River Cities Bully Buddies

River Cities Bully Buddies Educate* Advocate* Adopt* Rescue We are dedicated to the rescue of bully breed dogs who are at high risk of euthanasia in local shelters. Thank you!

MISSION:

Educate* Advocate* Adopt* Rescue

WHO WE ARE:

We are a small 100% volunteer run, foster home based organization (with a small indoor/outdoor kennel at home base) located in Huntington, WV, and immediate surrounding tri-state area of WV, KY, OH. We spay/neuter, provide medical care, food and all other necessities. Each dog in our care is loved as a family member by our foster families

and integrated into our daily lives where we get to know their personalities to match them with the best possible forever home. In addition to our rescue and re-homing efforts, we strive to increase positive public awareness, protect dog’s labeled “pit bull” from discrimination, and the importance of treating each dog as an individual, regardless of breed or physical appearance. RCBB also provides assistance to help reduce the number of dogs being surrendered to shelters and rescues through our spay/neuter assistance programs and helping families facing breed discrimination issues. RCBB promotes compassion and responsibility in our community towards all animals. Interested in adopting?

*We DO NOT adopt out unaltered dogs, every dog that is in our program is spayed/neutered, so please do not ask!

*We DO NOT adopt out any of our dogs to homes who have an invisible fence, this is a NON-NEGOTIABLE. Please send inquires to [email protected] for an application. Once your application is approved a volunteer will contact you to set up a home-based meet and greet with the dog you are interested in. Our goal is to make the best possible match so if all goes well we will then set up a home visit and ask that a two week trial period be given to determine if the dog is a good fit for your family. RCBB does not want anyone to feel pressured to keep a dog they don't have a good connection with. (The full amount of the adoption fee will be reimbursed during this 2-week trial period.) If you decided that the dog is a good fit, a contract will then be signed and finalized. (The process time can vary depending on volunteer availability)

*Applicant must have non-discriminatory home owners insurance and/or

*Applicant must have approval from landlord if renting.

*We adopt to INDOOR homes only.

* Our "pit bull" dogs: We DO NOT adopt out in areas with Breed Discriminatory laws, including within the city limits of Huntington (restrictions) or Barboursville (restrictions), Ceredo (ban), Kenova (ban), Bluefield (ban), Dunbar (restrictions), Montgomery (restrictions), Fayetteville (restrictions) WV....Rome Township in Proctorville, OH (ban), Flatwoods, KY (restrictions). NO EXCEPTIONS!

*We require a home based meet and greet, so must be within reasonable driving distance of Huntington, WV. Typically no more than 50-60 miles, but we occasionally make exceptions for older dogs. ADOPTION FEES: $175 puppies under 1 year of age, $150 adults over 1 year of age and $100 for dogs 7 years and older, special circumstances, fees are $200. This fee go towards the necessary medical care of our dogs. Our costs include dhppl and rabies vaccinations, spay/ neuter, de-worming, 4DX test for dogs over 6 months (to check for heartworm and tick borne illness), flea & heart worm preventative, microchip with free lifetime registration and often additional medical or surgical procedures for dogs who have been abused/neglected. Chewy Wish List: https://www.chewy.com/g/river-cities-bully-buddies_b73871964?fbclid=IwAR332n8SQhYLdr7u-dsRWkSLGpnA9716d6ljnekP9YVlst_VpcaKezVfsCU

WISH LIST:
*4Health puppy food (regular and grain-free) Sold at Tractor Supply *Great Need*
*Diamond Naturals Chicken Adult- Sold at Tractor Supply
*Diamond Naturals Skin & Coat Formula
*Diamond Naturals Senior Formula
*Treats (USA and Canada made only please)
*Puppy Pads
*Durable toys
*Nylabone edibles, Porkchomps, Whimzees, Himalayan cheese chews
*Paper towels *Great Need Always*
*Dawn Dish Liquid
*Scrubber Sponges
*Medium Latex Gloves
*Medium/Large Stainless Steel (heavy Duty) Food Bowls
*Towels/receiving blankets (no big blankets please)
*Gift Certificates for supplies (Tractor Supply, Petco, Chewy, Amazon, etc..) SPONSOR A RESCUE DOG PROGRAM

To help us in our efforts, we have decided to start a "Sponsor a Rescue Dog Program" to help us ensure that each dog in our care is happy and healthy while searching for their forever home! It is an excellent way you can help save a life, even if you are unable to foster or adopt. By sponsoring one of our dogs, you help provide him/her with food, toys, treats, and vet care! Sponsoring helps to offset our costs- in turn enabling us to help more dogs in need! Together we can make a difference! RCBB will keep you informed of your sponsor dog’s progress. Your name will also appear on our page as a sponsor (in that dog’s album), or your sponsorship may remain anonymous if you prefer. Here is the list of sponsor levels, but of course any amount is accepted and appreciated.

*Helping Paw - $10.00
Your donation helps provide toys and treats for a dog.

