Hey! Grateful Dogs is having an adoption event this Saturday from 12-3 at the West Portal Starbucks. Overcome your knee-jerk contempt for corporate coffee long enough to come and see some of the little pups you've met on SFist, as well as some new faces. SFist Franny will be making an alumni appearance there as well, so be sure to say hi! If nothing else, stop by to say hi to Billy! We have......

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the left side of the site, half-way down) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Rufus has a similar story to SFist Franny, who was also saved from euthenasia by an ACC employee who saw her potential. Maybe that's why we like him so much, or is it that happy grin? Rufus seems to be an all-around happy guy who is......

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the left side of the site, half-way down) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Not to sound like the dude who tried to sell us a used Vespa the other day, but we almost didn't pick Louie for this week's Find a Friend because we want him so badly ourselves. (Yes, we do note the resemblance between Louie and SFist's......

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Aw, Porter. Who doesn't love Black Labs? Porter is a handsome hunk of young dog, who is beautiful to look at and has a beautiful warm spirit as well. Porter is just a great dog! He is very people oriented and wags his tail in......

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Look at Pepper's spooky eyes! Pepper is a four-year-old tricolor neutered male Australian Shepherd mix with big beautiful blue eyes and about 55 pounds. He is quite an affectionate boy and loves to be petted. He will come over to put his head in your......

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. (Mike, we're working on the update, bear with us) Now, say it with us: "Oh Ricky you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind!" Ricky is a two-year-old neutered male Lhasa Apso mix who weighs 17 pounds. This lively fellow has just been......

This week's adoptable pets (they'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Check it out! We have a twofer this week! Sawa is a neutered male Pomeranian, 14 lbs. a great active senior, around 8 or 9 years old. He has had a vet work up and much needed dental. Pomeranians can live from 12 to 17......

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Romi is killing us with cuteness in this picture! Argh! Romi is most likely Border Collie/Chow mix, which means he will be smart, energetic and focused. This 3 ½ month old male fuzzball is an incredibly sturdy, resilient little character. Most puppies don’t survive more......

This week's adoptable pet (she'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue (check out their fancy new site). Dusty definitely has some special needs, but is an adorable senior who has a lot of love to give. Dusty is a 14 year old spayed female spaniel mix, a little bit underweight at 16 lbs. She's mostly black......

This week's adoptable pet (she'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue (check out their fancy new site). Look at the grin on Sonya! Sonya is a seven-year-old spayed female American Eskimo dog who weighs about 20 pounds. She is a little shy at first, but warms up quickly. She is very active and frisky, friendly and......

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue (check out their fancy new site). Our favorite thing about Teddy is his tail -- look at that curl! Teddy is a nine-year-old neutered male Lhasa Apso or Shih Tzu. He was surrendered to the shelter in terrible condition, with badly matted hair that had......

This week's adoptable pet (she'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Look at this picture and tell us that you don't feel just a little prickle behind your eyes for this teeny tiny little girl! Carly was abandoned by her owner and was brought to the shelter, dirty and flea-ridden. This shy little dog is a......

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. Any shelter or resuce worker will tell you that here in the Bay Area we have very serious issues with abandoned or unwanted pit bulls with no behavorial issues whatsoever. Unlike the Palo Alto Daily News, we believe that responsible guardianship and training of these......

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. As guardian of a somewhat anxious pet ourselves (and are therefore aware of the serious commitment one is), we feel especially moved by Wiley's story and hope that you are as well. Wiley is a 10-year old Belgian Malinois/Greyhound mix and weighs about 70 pounds.......

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. We're just so happy to see thet no one makes Kiva wear any embarassing scarves or sweaters -- of course, if you adopt him, all this could change! Kiva is a handsome husky mix. He is a neutered male, about 5 years old and 45......

This week's adoptable pet (she'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from Grateful Dogs Rescue. We think she's adorable as all get out, but are dying to know why people put bandanas or scarves on dogs. Please explain this to us in the comments! Betty is a nine pound female Chihuahua mix, about 3-4 years old. She is probably OK......

SFist features a new adoptable pet every week. This week, take a look at Emily, from Grateful dogs rescue!...

This week's adoptable pet (he'll be featured on SFist all week long on the right side of the site, below the ads) comes to us from the same place last week's dog did, Grateful Dogs Rescue. Look at this dog! Cooper is a most delightful little guy. About 9 lbs., Cooper thinks of himself as a teacup cattle dog. His little tail is always at attention and he swaggers up and down the park.......

We're big animal lovers here in the Bay Area, as evidenced by the dedicated employees at many of ourarea humane societies and city shelters. In addition to these established animal care organizations are the many animal rescue organizations who save and seek homes for many of the animals that could no longer be accomodated by these societies and shelters. Here in our SFist bully pulpit, we realized that we have the chance to highlight......