SPRING FUNDRAISER Please help us finish construction on our Dog Adoption and Education Center! This month, we are trying to raise $1,500 to purchase inside kennel gates/doors for 12 runs. We're so close to finishing construction on our Pet Adoption and Education Center, it's unbelievable. But we still need your help!

Who We Are

Our Pet Education / Pit Bull Education table debuted THREE years ago, and it's still going strong! Our Educational table has been featured at several pet adoption events throughout 2005, 2006 and now in 2007, including: Petapalooza (Taylor and Sterling Heights), the Novi Pet Expo, Taylor Petco, Eastpointe Petco, and many more!

Click here to see photos of our Pet Education / Pit Bull Education table and posters

Donations

Did you know?
It costs us approximately $100-$300 in printing costs per each event, to stock our extensive Pet Education / Pit Bull Educational table? All printed materials are handed out FREE to the public at adoption events throughout the year.

Please choose a donation amount below: $5 $10 $15 $25 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $500 You do not need a PayPal account to make a donation. A Note from A Better Place: Many homeless dogs depend on the A Better Place foster program each year. A Better Place receives no government funding and instead relies on the generosity of caring individuals for the support of our foster dogs and pet education programs: $25 provides a foster dog with food and shelter for two weeks. $50 pays for the printing of 60 pet education/dog safety packets. $100 provides medical care and spay/neuter for one foster animal. On behalf of the foster dogs, thank you. You make a difference! Your donation will be used to provide support for A Better Place and the many pets in our care. Every amount donated helps!

Visit our store -WonderBull Design- at www.wonderbull.com!
Pit Bull designed t-shirts, hats, lunchboxes and more!

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Adoption Event Calendar (updated 5-03-08)

Attention: We do not have a shelter, our dogs are fostered in private foster homes. If you would like to meet one of our foster dogs, we ask that you please fill out our online adoption application first. Contact info for each dog is listed under the dog's photo on their individual Petfinder pages. Thanks so much!

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Veterinarian Excellence!	A Special THANK YOU! We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to our wonderful vet, Dr. Singh, from Angel Animal Hospital in Farmington Hills. Dr. Singh's compassion and dedication has meant the world to many of our volunteers and their foster dogs! Thank you Dr. Singh!	Angel Animal Hospital 30332 W. 9 Mile Rd Farmington Hills, MI 48336-4818 (248) 615-6500

HELP! WE NEED FOSTER HOMES!

We are also in desperate need of foster homes for all breeds of dogs.

We get anywhere from 3-20 phone calls/e-mails per week, about homeless pits in need. But we simply don't have the room for them. Currently we only have on pit bull foster home :(

Even if you can't foster, you can still help! You can sponsor a foster dog (i.e., help with vet bills, or donate the following items: dog food, vet care, leashes, collars, toys, crates, blankets, training, etc.) If you are interested in fostering or sponsoring a homeless pit bull, please e-mail Diana at: mipitcrew@yahoo.com or call me at 313-702-5501. If you are interested in fostering or sponsoring other breeds of homeless dogs, please call Mary at 734-587-2423.

ATTENTION: Due to a lack of funding and foster homes, we are NOT accepting any more pets at this time. HOWEVER, if you have a pit bull in need of a home, and need advice on placing him/her properly, please e-mail Diana at: mipitcrew@yahoo.com. Please do not contact me about out-of-state pit bulls in need. There are plenty here in Michigan that need my help, we cannot keep up with all the calls and e-mails. For out-of-state pit bulls in need, please visit www.pbrc.net for a list of pit-friendly rescues in your state. Thanks so much!

Adopting a Friend

IMPORTANT: You must be 21 years of age or older to fill out our online application, or to call us regarding a dog. Applications from minors will automatically be discarded. Parents, please do not ask your children to contact us for you. Calls from minors will NOT be returned, please ask an adult to contact us instead.

