You can help!

There are so many ways to get involved, from donating a couple of bucks, to fostering. The best way to help is to be aware of what you are up against, whether you are an owner, or just a fan of the breed.

Would you like to become part of a rescue family? We are always looking for volunteers and foster homes to help us keep the rescue alive. Our foster parents and volunteers are the lifeblood of our rescue, and we let them know how appreciated they are - we have lunches and Happy Hours, and we are available to them 24/7 for anything they need. Email us for more information about fostering or volunteering, and become part of something wonderful!

Foster a Dog

Not sure about the life-long commitment of a dog? Foster one! One reason why so many Pit Bulls die in the shelters if not that there aren't enough homes for them, but that the homes aren't always ready for them. By taking in a Pit, even for a little while, you hugely increase their chance of life. Click here for more information about fostering.

Volunteer

We are always looking for more dog lovers to help with the day to day running of the rescue. We need people for everything from transporting dogs to performing homechecks. We could use all the help we can get!

Donate

Donating isn't all about money, though money definitely helps! Have a bed that your puppy grew out of? Donate it. Have a dog food that your dog never liked? Donate it. Seriously. The rescues and shelters need all the help that they can get, and will pretty much take anything that is going to make an animal more comfortable and their quality of life better. Money is also a good option for those who have little time and no animal stuff. Spaying and neutering costs money, as do vets and food. There is no such thing as too little.

Become a Member

Membership gives you ownership of the problem and of the solution. Take a peek at some of the options we have for membership in our organization.

Sponsor one of our Rescues

Sponsoring is a commitment to a single rescue in our program. You recieve a number of tangible benefits on top of the very fulfilling benefit of knowing that you are instrumental in saving a life.

If you are not ready to put time into a single cause like our organization, there are other ways that you can help this wonderful breed:

Bite Your Tongue

If you get negative or angry comments from people about your dog, please do not lower yourself to their level by being abusive or rude. These people do not know what they are talking about, and by responding in a similar manner, you are only reinforcing their mistaken convictions about the kind of people that own Pit Bulls.

Restrain and Contain your Dog

We cannot stress this enough. Please make sure that your fence is high enough and strong enough to contain your dog. He may be an absolute sweetie with your cat, but you don't know how he feels about the one next door. If he does get out and kill something, it's your fault, and it can only add to the bad press that the breed already receives.

Also, please abide by leash laws. They are there to protect your dog as well as those around him. If he gets attacked by a Jack Russell and retaliates, the fault will probably be ascribed to the Pit, even if it wasn't his fault. Please protect your dog.

Don't Breed or Buy

Have you taken a look in your local shelter lately? A huge percentage of homeless dogs are Pit Bulls, precisely because of their reputation. A recycled dog is just as good as a dog who comes with papers galore and blue ribbons streaming from its neck. Unless you are planning on showing the dog, there is little point in buying from a breeder who may well only be doing it for the profit. When you adopt a dog from a shelter, you are giving a dog who was not wanted a second chance at life, and maybe a first chance at a loving home. Why pay upwards of $500 to get a pedigree dog when you can pick one up from the shelter for less than $100? (My Boscoe cost me $60). By buying from a backyard breeder, you may well be getting a dog with many health problems - these people are in it for the money, not for preserving the integrity of the breed - they are not concerned about genetics at all. The most common reason people give for not wanting to adopt a dog from the shelter is that 'they don't want a dog that someone dumped because the dog had problems'. People don't just give up their dogs for problem behaviors... they give them up for many reasons.... and training a puppy is harder than training an adult dog.

Please Don't Litter

Spay or Neuter your dog. Back to the shelter issue - backyard breeders produce all these puppies hoping to make a quick buck, and when they find that this is not always the case, the puppies end up at a shelter, if they are lucky.

You may think that your fence is too high for your dog to get over, but what about someone else's dog? Do not underestimate what a dog can do when the mood is upon them! Be responsible. Are you going to carefully screen all the people who want to adopt all the puppies that your pregnant dog is going to have because a mutt got over the fence? Probably not. Are you going to take them to the nearest shelter? Probably. And therefore you are possibly condemning them to death (shelters are not conducive to the health of small puppies), and you will certainly be making our job as a rescue harder. If you love your dog, prove it. Take care of him or her.