P.O. Box 3215
Church Street Station
New York, New York 10008-3215
www.BigAppleBullies.com
Until our logo is up here, we'll use Muggs instead!
New on the website:
June 29, 2009. Eleventh Hour Rescue, based in Rockaway, New Jersey, is trying to find a new home for "Bean." For more information, visit Bean's Petfinder listing. Or fill out an adoption application at Eleventh Hour Rescue's website.
June 22, 2009. Two more bullies need new homes. We pulled them from a shelter on June 19th. These sweet middle-aged males, each with lifelong chronic but not severe health issues, need medical care before being placed. A donation from you, in an amount as small as $10 via Paypal or sent directly to our veterinary account, will make a difference! We'll have more info about "Cooper" and "Freeman" up soon. Please keep checking back: they are both wonderful dogs. Email us for the vet's address and number if you'd like to send or charge funds directly to our account at the clinic.
June 9, 2009: Good news for the region's pet owners. Dr. Alice Moon Fanelli, a national expert in companion animal behavior disorders, is now seeing clients not only at Tufts Veterinary School, where she is based, but at Brooklyn (Connecticut) Animal Hospital in Northeastern Connecticut. If your bull terrier or other household pet has fears, phobias, compulsive behavior, or aggression problems not mitigated by rewards-based training, you can consult Dr. Fanelli at the Tufts Behavior Clinic, via Tufts PetFax or at her new Connecticut location www.brooklynvethospital.com/
May 27, 2009: Click here to see Lilly, a four year old bully who has the energy of a puppy. Do you have the stamina to keep up with her antics? If you can offer her a forever home with no other pets, please fill out an application. Lilly lives in New York City.
May 27, 2009: George is a velcro dog: he doesn't want to leave your side. His deafness might be the reason, or he just might have had a tough beginning and now badly craves human company and affection. He's sweet as could be and needs a very special owner who will not mind him underfoot while he learns how to be independent. For more info and tips on living with a deaf dog, have a look at www.deafdogs.org
April 1, 2009: Our dogs are featured in the Spring edition of American Dog Magazine. Pick up a copy (with Denis Leary on the cover) at Barnes & Noble, Borders, B. Dalton, Whole Foods, or other book/magazine retailers or online and look for our dogs on the Table of Contents pages!
January 20, 2009: OZZIE has had the distinct privilege of being photographed by Steve Benisty for inclusion in a book of dog portraits. When we have details about the publish date, we'll be sure to post them. In the meantime, click here and here for a sneak peek at two of Ozzie's shots. Steve brings a fashion industry sensibility to his dog photography and the results are pure glamour! Doesn't Ozzie look like a star? To find out more about Ozz, who is still looking for a home, click here to go to our list of dogs for adoption.
**Click here to go right to our Adoption Application.**
HOW TO HELP:
The economic downturn is hurting everyone, including animals, and donations for all charitable organizations are plummeting. If you shop on-line, please consider registering at iGive and selecting us, Big Apple Bull Terrier Rescue, as your designated charity. Every time you shop through the iGive portal link you'll be helping our dogs, since a percentage of everything you purchase will be sent to us at no extra cost to you! Almost every national vendor imaginable is represented on iGive (over 700 stores like Staples.com; Harry & David; Lands' End; Drugstore.com; Amazon.com; Apple iTunes and so many more). We can easily earn hundreds of dollars each quarter, money desperately needed for veterinary costs, foster housing, and food and treats for our needy dogs.
Click here or on the iGive icon below to register. Our bullies will thank you for it.
OTHER WAYS TO HELP (that you might not have thought of):
- Do you have big box-store gift cards with a few dollars on them that are going to expire soon? Send 'em to us! We can always use them to buy food, beds and toys for our foster bullies while they await permanent homes!
- What about gas cards? We can use them to help pay for transportation costs.
- Do you have a large-sized wire dog crate you no longer need? If you're in or near New York City, we'll arrange to pick it up from you. Old towels, sheets, dog beds and pillows can also be put to good use!
- Are you a certified trainer who can donate time to work with our dogs? Or our new owners?
You can donate directly to us through the yellow PayPal "Donate" button below. You may also send funds (or call in credit card donations) directly to our veterinary clinic account, to help us pay for our bullies' much needed care. Email us for details.
We are a small, independent Bull Terrier rescue group in New York City. We find homes for English Bull Terriers who have been abandoned, surrendered or otherwise need a new living situation. We prefer to place dogs within two or three hours' drive from New York City, but are happy to consider homes farther away provided we can find a regional colleague to meet you in person and do a home-check for us, and provided we can find, or you can supply, appropriate transportation for the dog. We never airship our dogs. For more information about our adoption policies, please go to our Dogs Needing Homes page.
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Ours is a bare-bones website. We exist to place dogs and to prevent bull terriers from ending up in rescue. What you won't find here are loads of cute photos, "success stories," testimonials or flashy graphics and interactives. What you will find is information about the breed, resources to help you decide if a bull terrier is right for you, and yet more resources to help you live with your newly-adopted bull "terror." We are always available to answer questions; make veterinarian, training and breeder referrals (this last, in case you decide that a rescue dog might not right for you but you still want a bull terrier); assist you in researching diet, health or behavior issues; and in general help you share your life the best way possible with this sometimes difficult but always dynamic breed. Our goal is not just to place the dogs that come into our care, but to prevent bull terriers from becoming "rescues" in the first place.
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