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The Caroline County Humane Society (CCHS) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization contracted by the government of Caroline County, Maryland to manage, operate and run the county shelter and to provide humane services for the animals in our county.

01/05/2026

Meet Davey – The Brindle Buccaneer 🏴‍☠️

4 years old · Pit Bull Terrier · Approx. 70 lbs · Neutered Male

Ahoy there, matey! I be Captain Davey, a brindle lad of fine spirit and stout heart, once tossed upon stormy seas and now seekin’ a new vessel to call me own.

A lover of open decks or backyards as you landlubbers call them, I find me joy in the chase, fetchin’ me tennis ball like it be prized treasure, runnin’ free, and soakin’ up the wind in me fur. I’m a strong sailor on the leash, aye, but with a steady captain at the helm, I’ll take correction and follow your lead true enough.

When the sun sets and the sea stills, I’m calm as a quiet harbor, happy to rest by your side, soakin’ up scritches and the peace of the evenin’. Offer me a good back or rump scratch, and I’ll wiggle and sway like the jolliest of sailors.

know a basic commands, sit comes easy, though I’m not one to be bribed by every treat you wave my way.When I climb aboard your carriage, I’ll be ready for adventure, though I might try for the front seat, for the Captain deserves the best view of the horizon.

So, if ye seek a kind-hearted buccaneer to share your journeys, one part energy, one part muscle, and all heart, come meet Captain Davey and see if fate means for us to sail together.

⚓ Captain Davey’s Logbook Highlights
✔️ 4 year old Pit Bull Terrier, approx. 70 lbs, neutered, vaccinated
✔️ Energetic, playful, and loves a good game of fetch
✔️ Loves car rides
✔️ Enjoys hard toys and long yard romps
✔️ Knows basic commands and takes leash correction well
✔️ Sweet, affectionate, and loves back scratches
✨ Best as the only dog or with gentle canine company. No kitties for Davey

Come meet Davey at the Caroline County Humane Society
www.carolinehumane.org
[email protected]
410-820-1600

01/04/2026

💙🐾It’s Senior Sunday! 🐾

As we start the first full week of the new year, we want to shine a spotlight on our 7 senior residents who are still waiting for their soft place to land.

Many people hesitate to adopt senior pets—but seniors make amazing companions! They have so much love to give, are past the chewing and destructive puppy/kitten stage, don’t need excessive exercise, and want nothing more than a warm sofa or cozy bed to enjoy their golden years.
A shelter is no place for a senior pet to spend their later years.

Would you consider fostering or adopting a senior?
If you can’t, please consider sharing—it truly helps them find their perfect home.

🐶 Dogs

Braxton – Pit mix, 9 years

Dolly – Shepherd/Hound mix, 8 years

Rocco – Pit mix, 7 years

🐱 Cats

Mama – Longhair, Female, 10 years 9 months

Fishy Glub Glub – Black and White, Male, 8 years

Slushie – Orange,Female, 7 years

Rooster – Tabby, Male, 8 years

Would you like more information about any of these wonderful cats or pups? Please reach out to us!

📍 Caroline County Humane Society
📞 410-820-1600
📧 [email protected]
📧 [email protected]

01/03/2026

Happy Caturday: New Year’s Edition!
 New year, new beginnings… and maybe a new best friend?
 Come join us today from 11 AM–3 PM to meet our cats (and dogs) who are ready to start the year in a home. Learn about adoption, fostering, and volunteering while you’re here.

Make a resolution that truly changes a life. We can’t wait to see you!

01/02/2026

🐱Cats, cats, and more cats! 🐾
Yep — we still have lots of kittens and cats waiting for their forever homes! Here are just a few of our newest arrivals at the shelter:

🖤 Qeat – Male, 4 months, black
🌫 Shay – Female, 8 months, long-haired grey
🧡🖤 Drama– Female, 4 years, black & orange
🐾 Yoyok– Female, 7 months, grey
🧀 Queso – Male, 3 years, orange

Each one is hoping to find a loving family to call their own! 💕

📍 **Caroline County Humane Society**
Ridgely, Maryland
📞 410-820-1600
📧 [email protected]
🌐www.carolinehumane.org

Please share to help these sweet cats find homes! 🏡🐾

01/02/2026

🐾 New Pups Available for Adoption! 🐾

Since Christmas week, many new dogs have found their way to the shelter—unfortunately leaving us very, very full once again. Each of these sweet pups is now waiting for a foster or adoptive home.

