Who we are

Meet Chloe and her soon to be husband, Hayden!

While Chloe is the face of FDF, at home, Hayden is the backbone and the most loved foster dad ever.. seriously, all the dogs that come home with Chloe are in love with him!

Chloe’s passion for animal advocacy started as a young child, but her journey into animal rescue really began in 2015. As a senior in college and her roommate at the time asked if there was any interest in signing up to be a foster home for dogs in need. The answer was yes, and this steam rolled her passion into a dream. From 2015 on Chloe continued to foster for various rescue groups until in 2017, FDF was born.
At this time we were not a 501c3, but a self funded passion project. FDF officially gained it’s nonprofit status in June of 2024. We now strive to help shelter animals in Florida escape dire fates due to space constraints.
We take in local rehomes when we can, but our main focus is on changing the way people view shelter animals and partnering with county shelters who need our help the most.

In 2023 Hayden and Chloe moved from Bradenton, FL to Arcadia, FL to expand their rescue efforts on their own private property of 5 beautiful acres. All of the dogs in our care must be people friendly and dog friendly, we do not have the means to work with aggression of any kind.
Each dog is fully vetted, up to date on core vaccinations, microchipped and heartworm tested if they are old enough.
We show each of our fosters love, patience and compassion while they are in our care. Since we are a home-based rescue we have the ability to know all of our dog's extremely well. We can always tell you all about their likes, any dislikes or funny quirks! We place all of our dogs based on the best fit for the owner and animal, ensuring we have a high adoption success rate and few returns.

Come meet us and our adoptable dogs today!