*Home Again Hero! $20.00
Your donation will provide the most powerful tool to reunite a lost dog with their family- a microchip with a lifetime registration.

*Chow Pal $30.00
Your donation will purchase a bag of 4health or Diamond Naturals puppy/dog chow.

*Puppy Love $50
Your donation will provide a pup with their first wellbeing checkup, and all 3 distemper/parvo combination vaccines.

* FIX- IT- $85.00
The best way to reduce the number of shelter deaths, spay/neuter! Address the problem at its root, and FIX IT! Your donation will spay/neuter a dog, and supply pain medicine for after surgery to keep him/her comfortable while healing. Sponsorships can be sent to PayPal under [email protected], please specify which dog you would like to sponsor or if it's just a general sponsorship. Donations can also be directly applied to our veterinary account, (304)736-8555. Thank you again for your continued support, we could not do this without your generosity.

Is anyone interested in meeting Hobbs this Sunday? His foster Momma can take him to work for the afternoon in Huntington...
03/18/2025

Is anyone interested in meeting Hobbs this Sunday? His foster Momma can take him to work for the afternoon in Huntington. This good boy needs a family to call his own! 😊

🐾 ADOPT ME 🐾 Rubeus This sweet bebe boy is the last of his litter waiting for a home (Alvie & Figgy), he's approximately...
03/18/2025

🐾 ADOPT ME 🐾

Rubeus

This sweet bebe boy is the last of his litter waiting for a home (Alvie & Figgy), he's approximately 5 months old and weighs around 20lbs. He's the smallest of the boys and has a little catching up to do, but he's getting there and it is time to find his forever family! We are unsure of breed mix, however it's safe to say he will be at least medium size when full grown.

Rubeus is the most affectionate of the boys! He is a shadow puppy, who of course does well with other dogs, but prefers to be with his people. He just wants to be held and cuddle.

He's doing great in his crate, but no he's not house trained, he is just a wee babe, but he picks up fast on routine and just started to gain decent bladder and bowel control, so we will be working on it.

*Adopter must be close to Huntington to finish vetting.*

PLEASE READ OUR ADOPTION POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS BEFORE SUBMITTING A APPLICATION!

Adoption fee is only $200, includes- neuter, rabies and all core vaccines, 4dx testing, on a monthly flea/tick/hw preventative, microchip with free lifetime registration.

For more information about our dogs and adopting, check out our Petfinder page: https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/wv/huntington/river-cities-bully-buddies-wv188/

Application: https://form.jotform.com/91824057701152

Located in Huntington, WV




🐾 ADOPT ME 🐾Hobbs is READY to find his home!His leg has healed phenomenally, but he does still hold it up at times which...
03/17/2025

🐾 ADOPT ME 🐾

Hobbs is READY to find his home!

His leg has healed phenomenally, but he does still hold it up at times which is to be expected with wearing a splint for a month.

💙4.5-5 months old
💙fine with cats
💙fine with dogs as well
💙LOVES kids
💙Great in the crate
💙Rides well in the car
💙doesn’t seem to mind goats or horses

PLEASE READ OUR ADOPTION POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS BEFORE SUBMITTING A APPLICATION!

Adoption fee is only $200, includes- neuter, rabies and all core vaccines, deworming, on a monthly flea/tick/hw preventative, microchip with free lifetime registration.

For more information about our dogs and adopting, check out our Petfinder page: https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/wv/huntington/river-cities-bully-buddies-wv188/

Application: https://form.jotform.com/91824057701152

Located in Huntington, WV




03/15/2025

Reminder! Volunteer hours for Saturday & Sunday 4pm - 8pm 🤗❤️🐾

03/15/2025

It's often difficult to capture the beauty of a dark brindle coat in photos , however, here's a short video showing just how lovely little miss Neva is! 🥰

🐾 ADOPT ME 🐾

Neva

This pretty little lady is approximately 14 weeks old and has a lovely brindle coat, pictures don't do her justice.

💖 Sweet & petite
💖 Velcro pup
💖 Great co-piliot
💖 Enjoys the company of other dogs (seeks out human affection moreso)
💖 Would do fine with cats & considerate children
💖 Doing well with crate training

PLEASE READ OUR ADOPTION POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS BEFORE SUBMITTING A APPLICATION!

Adoption fee is only $200, includes- spay, rabies and all core vaccines, deworming, on a monthly flea/tick/hw preventative, microchip with free lifetime registration.

For more information about our dogs and adopting, check out our Petfinder page: https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/wv/huntington/river-cities-bully-buddies-wv188/

Application: https://form.jotform.com/91824057701152

Located in Huntington, WV




🐾 ADOPT ME 🐾 Rubeus This sweet bebe boy is the last of his litter waiting for a home (Alvie & Figgy), he's approximately...
03/14/2025

🐾 ADOPT ME 🐾

Rubeus

This sweet bebe boy is the last of his litter waiting for a home (Alvie & Figgy), he's approximately 5 months old and weighs around 20lbs. He's the smallest of the boys and has a little catching up to do, but he's getting there and it is time to find his forever family! We are unsure of breed mix, however it's safe to say he will be at least medium size when full grown.

