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Watch the video to follow along our lifesaving journey transporting pets from overcrowded animal shelters to adoption centers nationwide.
Every donation will be matched up to $30,000! Your generosity will have twice the impact. Your donation to Dog Is My CoPilot goes straight to work helping thousands of animals. For dogs and cats waiting in shelters to find families of their own, our expansion will change their life. Please join us and make a lifesaving gift to help us stay ‘Wheels Up’.
2023 Giving Season: August 11-September 15
Run Day: September 9, 2023 at Jackson Elementary School Fields on Willow Street
For over 30 years, the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole has leveraged local philanthropy to make nonprofits more effective and our community stronger. Dog Is My CoPilot is grateful to be part of this incredible event. Each year, funds raised through Old Bill’s touch the lives of everyone including pets in Teton County!
We now operate two Cessna caravans to transport twice as many adoptable pets from overcrowded shelters to new adoption partners all over the country. The second plane is based in Texas and will be flying adoptable animals to new partners in the central and northeast. Operating two aircrafts allows us to expand our partner network and double the number of lives that we save each year.
Fly along with us and watch this video from BOBS from Skechers! Together with Petco Love, we are giving shelter pets a second chance at life by transporting them from cities where the shelters are overcrowded, to cities where the demand for rescue is high. A win-win for everyone involved and a true mission of love.
We are looking to expand our animal-rescue team by adding a full-time paid Cessna Caravan pilot.
We are a nonprofit committed to transporting animals from communities with overcrowded municipal shelters to animal adoption centers and families waiting to adopt a new pet.
We believe that collaboration with individual animal shelters and adoption organizations, which manage the placement of animals in their local communities, is key to saving more lives!
We believe that collaboration with individual animal shelters and adoption organizations, which manage the placement of animals in their local communities, is key to saving more lives!
Recent News & Videos
Flying Dogs to their Forever Homes
Correspondent Conor Knighton takes to the skies with Wyoming pilot Peter Rork, a retired surgeon and pilot who’s found a new purpose in life by helping dogs in need find homes, flying animals to adoption centers through his non-profit, Dog Is My CoPilot.
Follow our lifesaving journey transporting pets from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers nationwide.
BOBS from Skechers™ is proud to help animals take to the skies with Dog is My CoPilot.
Wyoming Pilot Flies Rescued Pets to Forever Homes with Nonprofit
Petco Foundation Lifesaving Awards, Love in Action 2019 honoree.
Honor someone special in your life with a gift and send your honoree a personalized e-card. Remember a loved one with a memorial gift, donate to honor someone’s birthday or a special occasion.
Your purchase supports our mission to transport at-risk animals from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers in other geographic regions where loving families are waiting.
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Kate Vranac2023-10-13 17:13:202023-10-13 19:11:54Rescuing Hercules and Making a Difference in Overcrowded Shelters
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refreshdesign2023-02-23 17:38:432023-04-09 07:52:31Flying into the new year with dogs landing in homes!
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Thank you, from Lulu and the Dog Is My CoPilot team 💙
Your generosity on Giving Tuesday has completely blown us away, and our hearts are bursting with gratitude. The support from our amazing community like you, allows us to take action every day by supporting our shelter partners with reliable transportation. Flying thousands of pets from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers that have adopters waiting is truly life changing. Please enjoy this special update from a former CoPilot, Lulu!
✨Lulu says THANK YOU for saving her life! ✨
Lulu is a pitbull that had her ears cropped by her previous owner. Only a young puppy, she had already endured so much pain until our shelter partners @newbeginnings4mercedcoanimals rescued her and she got the ‘Golden-ticket”on one of our rescue flights. The moment she landed with @lifesaversanimalrescue She has proved to be the most snuggly and loving dog in her forever home. Now her life is filled with adventures, walks outside, romping with her four and two legged siblings and always finding a soft, shady place to take a nap.
Lulu`s mom recently shared this sweet update with us:
“Oh our Lulu...we can`t imagine life without her! She`s so much fun, and such a love! She`s been the perfect addition to our family! She`s our spoiled lil’ house-hippo! We love our Rescues and wouldn`t do it any other way. We just wish we could save them all. ”
Together, we’ve raised more than $25,000 on Giving Tuesday, THANK YOU! We hope you’ll join us in reaching our goal of $30,000 in honor of the 30,000 (and counting) dogs and cats we’ve flown to safety with our shelter and rescue partners.
Every gift will be MATCHED 🎉by a special supporter, so your donation will make DOUBLE the impact. To make a lifesaving donation, you can simply click on the link in our bio and go to our fundraiser online: https://dogcopilot.org/year-end-campaign/
Pimms journey started when she arrived at a large municipal shelter in Southern Texas. Without rescue transport, dogs that enter this overcrowded shelter often times do not make it out alive. Our dedicated rescue partners @austinpetsalive and @animaladoptioncenterjhwy fell in love with Pimms after seeing her photos. Pimms stole our hearts too with her big ears, big heart, and spunky personality.
Fast forward and watch this video of her living her best “foster life” after landing in Jackson, Wyoming until she was ADOPTED!! She joined her forever family living on a farm and we recently received this update from her mom:
❣️PROS:
- She loves to body slam (aka snuggle) and is a champ sleeping through the night.
