Where our listings come from — and how we keep them honest.

Where our data comes from

Our senior-dog listings are gathered from shelter and rescue sources across the United States through legitimate, permitted means. Each dog is cared for by a real organization, and every profile links directly to that shelter or rescue’s own adoption page. We are a visibility layer on top of their work — we don’t house, transport, or rehome dogs, and we never insert ourselves between an adopter and a shelter.

How we keep listings accurate

Listings refresh automatically on a recurring schedule. When a source reports that a dog has been adopted or is otherwise no longer available, and that update completes successfully on our end, the dog drops out of our adoptable listings on the next refresh. We also check that dogs meet a senior-age standard before listing them, and we leave a dog off rather than mislabel one whose age we can’t verify. Even so, shelter information is the source of truth and can change at any moment, so we ask everyone to confirm details directly with the shelter or rescue before travelling or applying.

How we verify and refresh our listings

Listings are collected from public shelter, rescue, or authorized adoption-platform sources — we don’t invent, embellish, or hand-write dog descriptions from scratch; details come from the organization that has the dog, sometimes by way of a shared listing platform it uses rather than directly from its own website.

When a dog’s listing has been confirmed recently, you’ll see an “Updated recently” note on their card — a quiet signal that we’ve re-checked that specific listing, not a guess. Removing a dog once it’s no longer available depends on the source reporting that status and our update completing successfully — refresh timing can vary by source, so there can be a short lag between a real-world change (like an adoption) and our next check on that listing.

“Coming soon” dogs

A small number of listings are marked “coming soon” — the dog is real and matched with a home-to-be, but not yet formally available for adoption (for example, still in transport or intake). These dogs are shown transparently in their own area rather than mixed into the adoptable list, and they move automatically into the regular adoptable listings once their status changes.

What we don’t do, specifically

• We don’t charge shelters or rescues to be listed.
• We don’t alter a dog’s medical or behavioral information from what the source provides.
• We don’t change a listing based on an anonymous report alone — every correction is reviewed by a person before it’s applied.

For the full mechanics of how shelters and rescues get listed, and how a correction is reported and reviewed, see how shelters submit and correct a listing.

What we deliberately don’t do

• We don’t scrape sites that prohibit it, and we don’t ingest data from services that have closed their public feeds. Where a source is gone, we simply don’t carry it.
• We don’t sell, rent, or trade the personal information of people who use the site, and we don’t use it for advertising.
• We don’t claim ownership of shelter listings or photos — those belong to the originating organizations, and we always link back to them.
• We don’t publish stats we can’t verify from real data.

Corrections & takedowns

Because shelter data changes constantly, the fastest way to confirm a dog’s status is always the shelter or rescue directly. If you spot a listing that looks wrong, or you represent an organization and want a listing corrected or removed, you can let us know through our submit page or email us at info@LilySecondChance.org or through our contact page. We’ll review it and follow up.

To flag a specific problem — a correction, a listing issue, a shelter/rescue update, or a dog that’s already found a home — use our report a listing or correction form. Every report is reviewed by a person, and no listing is ever changed automatically.

Your privacy

For how we handle the information you choose to share — email alerts, community messages, memorials, and Facebook comments — see our privacy & community guidelines.