NorCal Bully Breed Rescue

NorCal Bully Breed Rescue was founded in 2013 with the goal of saving unwanted and forgotten dogs.

Our focus is primarily bully breeds with major medical issues, but we try to save any dog in need where

we can. Some dogs in our local shelters will not be adopted because they have serious medical

conditions that the shelter cannot support, or they are being overlooked by adopters because they are

more advanced in age or are fearful and shut down, or they are a pregnant mama dog who cannot be

adopted but needs a safe place to have her puppies. We take on the most difficult cases because we see

the value in every dog’s life.

Our ability to provide critical medical care for these dogs comes from donations from our generous

supporters. When we receive information that there is a dog in need of rescue with immediate medical

needs, we reach out to our supporters for donations and ask them to share the need on their social

media pages. We are able to raise funds in these urgent circumstances because of the continued

beneficence of the loving people in our community. The people who provide any amount of support to

our rescue efforts know that they have participated in a group effort to save another life.

Because our rescue is foster based, we do not have a central facility where the dogs are housed while

they wait for their forever homes. All of our dogs live in loving foster homes with volunteers that go

through training and a vetting process to ensure that the dogs are in a safe environment while under our

care. We cannot do this work to save all these dogs without fosters to take care of the dogs. While the

dogs are in foster care, the rescue provides everything from food, medications, toys, beds, treats,

kennels, and any other supplies the foster needs.

Therefore, in addition to the money that is donated in response to our urgent pleas for assistance for a

critical medical condition, we are in constant need of support to provide the necessary supplies to our

fosters for the duration of each dog’s stay in our care before adoption. Every single dog in our rescue

must be spayed or neutered, and they all need monthly flea and heartworm prevention, food,

vaccinations, routine medical treatment, and general necessities.

The dogs in our rescue are given the best possible care while they are healing and waiting for their

forever homes. We take finding that forever home very seriously so the dogs that were once discarded

and forgotten do not find themselves in that situation again. Because we want to ensure that our dogs

are adopted into safe, secure, and loving homes, we have an extensive adoption process that involves

an application, a yard and home safety check, and multiple meet-and-greets between the dog and the

potential adopter. We have a trainer to assist with facilitating introductions between the rescue dog and

potential adopter’s dog, providing guidance for how to slowly acclimate the rescue dog into the home

for successful integration. These dogs deserve every opportunity to succeed in their new home, so we

go to great lengths to find the right family for each dog to minimize the chances that the dog will be

discarded again.

On this Big Day of Giving, we hope that you will consider donating to NorCal Bully Breed Rescue so we

can continue to rescue and foster as many dogs as possible. Every dollar makes a difference in the life of

a dog who has no other options after humans have failed him. We cannot do this work without

supporters like you, and you can take comfort in knowing that your choice to donate to NorCal Bully

Breed Rescue today went directly to save the life of a dog that needed you. Thank you.