranch. Jethro was adopted in Colorado and loves his new life, full of hikes, treats, and lots of love.