Hope for Pits

Hope for Pits Hope for Pits, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit based in Jacksonville, FL. We are a volunteer run rescue.

⭐️ HAPPY NATIONAL DOG DAY ⭐️Show us your sweet pups in the comments!Thank you all for being a part of our community!    ...
08/26/2023

⭐️ HAPPY NATIONAL DOG DAY ⭐️

Show us your sweet pups in the comments!

Thank you all for being a part of our community!

PUPDATE:  sweet Honey’s foster family decided they could not let her go!! She has been adopted by her amazing fosters! 🍯...
07/12/2023

PUPDATE: sweet Honey’s foster family decided they could not let her go!! She has been adopted by her amazing fosters!

🍯 ADOPTABLE HONEY! 🍯

This very sweet little girl is approximately 4 months old and looking for her forever family!

She is the MOST snuggly little girl and is friendly with the current dogs in her foster home!

To apply to adopt sweet Honey, apply here:

https://airtable.com/shrL8Ozj2HE2G8LEO

Happy Independence Day from HopeForPits!We are thankful for all of you and for our great nation and all those who have s...
07/05/2023

Happy Independence Day from HopeForPits!

We are thankful for all of you and for our great nation and all those who have served to protect and defend the USA!

Please keep in mind your pets may be fearful of fireworks and keep them inside and contained ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️

❤️ADOPTED❤️🌸 MIRACLE 🌸This perfect pocket-sized pittie potato is available for adoption! She is spayed, UTD on all vacci...
07/01/2023

❤️ADOPTED❤️

🌸 MIRACLE 🌸

This perfect pocket-sized pittie potato is available for adoption!

She is spayed, UTD on all vaccines, and LOVES everything and everyone (cats, dogs, people!)

This very precious girl is looking for her forever home—could that be you??

Apply here to adopt Miracle:

https://airtable.com/shrL8Ozj2HE2G8LEO

We, at Hope For Pits stand for those dogs who may not be the “easiest” breeds and temperaments to place. We have built o...
06/21/2023

We, at Hope For Pits stand for those dogs who may not be the “easiest” breeds and temperaments to place.

We have built our rescue on one of the most feared, shunned, and MISJUDGED breeds of dog.

There is a reason for that. We DARE to have the dedication, fearlessness, and the STRENGTH of character plus the TRUST in the inherent goodness of the innocent lives we save and rehabilitate.

Though most of our dogs are non-reactive—there are a few that need more work than others—-and guess what?

We rescue pitbulls.

Those hard-work dogs are GOOD 👏🏻 DOGS 👏🏻 TOO 👏🏻.

And they deserve the same chance at life as all the others.

Thank you all for your support and love.

❤️ Pupdate: adopted!! ❤️🌸ADOPTABLE PUPPY ALERT! 🌸Today’s spotlight puppy is little Cocoa! Cocoa is dog, cat, and overall...
06/20/2023

❤️ Pupdate: adopted!! ❤️

🌸ADOPTABLE PUPPY ALERT! 🌸

Today’s spotlight puppy is little Cocoa!

Cocoa is dog, cat, and overall friendly and is looking for her forever home!

She is approximately 4 months old ❤️

If you would like to apply for Cocoa, here is the application:

https://airtable.com/shrL8Ozj2HE2G8LEO

Fosters secured! 🥰🆘 PUPPY FOSTERS NEEDED! 🆘Hi friends!!Adoptions are slow for every rescue right now and that means that...
06/12/2023

Fosters secured! 🥰

🆘 PUPPY FOSTERS NEEDED! 🆘

Hi friends!!

Adoptions are slow for every rescue right now and that means that little puppies are growing up in foster care 💔

The original foster home for little Sammy (male) and Honey (Female) is unable to keep them any longer and that means we need help immediately.

The 2 puppies can be separated from each other so please let us know if you are able to help!

Foster app:

https://airtable.com/shr73ebZutRu9sECr?fbclid=IwAR3IzORZQhQufRAMvZBDN2G1KhtLY3rvpcR3Mw7Z382jFS7qnCkhDjhVTZs

❤️🐾Hey friends! ❤️🐾While we have temporarily ceased intake we do still have 31 dogs and pups needing continued medical c...
06/01/2023

❤️🐾Hey friends! ❤️🐾

While we have temporarily ceased intake we do still have 31 dogs and pups needing continued medical care and expenses. Our goal is to work on getting these babies adopted out into their forever homes so we have space to keep saving dogs in need, but with that means we MUST take care of them in the process and still have our daily bills piling up. Currently we have :

Kia who will need continued visits and therapy for her healing post surgery.

Hope- who is still facing major orthopedic surgery AFTER we conquer her stage three heartworms for which she is currently receiving treatment.

