Don’t worry, we’ll be doing the 5k walk.

By the Editors

We love dogs (and we love adopting them – see here, here, here, and here!) so creating a team for the Sacramento SPCA’s 20th Annual Doggy Dash was a no-brainer, and we’d love for you to join our team (“GOTGSac”).

This is a great excuse for you and your pup to socialize,... Read More

SACRAMENTO, CA - A pit bull attack that left a woman in Stockton dead Thursday has re-ignited a debate about the breed: Is their reputation for violence deserved?

STORY: Woman killed in apparent pit bull attack in Stockton ID'd

Owners of American Staffordshire Terriers competing at Cal Expo's Sacramento Kennel Club Dog Show will tell you their dogs are often mistaken by the public for pit bulls, so they're intimately aware of the public scorn for pit bulls.

That's especially true for Richard Chatigny. After years of raising Amstaffs and other dogs, he and his wife adopted a pit bull named Sadie.

"She's the calmest. She's the most obedient. She's the most accepting of anybody and everybody. She's a great ambassador," Chatigny said of Sadie.