Hoof or Paw is a 501 (c)(3) domestic not for profit corporation animal welfare organization located in Hamilton, AL in the Pikeville community primarily focusing on dog rescue. We are NOT a shelter, but a rescue. While we do have a facility, it's used to care for the dogs that are already in our rescue program. It isn't a public drop-off location, and we can't take in every animal we're asked to help.

Every dog we bring in is a commitment. We have to make sure we have the kennel space, staff, volunteers, funding, and medical resources to properly care for them. When we're full, we're full. Taking in more dogs than we can safely care for doesn't help the animals, it puts all of them at risk.

Our mission isn't to house as many dogs as possible. It's to give every dog in our care the time, attention, and resources they deserve until they find a permanent home.

Dogs in our program will be placed up for adoption to the public once they have a clean bill of health and our spayed/neutered. Our pets can be seen on a number of different sites, such as Adopt-a-pet.com, Petco Foundation, PetSmart Charities, Pet Harbor, Autotrader, and Found Animals Foundation, Hallmark Channel, Mutual Rescue, Oodle.com Classifieds, Overstock.com, PEDIGREE Rescue Doodles, Petmate, The Shelter Pet Project, ZiNG.com . In the event we are not able to place them in a home, we have a network of other rescue organizations throughout the state and surrounding areas we work with to transfer our animals to other no-kill rescue organizations located in higher demand areas for pets to adopt. Our primary northern partners are Humane Animal Partners, formerly Delaware SPCA, which we connect to using the help of The Greater Birmingham Humane Society, and Happy Life Animal Rescue in New York.

Please see our services and goals for a list of our organization's other main objectivities.