Rescue dogs for adoption and rehoming in and around Kingston upon Hull

Hull has its own dog rescue inside the city: Oakwood Dog Rescue, whose kennels are on the Sutton Fields estate in north Hull. Founded in 2009, it rehomes UK dogs and ex-street dogs from overseas, many of them from Romania, and every one goes home neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.

The rest are a short drive out. Hull Animal Welfare Trust runs the Sunnydene shelter at South Cave, about 11 miles west, and Hull Greyhound Rescue has its kennels at Leconfield, near Beverley, about 10 miles north. Across the Humber, Jerry Green Dog Rescue has its North Lincolnshire Centre at Broughton, near Brigg, about 15 miles away. Every profile here links to the rescue that cares for the dog, and you apply with them: we don't rehome dogs ourselves.

In England, if you find a stray dog and can't contact the owner, you must report it to the council. Hull City Council takes reports online or by phone, and its dog wardens pick up strays from 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. At weekends and on bank holidays, between 9.30am and 5pm, you can take a stray to the council's kennelling provider, Hull Animal Welfare Trust at South Cave, after phoning ahead.

A dog nobody can identify is kept for 7 days so its owner can claim it, and is then available for rehoming through Hull Animal Welfare Trust. Owners pay to get a dog back: £56 for a first offence if they collect within 3 days, with daily kennel fees after that, so a microchip with up to date details is the fastest way home.

Oakwood Dog Rescue sets its donation by age: £350 for a dog under 1, £250 from 1 to 6, £180 from 7 to 9 and £50 for a dog of 10 or older, with pure or rare breeds up to £350. You pay a £100 reservation donation on the day you choose a dog, which is not refundable.

Hull Animal Welfare Trust asks £300 for a crossbreed over 8 months, £400 or more for a puppy under 8 months and £350 or more for a pedigree. Jerry Green Dog Rescue asks £385 for a dog over 20 weeks.

Each rescue sets its own adoption fee. Dogs Trust charges £300 for a puppy or adult dog in England, Wales and Scotland, and Blue Cross fees start from £235 for dogs aged 8 or over and £335 for dogs aged 1 to 7. The fee usually covers neutering, microchipping and first vaccinations, and each rescue confirms its own fee.

None of the rescues lets you walk round the kennels and pick: you apply or phone first, and visits are by appointment (Hull Animal Welfare Trust and Jerry Green's North Lincolnshire Centre both say so).

• Oakwood: a match, then a decision on the day. You apply online and Oakwood Dog Rescue emails when a suitable dog is at the centre. Then come ID for everyone over 16, photos of your garden fence, a screening call and a viewing with the whole household. It expects you to decide that day, reserve with £100 and collect within 48 hours, after a home check by video call.
• Oakwood's home rules. Adopters must be 21 or older, have a secure garden attached to the home with a padlocked gate, and have no children under 10 living there or staying often. Its dogs should not be left for more than 5 hours a day, and it mostly pairs a new dog with a resident dog of the opposite sex.
• Hull Animal Welfare Trust: form, then a check. You fill in a form, and the trust checks with your vet, visits your home or both. Only after a good check can you reserve the dog. It rehomes across Hull and the East Riding, and a dog you can no longer keep must go back to it.
• Jerry Green: Meet&Match. At the North Lincolnshire Centre visits to meet dogs are by appointment, and you usually can't take a dog home on the same day.

Hull Greyhound Rescue is a volunteer-run charity rehoming retired racing greyhounds from its Leconfield kennels, and asks adopters to consider its older dogs. South of the Humber, Immingham Dogs Home at South Killingholme, about 9 miles from Hull, focuses on dogs from North Lincolnshire; its dogs don't show on our pages, so look on its own site, where each profile describes the home the dog needs; ask the rescue about the fee.

People also search for the RSPCA Hull & East Riding Branch, an independent branch of the RSPCA with an animal rescue centre on Clough Road. It rehomes its own animals through its own site, and we don't list RSPCA animals.

Looking for a particular kind of dog? The greyhound, lurcher, crossbreed and puppies pages each list the dogs near Hull today.

Need to rehome your own dog instead? Our Hull rehoming page sets out the local routes, including Oakwood's hand-in form and Jerry Green's Home from Home scheme.