Henry- who is currently undergoing heart worm treatment

And of course all the puppies with continued vaccines and our usual spay and neuter surgeries.

Thanks to you guys we were able to pay off the bill at First Coast ER for the parvo babies. However our rescue account is still looking slim and we want to continue to provide the best care possible for all around.

🚨 If you can donate, please do so below🚨

PayPal:

https://www.paypal.me/hopeforpits?locale.x=en_US

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❤️Hello friends! Please read this important announcement ❤️We at HopeForPits have decided that we need to temporarily ce...
05/31/2023

❤️Hello friends! Please read this important announcement ❤️

We at HopeForPits have decided that we need to temporarily cease intake of all forms while we work on an internal renovation.

As a young rescue, we have tried our best to help every dog or puppy presented to us—because trust us when we say—it is extremely difficult to say NO. But unfortunately, we have had to learn from experience that it is simply not possible to keep saying yes.

Intake clarification regarding the Parvo situation:

19 puppies were taken from one location and 8 puppies plus their mama from another. The stray mama and her 8 came with a foster already in-place who had reached out asking for our support.

The 19:
We experienced parvo immediately UPON INTAKE with 7 of our 19 puppies (the 7 had been separated from the other 12 in that person’s house) and despite ours and our vets’ best efforts, we lost Loki, Bessie, Biggie and Smalls. Our hearts are incredibly broken but this has also opened our eyes that we have taken on too much as a young rescue and it’s time to pull back.

We cannot in good faith continue to intake dogs when it could possibly compromise the care of those we are already committed to and we refuse to provide anything but the best for our dogs.

We are planning to expand our administrative department prior to re-opening our doors in an effort to ensure a faster response time to better meet the needs of our fosters and adopters.

We truly apologize for our shortcomings and we know that some people have been disappointed along the way as we have worked on developing our best practices.

When you run a non-profit dog rescue—emotions run high. Regardless of whether you have been established for 3 years or 30–there will always be criticism. Some of that will be unfounded and accusatory and some will be constructive. What we want to stress is that we are committed to each and every life we save and we do RIGHT by these dogs. Building this rescue has been a long hard road and we have been far from perfect but every decision we have ever made has been with the best interests of our dogs in mind.

We also want to say that we are THANKFUL for every single person who supports our rescue.

We assure everyone this is not the end of Hope for Pits, it is simply us taking a step back so we can focus on finding forever homes for the current dogs in our care as well as re-evaluate and re-vamp our processes and procedures. We need to do this so that we can come back stronger and be the best rescue going forward.

❤️ Success Story Saturday! ❤️Do y’all remember little Porkchop who was dumped in a truck stop and found eating rocks?Wel...
05/28/2023

❤️ Success Story Saturday! ❤️

Do y’all remember little Porkchop who was dumped in a truck stop and found eating rocks?

Well, his foster mama did an AMAZING job nursing him back to health and he has now fully recovered and was adopted by an amazing family this week!!!

Our hearts are so happy knowing that this poor, sweet, baby boy will now live the rest of his life knowing nothing but love and a full belly!

❤️🐾 Sweet Henry is looking for his happily ever after as dog of the day! ❤️🐾Henry’s foster mama wrote some fun facts abo...
05/24/2023

❤️🐾 Sweet Henry is looking for his happily ever after as dog of the day! ❤️🐾

Henry’s foster mama wrote some fun facts about this sweet boy!

Things Henry does which make him the bestest boy:

• He leans his little head into our hands when he’s really enjoying his ear rub
• When he gets excited, he lets out the cutest little huffs and whines
• When he does nibbles his nose goes extra wrinkly
• At bedtime he roots under the covers and lays right beside you
• Whether it’s his paw or face, he must always be touching you
• He starts every single day with a hug
• He is extra cute and squishy when he’s tired
• When he runs around, he hops like a bunny leaping into the air
• Right before walkies you can see him do tippy taps with his feet out of excitement
• When he gets a new toy, he insists on carrying it out of the store
• If you sit on the floor, he takes that as an invitation to sit in your lap
• He is the most polite boy and takes food so gently
• Sometimes when he falls asleep, he loves to have his blankie in his mouth
• He still thinks he’s a tiny puppy, but shhh we’re not going to tell him

Henry is dog selective and not kitty friendly so meet and greets will be required prior to adoption.

