I remember when I saw Pocket’s photo on a mailing that went around from the shelter to local rescues asking if someone could take the tiny being.  All of about 5 pounds and unknown medical conditions swirling about her, my heart skipped a beat.  Could Pit Bull Rescue San Diego afford to take on the [...]

“RIP Winter. She was a good little rat. Loved her bananas and was the more brave and adventurous of my last two babies. She chattered contentedly in my hands and was calm when the vet took her from me.”  This was the simple obituary that I wrote for Winter on my Facebook page this past [...]

They say that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but don’t tell Nico that.  Nico is 6 years old and, by shelter standards, is already considered a senior.  However, he is constantly learning new things these days.   As you may recall, his life in rescue began a couple of months ago when we [...]

If you’re anything like me, you may have been aware that something called Rescue Transport Networks existed but that’s about it. I’ve always pictured some furtive Underground Railroad sort of set up where folks in black skull caps and dark coveralls steal into shelters late at night and whisk away at-risk dogs to sequester them [...]

Nico looked at me with those languid bicolored eyes that held no fear or malice or even a sense of having been wronged. The smile that was on his face as he left the shelter last week now shone through his eyes and his demeanor, even through the dirt and the scars and the open [...]

By Paul Jolly – The PETCO Foundation
Not long ago I received a cry for help from a neighbor who had bred her dog and now had a litter of nine purebred puppies. I am wanting to believe that she did this quite innocently. You see, she had listened to some friends who were involved in [...]