LowCountry Pit Bull Rescue is a small rescue based in Charleston, SC. We focus primarily on the main breeds known as "pit bull" - the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, and the American Bulldog. We also rescue Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Bull Terriers, and various other breeds society has deemed "bully" breeds.

Our rescue is run completely with out of foster homes. We do not have a shelter facility.

Adopting A Dog From Us:
If you would like to meet any dog you see, fill out the ADOPTION APPLICATION located on our website Please read through the adoption guidelines and restrictions before you apply to adopt.

BEFORE YOU CALL:
If you are inquiring about any dog, you must fill out the application first. We cannot answer questions about any dogs, disclose locations of the dogs, or let you meet the dogs UNTIL you fill out the application.

Adoption Guidelines:
*This is only a brief overview of some of our most important adoption guidelines. Please read through our complete guidelines on our website at www.scpitrescue.org

1. You must be 21 years old to adopt.

2. You must give three references - 1 family, 1 friend and 1 veterinary.

3. The dog you adopt must be an indoor dog.

4. We do not adopt out dogs to be "guard dogs" - we will only adopt to you if you want a family pet.

5. We do not ship dogs. If you are interested in adopting from out of state, you must have a home visit done by a rescue in your community. You will have to come pick up the dog personally. There are no exceptions - we absolutely will not ship any dogs.

6. In most circumstances, we will not adopt to military families. We have to base this decision on the risk of a military family deploying to an area that is governed by Breed Specific Legislation. Due to the lack of acceptance of the breeds we rescue, we have to make the protection of their lives our number one priority. Instead of adopting, we encourage military families to foster. Military families make excellent foster homes. Fostering allows a military family to have a dog in their household for a limited amount of time, removing the risk of having to place a dog if the family gets deployed.

Fostering:
Our rescue is run completely through the availability of foster homes. We always need foster homes. Being a foster home means you take in a dog in need and care for it while we find a permanent home for the dog. Fostering is not the same as adopting. If you are interested in fostering, please fill out an application here: LCPBR Foster Application. The more foster homes we have, the more dogs we can save. We need foster homes available in order to pull dogs from local shelters. This is an excellent way to help save lives without the long term commitment.

Temperament Testing:
Each Pit Bull we take in, regardless of age, is thoroughly temperament tested. We test for various aspects of human aggression including any aggression toward food, treats, toys, or touching. We absolutely do not accept any dogs who fail our temperament tests - no exceptions.

We expect all pit bulls to show some form of dog aggression but we cannot accept any extremely dog aggressive Pit Bulls into the rescue program.

We try to test our dogs with children and other animals of various ages and sizes. It is not always possible, though.

If you are bringing your children to meet a dog that has not been evaluated with children, please use caution. Please keep your children under control and do NOT let your child reach out for any dog that shows signs of being apprehensive or afraid. If you choose to meet one of our dogs, you are doing so at your own risk. We can never guarantee that a dog will not jump on you, nip at you, step on you, or otherwise do things that might cause bumps, bruises or scratches.

Contact Us
(843)834-4312
info@scpitrescue.org