Live & Let Live Farm
Rescue & Sanctuary • New Hampshire
One tour each Sunday · 2:30 p.m.Adoption & foster questions
Meet the animals

Every animal
has a story.

Small paws. Gentle giants. Unforgettable friends.

Meet some of the animals who have been in our care—and the people who helped them begin again. These are stories of rescue, foster homes, adoption, and a place to belong.

Coming soon · Shelterluv

Current animals, right here.

We’re working with Shelterluv to bring current animal profiles to this page. In the meantime, our Facebook page is the place to find available animals and adoption events.

Available animals & events Ask about adopting or fostering

Please contact our team to confirm availability and arrange an appointment.

Lives touched by care

A few faces.
So many second chances.

These photographs and stories celebrate animals from our care archive. They are not current adoption listings.

Polka Dot curled around her newborn puppies on a blanket
Dogs · Foster care

Polka Dot & her puppies

A safe place for a new beginning.

A rescue flight brought Polka Dot from a Georgia shelter to foster care. Her puppies were born on October 13, 2025—a little family whose start depended on people opening their homes and hearts.

Read Polka Dot’s story
Mama Prissy resting beside a pile of tiny sleeping kittens
Cats · Mothers & babies

Mama Prissy & her kittens

The smallest lives, held close.

Mama Prissy and her kittens are part of our 2020 photo archive. Their quiet family portrait offers a glimpse of the mothers and babies who have been in our care.

Meet Mama Prissy
Trigger beside his adopter Robert on a mountain hike
Dog · Adopted

Trigger

From a walk to a life together.

Robert came to the farm to walk the dogs. He went on to adopt Trigger, and their mountain photograph tells the next chapter: a companion, a trail, and a home together.

Read Trigger’s story
Penny, a golden-haired Dachshund, resting on a blanket
Senior dog · Adopted

Penny

There is always room to begin again.

Eight-year-old Penny arrived frightened after her person had to move. With patient attention from volunteers, she began to settle in. Our newsletter later celebrated her adoption.

Read Penny’s story
Joey looking at the camera in his birthday hat
Dog · Life after adoption

Joey

Five candles. A family who loves him.

Joey’s adoptive family arranged a special feeding chair for his needs. His fifth-birthday update, complete with a party hat, was a joyful reminder of the life that follows adoption.

Read Joey’s story
The farm’s memorial collage celebrating Dot and her bond with adopted mustang Skye
Horse · Adoption & remembrance

Skye & Dot

A bond we remember with love.

Volunteer Dot McCully adopted Skye, a mustang, and the two became inseparable. We remember Dot with gratitude for the love she gave Skye and the many animals she cared for.

Read their story
Hooves, feathers & little paws

Care comes in every size.

Our rescue family reaches far beyond dogs and cats. Meet more of the animals featured in our farm photographs and newsletters.

Two fluffy rabbits sharing a plate of leafy greens
Rabbits · Farm photo archive

Two little dinner companions

Two rabbits, a plate of greens, and a quiet moment together. This pair appeared in our Spring / Summer 2025 newsletter—a glimpse of the smaller animals who have been part of the farm’s care.

From our 2025 newsletter
Aloof the emu close to the camera beside a smiling Michelle at the farm
Emu · Farm photo archive

Aloof & Michelle

Aloof the emu shares the frame with Michelle in this June 2019 farm photograph. A wonderfully feathered face from our rescue family.

Farm photo archive · June 2019

Three rescued alpacas standing together in a snowy paddock
Alpacas · Rescue story

A new start for eight alpacas

When their owners became too ill to care for them, eight alpacas came to us from a New Hampshire farm. Three of that group are pictured here in our 2025 newsletter.

Read the rescue story
A young brown Jersey heifer looking toward the camera at the farm
Cattle · Rescue story

A young Jersey’s second chance

This young Jersey heifer came to the rescue because she could not be bred. Our newsletter shares how coming to the farm gave her a chance at life when she would otherwise have been put down.

Read the rescue story
Several rescued Nigerian dwarf goats together in their pen
Nigerian dwarf goats · Rescue story

Eleven mothers-to-be

In February 2023, volunteers brought eleven pregnant Nigerian dwarf goats from Barnstead to safety after their owners could no longer care for them. Food and quarantine care were the first steps in their new beginning.

Read “Goats Galore”
A smiling child holding a black-and-white barred rooster in a farmyard
Rooster · Adoption archive

A feathered friend, held close

This rooster’s farm photograph was saved with the happy note “Adopted,” dated July 3, 2020. A reminder that the joy of welcoming an animal comes with feathers, too.

Farm adoption photo archive · July 2020

Your part in the next story

A home. A foster family.
A first conversation.

Tell us about the animal you’re interested in, your household, and whether you’d like to adopt or foster. Our team can explain the process and help arrange your next step.

Call the farm

603-798-5615

We’re a working farm and cannot monitor the phone full time. Email or Facebook Messenger is the easiest way to reach us.

Contact & directions

Connect on Facebook

See up-to-date available animals and adoption events, or message the team through our Facebook page.

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Adoption paperwork

The current forms are right here.

Bring completed paperwork to your confirmed appointment or adoption event. For fostering, horse adoption, or other animals, contact us for the appropriate requirements.

Animal meetings are by confirmed appointment. To get to know the farm, learn about our one public tour each Sunday at 2:30 p.m., weather permitting, outside winter.