Sometimes its difficult for people to understand why they can't have that cute puppy on our website. If we always had cute puppies, it wouldn't be so hard for us to place dogs. But the fact is, we rarely have cute puppies. The puppies we do get usually have problems, that's why we get them.

By the time we get done treating these little guys for entropion, mange, broken bones, ear infections, etc., they have missed out on a large part of their puppyhood. So we try our best to get them into a foster home where they can learn the skills necessary to be a good family dog. And we place them close to our puppy foster or our facility in Redding, so they can receive the followup care they will inevitably need.

Which is why, when we get flooded with applications for a cute puppy, we carefully screen each one. We are usually looking for experienced Pei owners, living in the state of California, who fully understand what exactly they are up against, by adopting a cute little guy with health problems. We are fully aware that there are great owners and great vets located throughout this country. But, we made a commitment to our dogs the moment we said, "Yes, we'll take him." And that commitment is for life. If, ANYTHING, happens to one of our dogs, we will ALWAYS take that dog back. Try getting a breeder to honor that commitment.

Didn't get that cute puppy you wanted? Consider this...most SharPei are full grown by about 8 months. For the next 8 to 12 years you will be living with an ADULT dog. We always have wonderful, adult dogs that would love a good home, with a caring owner and great vet care. Please consider one of these dogs. For every time we adopt out a dog, we can save a life in a shelter.

Lives are saved by open minds and open hearts. Join us in saving lives. You won't regret it.

Hi everyone,

I want to catch you up on some of the goings on at California SharPei Rescue. We started off the year very strongly with a number of adoptions. However, things have slowed quite a bit.

On the good news front, some of our longtime residents have found their forever homes. Regis went to live in Modesto with Howard and Nancy Rogers and their Pei, Mandy. Bingo is in the process of being adopted. Buster went to live with Tammy Ford and family in Southern California. He joins Kahlua and Mudslide there.

Some of our more recent arrivals found homes, also. Harvey, the little guy with the broken leg, was adopted. Chip (a beautiful flower boy) went to live in Oakland with the Sufi family. He never even made it to the front page. Little Ava found a good home where she will be spoiled like the Princess that she is.

On another note, you may have noticed that we took down the post for Andree. He is the deaf/blind Pei/Aussi mix at Butte Humane Society. Not to worry though. The original post was a courtesy post for the folks at Butte. However, he will be going to Modesto next week, to learn some special skills to help him, and any potential adopter, adapt to his special needs. If you are one of Andree's Guardian Angels, thank you.

We appreciate all of our adopters, Guardian Angels, volunteers and of course, Anna and Rich Payne. Without you, these precious lives would be lost.

"We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made." M. Facklam