If you are interested in adopting a dog
Please click here to fill out an adoption application!**
**Please allow our volunteers 2-3 days to get back with you regarding your application.

Pit Bull Educational Links

Pros and Cons of Owning a Pit Bull www.badrap.org/rescue/owning.cfm Living Peacably with More than One Pit Bull http://www.badrap.org/rescue/multidogs.cfm Monster Myths www.badrap.org/rescue/myths.cfm General Pit Bull Info www.pbrc.net/breedinfo.html www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/breedinfo.html Resist the Greed - Don't Breed! www.pbrc.net/speuter.html Dog Breeding and Pet Homelessness www.pbrc.net/breeding.html www.pbrc.net/breeding2.html Avoiding/Preventing Fights www.pbrc.net/fightinfo.html www.pbrc.net/breakfight.html www.pbrc.net/breaksticks.html Frequently Asked Questions: www.pbrc.net/faq.html Pit Bulls and Dog Parks (why you should NOT take your pit bull) www.pbrc.net/dogpark.html www.badrap.org/rescue/dogpark.cfm Our Pet Educational Table debuted two years ago, and it's still going strong! Our Educational table has been featured at several pet adoption events throughout 2005 and 2006, including Petapalooza, Find-A-Furry-Friend in Ferndale, the Great American Meat-Out, the Novi Pet Expo and many more! Click here to see photos of our Pet Education table and posters! Did you know? It costs us approximately $100-$300 in printing costs per each event, to stock our extensive Pet Education table. All printed materials are handed out FREE to the public at adoption events throughout the year. Donations are greatly appreciated. Even $5 helps us a lot!	Adore-A-Bull! Shirts & more! $10 Pit Bull T-Shirts to benefit ABP! Click here Beautiful handmade Bully breed sculptures! Check them out now! Click here A special "thank you" to Suzanne, for her generous donation to our pit bull education program!

Not sure how to choose a trainer? Need to locate a trainer in your area? Need to locate an animal behavior consultant? Click here for Training Referrals and Info!

WE ARE FULL! YOU CAN HELP - FOSTER A DOG!

Due to a lack of funding and foster homes, we are NOT accepting any more dogs at this time. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOSTER A DOG (any breed), PLEASE EMAIL Diana at: mipitcrew@yahoo.com.

We rescue all breeds of dogs, but we only have a handful of foster homes, and just ONE pit bull foster home at this time. Pit Bull fostering takes dedication and patience, it can take an average of 6 months to 1 yr. or longer to place ONE adult pit bull. We have lost many good pit bull foster homes, because the foster parents end up becoming so attached to their foster pit bulls that they end up adopting them. Which means the dog now has a wonderful forever home, but the family can no longer foster any more pit bulls for us. Because of a lack of pit bull foster homes, we concentrate on educating the public about pit bulls and responsible pit bull ownership.

We truly believe that we will never put a dent in the homeless pit bull situation without education, education, education! We have a wonderful educational table with free literature that we bring to adoption events several times throughout the year.

We also help other shelters and rescues pre-screen applications for their adoptable pit bulls by placing their pit bulls up on our website to help get them adopted. Most of the pit bulls on our site are located in different cities throughout all of Michigan.

If you have a pit bull in need of a home, and need advice on placing him/her properly (remember, we are not accepting anymore dogs into our program at this time), please e-mail Diana at: mipitcrew@yahoo.com. Please realize, that due to the overwhelming amount of calls and e-mails we receive about pit bulls, it may take us 3-5 days to get back with you.

Please do not contact us about out-of-state pit bulls in need. There are plenty here in Michigan that need our help, we cannot keep up with all the MI calls and e-mails. The situation is desperate everywhere for these poor dogs :(

For out-of-state pit bulls in need, please visit www.pbrc.net for a list of pit-friendly rescues in your state. Thanks so much!

Diana - Pit Bull Education Coordinator

Click here for our pet list!