Sassy -- LONGTIME RESIDENT!

Sassy is a 11-year-old Shepherd mix currently being held at a foster home. She arrived at the shelter on March 12, 2025, and is ready for her new permanent home.<br/><br/>Pet ID: A1219351<br/><br/>Companion Animal Protection Services (CAPS), a national nonprofit based in Thousand Oaks, CA., is partnering with Kern County Animal Services in Bakersfield to find homes for high risk dogs, The shelter has more than 300 dogs and puppies in two metal warehouses with no outdoor runs. Dogs over five-months-old are at high risk for euthanasia because of lack of space and too many abandoned dogs in the community. <br/><br/>Please contact CAPS if you are interested in adopting, rescuing or fostering, and we will make sure the shelter contacts you. They do not answer phones or respond often to voice messages due to understaffing. Foster homes must be in Kern County. The dogs are in Bakersfield, not Thousand Oaks.<br/><br/>caps@caps-web.org<br/>*No phone calls, please. If you would like us to call you, please leave your phone number in an email.<br/><br/>CAPS can arrange transportation if you are on the West Coast.

Sassy is a 11-year-old Shepherd mix currently being held at a foster home. She arrived at the shelter on March 12, 2025, and is ready for her new permanent home.

Pet ID: A1219351

Companion Animal Protection Services (CAPS), a national nonprofit based in Thousand Oaks, CA., is partnering with Kern County Animal Services in Bakersfield to find homes for high risk dogs, The shelter has more than 300 dogs and puppies in two metal warehouses with no outdoor runs. Dogs over five-months-old are at high risk for euthanasia because of lack of space and too many abandoned dogs in the community.

Please contact CAPS if you are interested in adopting, rescuing or fostering, and we will make sure the shelter contacts you. They do not answer phones or respond often to voice messages due to understaffing. Foster homes must be in Kern County. The dogs are in Bakersfield, not Thousand Oaks.

caps@caps-web.org
*No phone calls, please. If you would like us to call you, please leave your phone number in a

Sassy is a 11-year-old Shepherd mix currently being held at a foster home. She arrived at the shelter on March 12, 2025, and is ready for her new permanent home.

Pet ID: A1219351

Companion Animal Protection Services (CAPS), a national nonprofit based in Thousand Oaks, CA., is partnering with Kern County Animal Services in Bakersfield to find homes for high risk dogs, The shelter has more than 300 dogs and puppies in two metal warehouses with no outdoor runs. Dogs over five-months-old are at high risk for euthanasia because of lack of space and too many abandoned dogs in the community.

Please contact CAPS if you are interested in adopting, rescuing or fostering, and we will make sure the shelter contacts you. They do not answer phones or respond often to voice messages due to understaffing. Foster homes must be in Kern County. The dogs are in Bakersfield, not Thousand Oaks.

caps@caps-web.org
*No phone calls, please. If you would like us to call you, please leave your phone number in an email.

CAPS can arrange transportation if you are on the West Coast.