❤️ PUPDATE: ADOPTED! ❤️🐾Hey everyone! This sweet boy needs a Foster or Adopter ASAP. His playful puppy energy isn’t the ...
05/14/2023

❤️ PUPDATE: ADOPTED! ❤️

🐾Hey everyone! This sweet boy needs a Foster or Adopter ASAP. His playful puppy energy isn’t the right dynamic for his current foster, If you’re able to foster or adopt complete the app below so Jaq can have a fun space to make his own 🐾

Foster: https://airtable.com/shr73ebZutRu9sECr

Adopt: https://airtable.com/shrL8Ozj2HE2G8LEO

❤️🐾Kicking off our new dog of the day is Suzy! ❤️🐾Suzy is a 3 month old pittie mix with lots of love to give! She’s comp...
05/13/2023

❤️🐾Kicking off our new dog of the day is Suzy! ❤️🐾

Suzy is a 3 month old pittie mix with lots of love to give! She’s completely social with dogs and cats and loves giving lots of kisses. In her current foster she plays great with the animals of the house and absolutely LOVES the outdoors, especially play on the sand in the beach. Suzy is one of the last three in her litter awaiting her forever home. Please reach out if you’re interested in adding this sweet little lady to your family

❤️🎉 AVAILABLE PUPPIES! 🎉❤️To add a little light to all the darkness lately, here are some of our new sweet babies that w...
05/11/2023

❤️🎉 AVAILABLE PUPPIES! 🎉❤️

To add a little light to all the darkness lately, here are some of our new sweet babies that will be coming available for adoption soon!

⭐️All of the ones pictured with bows or bow ties are Mama Lola’s babies and we ARE accepting applications for them! ⭐️

Many of the “big 19” were pre-adopted by fosters and are in foster-to-adopt situations, however—here are the remaining babies who will be available sometime soon 🥰

05/10/2023

🎉 MARY J AND LILO ARE OUT OF THE ER!🎉

Our precious baby girls are headed home to Lilo’s adopter’s house where both babies will continue to recover in a sterile environment.

We are SO ecstatic that our girls have survived and look SO good!!

We love you baby girls!!!



05/10/2023

🎉❤️ OUR LITTLE SURVIVORS ARE BEING DISCHARGED TOMORROW MORNING (WEDS) and we need transport AND FUNDS TO PAY THE BILL❤️🎉

I wish I could be there to jail-break our babies but I will be at work!

We need someone who will be ready to pick up these beans from First Coast ER with a tarp and towels laid out and taped-down into their car seat in the morning and then bring them to their medical foster in Mandarin 🥰

Who can help?

🆘Also—today has been a day of immense celebration and we appreciate all of you—PLEASE KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THEIR BILL!!🆘

🚨We will need another $5k at least toward their bill now that they have survived this.🚨

Please, please donate if you can and share this post.

🚨Donate here 🚨

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05/09/2023

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

IT’S TIME FOR SOME AMAZING NEWS!!!

💜💜💜💜💜
OUR SWEET BABIES LILO AND MARY J HAVE FINALLY REBOUNDED!!!

Also, little Lulu who The London Sanctuary so graciously took yesterday—is ALSO DOING GREAT!

🎉We have been crying TEARS OF JOY instead of tears of sorrow and I cannot stop smiling!!!

They are not quite ready to be discharged, but once they are—it will still be a very structured and careful recovery process. They will need to be kept in a STERILE environment and we prefer to have a foster home with zero other dogs just to prevent the potential for cross-contamination as they shed the rest of the virus from their systems. (Can you help?)

We are absolutely ECSTATIC with this news. See additional video of Lilo being a sassafras in the comments!

Thank you all for your love, prayers, and support!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

*edited to add: Lilo is pre-adopted but we are still definitely placing Mary J and possibly Lilo in a sterile recovery foster *

🚨 LILO AND MARY J UPDATE 🚨Hi friends, Lilo and Mary J are STILL fighting for their lives. I know these photos are diffic...
05/09/2023

🚨 LILO AND MARY J UPDATE 🚨

Hi friends, Lilo and Mary J are STILL fighting for their lives.

I know these photos are difficult to see…but this is our reality right now. They both started eating on their own a little bit over the last 12-24 hours and we JUST CANNOT give up now that they are showing little signs of improvement.

The decision to release Bessie from pain was very clear…but these girls are doing a great deal better than she ever did while she was hospitalized.

🆘 WE STILL NEED FUNDING FOR THEIR MASSIVE HOSPITALIZATION BILL 🆘

Please continue to pray, share our posts, and donate if you can.

❤️Donate here to help us save these precious girls:

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🌈💔 We truly are losing our minds with grief right now. We are so sorry to announce that Smalls passed away last night. 💔...
05/08/2023

🌈💔 We truly are losing our minds with grief right now. We are so sorry to announce that Smalls passed away last night. 💔🌈

Please continue to pray for the last outpatient baby Lulu as well as Mary and Lilo who are still hospitalized at First Coast ER.

And please lift up Kat Johnson as this is taking the biggest toll on her…we are drowning in sorrow.

🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘Our babies are dying. It has taken me all morning to gather the energy to share this update. Our baby boy Biggie—...
05/07/2023

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Our babies are dying. It has taken me all morning to gather the energy to share this update.