- She is becoming better about NOT eating chickens
- She loves to roll in horse and donkey poop which means lots of bathes
- She’s very good about modeling her big sissy Remi and is trying her best to be a good girl.
- She lives to go for car rides
- She loves to dress up
- She is very refined and would prefer to have dinner at the dining room table but she is not allowed
- She loves to chase the kitty but we’re working on changing this behavior
❣️CONS:
- None. Her Heart is too big
We hope you will join us in raising funds for the animals who need it the most— the pets in shelters waiting to find homes. We are truly grateful for your support and humbled by your generosity. 💙 - Pilot Peter
Each year, Dog Is My CoPilot saves thousands of homeless pets by flying them to safety, all thanks to lifesaving supporters like YOU. Giving Tuesday is here and all donations will be 🎉MATCHED 🎉by a special supporter, so your gift will make DOUBLE the impact. To make a lifesaving donation, you can simply click the “donate” button or go to our fundraiser online: https://dogcopilot.org/year-end-campaign/ or find the link in our bio.
We hope you will join us in raising funds for the animals who need it the most— the pets in shelters waiting to find homes. We are truly grateful for your support and humbled by your generosity. 💙 - Pilot Peter
✨Life after being rescued! ✨Watch this video to see how life is going for sweet Titan!
Picked up as a stray, emaciated with infected skin, our shelter partners @robert.pawsandstridesrescue immediately stepped into action to save his life. Fast forward and Titan landed in the arms of his new family thanks to our amazing partners @lifesaversanimalrescue
Thank you to all our supporters and life saving shelter and rescue partners we feel so honored to work alongside you!
Get ready to see Titan land in the arms of his adopters in this cute video. Titan’s lifesaving journey inspires us to do more everyday, thanks to people like you! #GivingTuesday starts tomorrow but we’re sharing Titan’s story early because we have a $30,000 matching gift opportunity to help save more dogs like Titan. 👏 Visit the link in our bio and make your gift doubled today and help us fly into action to save more shelter pets!
Picked up as a stray, emaciated with infected skin, our shelter partners in Southern Texas immediately stepped into action to save his life. Fast forward and Titan boarded “The Sequel" and flew to Polson, Montana where he landed in the arms of his new adopters!
“We absolutely love our Titan and are so grateful to the entire team who helped bring him home”, said Titan`s family. 🥰
It was dark and a little chilly this morning as Captain Maresca loaded The Big Dog with our friends from Amazing Grace Pet Rescue, Lovington Animal Shelter, and DC PAWS. This crew is ready to start their next adventure in Colorado so stay tuned for updates as these sweet passengers settle into the good life and find homes in the Rockies 🏔️! Thank you @petcolove for helping to fuel our mission and helping thousands of shelter pets nation wide! Captain Maresca is heading startight back to Texas to save more lives! To all our followers, supporters and shelter and rescue partners, you make this lifesaving work possible, THANK YOU! 🙌🐾✈️
Wheels up! Nothing but tail wags and smiling faces with our incredible lifesaving partners and our amazing pilots as we fly 40 dogs from our good friends at @epanimalsvc and @theundergrounddog sponsored by @petcolove !
This crew never stops working as they save the lives of adoptable animals that come into their care! These furry passengers are getting excited to land with freinds in the Pacific North West from @otatpdx @wetnosesfosterpaws
Touch down in the Pacific Northwest where 35 dogs arrived with Captain Maresca from our great friends @norman_animal_welfare into the arms of @streetdoghero 🙏🐾✈️
Here’s to second chances, tail wags, and new homes for these 35 dogs! Thanks to @petcolove for fueling our missions along side shelter and rescue partners nationwide!
Lucky Lemon Drop from @dallasanimalservices and Adoption Center won her golden ticket to Chicago early this morning on our rescue flight with @austinpetsalive and our amazing volunteer pilot @pearcasso !
Lemon 🍋 found herself on the emergency placement list last month. Thankfully Steven Vogeler said yes, I want to help. Thanks Steven for getting Lemon better from pneumonia. Thank you @carenorthshore for saving Lemon. Thank you @kgbstephenson and @deliamclinden and for being a DAS lifesaving transport partner. Together we do better!
Smurf into Action! As part of the NEW limited-edition @farmhousefresh , there are MANY ways to help rescue animals through purchases & fun social media activations!
You are invited to do the #fhfsmurfypet ‘Smurfiest Pets Challenge’ with @smurfy_official to help rescue animals in need! Head to our link in bio to upload a pic of your adorable pet!
Be sure to save your picture and repost!
We are so grateful to @farmhousefresh who are supporting our mission and helping urgent animals in need across the country! 💙
Captain Maresca’s face says it all 😀 after he loaded over 100 animals from our good freinds and partner @newbeginnings4mercedcoanimals We had so many cute passengers like Patty and Charlotte being welcomed and snuggled by @lifesaversanimalrescue !
Charlotte, an 8lb dachshund mix LOVES people and is a pro level snuggler she’s available for adoption in Polson Montana. Contact @lifesaversanimalrescue today!
Our commitment to continuing to offer free reliable transport to our partners is more important than ever before. On any given day, shelters are filled with beautiful purebred dogs, small dogs, big dogs and pretty much any type of dog you could imagine. With an open heart, there’s a canine companion for everyone!
Please ADOPT, FOSTER, and VOLUNTEER at your local shelter or rescue—the animals need YOU!
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