Charles Henderson Animal Rescue

I walked dogs for Charles after Sandy and for a while thereafter. Anyone I walked was well fed and obviously cared for. Charles knew every animal’s personal story and was excellent with pairing people and pets. One of my favorites was soon adopted by a close friend of mine and they’re living happily ever after. Highly recommend.

Mr. Henderson is an extremely intelligent man with a gift for understanding the canine mind that is impressive. He truly cares about the animals he takes and makes efforts to care for them and find appropriate owners with little to no thought for his own financial gain. He was able to help with our puppy when my lack of understanding the dog mind was hurting him. I purchased an dog for my kids bc I couldn’t find a large breed mixed puppy at any rescue. I paid over a thousand dollars for a sick dog with parasites and kennel cough and who had no care or training. Charles saw the good dog inside and was able to help bring him out in no time flat. He was giving of his expertise, his time and went out of his way to help put my family on the path of having a well mannered good citizen as the newest member of our family. My biggest fear was that the pup would grow to be uncontrollable and we would not be able to keep him. I would have adopted a dog from him in a NY minute but I wanted a specific breed he didn’t have. He has saved thousands of animals from certain death and found as many forever homes. The one or two who have negative stuff to say about him should ask themselves; outside of the one dog you took for your own personal motives… how many life forms have you saved from death? What have you done for someone other than yourselves.
Besides the fact that he is gifted with animals, the man is a patriot (read his web site). It’s because of men of honor like him that nasty negative people like you have the luxury of talking your trash. You should be thankful that men like him exist, I know we are. He took his chances standing in front of the flag so you can hide behind it and spew poison.
He takes excellent care of all his animals and never turns one away. His showed us a bunch of puppies and each were well fed, clean and behaved. They are dogs so yeah they smell like dog. My dog smelled like poop when he had an accident in his crate the 2^nd night home. You wash them and get on with it.
Ever smell an orphanage? Those are humans.
This man is transparent, honest, giving and an all around genius with animals. He should be the dog whisperer. I wish my kids were as well behaved as his animals (LOL). You haters need to get a life.

The first thing I have to say is PLEASE do not listen to the 1 star review below. I am sorry they had a bad experience, but it is not AT ALL indicative of what you get when dealing with Charles Henderson. He is incredibly nice, extremely knowledgeable, and very very helpful.
My girlfriend and I got our new pup, a 10 month old (12 lb) terrier mix named Larry, from Charles and couldn’t be happier. We stopped by his apartment after seeing the dog on
. Charles went upstairs to bring the dog down for us to meet. He let us spend as much time as we needed with the little guy, answered any questions we had and talked to us for hours. He has a very impressive background and knows a TON about dogs and their behavior. It turns out Larry was one day away from being euthanized in West Virginia and, while Charles was not in WV to pick up this particular dog, he couldn’t just leave him there. So he took him home to his rescue, cared for him, kept him trained and respectful, and now he has a great home with us. Thank you Charles. We are thrilled with the dog and he is very very happy.
Charles is an honest guy who will tell you what’s up with the dog and will give you great advice on how to care for your new animal. He will also likely tell you that you can call him any time day or night for basically the life of the animal if you have any questions or are having any trouble. He has given up his time and his living space to save the lives of dogs. I cant say enough good things about our experience, which is still ongoing as we are still in contact with him. Thanks again.

I can’t say enough good things about Charles Henderson.
We found them through
. My girlfriend and I decided to get a dog but were in no rush and were waiting to find the right one. When we saw our guy online, we emailed Charles and he wrote back to us the same day and gave a wonderfully honest and detailed description of the dog.
We went to visit a few days later and knew we were taking him home as soon as we saw him. Charles took the time to thoroughly answer all of our questions and with passion. You could immeadiatly see Charles’s love for the animals. It was reassuring to know the dog you are about to adopt has been cared for during his stay no matter what happened before that.
Charles had the paperwork ready to go. He had the documents from his previous vets visits and vaccionations. With the adoption Charles also provides an additional free follow up visit to the vet. He also provided us with a bag of food, a collar, and a leash, and was even nice enough to call us a local car service (with a great rate) to get us back into Manhattan.
What it boils down to is they don’t make people like Charles Henderson anymore. He is honest, thorough, intelligent, and compassionate. He made the adoption experience as easy as it could be.
If you are looking for an animal to adopt in the NYC area please contact him first.
Not to be corny and quote Unilocal but «Woohoo! As good as it Gets!»

We found our dog, Bond, through Charles Henderson Animal Rescue. We initially found his website online with a profile of Bond in July (2012).
Charles is a kind, compassionate and educated rescuer. It is evident that he truly loves dogs and cats. He saved my dog from being put to sleep by his previous owner.
He told us when we first adopted Bond that he would be there for us anytime we had a question or needed help whether it was a day or a year after we brought him home, and he has been. We have called him many times with behavioral questions and he has helped us along the way.
I highly recommend this organization.