CAMARILLO, Calif. — Blanco, a senior pit bull at Ventura County Animal Services, is listed as Priority 1 on the shelter's Call to Action List and needs an experienced foster, adopter, or rescue partner for a quick exit from shelter care, according to the shelter's listing.
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Blanco is listed as a male American Pit Bull Terrier, about 8 years and 10 months old, at the Camarillo shelter, according to Adopt-a-Pet's Ventura County Animal Services listing. The shelter is at 600 Aviation Drive in Camarillo.
Priority 1, in the shelter's listing, means a challenging placement and a high-priority need for a quick exit. The listing says Blanco is struggling to find a home and has historically struggled in shelter care.
Priority 1 Status, Kennel Stress, and Foster History
The listing says severe kennel stress has affected Blanco's welfare in a previous shelter stay, including repetitive behavior that led to self-injury, and that he has been placed on behavior medication for severe kennel stress. His appetite has also been declining, according to the listing, even as staff try more appetizing foods.
A foster update in the listing says Blanco spent the past few months in a foster home and was slowly coming around with support from his foster caregiver. It says slow introductions to family and neighbors were needed, and that he was still working on additional behaviors.
No reason for his return to shelter care is stated in the sources cited here, and no reason is stated in this article. Anyone considering Blanco should ask the shelter directly about his current status and history.
Behavior Needs, Slow Introductions, and Experienced Home
Blanco is not described as an easy adoption. The listing says he can be a challenge as an adoption candidate and needs careful management of his behaviors for safety.
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Those behaviors, as listed by the shelter's networking page, include potential fear-based reactivity, especially toward unfamiliar people and men, poor impulse control and rough, jumpy and mouthy contact, a potential for strong escape behaviors such as pushing through thresholds, low tolerance for handling during stressful situations such as veterinary visits, some low-level guarding of toys, and lower sociability with other dogs.
The same listing also notes positive traits. Staff and volunteers have worked to keep Blanco happy, a technician took him on a day-trip hike where he decompressed and made friends, and he did well at an offsite adoption event with a volunteer.
For those reasons, the appeal is specifically for someone with experience, not for a first-time or casual placement, and for slow introductions. This article does not describe Blanco as good with children or with other dogs, because the listing does not support that description.
How to Help, Shelter Contacts, and Availability Check
No deadline for Blanco is stated in the shelter's Call to Action post checked on October 26, 2026. That post, whose list graphic was marked updated October 19, 2026, at 2:30 p.m., expressly says the list is not a euthanasia list. It says humane euthanasia could be considered if an individual animal deteriorates and no qualified adopter or group steps forward.
Availability can change quickly, so anyone interested should confirm Blanco is still available before making plans. The shelter's post gives these contacts: call (805) 388-4341 or email info@vcas.us. Adopters are directed to animal.care@venturacounty.gov, rescues to vcar.rescue@venturacounty.gov, and prospective fosters to apply at vcas.us/foster and email vcar.foster@ventura.gov, naming Blanco as the animal of interest.
Sharing this appeal can also help, if you cannot foster or adopt. The shelter asks that interested people name the animal when they contact it.
Sources
Ventura County Animal Services, Call to Action List post (list graphic updated October 19, 2026, at 2:30 p.m.); Ventura County Animal Services Blanco networking listing, via Lily's Second Chance; Adopt-a-Pet, Ventura County Animal Services listing for Blanco