Dogs for Adoption in California

Rescues and shelters near 731 California cities and towns have dogs looking for homes, including 1,256 near Los Angeles. Pick the place nearest you, or search by zip code. Updated November 4, 2026.

Biggest cities in California

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  Dogs for Adoption in Los Angeles, CA

  1,256 dogs · 23 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in San Diego, CA

  606 dogs · 20 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in San Jose, CA

  624 dogs · 34 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in San Francisco, CA

  141 dogs · 12 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Fresno, CA

  131 dogs · 7 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Sacramento, CA

  211 dogs · 9 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Long Beach, CA

  1,125 dogs · 21 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Oakland, CA

  315 dogs · 18 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Bakersfield, CA

  1,511 dogs · 33 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Anaheim, CA

  1,095 dogs · 23 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Stockton, CA

  700 dogs · 27 rescues
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  Dogs for Adoption in Riverside, CA

  1,123 dogs · 18 rescues

Dogs for adoption by county

• Alameda County 130
• Amador County 246
• Calaveras County 377
• Contra Costa County 166
• El Dorado County 137
• Fresno County 19
• Kings County 147
• Los Angeles County 1,567
• Madera County 19
• Marin County 328
• Monterey County 51
• Napa County 303
• Nevada County 67
• Orange County 279
• Placer County 23
• Riverside County 786
• Sacramento County 129
• San Benito County 76
• San Bernardino County 522
• San Diego County 607
• San Francisco County 16
• San Joaquin County 700
• San Luis Obispo County 9
• San Mateo County 34
• Santa Barbara County 131
• Santa Clara County 119
• Santa Cruz County 274
• Siskiyou County 52
• Solano County 142
• Stanislaus County 419
• Sutter County 239
• Tulare County 84
• Ventura County 207
• Yolo County 59
• Yuba County 178

