Adopt A Senior Pet month Shelters and rescue groups across the country are making a difference for senior pets by participating in Petfinder’s Adopt A Senior Pet month. If your shelter is offering adoption specials or events highlighting senior pets, let me know and I will add your events to this post. Below are two examples of …
Dog adoption
13 ways to help animals I recently discovered the 13 Project. This project was created by a site called Pretty Fluffy, and it encourages individuals to make a list of 13 achievable ways to help animals before 2013. If we all choose just 13 small goals, the impact will be pretty great overall. To participate, …
Duluth shelter accepts 63 extra cats It’s Friday, and that means I’d like to share an example of people doing amazing work for homeless animals. This week Animal Allies Humane Society in Duluth, Minn., was faced with the challenge of accepting more than 60 cats from an alleged hoarding situation, according to the Duluth News Tribune. …
Some shelters and rescues are celebrating pitbulls all month by hosting special events and adoption specials. One of these shelters is the San Diego Humane Society.
No adoption fees on barn cats from Animal Allies! I want to focus on some of the various programs that shelters and rescue groups are offering to make a difference for the animals in their communities. Animal Allies Humane Society in Duluth, Minn., offers a barn cat adoption program. Its slogan: Got mice? Adopt a …
Animal “rescue world” lost? There are so many people out there doing good things for dogs. I want to make sure to celebrate that. However, there is a lot of negative energy in the “rescue world,” a lot of arguing. Certain people think only they know who deserves a dog, how a dog should be …
Some animal shelters make it impossible for anyone to adopt. Here’s how to get through the process.
When you market pitbulls, keep in mind everyone has her own definition of a pitbull. The word used to be a nickname for the American pit bull terrier, but today it is a label that means something different to each individual.
Love is not measured by money My mutt Ace was free. My cat Scout was free. My husband Josh paid around $35 for his cat, Beamer. We love our animals and give them the best home we can. The price we paid for them (or didn’t) has nothing to do with how much we love …
We all make mistakes I want to share an example of something stupid I did at a dog shelter last month. My point is to show how even experienced dog people make mistakes and ignore obvious cues from dogs. No wonder the general public fails to read basic dog behavior. I had stopped by the …