People Helping Paws Dog Rescue

People Helping Paws Dog Rescue is a dog rescue and pet food pantry serving Missouri residents. 

In 2010, People Helping Paws Dog Rescue (PHPDR) founder, Stacy Stafford, and a few friends wanted to make a difference for the abandoned animals in their community. Together, they started a local pet food pantry for the Jefferson City, MO and surrounding areas to help owners be better able to keep and care for their pets. This initiative was a powerful step for those struggling, and quickly expanded to assist in providing basic vetting services for those in need.

People Helping Paws Dog Rescue took a new life as a rescue organization in 2012, helping to keep dogs out of overcrowded shelters and abandonment and expand our footprint state-wide.  We specialize in pulling pit bulls and bully breeds from kill shelters and at-risk dogs that have medical or other issues which prevent them from being adopted. Our team works to rehabilitate these pups and give them a proper chance at life! Since our formation, PHPDR has saved over a thousand pets from euthanasia and, with your support, we continue to grow in the number of lives we save!