Pit Pals Program

Reduced Cost Spay/Neuter and Vaccination Program for Pit Bulls

The MSPCA offers special discounted rates for qualifying owners of Pit Bulls and Pit Bull mixes at the Boston Shalit-Glazer Clinic in Jamaica Plain, at our Noble Family Adoption Center in Methuen Massachusetts, and through the MSPCA Cape Cod Adoption Center in Centerville. Pit Bulls who qualify will receive a full physical exam, microchip, rabies and distemper vaccination and be spayed/neutered for $75.*

Special Promotions

Thanks to our generous donors we are offering free spay/neuter to residents of the following towns:

• In Boston: Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury, Hyde Park
• North of Boston: Methuen, Lawrence, Haverhill, Lowell
• Cape Cod: New Bedford, Wareham, Hyannis, Mashpee

Please note that proof of residency is required at the time of your scheduled spay/neuter appointment to take advantage of this special offer. Please be prepared to bring a recently received mail item (such as a utility bill) with you on the scheduled date of your appointment, or you will be subject to the discounted rate of $75.

Apply for Boston Pit Pals

Submit an application online. A representative of the MSPCA will contact you within several days of receipt of your application.

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Apply for Methuen Pit Pals

Submit an application online. A representative of the MSPCA will contact you within several days of receipt of your application.

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Apply for Cape Cod Pit Pals

Submit an application online. A representative of the MSPCA will contact you within two weeks of receipt of your application.

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Support our Pit Pals Program

The Pit Pals program offers a responsible solution to reducing the population of Pit Bulls to a manageable number through offering affordable spaying and neutering. By supporting this program, you will make a real difference for Pit Bulls in Massachusetts.

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Why we offer this program

Nearly 25% of the dogs entering our adoption centers are Pit Bulls. Pit Bulls also tend to stay the longest at our adoption centers waiting for a place to call home. At the MSPCA, we are committed to helping Pit Bulls through programs specifically designed to create positive change for these misrepresented dogs. The Pit Pals Program helps us assist those community members who want to neuter their Pit Bull but have no financial resources to do so, ultimately reducing the overpopulation of Pit Bulls.

Why are certain communities offered free services?

Of the many towns the MSPCA serves, the highest number of Pit Bulls surrendered to our adoption centers are from these communities.  Our plan is to strategically reach Pit Bull owners whose dogs are most likely to have litters that end up homeless. And our statistics tell us to start in these zip code.

Please note

The Pit Pals Program is only available at the Shalit-Glazer Spay/Neuter Clinic in Jamaica Plain, the Noble Family Adoption Center in Methuen Massachusetts, and through the MSPCA Cape Cod Adoption Center in Centerville. It is not part of the statewide MSPCA/MVMA Spay/Neuter Assistance Program.