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For those who are looking for an adolescent or adult dog, there are hundreds of breed rescue clubs across the country who offer purebred dogs (and occasionally puppies) at a minimal adoption fee ($50 to $250) to help
defray costs.
Be sure to consider only those breed clubs which interview and carefully screen both dogs (for temperament) and applicants.
Listed below are two wonderful books which list rescue clubs that offer
dogs available for adoption:
Canine Source Book
Revised edition title:
EVERTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT DOGS
by Susan Bulanda #:(215)323-8022
c/o Doral Publishing,
32025 Village Cr. Lane,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
(The Canine Source Book
lists both purebred & mixed breed rescue clubs, and has a variety of chapters listing dog and animal related associations, breed clubs, publications, registries, hotlines, activity clubs, health & safety organizations, and much more.)
Project BREED
by Shirley Weber,
Tele.#:(301)428-3675
Network for Ani-males & Females
18707 Curry Powder Lane,
Germantown, MD 20874
Project BREED
lists purebred rescue clubs, breed info, animal organizations and lots of valuable dog-related information.)
Should You Adopt A Puppy or Adult Dog?
While you may be thinking of adopting a young puppy, keep
in mind that there are millions of deserving adolescent and adult dogs -- both purebred and mixed-breed -- who desperately need homes as well.
Adopting a Retired Racing Greyhound
Special mention must be
given to the plight of the "retired" racing Greyhound. Many thousands of docile, elegant, healthy Greyhounds between two and four years of age are put to death each year in this country (either legally, through lethal
injection, or illegally, through starvation or clubbing), when they are no longer consider "up to par" on the racetrack. Many of these lovely greyhounds are now available for adoption.
Adopt-A-Greyhound
Greyhound Pets of America --
Adoption Center
California Adoption Center
Post Office Box 2433
La Mesa, California 91943-2433
(619) 443-0940
Greyhound Rescue
(Judy Tomlinson)
Make Peace With Animals --
Retired Greyhounds
Adopting An American Pit Bull Terrier
Another breed deserving special mention is the American Pit Bull Terrier. Despite its bad reputation and years of negative media hype, many
American Pit Bull Terriers are intelligent, affectionate and docile dogs. There are currently thousand of friendly APBTs which desperatly need loving responsible homes.
American Pit Bull Terrier --
A Victim Of Bad Press --
Dog Owner's Guide
(Canis Major Publications; Norma Bennett Woolf)
Breed-Specific Sites -- The Dog InfoMAT
(Sandi Dremel)
The Canine Web
(Terri Watson)
Breed-Specific Legislation --
American Dog Trainers Network
Canine Defence Fund
Fights anti-dog and breed-specific legislation
The Dog Zone
E-mail
Canine Legislation Page
Julie King
E-mail
This excellent page offers extensive information on the topic of breed-specific legislation. Highly recommended!
Endangered Dogs Association
PO Box 1544,
London W7 2ZB
Telephone: 0181 843 9751 (Helpline)
For Pit's Sake
Lorren Teply
New York, NY
Friends of Terriers
Jeanne Balsam
593 Main St.
Pattenburg, New Jersey 08802-1248
(908) 713-9646
(Temperament tested, non-aggressive
American Pit BulI Terriers adopted
to qualified homes. Donations needed.)
PageWatch! --
Breed Specific Legislation Updates
Preservation Publishing --
Fighting Breed-Specific Bans
Jillian Cline and Mike Martindale have published 3 beautiful photo-filled books about American Pit Bull Terriers (the ones the media never talks about), as well as numerous pro-APBT products
(tee-shirts, postcards, prints, etc.). The "Gus in the dark" T-shirt is my favorite! Profits from these items are going to a very worthy cause: to fight breed-specific legislation.
Sentient Creatures
Chitra Besbroda
855 West End Ave.
New York, NY
(212)865-5998
Adopting A Rottweiler
Rottweiler Rescue of Los Angeles
Contact: Arlene Silva
E-mail
Rottweiler Rescue of Michigan, Inc.
Contact: Arlene Silva
E-mail
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