Rubeus is the most affectionate of the boys! He is a shadow puppy, who of course does well with other dogs, but prefers to be with his people. He just wants to be held and cuddle.

He's doing great in his crate, but no he's not house trained, he is just a wee babe, but he picks up fast on routine and just started to gain decent bladder and bowel control, so we will be working on it.

*Adopter must be close to Huntington to finish vetting.*

PLEASE READ OUR ADOPTION POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS BEFORE SUBMITTING A APPLICATION!

Adoption fee is only $200, includes- neuter, rabies and all core vaccines, 4dx testing, on a monthly flea/tick/hw preventative, microchip with free lifetime registration.

For more information about our dogs and adopting, check out our Petfinder page: https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/wv/huntington/river-cities-bully-buddies-wv188/

Application: https://form.jotform.com/91824057701152

Located in Huntington, WV




Kroger Community Rewards makes helping rescue dogs easy! All you have to do is swipe your Plus Card, it is FREE for you ...
03/11/2025

Kroger Community Rewards makes helping rescue dogs easy! All you have to do is swipe your Plus Card, it is FREE for you and does not take away from your rewards!

We receive a check quarterly that is anywhere from $1,300-$1,600 on average. Last quarter (December-February) resulted in $1,025.93 being donated!

We currently have 324 (up 7 households since last quarter) supporting RCBB, thank you! ❤

If you haven't signed up yet, please do so and tell your friends and family. This is a quick, easy way to help dogs in need! It costs you nothing, yet helps us tremendously!

https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards

Our organization number is:

03/11/2025

❇️Volunteer Day THIS week is Friday from 10AM-12PM. We need some dog walkers, please!! We haven’t moved a dog in nearly 5 weeks except a pregnant momma. Unbelievable!!! Rescue Partners we are still begging for rescue help!!! They wanna break out so bad!!

Rescue Efforts: BARC

❇️Hopefully starting NEXT week… we will have an evening pound day during the first part of the week 5PM-7PM and morning/afternoon pound day still on Fridays 10AM-12PM

We will keep you updated! 🐾

*FOSTER/ADOPTER OR RESCUE NEEDED* This big boy was supposedly born in October sometime, he weighs at least 35lbs. Has li...
03/10/2025

*FOSTER/ADOPTER OR RESCUE NEEDED*

This big boy was supposedly born in October sometime, he weighs at least 35lbs. Has lived with cats, young kids and a we**ie dog. He's been pretty much allowed to free roam outside, so he does not like to be crated, he is a barker, so we will work on this, not house trained.

The hotel doors are closed until further notice, so we need people willing to open their hearts and homes so we can take these babies into our program.

✅ We provide food and supplies for fosters. Vetting is also covered.

Fosters must be within reasonable driving distance from Huntington WV (but reside outside of city limits due to breed discriminatory ordinance) for vetting purposes. Current dogs in the home must be spayed/neutered and up to date on vaccines. Indoor homes only! Must be able to foster until forever home is found. Please message or email us at [email protected] if interested in fostering or adopting!



03/10/2025
We welcomed this beauty to the RCBB family today! She was a fortunate girl to make it out alive, rural shelters have lit...
03/09/2025

We welcomed this beauty to the RCBB family today! She was a fortunate girl to make it out alive, rural shelters have little resources and the rate of abandonment is the highest it has been in a very long time, with adoptions almost non-existent. We are facing a serious crisis in the sheltering/rescue world!

They named her Daisy May at the shelter, but we are changing it to Sugar. Not overly original for a white dog, but I just can't do anymore Daisies, lol. The ACO estimates her to be between 1-2 years old and she weighs around 40lbs. I'll get more precise information at the vet to share.

She will be watched for disease/illness over the next 2 weeks, evaluated with other dogs after she decompresses and vetting started. Unfortunately, we couldn't find foster for her, so she's at the hotel. If you're interested in fostering or possibly adopting, message us!

A huge THANK YOU goes to Ronya Akers for breaking this sweet girl out and giving her a ride to Charleston, another THANK YOU to Ashley Flynn and her husband for taking time out of their day to get her to me! 💖


Thank you to our friends at the Covered Bridge for giving our pups exposure and the opportunity to socialize. We appreci...
03/09/2025

Thank you to our friends at the Covered Bridge for giving our pups exposure and the opportunity to socialize. We appreciate you!


Please come see this sweet baby today!!
He's up for adoption!!
He's had a rough start in life.
"Hobbs" will be here until 5pm.

Hobbs waiting to make new friends and hopefully meet his forever family!Come meet Hobbs TODAY at The Covered Bridge Viny...
03/09/2025

Hobbs waiting to make new friends and hopefully meet his forever family!

Come meet Hobbs TODAY at The Covered Bridge Vinyl and Supply! He’ll be making an appearance from 12-5 while his foster mama works. Toys and treats gladly accepted!

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