About us

Founded by dog-loving entrepreneurs

Barkbus is centered around building a community of world-class grooming talent and providing reliable service through seamless technology. Our goal is to end traumatic trips to the grooming salon by providing a safe and stress-free mobile grooming experience at your doorstep.

A fresh groom looks good on every dog

A good groom does more than clean a coat. It helps a shelter dog look and feel like the family dog they are about to become. That is why every Barkbus market works hand in paw with the rescues in its own community.

Meet our rescue partners

Twenty-four rescues and shelters across six markets. Choose a city to meet the partners near you.

Los Angeles

Serving Pasadena, Torrance, Woodland Hills and Westwood

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Overlooked dogs
Foxy and the Hounds

Saves the dogs most often passed over, from injured and neglected pups to survivors of hoarding cases.

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Bully breeds and mamas
Wags & Walks

Champions bully breeds, medical cases, and mamas with puppies from LA's most crowded shelters.

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Medical bulldogs
Roadogs Rescue

Home of the lovable lemons: medical bulldogs and pups born with birth defects, loved exactly as they are.

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Foster network
HIT Living Foundation

A foster-based rescue built on honesty, integrity, and trust, with rescue work reaching Mexico and the Bahamas.

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Orange County

Serving Irvine, Santa Ana, and Riverside

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Shelter support
Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter

The neighbors who raised the funds to build Newport Beach its own shelter, then gifted it to the city.

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No-kill adoption
Priceless Pets

No-kill adoption centers, fondly known as The Orphanage, saving pets one by one until there are none.

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Foster matchmaking
Barks of Love

An all-volunteer, all-breed rescue that treats every adoption like matchmaking between a dog and a family.

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All breeds
Mutts In Need

Volunteer-run and known for taking on the dogs other rescues might pass over, from local shelters and beyond.

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San Diego

Serving Miramar and greater San Diego

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Second chances
The Barking Lot

Ten acres of second chances in San Diego County, including dogs rescued from the meat trade overseas.

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No-kill center
Helen Woodward Animal Center

Where people help animals and animals help people, a San Diego institution since 1972.

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Baja street dogs
The Animal Pad

All breeds and all needs, with a rescue network reaching deep into Tijuana and Baja California.

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Chihuahuas
Chihuahua Rescue of San Diego County

A foster network devoted to one of San Diego's most overrepresented shelter breeds.

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Labs and friends
Labrador Rescuers of San Diego

Labradors, lab mixes, and their best friends, rescued from high-kill shelters and matched with families.

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Lost and stray dogs
A Way Home for Dogs

San Diego's pet detective, reuniting lost dogs with their people and catching strays nobody else can.

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Dallas

Serving Coppell and the Galleria

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No-kill advocacy
Dallas Pets Alive

Working to end the killing of companion animals across North Texas through fostering and community programs.

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Transport rescue
Hearts & Bones

Pulls dogs from overcrowded Texas shelters and brings them to adopters in New York and beyond.

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No-kill shelter
Operation Kindness

The original and largest no-kill animal shelter in North Texas.

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City shelter
Dallas Animal Services

The City of Dallas shelter, working toward a positive outcome for every healthy, adoptable pet through Dallas90.

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Phoenix

Serving Deer Valley and Tempe

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Mamas and pups
Almost There Rescue

A safe place for pregnant and nursing dogs to land, raise their litters, and find their homes.

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Small dogs
Arizona Small Dog Rescue

A no-kill Phoenix shelter saving small dogs, puppies, and moms from across the Valley.

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No-kill shelter
Arizona Animal Welfare League

Arizona's largest and oldest no-kill shelter.

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Large breeds
Stealing Hearts Rescue

Big dogs with bigger hearts, specializing in the strong breeds that shelters often overlook.

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Atlanta

Serving Midtown and Alpharetta

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Best Chance program
Ozzie Albies Foundation

The Braves second baseman's foundation, giving shelter dogs training, care, and their best chance at a home.

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No-kill shelter
PAWS Atlanta

Georgia's oldest no-kill shelter, where every pet gets the time, care, and training it needs to thrive.

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Know a rescue that belongs on this list?

We are always looking for local partners who put dogs first. Tell us about yours, or book a groom and help us keep the vans rolling.