Born Again Pit Bull Rescue's mission is to save lives by keeping dogs out of local shelters through spay and neuter assistance, owner and shelter support programs, and community education. While we have always worked with dogs and partners in the Northwest and Northern California area, we were recently introduced by a long time supporter to ButterBean, a dog from Jalisco. After finding ButterBean a home and learning more about the plight of dogs in that area, I wanted to do more.

After losing our dog earlier in the year, we decided that when it was time to rescue again we wanted to find a dog from a smaller community with fewer people able to adopt pets. We found BAPBR and Dogs of Del Norte County on Facebook. After spending weeks looking at potential new furry family members, we decided to travel from Portland to California to meet Mo, a smiley and soulful pit/boxer mix who had been featured as a shelter favorite. 

Thank you to our community for supporting the work of Born Again Pit Bull Rescue in 2017! 

Across the U.S. every year, approximately 3.3 million dogs will enter a shelter and over half a million adoptable dogs will be euthanized—with a majority of them being pit-bull-type dogs. Shelters and rescues are left struggling to house, care-for and place as many dogs as they can, often with restricted budgets and resources. This burden can be especially difficult for small and rural shelters that have limited staff and see little foot traffic, resulting in long kennel stays for homeless dogs. With our Pit Stop & Adopt program, Born Again Pit Bull Rescue works across the Pacific Northwest to increase the chances of finding the perfect forever home for these often overlooked dogs.

Through our Pit Stop & Adopt program, Born Again Pit Bull Rescue partners with small and rural shelters across the Pacific Northwest, including the Del Norte Animal Control shelter, to provide food, supplies, pre and post adoption assistance and volunteer support. Like many municipal shelters and rural rescues, the staff and volunteers at the Del Norte shelter struggle with low budgets and high occupancy, and often times they look to their community to help meet the needs of the animals in their care. Starting in mid-November and running through the end of the year, BAPBR is coordinating a food drive on behalf of the dogs of Del Norte, asking our fans and community to help us raise $1,300 to purchase a four month supply of high-quality food for the shelter. All donations are tax deductable and we welcome any contributions; learn more, track our progress and donate at our food drive page.

Once upon a time a nice family went to the local animal shelter, fell in love with a new furry friend and brought him home to live happily ever after. Unfortunately, because of breed-specific legislation (BSL), that happy ending is sometimes the beginning of a whole new struggle for pit-bull-type dogs and their people.