“Buddy, is a really good dog,” says his owner as she sobbed while she said her last good bye to her 6 years old “beloved boy.” Her life’s circumstances make it impossible for her to keep Buddy, and today was the day she had to confront those circumstances by saying good-bye to him. She continued to explain, “he is great with kids, and has lived with other dogs,” and while at the shelter we observed Buddy having no reaction to any of the little fearless dogs around him at the South LA Shelter.

Buddy is the latest K9 customer in our Shelter Intervention Program at the South LA Shelter. If the program didn’t exist, Buddy’s would have been surrendered to the shelter and he would’ve been just another adult dog, waiting to be adopted in the pool of 200+ dogs up for adoption six days a week at the South LA Shelter. Our Shelter Intervention Program will try to  locate a rescue or adopter for Buddy and keep yet one more South LA Pet out of the shelter.

If you can adopt, foster or know a rescue that can take Buddy, we’d love to hear from you. 

Plenty more to come, please help spread the word, and if you haven’t already, please follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter. You can also donate to Downtown Dog Rescue. All donations goes straight to our community programs and our dogs.