✨ Meet our newest arrivals:

• Tigger– 4-year-old male American Pit Bull Terrier
Owner could no longer keep

• Diesel – 4-year-old male Black Lab
Owner could no longer keep; came in with Dolly

• Dolly – 8-year-old female Hound/Shepherd mix
Owner could no longer keep; came in with Diesel

• Shibl– 8-year-old male Fox Terrier
Came in as a stray

• Nessie– 2-year-old female Pit Bull Terrier
Came in as a stray

• Rocco– 8-year-old male Pit Bull Terrier

• Sweetie– 4-year-old female Pit Bull Terrier
Came in with Bubba

• Bubba – 5-year-old male Pit Bull Terrier
Came in with Sweetie

As you can see, we have many wonderful dogs hoping for a second chance. If you can foster, adopt, or help share their stories, it truly makes a difference. 💙

📌 Learn more or apply:
🌐www.carolinehumane.org
📧 [email protected]
📞 410-820-1600

01/02/2026

🎉 Our first adoption of 2026!🎉

Mama Dog was adopted this evening by an incredible family! 🐾💖

This sweet senior girl spent the holidays in a loving foster home and then officially went home to her adoptive family tonight. Her new family spent all day yesterday buying supplies and preparing for the arrival of their "new baby" ♥️

Congratulations to Mama—now known as Marley—and her brand-new family! 🏡✨
Thank you to her wonderful adopters for choosing adoption and giving this special girl the happy ending she deserves.

01/01/2026

🎉 Happy New Year!🎉

We’re starting 2026 just the way we ended 2025—with happy endings! 🐾
Hanky was adopted! His new mama had tears of joy in her eyes knowing that she and Hanky would be starting a brand-new life and a brand-new year together. 💙

We have lots of adoptions and foster-to-adopt stories from the end of 2025 to share, so stay tuned—there’s plenty of happy news coming!

📣 We reopen Friday, January 2nd at 11 AM, and we still have many wonderful animals patiently waiting for their forever homes.

🕒 Hours this weekend:
• Friday: 11 AM – 5 PM
• Saturday: 11 AM – 3 PM

Come visit us and start your year with a new best friend! 🐶🐱✨

12/31/2025

Happy New Year from the Caroline County Humane Society 🎉🐾

As 2025 comes to an end, the Caroline County Humane Society would like to humbly thank our incredible community. We truly could not do the work we do without your constant encouragement and support.

From answering our urgent pleas for immediate fosters when we were beyond capacity, to stepping up to wash and dry laundry when our machines were down — you were there. You supported us through our two Purse Bingos, our Annual Slumber Pawty, the Pet Photo Contest, our Christmas Tree Donation Drive, and our end-of-year donation appeal. For all of this, thank you.

To our volunteers — you give thousands of hours of your time cleaning, caring, and playing with our cats, walking our dogs, taking them on field trips, serving on committees, and representing us at off-site events. Your dedication means the world to us. Thank you.

To our incredible staff— your dedication to our animals does not go unnoticed. You are the heart of our organization. Your work is hard, demanding, and often overwhelming, yet you show up 365 days a year to care for and love the animals who need us most. We love each and every one of you and are endlessly grateful for your compassion, passion, and commitment to our shelter pets. Thank you.

As we head into 2026, we know the future is bright for CCHS. We have big plans for our shelter, our community, and — most importantly — our animals. We dream of a day when our services are no longer needed, when there are no lost, stray, or unwanted pets. Until then, we will continue to work tirelessly to help, provide for, love, and cherish every life — both human and animal — that comes through our doors.

