Every day, healthy dogs run out of time in overcrowded shelters while empty kennels wait a day's drive away. BeThe1 is building the coordination system that sees every dog, every kennel, and every driver in America — and gets the at-risk ones to safety before the clock runs out.
Shelters in the South take in far more dogs than their communities can adopt. Shelters in the North and West often have empty kennels and waiting families. The rescue community already moves dogs between them — through Facebook posts, phone trees, and heroic volunteers — but the system is invisible, uncoordinated, and slow. When a transport falls through, a healthy, adoptable dog loses its place in line.
Shelters keep the software they already use. BeThe1 is the network that connects them — like air traffic control connects airports.
A shelter lists an at-risk dog in two minutes. The system assigns a risk tier — dogs with a euthanasia date go straight to the top of the national board.
The engine finds no-kill shelters and rescues with open kennels that accept this dog's size, breed, and medical needs. They accept with one tap.
The system builds a transport plan — relay legs of 60–100 miles, handoff points, overnight fosters, and every state's health-paperwork requirements checked automatically.
Legs post to the driver network. Volunteers claim legs near home; paid contract drivers cover urgent long hauls. Like a rideshare app, but the passenger drools.
Live GPS tracking, handoff checklists, and photo confirmation at every exchange. Both shelters — and the donor who sponsored the ride — watch the journey in real time.
The receiving shelter confirms intake, paperwork files itself, and one more dog starts the only countdown that matters now: days until adoption.
| Dog | From | To | Priority | Route | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biscuit · Lab mix, 4y | Tulsa, OK | Minneapolis, MN | CODE RED · 72H | 5 legs · 612 mi | 2 LEGS UNFILLED |
| Daisy · Heeler, 2y | Lawton, OK | Denver, CO | HIGH · 6 DAYS | 4 legs · 548 mi | FULLY STAFFED |
| Moose · Great Pyr, 5y | Shreveport, LA | Madison, WI | HIGH · 8 DAYS | Van run · 14 dogs | DEPARTS SAT |
| Pepper · Terrier, 1y | Jackson, MS | Portland, ME | ROUTINE | Awaiting CVI | PAPERWORK |
| Ranger · Shepherd, 3y | Muskogee, OK | Fort Collins, CO | CODE RED · 48H | Direct · paid driver | EN ROUTE · MI 214 |
This is the product we're building — and the reason we're raising. Fund the pilot →
Claim a 60–100 mile leg near home on your own schedule. Fuel reimbursed. Paid trips available for contract drivers with cargo capacity.
Join the driver networkList at-risk dogs, post open kennels, and let the network do the coordination. Free forever for the core mission — no dog dies over a subscription fee.
Join the pilot programSponsor a specific transport and follow it live — from the euthanasia list to the arrival photo. Corporate partners can power an entire region.
Sponsor a ride100% of ride sponsorships go to transport costs — fuel, drivers, crates, and health certificates. You'll get updates on the exact dogs your gift moved, including the arrival photo.
Funds one local transport leg — the short hop that starts every long journey.
Sponsor $75Funds a full interstate transport — one dog, hundreds of miles, from a euthanasia list to a no-kill shelter.
Sponsor $250Powers multiple emergency rescues — the paid-driver runs that happen when hours matter.
Sponsor $1,000Get every shelter in America to no-kill status — first by moving dogs to where the homes are, then by stopping the overflow at its source with spay & neuter programs in the hardest-hit states.