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It's The Pits

Dog rescue in San Diego, CA

We are located in the San Diego area and pull dogs from southern California shelters and we assist families in rehoming their pets so that they don't have to go to a shelter.

I started doing rescue because I couldn't stand to see adoptable dogs being euthanized due to lack of an immediate home. I knew that I could find them good homes.

Contact
Address
PO Box 720008
San Diego, CA 92172
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Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.

Adoptable pets at It's The Pits

We'll also keep you updated on Marley's adoption status with email updates.
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Marley

American Staffordshire Terrier

Female, Adult
San Diego, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Freddie's adoption status with email updates.
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Freddie

American Staffordshire Terrier/Pit Bull Terrier

Male, Puppy
San Diego, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Mercury's adoption status with email updates.
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Mercury

American Staffordshire Terrier/Pit Bull Terrier

Male, Puppy
San Diego, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Harry's adoption status with email updates.
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Harry

American Staffordshire Terrier

Female Adult
San Diego, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Pennie's adoption status with email updates.
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Pennie

American Staffordshire Terrier

Female, Adult
San Diego, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Pierre's adoption status with email updates.
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Pierre

American Staffordshire Terrier

Male, Puppy
San Diego, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Paris's adoption status with email updates.
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Paris

American Staffordshire Terrier/Pit Bull Terrier

Female, Puppy
San Diego, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Cheri's adoption status with email updates.
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Cheri

American Staffordshire Terrier

Female
San Diego, CA

Rescue FAQs

We are located in the San Diego area and pull dogs from southern California shelters.

Additional adoption info

Potential families are asked to complete or Adoption Application before visiting our dogs. We introduce you and your family including any other dogs/cats in your family to our adoptable dogs. If the meeting is a good match we will schedule a home check to ensure that the home is a good match for the pet that you have selected. You will then be asked to complete our Adoption Agreement and to finalize the adoption there will be a processing fee to adopt a pet from us. All proceeds go directly back to help support our rescue and there are no paid employees so all fees are used for our pets waiting to be adopted.

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We'll also keep you updated on Griffy's adoption status with email updates.
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Griffy

Chihuahua/Schnoodle

Male, 3 mos
San Diego, CA
We'll also keep you updated on LILLY's adoption status with email updates.
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LILLY

Australian Cattle Dog

Female, 11 yrs 7 mos
San Diego, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Bear's adoption status with email updates.
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Bear

German Shepherd Dog

Male, 5 mos
Carlsbad, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Becca's adoption status with email updates.
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Becca

Terrier (Unknown Type, Medium)/Mixed Breed (Medium)

Female, Young
Carlsbad, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Ringo's adoption status with email updates.
Bonded Pair
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Ringo

Dachshund

Male, 6 yrs 1 mo
San Ysidro, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Bat-Man's adoption status with email updates.
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Bat-Man

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, Adult
San Diego, CA

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