Colorado Pit Bull Rescue

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This sweet, beautiful boy is Roscoe

Roscoe really needs your help. He's been waiting in boarding now for almost 3 months, waiting for a foster or hopefully a forever home and the stress if now starting to get to him. We cannot stand to see him suffer, he's much too nice a dog to be homeless so long. We just cannot understand why needs not getting noticed. Roscoe is a beautiful blue and white, 80 lb, 2-3 year old pit bull with just about the most perfect, bomb proof temperament you could ask for. Roscoe is a total breed ambassador naturally, but has been getting lots of help from volunteers to perfect his wonderful self even more. Won't you give Roscoe a chance to win your heart. We is well worth it and he's waiting......... Visit his page to apply now! Roscoe's Page

Special Plea for Help!
Our dogs need your help now more than ever. With the recent downturn in the economy our rescue is suffering along with many others around the country. Support is coming slowly at a time when we have more dogs in need than ever. We have experieneced more homeless dogs, including our own alumni as families are themselves loosing their homes. Please look at the list of wonderful dogs in our program now that really need a little extra help and please consider sponsoring one of these dogs. We are only able to continue to care for all of these lucky dogs because of the kindness and generosity of our supporters.

Our babies most in need are Baby, Baby has recently lost his foster home through no fault of his own. He now has to stay in boarding which is very costly. Baby is also showing continued problems due to early abuse resulting in a broken leg that was never properly fixed as well as severe frostbite when he was first saved.

And Hope, our sweet little 3 month old puppy that came to us with a horrible lung infection at 6 weeks that almost took her life. Onging treatment for that and other injuries has already racked up over $700 in vet bills.

And Petey, our own sweet alumni who we never thought would be homeless again, but is now back in boarding after coming back to us unexpectedly when his family suddenly became homeless.

And our little Brenna girl, who has known nothing, but a world of fear and abuse and has needed months of rehabilitation to learn to trust again.

And finally Lazarus, our perfect little angel with no problems at all, but wasn't lucky enough to secure a foster home before his time ran out. He's also stuck in boarding and needing more help to make sure we can keep him safe.

Please consider all of these sweet dogs and the many more in our program as well as all of those waiting hopefully in the wings for a lucky spot in rescue and please sponsor one if you can. Every bit of support helps these dogs stay safe and get the care they need!

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Who We Are

Colorado Pit Bull Rescue is a network of foster homes located throughout Colorado. We do not have a shelter.

All of our dogs are in foster homes or local boarding facilities. This gives us a chance to ensure all of our dogs get the vet care they need including vaccinations and spay/neuter. This also gives us a chance to really get to know each dog and get them cratetrained, housetrained, and help them with basic obedience before they are placed in their permanent homes.

In addition to all the basic care these dogs get, the most important aspect of being in a foster home is the ongoing socialization our dogs get. They live in real homes with lots of different people, with kids, other dogs, and sometimes even cats or other animals.

While we would love for every dog to stay in their original home this just isn't the reality for so many. With the wonderful foster homes we have we are able to give our dogs a safe, stressfree, and loving environment until the right home comes along.

Adopting a friend

Our adoption process is very intensive and is so for a very good reason. Pit Bull type dogs, including American Pit Bull Terriers, American Bull Dogs, American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and Bull Terriers are some of the most difficult dogs to place due to the recent bad press they've been given by the media who are always looking for an exciting news clip and many local politicians looking to cash in on an easy scape goat for political gain.

Due to the bad rap these dogs have gotten we must be very diligent in our placements. We must also ensure that anyone adopting through us has done their breed research and is choosing the right dog for their home environment.

While we strongly believe Pit Bulls make wonderful family dogs and that their amazing loyalty, and sweet, outgoing personalities make them one of the most rewarding of doggie companions, we realize these dogs are not for everyone.

These are working dogs with a high energy drive, a strong intellect, and a determination that other breeds rarely show. They need a lot of attention and family time to be happy as well as a lot of exercise and outside time. And most importantly they live for a strong unbreakable bond with their human family.

Because of all of this be prepared to complete an application, come for a personal in home visit with our foster dogs, do a supervised meet with any other animals, be available for a home check prior to placement, sign an adoption contract, and send us tons of updates and pictures, and ready to welcome us back for checkups occasionally :)

As we are a group of foster homes our dogs are located all over Colorado, though mostly along the Front Range north of Denver.

We always need financial support to continue to help homeless pit bulls in Colorado. If you would like to support our mission please consider making a donation. You can even sponsor a particular dog and let us know what items you would like for that dog to receive.

We also regularly need supplies for our dogs to assist in their care while in our adoption program. Please check our wish list to see if you may have items you are no longer using that could be contributed to our rescue.
CPBR Wish List
Crates - wire crates or shipping
Leashes and Collars - heavy duty, buckle collars preferred. Training type collars are also needed.
Blankets, Towels, and Dog Beds
Toys, Toys, Toys - any strong chew toy, Kong's, Nylabones, as well as rope toys and tennis balls
Food and Water bowls
Treats - Pigs Ears, BullySticks, C.E.T. chews, and marrow bones

Colorado Pit Bull Rescue
Email: adopt@coloradopitbullrescue.com
P.O. Box 2530 Longmont, CO 80501
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