Our Top 2022 Blogs: Facing Challenging Times with Compassion, Collaboration, and Innovation
Don’t ask us to choose our favorite blogs of the year—it’s like asking who’s our favorite pet! (Seriously, don’t ask that.) But we didn’t choose our top blogs of the year. You did! These ten blogs from 2022 got read and shared the most, and, honestly, we’re pretty excited about the ones you picked. They encompass a lot of what we’re proud of and excited about at HASS—innovation, collaboration, learning from one another, compassion, and finding hope through challenging times,...
Fireworks Can be Scary for Our Pets
Dec 28, 2022 In the US, New Year’s Eve has the second highest number of reported lost pets. Keep your furry family safe this year by: Keeping all pets inside. Reducing stress by running music or white noise. Keeping their collars on with updated ID tags. Updating their info on their microchip at found.org. If you come across a lost pet, there are simple steps you can take BEFORE going to a shelter. We know you’re trying to do the right thing when you bring them to a shelter. But this year more than others, shelters across...
From Preparing for New Year’s Eve Noise to Avoiding Lost Pets
It’s almost upon us! Yes, Christmas is behind us and New Year’s Eve is on its way. If you’re looking forward to the parties and fireworks displays, you’re not alone. But not everyone shares your enthusiasm. Dog and cat owners across the globe both dread and curse NYE because of what it does to many animals and pets. If you’re the parent of a dog or cat that does not handle loud or rumbling noises well, you can relate. Photo: Pixabay/nck_gsl Microchips To begin, if your pets aren’t chipped, they should be....
Wiggle-Butt Boxer Mix Going on a Year Old Needs a Forever Home
A sweet boxer-mix puppy in central Arizona known for being a wiggle butt is in need of adoption. The cutie-patootie is named Bella, but she’s also called Smiley. This is what she has to say about herself in her bio from Desert Labrador Retriever Rescue: Photo: Desert Labrador Retriever Rescue Bella the Beautiful Boxer Mix “The pictures don’t show it but I have a real wiggle butt when I get hugs and pets. I love people! I am a 1-year-old boxer mix. I am smaller than your typical boxer, only weighing 42 pounds. I had my first...
Letter from Dr. Jefferson: Saving Lives Together
Dec 24, 2022 As I write this letter, we are preparing for the dangerous Arctic cold front that is about to blast freezing temperatures into our community and throughout Central Texas, just in time for the holidays. Our shelter becomes severely strained with temperatures this low. To keep our animals warm and safe during this cold emergency, we asked our community to take in a foster pet during the storm, give funds to support the increased cost of shelter operations, and help under-resourced shelters across the region. And you’ve come...
4 Tips for Last-Minute Puppy Toy Gifts
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The Wisdom of Gifting Pets to Kids and Whether You’re Up for the Challenge
Pet ownership comes with all sorts of rewards. Animals can bring love and joy into our lives and even contribute to our living longer, healthier lives. They are known for reducing stress and anxiety and for helping millions cope with emotional and physical setbacks through the use of service animals. Children can benefit greatly from pet ownership, too. Recent studies show kids with dogs are calmer and become less worrisome adults. But before getting a dog or cat for your kids, ask yourself whether you’re up for it. Photo:...
The History of the Cat Flap is Not Necessarily What You’d Think
We often associate inventions of convenience as having arrived in our lives no earlier than, say, the 1950s — especially those involving pets. Where our fur buddies are concerned, most of us probably assume nothing really life-changing came along in connection to them until perhaps the 1980s or later. Well, one of the most convenient inventions for pet owners came along far earlier than either of those decades. Photo: Pixabay/Nennieinszweidrei Cat Flaps Call them cat flaps or doggy doors, these scaled-down entrance/exit flaps for...
The Work You Do Is Never Easy, and It’s Never Been More Important
[embedded content] Looking back at 2022, I can’t help but marvel at the resiliency, creativity, and determination of everyone working through what has been an extremely challenging time. The work you do is never easy, and it’s never been more important. We are so proud to have spent this last year standing beside our 21 pilot shelters, and the thousands of shelters, organizations, and individuals coming together through the Human Animal Support Services project to save animals’ lives, and keep families together. Thank...
Happy holidays from Maddie’s Fund
As 2022 comes to an end, we at Maddie’s Fund ® want to thank everyone involved in the animal well-being industry for all your hard work. Because of you, a mama cat got spayed and adopted. Because of you, a lost dog was reunited with their family. Because of you, a family fostered their first litter of kittens. Sometimes the work may seem overwhelming, but so many people have experienced the joy that pets bring because of your compassion and dedication. Pets and people together – that is what it is all about. Whatever you...
