About Baja Dog Rescue
Mission StatementBaja Dog Rescue is an American run 501c(3) non-profit organization that is operated by a group of dedicated volunteers in the Baja California area. We are a no-kill shelter that rescues and rehabilitates unwanted, abandoned, and neglected dogs from the streets and local pound and find them loving happy homes; we literally give them a second chance at life. We currently have almost 200 rescued street dogs at our facility where they receive the medical attention, food, and love needed to be ready for adoption here in San Diego and all over the U.S. What We Do
Our ChallengesAs a 501c non-profit, all volunteer organization we face many, many challenges, including feeding our dogs. We go through almost 600lbs. of dog food per week, and since our shelter is based in Baja California we receive no assistance from the Rescue Food Bank here in the U.S. All of our adoption fees and donations go right back into buying the food and medicine for the dogs at our shelter. No one in our organization takes a paycheck, and we rely solely on the generosity of the public and our own funds to pay for repairs to our shelter and major surgeries. We always welcome visitors and volunteers to our shelter. Volunteers can help walk the dogs, clean up pens, and help socialize or pups. Making Our Dogs ReadyThe dogs you see on this site have followed a clear, health-restoring process before we consider them ready for adoption by a friendly, caring human family. As rescues, they arrive with some fairly predictable physical problems, but many also have suffered at the at the hands of hostile humans or as victims of other, meaner street dogs. The result is a dog who must be made physically healthy, introduced to other animals, and gentled until they understand that some humans are friendly. Almost any dog, even those most damaged by sometimes truly awful mistreatment by ignorant or hostile humans, responds to gradual gentling by someone who understands how dogs think and react. Dogs have been domesticated for many thousands of years. The dogs who could not or would not coexist cooperatively with humans were removed from the gene pool, often by brutal means. As pack animals they still have much of the wolf in them, but responding to kind humans who feed and interact with them is in a dog’s blood, a bone-deep response for them. They want to be liked and praised by their humans. Those are the two traits we rely on, when rescuing our dogs. When enough gentling, socialization around other dogs as well as (where possible) cats, and physical health treatment have made our fosters healthy, we have a veterinarian do a final examination and we post the puppy or dog on our Ready to Adopt page. Take a look – somewhere there you will spot a puppy or a rescued dog who will be a fine addition to your household. The Volunteer Approach
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Thank you for finding us the perfect dog! Benny has made our lives very happy, he is the smartest and happiest dog we have ever had, and he now has a chance to have a good life!
Mellisa B. (Spring Valley, CA)
Belle is a sweet and loving wonderful creature who brings us joy and happiness at every turn. In the six and one half short weeks since we adopted her, she has become a treasured family member.
Sarah L. (San Diego, CA)