Dogs 2nd Chance is a Memphis dog rescue based just north of the city in Munford, TN. We’re an all-volunteer, foster-based rescue: no shelter building, no paid staff, and we place dogs with families across Memphis and the Mid-South. If you want to adopt a dog, foster, volunteer, or donate, those links get you started.
Where We Operate
We’re headquartered in Munford, about 30 minutes north of downtown Memphis. Our foster homes and adopters are spread across the whole metro area, including Memphis, Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, Cordova, Southaven, and Olive Branch. Most of our dogs come from high-risk shelters or off the street in and around Memphis, get placed in a local foster home, and are adopted by families in the city and its suburbs.
How Adoption Works
Every dog we place is spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and evaluated by a foster family before adoption, so what you meet is close to what you get. Read About Adopting a Dog for the full process, then submit an Adoption Application. You can also meet dogs in person at one of our Memphis-area adoption events.
What Memphis Families Say
Chloe, who lives in Memphis, adopted her dog Dalton from us and later adopted a second dog, Mulligan. Read her Q&A here. Megan and Jeremy, also Memphis-based, adopted their dog Rosco in 2011 and are still one of our favorite adoption stories: read Megan’s Q&A.
Get Involved
Fostering, volunteering, and donating all keep this rescue running. We don’t have a facility or paid staff covering the gaps. See our foster program, volunteer opportunities, and ways to donate. Looking beyond Memphis? See our Tennessee dog rescue page for our wider Mid-South service area.
Looking outside Memphis proper? See our Mid-South dog rescue page for our full Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas service area.
