Barb's Dog Rescue Inc
Serving dogs in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
For these dogs in Puerto Penasco, Mexico, Barb's Dog Rescue is their only hope. Thousands of homeless dogs roam the streets in this community. Many are injured or caring for young litters of puppies. We open our doors to dogs in need and provide them with food, shelter, veterinary care, and a place to call home, for however long they need. In 2020, we found homes for 2,000 dogs, often caring for up to 350 at one time. All dogs in our care are spayed and neutered to help reduce the number of unwanted dogs in the community.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Dog Rescue
Rescue dogs in need in the Puerto Penasco area. We provide them with needed medical care and find permanent loving families for them.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of animal adoptions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Dog Rescue
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to welcome every dog in need that is brought to us. We provide each dog with needed medical care and find them a loving family. For dogs who would not do well in a family environment, the shelter serves as their sanctuary, and they can live out their lives in comfort, knowing they will always be safe and well cared for.
We also seek to lower the dog overpopulation problem in the Puerto Peñasco area by spaying and neutering every dog in our care.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
While welcoming every dog that we can into our care, we are also working on strategies to reduce the number of dogs in need. Every dog that's brought to us is spayed or neutered prior to their adoption.
With our team of staff and volunteers, we provide daily care and enrichment for each of the approximately 350 dogs that are in our care at a time.
We have grown our marketing efforts to attract new adopters to the shelter and inform the local community about shelter news and ways they can help.
Because we have more dogs in need than adopters visiting the shelter, we've built relationships with a number of rescue groups. On a weekly basis, we drive dogs to less crowded rescue groups to ensure they find loving homes quickly.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a strong base of supporters. We also have relationships with with multiple American rescue groups to help us find homes for the dogs in our care. We have a wonderful team of staff and volunteers to ensure every dog is well cared for. We've built our marketing efforts and regularly have articles about the shelter in the local newspaper, we've grown our email list, and we also have a large social media following.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Over the last several years, our shelter has grown tremendously. The number of dogs we serve has grown exponentially every year. In 2001, we served 10 dogs in need. In 2021, we served 2,367.
We've built a number of relationships with other organizations who can take some of our surplus dogs. We've built our marketing efforts to reach supporters and local community members - which has allowed us to increase support and the number of dogs served.
Our future goals include serving even more dogs in need and expanding amenities at the shelter to allow for sanctuary dogs who are not a candidate for adoption.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Barb's Dog Rescue Inc
Board of directorsas of 01/27/2023
Barb Mumaugh
Donna Pozdziak
Michelle Freise
Debra Turner
Gail Lacy
Shelley Marsh
Patti Giles
Dee Brooks
Gina Benner
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Race & ethnicity
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.