Mutts and Moms
523 S Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
626.394.0946
Email: pawboutique@yahoo.com
www.muttsandmoms.org

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On the Web: www.muttsandmoms.org

Mutts and Moms

Who We Are - Mutts & Moms is a non-profit organization that rescues dogs from Los Angeles City and County shelters. This rescue was started by Marina Baktis, a volunteer with Los Angeles city shelters, who saw all the beautiful animals that are euthanized daily and wanted to do something! Mutts & Moms rescues mixed breed dogs (mutts) and Moms with the occasional litter, taking them out of the shelters and into foster homes and boarding kennels, where they are groomed, cared for, and then adopted into loving homes.

Adoptions - every Sunday 11am-3pm at the Paw Boutique. To request a specific dog be there, please email pawboutique @ yahoo.com. You may also request to meet one of our dogs by appointment, once you have followed the steps in How To Adopt and your application has been approved.

See all our dogs for adoption by clicking here.

About Mutts & Moms and Marina Baktis

Marina Baktis began her rescue efforts by volunteering at North Central shelter in 2002. Week ends were spent at the shelter matching families with the right dog for their home. Frustrated with the number of dogs euthanized weekly, Marina began volunteering with private rescue organizations. Hundreds of dogs have been saved due to her efforts. Calls were made to different rescue groups, bailing dogs out of the shelter and transporting them to safety became a weekly endeavor.

Finally, Mutts and Moms was formed. Marina was in love with the mutts and just loved their original look and personality. Every Mutt is one of a kind. Breeds all look alike but find two mutts that look the same... impossible. Month after month, Marina would see moms come into the shelter, her puppies always getting adopted and the mom being destroyed because her droopy sacks of milk were unattractive to the public. Marina would take them home, let the milk dry up, spay the mom and she would be a brand new dog. The other scenario that upset her was the mom and litter being destroyed because the shelter did not have room to keep them. It was an outrage to her that a mom could go through giving birth, caring for her pups and then being destroyed. This is why she formed Mutts and Moms.

In 2005, Mutts and Moms received non-profit status. All donations are tax-deductible and the money is spent caring for and treating sick and injured mutts and post-lactaing moms. Mutts and Moms is all volunteer, no one receives a salary.

Even though hundreds of dogs have been saved, there are too many being destroyed daily in our shelters. Please spay/neuter your pets and encourage everyone you know to do the same. Please do not breed or buy while homeless animals die. There are many wonderful dogs in our shelters and available through rescue groups. To rescue a homeless animal is the greatest gift you could ever give or receive. The love and devotion of a dog that has been rescued is unparalleled. They know they have been saved.

"Mama Noel was going to be destroyed on December 23, 2004. I had sworn off dogs for the holidays but when I went to bring the shelter employees their annual holiday lunch, the kennel supervisor showed me Mama Noel (I named her that) and she would have been destroyed in just a few minutes so I took her. Once she regained her pretty figure she was adopted by a wonderful woman in Pasadena. Mama Noel is an example of what happens to the mom dogs in our city/county shelters. They are destroyed because no one wants to adopt a dog with a sagging belly. Mutts & moms is here to rescue dogs like her and give them their well-deserved second chance." -- Marina Baktis



I am only one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything
but I can do something.
And I will not let what I cannot do
interfere with what I can do.

--Edward Everett Hale