Every city and town in California

• A
• Acton 226
• Adelanto 1,315
• Agoura Hills 606
• Agua Dulce 1,658
• Alameda 312
• Alamo 310
• Albany 278
• Alhambra 1,180
• Aliso Viejo 375
• Alondra Park 1,117
• Alpine 314
• Alta Sierra 239
• Altadena 1,071
• Alum Rock 644
• Amador City 366
• American Canyon 121
• Amesti 242
• Anaheim 1,095
• Angels 336
• Angwin 177
• Antelope 211
• Antioch 300
• Anza 447
• Apple Valley 1,101
• Aptos 264
• Arbuckle 172
• Arcadia 1,153
• Arden-Arcade 211
• Armona 165
• Aromas 220
• Arroyo Grande 68
• Artesia 1,235
• Ashland 345
• Atascadero 42
• Atherton 271
• Auburn 239
• Auburn Lake Trails 245
• August 680
• Avalon 947
• Avenal 82
• Avocado Heights 1,127
• Azusa 853
• B
• Bakersfield 1,511
• Baldwin Park 1,126
• Banning 159
• Barstow 404
• Bay Point 253
• Beaumont 157
• Bell 1,370
• Bell Gardens 1,384
• Bellflower 1,268
• Belmont 214
• Belvedere 200
• Ben Lomond 399
• Benicia 262
• Berkeley 287
• Bermuda Dunes 133
• Beverly Hills 1,215
• Big Bear City 1,253
• Big Bear Lake 1,278
• Biggs 98
• Blackhawk 296
• Bloomington 1,103
• Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos 19
• Bonita 498
• Bonny Doon 274
• Bonsall 968
• Borrego Springs 136
• Bostonia 599
• Boulder Creek 413
• Boyes Hot Springs 331
• Bradbury 788
• Brea 1,412
• Brentwood 309
• Bret Harte 359
• Brisbane 220
• Broadmoor 149
• Buena Park 1,142
• Burbank 1,167
• Burlingame 193
• Bystrom 359
• C
• Cabazon 1,295
• Calabasas 866
• Calimesa 909
• Calistoga 167
• Camarillo 264
• Cambria 9
• Cambrian Park 474
• Cameron Park 102
• Camp Pendleton North 160
• Camp Pendleton South 151
• Campbell 564
• Campo 599
• Canyon Lake 735
• Capitola 264
• Carlsbad 382
• Carmel Valley Village 100
• Carmel-by-the-Sea 104
• Carmichael 211
• Carpinteria 354
• Carson 1,248
• Casa Conejo 361
• Casa de Oro-Mount Helix 586
• Castaic 1,587
• Castro Valley 359
• Castroville 200
• Cathedral City 282
• Cayucos 42
• Ceres 359
• Cerritos 1,163
• Channel Islands Beach 728
• Charter Oak 1,177
• Cherry Valley 460
• Cherryland 356
• Chico 308
• Chino 1,025
• Chino Hills 1,095
• Chowchilla 33
• Chula Vista 498
• Citrus 704
• Citrus Heights 206
• Claremont 880
• Clayton 288
• Clovis 131
• Coalinga 71
• Colfax 251
• Colma 149
• Colton 1,147
• Colusa 103
• Commerce 1,392
• Compton 1,370
• Concord 288
• Contra Costa Centre 302
• Corcoran 147
• Corona 927
• Coronado 498
• Coronita 882
• Corte Madera 188
• Costa Mesa 521
• Cotati 248
• Coto de Caza 368
• Country Club 760
• Covina 808
• Crest 599
• Crestline 1,021
• Crockett 234
• Cudahy 1,370
• Culver City 1,256
• Cupertino 516
• Cutler 165
• Cypress 1,133
• D
• Daly City 149
• Dana Point 276
• Danville 310
• Davis 471
• Day Valley 264
• Del Aire 1,116
• Del Mar 556
• Del Monte Forest 164
• Del Rey Oaks 164
• Delano 633
• Desert Edge 583
• Desert Hot Springs 583
• Desert Palms 133
• Diamond Bar 1,278
• Diamond Springs 274
• Dinuba 165
• Discovery Bay 266
• Dixon 523
• Dogtown 595
• Dorris 52
• Dos Palos 131
• Downey 1,262
• Duarte 753
• Dublin 327
• Dunsmuir 52
• E
• Earlimart 360
• East Foothills 644
• East Hemet 160
• East La Mirada 1,122
• East Los Angeles 1,378
• East Palo Alto 297
• East Pasadena 1,196
• East Porterville 162
• East Rancho Dominguez 1,249
• East Richmond Heights 256
• East San Gabriel 1,188
• Eastvale 1,374
• El Cajon 599
• El Cerrito 278
• El Dorado Hills 102
• El Granada 140
• El Monte 1,175
• El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) 9
• El Rio 760
• El Segundo 1,154
• El Sobrante 1,250
• El Verano 331
• Elk Grove 456
• Elverta 211
• Emerald Lake Hills 209
• Emeryville 293
• Empire 348
• Encinitas 514
• Escalon 375
• Escondido 329
• Esparto 349
• Etna 52
• Eucalyptus Hills 606
• Exeter 162
• F
• Fair Oaks 206
• Fairbanks Ranch 523
• Fairfax 390
• Fairfield 656
• Fairview 351
• Fallbrook 147
• Farmersville 162
• Felton 274
• Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente 378
• Fillmore 411
• Firebaugh 33
• Florence-Graham 1,370
• Florin 222
• Folsom 176
• Fontana 1,104
• Foothill Farms 211
• Fort Jones 52
• Foster City 258
• Fountain Valley 599
• Fowler 165
• Frazier Park 733
• Freedom 242
• Fremont 263
• French Camp 684
• French Valley 161
• Fresno 131
• Fruitridge Pocket 211
• Fullerton 1,267
• G
• Galt 662
• Garden Acres 600
• Garden Grove 734
• Gardena 1,238
• Garnet 583
• Gilroy 261
• Glen Avon 1,102
