Hope 4 Pits Rehabilitation Center

28/08/2024

Original post here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1em8cFLdJJEUeGrR

26/08/2024

26/08/2024

08/08/2024

We are in need of dog food - if you can help please visit our website to donate, and thank you.

If you would like to learn more about how you can support our mission to help dogs that have run out of chances, please use our contact page to send us a...

31/07/2024

Sharing in case any of our friends friends up in north Colorado happen to see this pup 🐾

Send a message to learn more

15/07/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/j7UYNrTSDoBpPdwP

29/05/2024

This is just tragic.

https://www.facebook.com/share/HRUj7s6Y9M7d6qKi/?mibextid=xfxF2i

30/04/2024

Check out our newly updated website:

https://hope4pits.org

19/04/2024

The new Hope4Pits mobile-friendly website is now online:

What We do Our primary focus is rehabilitating pit bulls* (and other dogs) that aren't conventionally adoptable for a variety of reasons and face being...

17/04/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/3BsnhbpG54BGn4mg

WANTED: VOLUNTEER DOG WALKERS

Do you like dogs? Do you like walking? Are you skilled in the art of tummy tickles? If you answered yes to all three of these questions, why not put your passions and skills to work and volunteer to walk some shelter dogs?

Our Pueblo shelter desperately needs dog walkers. Yes, we are literally looking for people to spend time with our pups and give them some love outside their kennel.

Leashes, treats, and cute dogs will all be provided. All we need is you! Contact our Pueblo Community Engagement Manager, Anita, at [email protected] for more information!

17/04/2024

We need help getting a homeless man and his dog a ride to a safe place later this evening, please message us if you can help and thank you 🙂 UPDATE: a ride was found 💚

12/04/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/9y5cUTM5A5xYzkDF/?mibextid=xfxF2i

Putting this back up in recognition of Dog Bite Prevention Week. 💥
A very important topic. ‼️‼️
Bites...they can change everything for you and your dog.
This escalation may only take seconds.

"My dog bit out of the blue".
"There was no signs at all"
"She just bit out of nowhere"

Many of these comments are because the signals and signs given were not received, either by us or not received by the other dog involved.

Just as some humans may struggle to read these signals, some dogs struggle too.....especially if over aroused or "over socialised/poorly socialised" as a puppy or young dog.
Some people think all dogs are able to read other dogs signals clearly......most do not and there are a variety of reasons for that.

Breed differences.⚠️
Dogs may not be able to recognise facial tension or posturing in dogs which have vastly different shapes than them.

Over excitedness.⚠️
Overly aroused or "hyper" dogs may interact immediately rather than waiting to read the circumstances and watch how this dog interacts.

Hormones.⚠️
Hormones have the capability to change a dogs behaviour drastically.

Not learning when enough is enough.⚠️
This is a skill and needs to be taught early. Every dog should learn when play is too rough, one sided and is turning.

Learning to be calm.⚠️
Calmness is a skill and cannot be expected if your dog has not learned this either naturally or taught by you.

Bites will change everything in your world and in your dogs world. Please take bites seriously, especially in smaller breeds. Sometimes when people have smaller breeds, the damage a bite can do may be minimal...that isn't an excuse not to address the behaviour.

No matter what the size of the dog....a bite is a bite.

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12/04/2024

Goodnight from the rehab center 💜💚🐾

08/04/2024

Stella was saved from euthanasia - she was actually in a truck headed for the vet to be put down after becoming aggressive around a newborn baby and attacking other animals in the home, including a horse.

05/04/2024

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/pit-bulls-banned-aurora-city-council-dog-breed/

02/04/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/tEyGrHDG6qrudgat/?mibextid=xfxF2i

30/01/2024

We just found this sweet girl sitting in the road waiting for help, she's safe now - if anyone knows who she might belong to please message us. She's malnourished and a bit beat up ☹️

10/01/2024

📸 Look at this post on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/SPuU43ctEUcWb79R/?mibextid=xfxF2i

20/10/2023

The fall colors are amazing here today.
~ Storm

17/10/2023

Rose being Rose