From all of us at CCHS, Happy New Year 🐾💙

12/30/2025

Home for the Holidays 🌸

Meet Peony!

This sweet little girl came to us as a stray right before Christmas, and now she’s ready to blossom in her new home. Peony is 4.5 months old and weighs just 25 lbs — the perfect size for cuddles and adventures.

Peony is a friendly, happy pup who has truly never met a stranger. She loves people and has been introduced to other dogs, all of whom she seems to adore. If you’re looking for a playful, loving puppy to add to your family, Peony may be your perfect match!

Come meet our sweet little flower and see if Peony is the one for you 💕

📍 Caroline County Humane Society – Ridgely, MD
🌐 carolinehumane.org
📧[email protected]
📞 410-820-1600
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12/30/2025

Home for the Holidays 💙 - Nellie

As we start to wrap up our Home for the Holidays promotion, we want you to meet Nellie — one of our dogs most in need of an immediate foster or adoptive home.

Nellie came to the shelter on November 21st after being found as a stray by a kind community member. She is about 2 years old and is searching for patient, loving humans to show her that the world isn’t such a scary place.

Nellie is nervous of new people — not in an aggressive way, but in a heartbreaking “I want to disappear” kind of way. With gentle handling, she will allow soft pets, and as trust builds, she will come out of her kennel for you and will stay close to your side. She just needs patience, love and kindness. Every small step she takes is a huge victory.

While people still make her nervous, other dogs are where Nellie truly shines. All of the photos you see of Nellie are from playgroup, where she absolutely thrives. She follows the other dogs, runs, plays, and engages with them beautifully. With confident canine leadership, Nellie begins to relax — even around humans.

Because of this, we believe Nellie would do best in a home with another confident dog who can help show her that life can be safe and fun.

If you have ever considered fostering, please consider Nellie. She needs you.
If you can’t foster or adopt, please share her story. Let’s start the new year by getting Nellie the home she deserves.

📍 Caroline County Humane Society – Ridgely, MD
🌐 carolinehumane.org
📧 [email protected]
📞 410-820-1600

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12/29/2025

We are so thankful for the incredible generosity our amazing community shows us throughout the year ❤️

As the only open-admissions shelter in Caroline County, we rely on your support to help us care for more than 1,600 animals,who come through our doors each year. Every donation helps provide food, medical care, shelter, and love to pets in need.

As we enter the final days of the year, we ask that you please consider including us in your end-of-year giving. All donations are tax deductible and make a direct impact on the lives of animals in our care.

Donations can be made online at:
👉 https://carolinehumane.kindful.com

Thank you for being such a compassionate and supportive community 🐾💙

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In 1987, an initial attempt was made to organize a local humane society in Caroline County. While this attempt did not succeed, those same dedicated volunteers were not deterred. They began anew and in 1994 CCHS was firmly established in memory of Christina Blades-Fleetwood. Truly a grass-roots organization, early meetings were held in the court house in Denton. Animals in need were housed wherever space could be found and adoptable animals lived in volunteer homes until a new home could be found. Cruelty investigations were carried out in volunteer vehicles and the CCHS telephone was installed in a board member’s home.

In 1995, we expanded our vision with the dream of constructing a new shelter. In 1996, we applied for and received our 501c3 non-profit status. In 1998, we worked with the County to create the first ever Animal Control Ordinance in Caroline County. In 2000, thanks to a grant and loan from the USDA, the shelter in Ridgely became reality. Our contract with the county grew to include the enforcement of the County animal control ordinance, the operation of the newly built shelter, and providing Humane Services in Caroline County.

We care for almost 1,800 abandoned neglected, abused and homeless animals every single year. We maintain an active adoption and rescue program. We offer low cost spay/neuter surgeries funded by grants, and in 2010 we received the generous gift of a mobile spay/neuter clinic which operates at the shelter in Ridgely. CCHS provides educational programs, various community outreach initiatives, and has many fundraisers throughout the year.

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