• Glendale 1,167
• Glendora 679
• Gold River 206
• Goleta 314
• Gonzales 100
• Good Hope 735
• Goshen 165
• Grand Terrace 1,147
• Granite Bay 176
• Granite Hills 599
• Grass Valley 124
• Greenfield 57
• Gridley 98
• Grover Beach 68
• Guadalupe 68
• Gustine 275
• H
• Hacienda Heights 1,117
• Half Moon Bay 169
• Hanford 165
• Harbison Canyon 599
• Hartley 634
• Hawaiian Gardens 1,151
• Hawthorne 1,116
• Hayward 353
• Hemet 174
• Hercules 217
• Hermosa Beach 1,116
• Hesperia 411
• Hidden Hills 924
• Hidden Meadows 263
• Hidden Valley Lake 147
• Highgrove 1,147
• Highland 1,622
• Highlands-Baywood Park 204
• Hillsborough 198
• Hollister 176
• Home Gardens 958
• Homeland 199
• Homestead Valley 491
• Huntington Beach 599
• Huntington Park 1,370
• Huron 94
• I
• Idyllwild-Pine Cove 1,142
• Imperial Beach 490
• Indian Wells 178
• Indio 2,235
• Industry 1,105
• Inglewood 1,245
• Interlaken 233
• Ione 533
• Irvine 447
• Irwindale 1,119
• Isla Vista 314
• Isleton 690
• Ivanhoe 165
• J
• Jackson 369
• Jamul 490
• Joshua Tree 165
• Jurupa Valley 1,147
• K
• Kennedy 695
• Kensington 278
• Kentfield 188
• Kerman 92
• King City 66
• Kingsburg 165
• L
• La Cañada Flintridge 1,176
• La Crescenta-Montrose 1,167
• La Habra 1,249
• La Habra Heights 1,249
• La Mesa 586
• La Mirada 1,134
• La Palma 1,113
• La Presa 586
• La Puente 1,117
• La Quinta 131
• La Riviera 211
• La Selva Beach 242
• La Verne 981
• Ladera Heights 1,391
• Ladera Ranch 356
• Lafayette 292
• Laguna Beach 314
• Laguna Hills 388
• Laguna Niguel 308
• Laguna Woods 388
• Lake Arrowhead 964
• Lake Elsinore 775
• Lake Forest 388
• Lake Los Angeles 1,940
• Lake Mathews 819
• Lake of the Pines 250
• Lake San Marcos 420
• Lake Wildwood 245
• Lakeland Village 794
• Lakeside 599
• Lakewood 1,223
• Lancaster 1,080
• Larkspur 188
• Las Flores 369
• Las Lomas 225
• Lathrop 713
• Lawndale 1,117
• Lemon Grove 586
• Lemon Hill 211
• Lemoore 165
• Lemoore Station 165
• Lennox 1,245
• Lenwood 404
• Lincoln 86
• Lincoln Village 700
• Linda 256
• Lindsay 147
• Live Oak 264
• Livermore 299
• Lockeford 676
• Lodi 726
• Loma Linda 1,134
• Lomita 884
• Long Beach 1,125
• Loomis 170
• Los Alamitos 1,133
• Los Altos 164
• Los Altos Hills 162
• Los Angeles 1,256
• Los Banos 153
• Los Gatos 474
• Los Osos 42
• Loyola 164
• Lucas Valley-Marinwood 370
• Lucerne Valley 1,031
• Lynwood 1,370
• M
• Madera 630
• Madera Acres 19
• Malibu 606
• Manhattan Beach 1,154
• Manteca 549
• Marin City 200
• Marina 176
• Marina del Rey 1,256
• Martinez 291
• Marysville 233
• Mather 211
• Mayfair 131
• Mayflower Village 1,125
• Maywood 1,370
• McFarland 360
• Mead Valley 1,064
• Meadow Vista 260
• Meadowbrook 739
• Meiners Oaks 459
• Mendota 19
• Menifee 244
• Menlo Park 313
• Mentone 984
• Merced 892
• Midway City 788
• Mill Valley 201
• Millbrae 149
• Milpitas 644
• Mira Loma 1,214
• Mira Monte 459
• Mission Viejo 382
• Modesto 1,153
• Mojave 387
• Monrovia 789
• Montague 52
• Montalvin Manor 205
• Montara 146
• Montclair 926
• Monte Sereno 474
• Montebello 1,393
• Montecito 281
• Monterey 164
• Monterey Park 1,391
• Moorpark 411
• Morada 671
• Moraga 304
• Moreno Valley 1,105
• Morgan Hill 336
• Morongo Valley 683
• Morro Bay 42
• Moss Beach 131
• Mount Shasta 52
• Mountain House 778
• Mountain View 164
• Mountain View Acres 1,243
• Murrieta 109
• Muscoy 1,850
• N
• Napa 470
• National City 498
• Nevada City 73
• Newark 287
• Newman 391
• Newport Beach 436
• Nipomo 68
• Norco 954
• North Auburn 239
• North El Monte 1,136
• North Fair Oaks 271
• North Highlands 211
• North Richmond 205
• North Tustin 509
• Norwalk 1,279
• Novato 365
• Nuevo 696
• O
• Oak Hills 1,526
• Oak Park 656
• Oak View 459
• Oakdale 348
• Oakhurst 18
• Oakland 315
• Oakley 836
• Oceano 68
• Oceanside 277
• Ojai 583
• Old Fig Garden 131
• Olivehurst 256
• Ontario 1,296
• Orange 814
• Orange Cove 165
• Orangevale 176
• Orinda 298
• Orosi 165
• Oroville East 51
• Oxnard 728
• P
• Pacheco 300
• Pacific Grove 169
• Pacifica 149
• Pajaro 231
• Palermo 51
• Palm Desert 213
• Palm Springs 594
• Palmdale 1,466
• Palo Alto 174
• Palos Verdes Estates 861
• Paramount 1,249
• Parksdale 19
• Parkway 211
• Parlier 131
• Pasadena 1,151
• Patterson 512
• Pedley 1,157
• Penngrove 258
• Perris 709
• Petaluma 290
• Phelan 477
• Pico Rivera 1,271
• Piedmont 295
• Pinole 205
• Piñon Hills 2,055
• Pismo Beach 68
