We are a group of friends dedicated to mixed breed dog rescue primarily in Lake County, and also all of northern California. Our mission is to help decrease the pet overpopulation problem in Lake County. Occasionally we have other animals available for adoption — purebred dogs, cats and kittens, barnyard and others.

We do occasionally take dogs, but when we can't we are always willing to give advice and list them on our website in our owner listed section.

We are always looking for volunteers to provide foster homes for animals. Fill out our foster family application to volunteer. We also gladly accept donations to support the work of our foster families:

Looking for a meaningful and lasting gift for a Pet Lover?

Donate a Kuranda dog bed to one of our dogs in the name of a friend or family member. A personalized Gift Card will be mailed to them to inform them of the wonderful gift you have selected for them.
Donate a Bed Now

You can also donate a pet bed to Special Pets Rescue through Animal Rescue Aid. Just click the Donate a Pet Bed link at the ARA site, and be sure to enter "Special Pets Rescue" in the comments section of the donation form.

Another great gift idea for a loved one – or yourself!

Shop for dog-related apparel at Big Pile of Dog Shirts and 10% of the proceeds go to benefit rescue. Look for Special Pets Rescue in the drop-down list on the Choose a Rescue Page, and shop for shirts while helping SPR!

 

All of our pets are up to date on vaccines and spayed/neutered, or arrangements to do so will be made. To our ability most of our animals are crate trained and housebroken. They live in a home environment, and are exposed to children, cats, dogs, etc. See our current list of adoptable dogs, adoptable cats, or other types of animals available for adoption. To begin the adoption process, fill out our adoption application.

If you don't find your perfect companion here, please check out Lake County Animal Services for even more adoptable pets.

While we don't have a facility and all of our animals are in individual foster homes, we would love set up a time to have one of our pets be a potential new member of your family. So please call 707-350-7008 or email us at info@specialpetsrescue.org.