Animal Welfare Resolutions for 2023: Click Here for Inspiration!
Entering 2023, we asked you for your animal welfare resolutions—and you’ve inspired the heck out of us with your bold, compassionate, insightful, collaborative, deeply hopeful answers. You plan to get more lost pets back home, and find homes for more big dogs. You’re building a Memory Garden for hospice dogs and their families, and lobbying to make rescue pets the official state pet before the end of this year. You’re increasing access to vet care, and changing how we talk about pets whose owners can no longer keep...
Revitalize your short-term foster program with the help of this free course
Did your animal organization put its short-term foster program on-hold during the pandemic? Or perhaps your organization is overwhelmed and it seems like too much? Then the Short-Term Foster and Field Trips Online Instructor-Led Course may just be the thing you need to revive or start your short-term foster program! With many organizations experiencing understaffing and an uptick in intake, this is a program that can be run by volunteers and can provide long stay pets with a much-needed vacation. You’ll learn how to create and run...
Dog Groomer Turns Ordinary Family Pets Into Stunning Wildlife
A 30-year-old professional dog groomer by the name of Gabriel Feitosa is going viral for his stunning recreations of wild animals using family pets. Over the last few years, Feitosa has been garnering millions of views on TikTok for his incredible transformations that go well beyond the usual shampoo and cut that is usually associated with dog grooming. Instead, he uses OPAWZ — a non-toxic and vegan dye created for use with dogs — to bring about the changes. Photo: TikTok/@gabrielfeitosagrooming Dog Grooming His TikTok platform...
Staycation Pet Program in Charlotte Allows Dog Lovers Fun Short-Term Visits
Take a puppy for a staycation or daycation through a Charlotte pet program! Do you have the room in your heart and home to assist shelter dogs in need through Charlotte Animal Care and Control’s “Staycation” and “Daycation” pet programs? They allow residents to take in furry friends for short-term stays and visits at their own convenience. The program is invaluable when the shelter is at or near full capacity, which happened far more times in 2022 than they’d care to remember. Freeing up room in the...
Bonded Cuties Irwen and Elenor are a Sweet Pair to Draw to — Adopt Them Now!
Check out two of the sweetest girls you’ll ever meet, bonded pair Irwen and Elenor! Both cats love to play, greet, and cuddle with their human at every opportunity, and they’re hoping that person will soon be you! In the meantime, they’re waiting for you and their together furever home over at Purrfect Pals Sanctuary in Arlington, Washington. Like all of the rescue’s felines, Irwen and Elenor are spayed, microchipped, viral tested, and vaccinated. In other words, they’re ready to roll! Photo: Purrfect Pals...
How Your Dog or Cat’s Gut Microbiome Affects Overall Health
When we think of the gut microbiome, we consider it mainly in terms of digestive health. But the truth is, the state of your dog or cat’s gut microbiome can affect other parts of his body, from his brain to his lungs. Every surface of your dog or cat’s body (and your own) has a microbiome. However, the vast majority of microbial biodiversity is found in the nutrient-rich environment of the gastrointestinal tract. At least 200 times as many cells, and even more unique gene products, are found in the intestinal microbiome than in...
Sweet Siamese and Snowshoe Mix Wants to Move in With You Now!
Meet Shere, a gorgeous tortie point Siamese and Snowshoe girl who’s been spayed and weighs approximately 11.28 lbs. The shelter staff at Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) in Tucson, Arizona, believe sweet miss Shere is about 6 years old. Regardless, she’s an exceptionally good girl who wants very much to find her forever home so she can get out of the shelter. Animal Rescue Shelters and rescues, no matter how well-equipped and/or maintained they are, create high levels of stress in animals. That’s why it’s so important...
Senior Sanctuary Looks After the Most Vulnerable Rescue Pets
Cherished Tails Senior Sanctuary is a 501(c)3, all-volunteer, foster-based rescue group in Marana, Arizona, that rescues senior shelter dogs at high risk of euthanasia due to age, illness, or behavior. The group keeps the animals until they’re able to find forever homes or hospice care for them. The work they perform is so valuable because so many people consider animals like these unadoptable. Together, CTSS has been able to save more than 1,000 pets since its inception, which — all things considered — speaks volumes....
Pot-Sniffing Dogs Retiring Early Around the Country Now that Weed is Legal
As Virginia prepares to legalize adult possession of up to an ounce of marijuana on July 1, drug-sniffing dogs working in departments around that state are being forced into early retirement. The news follows a trend in other states where legalization has led to dogs cut loose from their jobs earlier than originally planned. Photo: Pixabay/mariuszopole Connecticut K-9 Units In Monroe, Connecticut, they retired a pot-sniffing German shepherd named Murphy in September (2022). The reason is that the department can’t untrain him and they...
Pickles the Puppy Found Forever Home After Her Testy Littermates Attacked Her
A sweet puppy named Pickles had a rough start to life when at just 3 months old, she was tragically attacked by her littermates and rushed to the Humane Society of San Diego‘s Pilar & Chuck Bahde Center for Shelter Medicine. Lethargic and still bleeding from wounds to her legs and shoulders, their veterinarians jumped into action, performing an emergency exam and radiographs, followed swiftly by surgery to repair her wounds. While they don’t specify her breed, she looks to be a Frenchie-pit bull mix. Photo:...
