The dogs most likely to be missed are the ones only volunteers truly know. When your observations become verified, signed passports, rescues can say yes from three towns away — and the quiet dogs stop waiting longest.
Why It Works
Everything a volunteer sees, in one place
Shelter volunteers know things nobody else knows — which dog is shutting down, which one just needs a yard. Homie gives that knowledge a publish button, and a paper trail.
Why volunteers choose Homie
Everything volunteer mode does
The same app your foster life lives in — switch modes, same identity, same credential.
Trusted by 200+ rescues
Tips go to the person, not the platform
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When your passport leads to a rescue, adopters and rescues can tip you in appreciation. 100% of it reaches you — recognition for the unpaid hours, never a paywall on the dogs.
Foster Pages
Every dog gets a passport worth signing
Volunteers draft the passport, sign the facts, and share one link. Rescues in range see a verified dog — with named humans standing behind every detail.
homie.dog/maple
Maple
Looking for a home
Two years old, loves slow morning walks and long naps in the sun. Gentle with kids and ready for a calm home to call her own.
Copy link
Photos and updates
Fosters are expected to keep photo and video content incoming, whether for promoting the dog or reporting behavior, medical or uncertainty. Rescues manage what gets seen by the public on a dog’s passport profile.
The dog’s real story
Personality, quirks, and what they need, written in the foster’s own words, audited by the rescue currently caring for that dog.
One link, share anywhere
Dogs deserve a centralized place - a link that can be shared in a story, a bio, a text message - we lean heavily into social media with getting dogs seen.
A page adopters love
Visitors land on a warm, ready-to-adopt profile, not a spreadsheet row. Eyeballs lead to adoptions, shares, potential new fosters and donation opportunities where 100% of the donation goes to the rescue it was intended for.
The compounding part
When you add to a dog’s profile, your name goes on the facts. Other volunteers can tap in to advocate on dogs you’ve posted — vouching for what they’ve seen with their own eyes, never hearsay.
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You post them honestly
One face shot, the chip check, and the truth about temperament — signed with your volunteer ID.
02
Others tap in to advocate
Volunteers who know the dog add their name to the facts. Two signatures beat one; a network of honest eyes beats everything.
03
A rescue acts on it
One clear face shot, a chip check, and the honest facts. Verified details reach every rescue in range — kennel knowledge stops dying in private texts.
VOLUNTEER MODE, PLAINLY
Testimony, not content. Every feature exists to make your word carry weight — and travel.
DOG PASSPORTS
A face shot, a chip check, the honest facts — drafted kennel-side in about 60 seconds.
VERIFIED IDENTITY
Your shelter-verified volunteer ID signs everything you publish. Trust that travels with you.
CO-ADVOCACY
Tap in on dogs you know and put your name on the facts. Co-signed passports carry more weight.
HONESTY STANDING
Accurate calls build your record; the hard truths count most. The network stays worth trusting.
OUT-OF-TIME FLAG
Dogs on a clock are surfaced to every rescue in range with your facts attached.
TIPS
When your passport leads to a rescue, adopters and rescues can tip you. 100% reaches you.
01 — THE RESCUE OS
For rescue teams: the dog board, automations, applications, and donations in one calm, current view. → /rescues
02 — THE FOSTER APP
For the person on the couch: matching, one-tap step-up, and one prompt at a time. Free forever. → /fosters
03 — VOLUNTEER MODE
For the people inside shelters: honest, signed dog passports every rescue in range can act on. → /volunteers
60 seconds in a kennel run
can change how a dog’s story ends
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about volunteering with Homie.
What is volunteer mode?
A channel for the people inside shelters. You create honest dog passports in about 60 seconds — a face shot, a chip check, the facts — and every rescue in range can see and act on them.
How do tips work?
What does advocating on a dog mean?
Why does honesty matter so much?
Do I need my shelter’s permission?
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VOLUNTEER MODE
Turn kennel knowledge into honest, signed dog passports that every rescue in range can act on.
“Add a dog: name, photo, where they are… then Share with rescues. They see him.”
Everything a volunteer sees, in one place
A face shot, a chip check, the honest facts — drafted kennel-side in about 60 seconds.
Your shelter-verified volunteer ID signs everything you publish.
Tap in on dogs you know and put your name on the facts. Two signatures beat one.
Accurate calls build your record; the hard truths count most.
Dogs on a clock are surfaced to every rescue in range with your facts attached.
When your passport leads to a rescue, 100% of any tip reaches you.
WHY IT MATTERS
01
Rescues act on your word
Pulls happen from three towns away because a rescuer trusted what you wrote.
02
Honesty is the whole system
One inflated profile hurts every dog behind it. Your name on the facts keeps the network true.
03
Advocacy, co-signed
Other volunteers tap in on dogs they know — vouching for what they’ve seen, never hearsay.
04
The quiet dogs stop waiting
The shut-down kennel dog nobody photographs is exactly who volunteer mode was built for.
