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Sidewinder needs your help!! She has a broken pelvis & needs surgery!!

Sidewinder: Tibetan Spaniel

Female, 10 months, 12 lb.
Playful, Affectionate, Easygoing

Our loving and sweet Sidewinder (if you were to see her walk, you’d understand why we call her that…she definitely winds sideways at the moment) found herself in an LA shelter after having been hit by a car. There she sat awaiting rescue and along we came and scooped this little pretty up!! She’s a loving and grateful little creature, but one with a broken pelvis, dislocated hip & fractured femur. She’ll be having some very expensive surgery ($2500) to piece her back together and since The Barking Lot isn’t made out of gold yet, we’d be ever so grateful of your support and donations toward our little girl’s operation. Please click the PayPal button below to make your tax-deductible pledge!


Use the scroll bar above to view ALL of our adoptable dogs at petfinder.com. You can also view our adoptable dogs at 1-800-save-a-pet.com!

Dogs are fostered in our homes in order to create the same type of environment into which each will be adopted. We strive to meet each pup's needs in terms of exercise, socialization and basic manners, including potty training. For the location of the pooch in which you're interested, please email the contact for that pooch directly.

Our Adoption Process...

Our goal to find the right match for each pooch based on lifestyle, energy level, exercise regime, environment and living situation. To ensure we find a great match for each pup, the process entails an ADOPTION APPLICATION, a play date with your furry friend, a home check of the potential adopter and an adoption contract.

The adoption fees include spay/neuter, up-to-date shots, rabies vaccination, microchip & microchip registration, de-worming and the benefit of getting a pooch who has been living in a stable and loving environment. They are as follows: .

Adult Dogs: $250
Puppies: $350
Senior Dogs & "Bully breeds": $150

Come Meet Our Pooches...

Adoption Event:
Paws in the Park
Solana Beach, CA
Saturday, April 26
11am - 4pm

About THE BARKING LOT...

The seed for The Barking Lot was planted a few years back when I took in my first foster dog, Patti Cake, in hopes of making a bigger impact by helping my favorite furry friends. Before I knew it, I was put on some rescue email list and received an email stating, "This dog to be put down on Tuesday at 3pm". I was utterly horrified and jumped into action figuring out how I could save her. Well, I did and I'm glad to report Raspberry (my nephew named her!) is living happily in Encinitas to this day! After getting her adopted, I thought, "That wasn't so tough." And so it goes...over 500 dogs adopted into loving home and 2 1/2 years later...we are now creating The Barking Lot.

As well as being wonderful companions, dogs are amazing teachers and we've learned so much from them...first and foremost that they all deserve a chance at a better life and their behavior will balance beautifully if their needs are meet and good leadership is applied. These pups will be the most grateful creatures you've encountered. We rescue our furry friends from area shelters, humane societies and Mexico as they are at risk of being euthanized and/or abandoned.

We are a small organization with a handful of key volunteers and we are just getting started as a 501c3 non-profit, so we're looking for more volunteers to add to the fun and reward! We need both people and donations to help our furry friends, so we'd be grateful for either. Please contact Stacy @ sparmer@san.rr.com.

Thanks for choosing rescue,
Stacy, The Barking Lot crew and all the rescued recruits!

P.S. Patti Cake, my original foster dog is still with The Barking Lot residents as I couldn't let her go, so I'm fortunate to call her mine! Yes, even I was a failed foster my first go around!!