Our baby boy Biggie—who was being treated outpatient—suddenly died last night at 2:47am.

The last 2 outpatient babies—Lulu and Smalls—are so incredibly depressed this morning and it is heartbreaking.

Good news: Our two girls who are hospitalized are actually rebounding this morning!!

We are shattered but we won’t stop trying to save these babies.

Please help if you can.

Call First Coast ER:

(904) 853-6310

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🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘WE URGENTLY NEED FUNDING FOR THESE BABIES. We have 4.5k followers on this page and if every single person dona...
05/06/2023

🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘

WE URGENTLY NEED FUNDING FOR THESE BABIES.

We have 4.5k followers on this page and if every single person donated $1 or $5 it would pay for the majority of our medical.

If you are reading this and have $5 to spare, we need you. We are BEGGING for donations at this point.

I know everyone is tired of us asking for money and sad from the loss we have experienced this week, but we HAVE to keep trying to save the other babies. I simply cannot give up.

Without donations NOW—-I honestly don’t know how this rescue is going to survive.

🚨This has bankrupted us 🚨

Mary Jane and Lilo are holding steady but they are still absolutely critical. We will know more at 8pm tonight.

The 3 babies being treated outpatient at Kat’s house (parvo ward in the garage) are still dangerously sick.

💔 WE NEED OUR VILLAGE NOW 💔

Donate here:

Call First Coast ER:

(904) 853-6310

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🚨 WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL $800 towards Bessie’s care! 🚨She has been steadily improving BUT unfortunately this afternoon th...
05/03/2023

🚨 WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL $800 towards Bessie’s care! 🚨

She has been steadily improving BUT unfortunately this afternoon the doctor’s determined that she needs a feeding tube.

I don’t know what else to say at this point….we need you guys.

Her 3 siblings are being kept at a staff member’s house and just their outpatient care this morning (they are more stable than Bessie) cost us $1600.

Please help.

Donate here:
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+1 (904) 647-7481

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❤️ MAMA LOLA AND HER 8 BEANS ❤️Hi all!! This mama and her babies are the remaining tally for the 27 puppy intake we just...
05/03/2023

❤️ MAMA LOLA AND HER 8 BEANS ❤️

Hi all!!

This mama and her babies are the remaining tally for the 27 puppy intake we just accomplished.
We have neglected posting them during the last week due to dealing with parvo (we will update on Bessie as well today) and we just couldn’t wait any longer to share them!

Mama was found as a stray by an amazing person who took her in and then discovered she was pregnant 🤦🏻‍♀️

The original finder took care of them and then reached out for help and of course we couldn’t turn them away!

These babies are HAPPY AND HEALTHY thankfully and will be ready to go home by May 10!!

We are thankful for the original finder who fostered along with an additional amazing foster who came along to help with this precious family!

💜Apply to adopt these beautiful babies here:

https://airtable.com/shrL8Ozj2HE2G8LEO

💜 Baby Bessie PARVO Pupdate 💜Our little girl made it through the night!!  👏🏻She is also showing signs of improvement tod...
05/02/2023

💜 Baby Bessie PARVO Pupdate 💜

Our little girl made it through the night!! 👏🏻

She is also showing signs of improvement today!
Yesterday, her blood pressure at admission was only 60 and this morning it has risen to 112 😭🥰.

We are by NO means out of the woods yet but I can’t help but feel a little hopeful with her improvement and also this precious little picture they sent where she looks a little better. They will be running more bloodwork at 11am today.

Please know that WE STILL NEED DONATIONS.

This case has wiped out any funds we had on-hand even with the donations that have come in. Bessie will definitely need to be hospitalized another full 24 hours at least and that is going to be an additional $2k easily.

Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers and please share this post and donate if you can.

💜 Bessie—we are all cheering for you baby girl—please pull through! 💜

Donate here:

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🚨UPDATE 9:30pm: I just spoke with Dr Fisher and Bessie is in sepsis. She is holding on, but if she makes it through toni...
05/02/2023

🚨UPDATE 9:30pm: I just spoke with Dr Fisher and Bessie is in sepsis. She is holding on, but if she makes it through tonight, she WILL need to continue to be hospitalized which means another $1500-2000. We are doing everything we can for this sweet baby girl. In tears over here. 🚨

❤️ Bessie Pupdate ❤️

She remains in critical condition and honestly all we can do is pray now.

THANK YOU ALL—You guys helped us cover the cost in-full of her $1900 bill that will get us through the next 24 hours UNLESS she needs a blood transfusion which is highly possible.

Please keep her (especially) and her many siblings in your thoughts and prayers as we go into this tough time of waiting.

We are going to do as much preventative care as possible for the siblings she was directly exposed to in the hope that they will be ok.

Thank you all again and we’ll update as soon as we know more.

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