• Pittsburg 253
• Pixley 147
• Placentia 969
• Placerville 258
• Planada 170
• Pleasant Hill 302
• Pleasanton 256
• Pleasure Point 264
• Plumas Lake 250
• Plymouth 403
• Pollock Pines 137
• Pomona 1,052
• Port Hueneme 728
• Porterville 502
• Portola Valley 163
• Poway 556
• Prunedale 200
• Q
• Quartz Hill 1,245
• R
• Ramona 432
• Rancho Calaveras 501
• Rancho Cordova 159
• Rancho Cucamonga 1,208
• Rancho Mirage 282
• Rancho Murieta 396
• Rancho Palos Verdes 693
• Rancho San Diego 586
• Rancho Santa Fe 513
• Rancho Santa Margarita 382
• Redding 102
• Redlands 1,104
• Redondo Beach 1,029
• Redwood City 262
• Reedley 165
• Reliez Valley 302
• Rialto 1,079
• Richgrove 360
• Richmond 215
• Ridgemark 171
• Rio del Mar 251
• Rio Linda 211
• Rio Vista 694
• Ripon 534
• Riverbank 350
• Riverdale 165
• Riverside 1,123
• Rocklin 153
• Rodeo 235
• Rohnert Park 248
• Rolling Hills 861
• Rolling Hills Estates 861
• Rollingwood 205
• Rosamond 695
• Rose Hills 1,269
• Roseland 140
• Rosemead 1,293
• Rosemont 211
• Roseville 206
• Ross 188
• Rossmoor 1,072
• Rowland Heights 1,078
• Rubidoux 1,114
• Running Springs 964
• S
• Sacramento 211
• Salida 421
• Salinas 175
• San Andreas 377
• San Anselmo 178
• San Antonio Heights 2,692
• San Bernardino 1,606
• San Bruno 149
• San Carlos 205
• San Clemente 176
• San Diego 606
• San Diego Country Estates 152
• San Dimas 1,177
• San Fernando 987
• San Francisco 141
• San Gabriel 1,293
• San Jacinto 174
• San Joaquin 81
• San Jose 624
• San Juan Bautista 200
• San Juan Capistrano 276
• San Leandro 344
• San Lorenzo 348
• San Luis Obispo 68
• San Marcos 361
• San Marino 1,151
• San Martin 294
• San Mateo 213
• San Miguel 290
• San Pablo 205
• San Rafael 178
• San Ramon 302
• Sand City 169
• Sanger 165
• Santa Ana 685
• Santa Barbara 1,862
• Santa Clara 644
• Santa Clarita 478
• Santa Cruz 264
• Santa Fe Springs 1,277
• Santa Maria 522
• Santa Monica 1,176
• Santa Paula 1,038
• Santa Rosa 934
• Santa Rosa Valley 411
• Santa Venetia 178
• Santee 606
• Saranap 292
• Saratoga 545
• Sausalito 200
• Scotts Valley 316
• Seacliff 264
• Seal Beach 1,054
• Seaside 169
• Sebastopol 138
• Selma 94
• Shackelford 359
• Shingle Springs 275
• Sierra Madre 1,044
• Signal Hill 1,208
• Silver Lakes 483
• Simi Valley 626
• Solana Beach 513
• Soledad 76
• Sonoma 391
• Soquel 264
• South El Monte 1,170
• South Gate 1,370
• South Monrovia Island 1,119
• South Oroville 51
• South Pasadena 1,151
• South San Francisco 149
• South San Gabriel 1,391
• South San Jose Hills 1,129
• South Whittier 1,184
• Spring Valley 586
• Spring Valley Lake 1,243
• Squaw Valley 165
• St. Helena 203
• Stanford 255
• Stanton 1,063
• Stevenson Ranch 468
• Stockton 700
• Strathmore 147
• Strawberry 201
• Suisun City 137
• Sun Village 2,205
• Sunnyside 131
• Sunnyslope 1,148
• Sunnyvale 164
• Sutter 233
• Sutter Creek 361
• T
• Tamalpais-Homestead Valley 201
• Tara Hills 205
• Tarpey Village 131
• Temecula 84
• Temescal Valley 1,015
• Temple City 1,293
• Templeton 9
• Terra Bella 360
• Thousand Oaks 485
• Thousand Palms 213
• Tiburon 224
• Tipton 147
• Topanga 927
• Torrance 908
• Tracy 751
• Tulare 388
• Turlock 1,147
• Tustin 509
• Twin Lakes 264
• U
• Union City 334
• University of California Davis 471
• Upland 1,102
• V
• Vacaville 658
• Valinda 1,104
• Valle Vista 160
• Vallejo 216
• Valley Center 167
• Valley Springs 501
• Ventura 655
• Vernon 1,369
• Victorville 1,243
• View Park-Windsor Hills 1,342
• Villa Park 1,157
• Vincent 947
• Vine Hill 291
• Vineyard 175
• Visalia 165
• Vista 277
• Vista Santa Rosa 131
• W
• Walnut 1,263
• Walnut Creek 290
• Walnut Park 1,370
• Warm Springs 754
• Wasco 244
• Watsonville 231
• Weed 52
• West Athens 1,246
• West Carson 1,087
• West Covina 1,079
• West Hollywood 1,295
• West Menlo Park 257
• West Modesto 489
• West Puente Valley 1,126
• West Rancho Dominguez 1,370
• West Sacramento 211
• West Whittier-Los Nietos 1,269
• Westlake Village 594
• Westminster 788
• Westmont 1,246
• Wheatland 256
• Whittier 1,205
• Wildomar 264
• Williams 102
• Willowbrook 1,370
• Wilton 454
• Winchester 200
• Winter Gardens 599
• Winters 400
• Woodbridge 743
• Woodcrest 1,149
• Woodlake 162
• Woodland 199
• Woodside 186
• Wrightwood 2,387
• Y
• Yorba Linda 1,095
• Yosemite Lakes 19
• Yountville 442
• Yreka 52
• Yuba City 233
• Yucaipa 950
• Yucca Valley 531

