How We Help

    The Dogs We'd Like to Help

    These are the dogs we wish we could say yes to.

    Every week, dogs like these show up in our inbox and on our page — a girl with a treatable skin condition who's overwhelmed in a shelter, sisters who lost their foster placement at the last minute, a pack of dogs left behind when their owner passed away. Real dogs, real situations, all across the Inland Empire.

    We want to help every single one of them. The only thing standing between them and a second chance is a foster willing to open their home, even just temporarily. We provide the supplies, the veterinary care, and the support — you provide the safe place.

    A few of the dogs we've asked our community to help

    These are real examples of who we've asked our community to help — some already found their way home. It's a look at the kind of dog your yes could be for next.

    Fosters Needed flyer for Ivory and Pearl, two Dogo Argentino mix sisters The Comeback Pack hoped to welcome from Feeding Perris Strays
    A brindle pit-mix puppy at the shelter in Murrieta, CA, one of the dogs The Comeback Pack has asked its community to foster
    Shelter networking graphic headed "Nova - ID 829448, Email # 3", showing two photos of a large tan shepherd mix with a greying muzzle, one of the dogs The Comeback Pack has asked its community to foster
    Foster Needed flyer for a brindle shepherd mix left behind on a property in Anza, a joint appeal by The Comeback Pack and Foster Paws Network
    Urgent Foster Needed Now flyer for a tiny 15-year-old, 7.8-pound senior poodle mix with a matted coat, an eye that needs veterinary care, and severe dental disease, stamped with an update banner reading Foster Found, we are coordinating her rescue now

    Curious about a specific dog you've seen here? Reach out — we're happy to share an update.

    This is what your yes can do.

    Rickey Henderson and Willowdean were once exactly the dogs above — overlooked, waiting, and stuck until a foster said yes. Here's what happened next.

    Still needs a foster or adopter

    We asked. Someone said yes.

    We asked. Someone said yes.

    Rickey Henderson today, dressed up for game day
    Adoption Pending

    Rickey Henderson

    Rickey was the shelter's longest resident with no adoption applications. He became The Comeback Pack's very first rescue, and he has now gone home on a trial adoption with someone who followed his story for a long time.

    Dean Winchester, a Blue Heeler puppy, standing in front of a woven basket and flowers
    In Their Forever Home

    Dean Winchester

    Dean may have been the smallest puppy in the litter, but nobody ever told him that. Confident, curious, and endlessly entertaining, he greeted every new person and every new dog like they were about to become his best friend — and now he's home for good.

    Willowdean today, relaxing at home in a floral bandana
    In Their Forever Home

    Willowdean

    Willowdean was one of the shelter's longest residents — until Anna, who'd recently lost her own beloved husky, saw her story online and couldn't stop thinking about her. It was love at first sight at their meet and greet, and now Willowdean finally has the home she waited so long for.

    See every comeback story