How many adventures can one little ghetto dog cram into a year? In March '06 ( Mile One ), Chickie Sue showed up abandoned in an Oakland...

It’s true, my only real parenting experience had been with raising my own pit bull and fostering for BAD RAP. When I was pregnant I joked wi...

We met this older female in an east bay shelter. Her face will haunt us forever. She was depressed, neglected and very tired after a life sp...

Some of you might recognize Sammie from our available page. She's a foster dog and special guest at Emily's home while she awaits h...

His name, for now, is Little Man. He has a funny underbite, a wildly wagging tail, and he represents hope to a whole lotta people. I spotted...

We're happy to report that Trish King sent word that she's pulled the controversial hand-out (blog below) out of Marin Humane Societ...

It's no secret that people in the animal welfare field disagree on topics related to training, favorite breeds, preferred collars. As ...

Many of you have read (or heard about) the harrowing story of Gilbert and his 11-year-old buddy Eddy. Short version: Gilbert had to undergo...

BAD RAP's Pit Ed Class was cancelled for the first time in weeks yesterday because of pouring rain. The diehard folks that did show up i...

Somebody recently sent me a school paper written by 13-year-old Sakari Turner, who also did a speech on the breed. We think that Sakari h...

Sometimes, rescue is about very difficult choices. When we pick a dog out of the shelter, we leave behind other perfectly deserving dogs wh...

BAD RAP is so fortunate to have the most dedicated group of volunteers at Pit Bull Hall . Their weekly visits are so important for all the d...

Some of you may have seen this pit bull t-shirt on the Bad Rap shop. We love vintage photos of pit bulls, and this particular photo is from...

It was a cloudy Saturday morning. The perky girl had spent the morning flirting with all her Pit Ed pals, and was relaxing with her human bu...

Folks have been asking about our wee orphan. Tank is doing just fine and has been moved to an experienced Momma dog, and also has an older ...

One advantage to 6-week-olds: they're too wee to escape the tub.

Whoever said "ignorance is bliss" must have been in animal rescue. Last week, we received an e-mail from a low-income family tha...

Just a few dogs from class today taking a break... Bali Borman Gulliver Lady

As a BADRAP outsider, I had always heard rumors about how crazy the BADRAP contact@ inbox was. You see, contact@BADRAP.org is where the gene...

Though we don't generally like to draw attention to the color of our dogs, what with the consumerism that surrounds the breed leading fo...