Rescues in California

• California Labradors Retrievers and More Rescue 84
• United Hope for Animals 75
• The Barking Lot 60
• Ozzie and Friends Rescue Inc 59
• Love All Animals 47
• Rescue Ranch 46
• Baja Animal Sanctuary 42
• Oakland Animal Services 40
• Doggie Protective Services 37
• Labradors and Friends Dog Rescue Group 35
• Second Chance Dog Rescue 32
• Starpaws Rescue 29
• The Heroic Tail 29
• I.C.A.R.E. Dog Rescue 26
• Passion for Pitties 24
• Northern California Sled Dog Rescue 23
• Friends of Orange County's Homeless Pets 22
• Canine Adoption and Rescue League 21
• It's The Pits 21
• The Little Red Dog, Inc 20
• Three Eye Blind Animal Rescue 20
• Beagles and Buddies 19
• The SPCA for Monterey County 17
• Labrador Retriever Rescue of Fresno 15
• Recate Fenix aka Rescue Fenix 14
• Pardon... Me Inc. 13
• Woofs and Wags Dog Rescue 13
• Doggie Bonez Inc 13
• TLC K9 Rescue 13
• Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA 12
• Hope For China Dogs Rescue 12
• PAW Estate Rescue and Shelter Inc 11
• GreenDog Foundation 10
• Animal Rescuers Without Borders 9
• Forte Animal Rescue 9
• Central Coast Herding Dog Rescue 9
• Our Underdog Rescue Squad 9
• A Passion for Paws Rescue, Inc. 8
• LIFE Animal Rescue 8
• Melita's Dream Animal Rescue 8

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