Making a Difference in Their Lives. We are a non-profit & all breed rescue organization operating in the Baja, Mexico and San Diego, CA areas to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome cats & dogs. Learn more about
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Check the animal attendance the morning before the event to confirm attendance of a particular rescue. In addition, please check the up-to-date animals attendance list 1 HOUR BEFORE an event to know if the dog or cat you want to meet is still attending.
Also remember to review importantevent information BEFORE attending.
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You can still help: a donation is a great way to help ARWOB! Any amount - large or small - is appreciated.
Find out other ways you can donate to ARWOB by visiting our donation page.
Foster a Rescue
Fostering is FREE and FUN!
We not only provide you with everything you need to take care of one of our rescues, but the experience is SO fulfilling. By placing one animal into a foster home, you allow us to save another. We are always in need of foster parents.
Pia needs a caretaker or foster!
Won't you consider helping her get a new start?
Please review our Adoption Process before filling out an application. If you would like to try a Foster to Adopt trial, please fill out an Adoption Application.
If you are only interested in temporarily Fostering one of our rescues, please fill out a Foster Application.
About Pia
Status: Adopted!
Adoption Fee: $200
Species: Dog
General Color: Black with White
Color: Bicolor
Current Size: 50 Pounds
Potential Size: 55 Pounds
Current Age: 13 Years 7 Months (best estimate)
Location: 7250 Mesa College Dr San Diego CA 92111
Declawed: No
Housetrained: Yes
Meet Pia! She is a happy, go-lucky 1-year-old Lab/ Retriever mix who weighs about 40 lbs. She was found in March lying on the corner of a street in Mexico. When we approached her, she evidently had been hit by a car as she had a lesion on her head and her right front paw was injured. Her paw has completely healed since then and although her paw and toes are deformed, she feels absolutely no pain and can walk and run on it just fine. She acts like nothing is wrong! A spirited, young, and adventurous girl like her won't be held back when her whole life is still ahead of her. She has also seen a vet and he has determined that she feels no pain what-so-ever and an amputation is, therefore, completely unnecessary. However, if her adopter finds that aesthetically they would prefer to amputate the leg it would be up to THEM and THEIR veterinarian.
Pia is just your normal dog. She is such a sweetheart! She gets along well with all creatures big and small, even a ferret that belonged to the person in the foster home she lived in when she was still in Mexico. She LOVES people and will approach them asking for pets and love. She also LOVES belly rubs and will rub up against you asking for more if you get her started. She is an absolute joy to be around and wants to find her forever home so badly. We cannot understand why she is still with us! Please, please consider this girl. She would make an excellent companion. She still likes to go out on her walks and will walk, even run, for a little bit with you. Obviously, she will get tired quickly but nothing holds her back really. She would still also love to go on visits to dog park and just on outtings in general.
More about Pia
Good with Dogs, Good with Cats, Good with Kids
Special Needs: Slight injury/deformity on her right front paw. Can still walk and run but will tire quickly. Likes to run in the dog park!
If you would like to meet one of our animals, PLEASE fill out an adoption application.
