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Rescue the Underdog

San Francisco, CA 94123

Contact
Email rescuetheunderdogapplications@gmail.com
Phone
dogs at Rescue the Underdog

Areas Rescue the Underdog serves

San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, San Francisco County, Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County, San Benito County, Alameda County, Marin County, Solano County, Napa County, Sonoma County, Santa Cruz County

Rescue the Underdog's adoption process

1.

Submit Application

https://www.rescuetheunderdog.com/adoption-application.html

2.

Approve Application

A volunteer will contact you within 1-2 days if application has been approved.

3.

Meet the Pet

Depending on the situation, sometimes the a volunteer and the pet will come to your house. Others we will ask you to go to the foster home

4.

Sign Adoption Contract

5.

Pay Fee

6.

Take the Pet Home

Additional adoption info

All of our dogs are spayed/neutered, up to date with vaccines and have been microchipped.

Adoption application

About Rescue the Underdog

​Rescue the Underdog is small group of volunteers working in the San Francisco Bay Area. We rescue dogs that would otherwise be euthanized in high kill Central Valley shelters and bring them to the Bay Area where they are placed in loving, lasting homes.

Rescue the Underdog's adopted pets

Make a donation to Rescue the Underdog to help homeless pets find homes

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Why should you adopt?

Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life.

What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?

When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.

So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.