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Salsa, Our Featured Pet...
This adorable 2 year old girl was picked up by animal control completely emaciated, lost and scared. MPR was immediately contacted and offered to help. SEPR was then asked to help find Salsa a foster home and luckily we just happened to have an opening!
In just two weeks, Salsa had gained a lot of weight and now many months later she looks like a million bucks. Besides her starvation, she was otherwise healthy and didn't seem to have any other physical problem. Blood work was done and everything came back normal. All she needed was love and good food.
A little spicy, a lot of sweet! Salsa has got a lot of love to give. She is very much a pit bull in the fact that she is always by your side. She's perfectly content to lay on the couch, cuddled up right beside you or on top of you if allowed. Salsa loves her daily walks. With or without her gentle leader, she's by your side. Birds, bunnies, and squirrels make her excited, but can easily be redirected.
Salsa has been introduced to other dogs and she does ok with some of them once she is given ample time to adjust. She loves to play once she is comfortable with the another dog. Salsa would prefer to be the center of attention however, and would be best as the only dog in a household. In her spare time, she does enjoys playing with her foster brother Ike a Jack Russell, soaking up the sun out in the yard, or chasing her treat puzzle ball waiting for it to dispense her food. The cats in her foster home have become accustomed to her presence. Salsa does like to poke and tease but as long as she is monitored does fine with dog savvy cats. Salsa is crate and house trained. She likes peanut butter filled kongs, and rolling around on the ground with her Wubba squeaky toy. She has very good doggie manners and does know many basic commands. She picks up quickly on commands and will do about anything for a treat.
Best Attribute: Her resilience and forgiving nature. She loves people despite what she has been through. Salsa knows no stranger and appears to be child proof. She is a great girl with a happy personality, and appears to be a quick learner and easily trainable. She is very easy to please and you can tell that after having such a hard life before, she now knows a good thing when she has it. Her forgiveness is an inspiration. She likes being outdoors, going for walks, or curling up in her crate for a nap. Salsa thinks of her crate as her safety zone and happily goes in anytime she is asked.
This doll deserves a family to appreciates her fun personality and love that she will unquestionable give! Salsa has been waiting many months for a fun active family. She would love to be in a busy house hold with kids to keep her company. Hiking, biking, road tripping, or just lounging you have found the perfect partner that will be there every step of the way....Help to give Salsa a home for the holidays!
Adopting A Friend
As for adopting a pit bull, they are wonderful dogs for the right family! Pit bulls are very intelligent and they need a structured home that will teach them how to be well mannered and socialized. Pit bulls are not a type of dog you adopt to ignore and leave on the end of a chain. Pit bulls are great in families with kids. They are rough and tumble type dogs that are not easily scared or hurt-making them a great jungle gym. Pit bulls love their owners with a heart and devotion unlike any other breed and with this kind of admiration comes great responsibility! To know the love of a pit bull is like none other and families that are responsible, committed owners know their dogs are well worth it!
We DO NOT make same sex-placements or place Pit Bulls in multiple dog homes. We might place a Pit Bull in a home with a compatible dog of the opposite sex, but we ask our adopters to follow certain safety measures - Never leave the dogs unsupervised, always monitor roughhousing, avoid triggers that could cause conflicts such as bones, toys, etc. We also ask that the dogs we place NOT be taken to dog parks. Dogs are adopted as inside family members only!
We do not make same sex-placements or place Pit Bulls in multiple dog homes. We might place a Pit Bull in a home with a compatible dog of the opposite sex, but we ask our adopters to follow certain safety measures - Never leave the dogs unsupervised, always monitor roughhousing, avoid triggers that could cause conflicts such as bones, toys, etc. We also ask that the dogs we place not be taken to dog parks.
*Pre-approval application must be filled out along with a home check and references required prior to any adoption. Must be over 21.
*Adoption Fee $150.00 Includes; Spay or neutering, up to date vaccinations, and micro-chipping.
Can't Adopt- Foster a Dog
Do you have a soft spot in your heart for animals? Do you want to help abandoned animals, but don't have the time or money to contribute? Fostering may be exactly what you're looking for. Being a foster parent to an animal is a great way to contribute to the cause. Our rescue will provide you with all of the supplies you need for the animal (crate, collar and leash, dog bed, food, toys, and treats). The animal will be current with all of their vaccinations and also be spay or neutered. The rescue will give you support and training as well. You provide your home and affection, they do the rest. Yes, you will become attached, but if you can keep these things in mind, you can become a successful foster parent.
-You are providing a homeless animal what they need, time and attention, while they wait for a permanent home
-By fostering you can help many animals over the course of your fostering time
-You may have a foster for a day, a week, a month or more. What a great feeling to know that because you gave the animal time at your home, you probably saved them from being euthanized in an overcrowded shelter
-You get to experience the pit bull breed and personalities
-You also gain many new friends that have the same concern you do for animals. TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More)
Want to Help - Volunteer
Sioux Empire Pit Rescue volunteer structure is established using a network of volunteers who manage all aspects of rescue. We do not have a physical building or offices, but we maintain open daily communication via email list.
SEPR volunteers are solely responsible for the following activities: Managing daily operations of the organization, accepting dogs from shelters, screening applications for adoption, supervising new volunteers, writing articles on pit bull plights, fundraising/writing grants, answering general email, designing graphics and printed material, organizing and attending adoption events, SEPR promo and PR (contacting media, radio shows, newspapers and other media outlets), fighting BSL, doing homechecks, web site and database management, paper work/files, adoptions and sponsor follow ups, training rescue dogs, socialization, taking pictures and writing dog’s biographies, buying food/running errands for SEPR and the list goes on...
SEPR needs volunteers who are self-motivated, can initiate and carry out activities with little supervision, but who are aware of and in tune with SEPR’s philosophies and guidelines. SEPR volunteers operate as a group and everyone maintains team-oriented work ethic.
The best way to go about becoming a volunteer with SEPR is to fill out the sign-up form below, come meet us at one of our events and introduce yourself to our volunteers.
Who We Are
An all volunteer 501C3 rescue group in Sioux Falls South Dakota, Sioux Empire Pit bull's mission is to promote responsible Pit Bull ownership, provide breed education, combat pet overpopulation, and find qualified homes for sound Pit Bull dogs in South Dakota.
Come Visit Us
Sioux Empire Pit bull Rescue does not have a facility and runs strictly through volunteers. Our dogs can be visited at Petco the first Saturday of every month from 1-4p, or please visit our website at http://pitrescue.weebly.com.
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