OF EVERY TIP REACHES THE VOLUNTEER
Recognition for the unpaid hours — never a paywall on the dogs. Tips are always optional, always yours.
HOW A PASSPORT SAVES A DOG
From kennel run to pulled, in three steps
01
You post them honestly
One face shot, the chip check, the truth about temperament — signed with your ID.
02
Others tap in to advocate
Volunteers who know the dog add their name to the facts. Co-signed carries weight.
03
A rescue acts on it
A rescue in range trusts the testimony, pulls the dog, and you see how the story ends.
FROM THE CAMERA ROLL
Straight from the kennel run
“Every dog carries a passport. I tap Share passport and adopters see exactly who he is.”
THE PASSPORT
“I still follow dogs I fostered. Look, that’s her new couch.”
FOLLOWING · JOURNEY UPDATES
So we built them a channel.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
Asked and answered
A channel for shelter volunteers: 60-second honest dog passports that every rescue in range can see and act on.
Rescues pull and adopters drive hours on your word. Accuracy builds your standing; inflation breaks the network.
Tap in on a dog you know and add your name to the facts — observations, photos, or a straight vouch.
Optional appreciation from rescues and adopters when your passport leads to a save. 100% reaches you.
Verify once with your shelter. Your volunteer ID signs everything you publish from then on.
“Type the chip number, Look up this chip… if someone’s missing her, the rescue gets notified.”
BECOME A VOLUNTEER
“Share passport — they see exactly who he is.”
“60 seconds in a kennel run can change how a dog’s story ends.”
HONEST PASSPORTS ✳ SIGNED FACTS ✳ CO-ADVOCACY ✳ OUT-OF-TIME FLAG ✳ 100% OF TIPS ✳
HONEST PASSPORTS ✳ SIGNED FACTS ✳ CO-ADVOCACY ✳ OUT-OF-TIME FLAG ✳ 100% OF TIPS ✳
“Rescues act on your word from three towns away.”
“The quiet dogs stop waiting longest.”
DROP PHOTO · KENNEL RUN
swap me →
your name on the facts!
OVERHEARD IN THE APP
THE CONTACT SHEET
One shift, one roll of film
THE PASSPORT
FOLLOWING
“Two signatures beat one.”
OFF SHIFT
DROP PHOTO 05
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BECOME A VOLUNTEER
HOMIE · FROM KENNEL TO COUCH
CHAPTER 02 · THE VOLUNTEER MANUAL
Eight features for the people who see the dogs nobody else sees. No fostering required.
IN THIS CHAPTER
01
Add a dog you find
02
Get verified to do more
03
Simple, structured notes
04
See what’s happening nearby
05
Keep track of the dogs you’ve helped
06
Real credit for real help
07
Report a lost dog sighting
08
Free, no fostering required
THE LONG READ
FROM THE HOMIE MANIFESTO · 3 MIN READ
Right now, a dog can sit in a kennel for weeks because the people trying to save it are stuck juggling text messages, spreadsheets, sticky notes, and a dozen group chats just to keep track of who has which dog and what happens next.
Homie gives you a real way to turn what you notice into action. Add the dog, tag what you saw, and it lands on the radar of every rescue looking for their next pull.
“You see them first. Now they can too.”
The point of all of it is simple: get more dogs out of kennels and into homes, faster, with less burnout for the people doing the work.
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NO. 01
See a dog in a shelter — or out on the street — that a rescue should know about? Add it to Homie right there with a few photos and quick notes. That dog is now on the radar of rescues that might be able to help.
“Added him from the parking lot.”
FIELD NOTE · NO. 02
Once a rescue verifies you as a volunteer, the dogs you add become visible to every rescue looking for their next dog to pull — not just one. Your verification travels with you; it isn’t locked to a single rescue.
“It travels with you.”
NO. 03
Simple, structured notes
When you’re spending time with a dog, Homie gives you quick tap-to-select notes instead of a blank text box: “good with other dogs,” “nervous around men.” You’re never asked to diagnose anything — just to say what you saw. That helps a rescue understand a dog before they even meet it.
“Three dogs, two miles away.”
NO. 04
A feed of dogs and activity close to you, so you always know where you might be able to help next.
FIELD NOTE · NO. 05
A running list of the dogs you’ve added, elevated, or helped move closer to a rescue — so your effort doesn’t disappear into the void.
NO. 06
Real credit for real help
When a rescue confirms your tip led somewhere — a dog got pulled, a dog got placed — that counts toward your standing on Homie. It’s not a leaderboard and it’s not fake points for showing up. It only counts when it actually helped a dog.
NO. 07
Spot a dog that’s been reported missing? Report exactly where and when, right from the app — and it goes straight to the people searching for that dog.
DROP PHOTO · SIGHTING MAP
swap me →
FIELD NOTE · NO. 08
Volunteering through Homie costs you nothing, and you don’t need to be a foster to use it.
“$0. Just show up.”
BECOME A VOLUNTEER
HOMIE · CHAPTER 02 · END
