California Paws Rescue

01/01/2026

Have a blessed prosperous, healthy new year to everyone. We closed out the year with 85 adoptions to various parts of the country and Canada. Thank you all for your support of this rescue which made it possible to get these dogs into good homes

12/24/2025

Twas the night before Christmas, the rescue was still,
But fifty-plus Bull Terriers dreamed with such will.
Curled into blankets, noses tucked tight,
They waited with hope through the long winter night.

Ivory and Marvin slept softly, side by side,
While Spud dreamed of laughter he’d feel deep inside.
Calvin lay peaceful, Turkey sighed low,
Just five hopeful hearts—so many more so.

They dreamed not of riches, nor glitter nor gold,
But hands that would hold them and homes for them to grow old.
Of voices that’d call them, of doors opening wide,
Of being someone’s joy, their reason, their pride.

The rescue stayed quiet, yet warmth filled the air,
For love was already alive in there.
Each wag, each soft sigh, each thump in the night,
Was faith that their futures were loving and bright.

So as Christmas draws near, hearts shining just right,
And stars glow with promise throughout the night,
That somewhere tonight, beneath stars shining bright, A Bull Terrier’s waiting turns to delight

12/22/2025

Here is Brent working with Tigger, the CPR dog of the day. Tigger is about 4 yrs old and weighs 45lbs

12/20/2025

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12/18/2025

12/15/2025

For years we have always fed our dogs a raw healthy balanced diet. We had very low vet bills very little stools in the yard because there were no fillers and it wasn’t processed food.
We recently because of the expense for feeding 55 to 60 dogs, raw food decided to go to kibble.
We had a lot of our allergy dogs on FARMINA pet food -Ocean. Other others were on Lamb formula
We have had about 10 to 12 dogs with black bloody stools since starting on the food. My own dogs I have them on the ocean and had major bloody stools that would come and go. We were in the process of getting them off this brand and onto another. Yesterday we had to rush Sandy to the emergency vet to be hospitalized due to very black thick bloody stools and she wasn’t eating. She was so sick that we had to euthanize her last night. The reason I am writing this is that if you have experienced this, please let your pet food store know. I had recommended this food to several people because we thought it to be a very good food
Some dogs have done well on it and then all of a sudden they break out with bloody stools. It is a pattern, not a coincidence because besides some of our dogs at the facility, some of our fosters have experienced the same thing. I have notified the distributor today to get in touch with the manufacturer of FARMINA. Please check your bags at the very bottom. These bags were manufactured in Serbia. If you find this is the case you should return it to your pet food store . Someone in our office ordered a bag from Amazon and it smelled so bad that she sent it back. Our bags of food did not smell bad though. It is very unfortunate that a dog lost her life last night and we just had blood work done in October and her blood work was perfect. This information is meant to be helpful and to just investigate in case you have experienced the same thing