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Lap Dog RescueOF NEW MEXICODonate
Rescue · Rehabilitate · Rehome
Small Dogs.
Big New Beginnings.
We help New Mexico's small companion dogs find safety, healing, and the loving homes they deserve.
100% foster-based & volunteer-powered
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How can we help?
Whether you're looking for a new best friend or helping one find their way, you're in the right place.
Ready to meet you
Featured little faces
Meet a few LDRNM pets looking for their people. Availability can change quickly, so our secure adoption system always has the most current information.
Annie & Rolo
Must be adopted together
Bean
ID 45511 year (best estimate) · Chihuahua
Biscuits
ID 45603 months 6 Days (best estimate) · Labrador Retriever / Mixed
Meet Our Adoptable Pets
Current profiles, availability, and applications are securely managed in our adoption system.
Come say hello
Meet us in the community.
Adoption events are a relaxed way to meet some of our dogs, talk with volunteers, and learn how fostering or adopting works.
Featured event · October 24
Adoption Event at Myers RV Center
Costumes, cuddles, and a chance to find your new best friend! Join Lap Dog Rescue of New Mexico to meet some lovable dogs and enjoy the Halloween fun.
DateSaturday, October 24, 2026
Time11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Mountain Time
Mountain Time
Costume contest
The winner gets their adoption fee covered! Come join the fun, and share this event to help our dogs find their forever homes.
Adoptions follow LDRNM's application and approval process.Myers RV Center
12024 Central Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87123
A thoughtful match
How adoption works
Our process is designed around the needs of each dog and family—not who applies first.
Find the fit
Foster review
The foster who knows the dog best reviews applications for the strongest match and may contact promising applicants to learn more.
Take the next step
Meet & home visit
Selected applicants meet the dog and complete a home visit. If it feels right for everyone, we help your new companion come home.
A small rescue with a big heart
Every dog deserves to feel at home.
Lap Dog Rescue of New Mexico is a foster-based nonprofit dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming small companion dogs. Since earning nonprofit status in 2001, our volunteer community has helped thousands of dogs trade uncertainty for soft beds, kind hands, and families of their own.
Our story & mission →
Albuquerque Journal2026 Readers' Choice — Best Pet Rescue
Thank you, New Mexico.
1,000sof dogs helped
100%volunteer led
NMstatewide reach
It takes a village
Be part of their next chapter
There's more than one way to make tails wag. Choose the kind of help that feels right for you.
Foster a dog
Give a small dog a safe place to land while we find their forever family.
Learn about fostering →Make a gift
Every donation helps cover veterinary care, food, and the journey home.
Donate today →Offer specific help
Have a service or resource that could help our dogs? Write to our team.
Contact us →Happy tails
From rescue
to couch.
“She came to us shy and unsure. Two weeks later, Millie owned the sofa—and our hearts.”
— Millie's forever family, Albuquerque
See the Friday Couch Report →
HOMEAT LAST
Community partnerships
It takes a village to save a dog.
We're grateful for the businesses and organizations that stand beside New Mexico's small dogs.
