7 tips for recruiting neonatal kitten fosters
It’s kitten season again, and who isn’t on the lookout for more foster caregivers for neonatal kittens? Here are seven tips for finding and keeping them! Make sure your supporters understand why kittens are in need of foster (i.e., this is a critical time in their development for socialization with humans, and their immune systems haven’t fully developed yet). Market research shows that most people don’t understand how or why fostering is needed, and telling them can motivate them to try. Target some...
Animal Lover Works Hard to Get Feral Cat and Her Kittens to Safety, But One Steals Her Heart
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I had been on to my partner for months about getting another feline friend for our darling Lola (almost 3-years-old now). He wasn’t keen on the idea, but the day I brought Bovver home, he fell in love with our new baby boy. KITTEN. PHOTO: PIXABAY / SCOTT Bovver’s mother Molly was merely a kitten when my cousin rescued her from the scrap yard and took her in. It didn’t...
Employee Starts Feeding Stray Cat That Hangs Around the Shop, Then Her Kittens Pop Up
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I started seeing Calley around the welding shop where I work back in July. She pretty much ignored me. She would catch mice in the scrap pile and carry them to her home, across the alley and under a shed. I decided she looked too skinny, so I started leaving food and fresh water in the scrap pile. CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY / BIRGIT After only a couple days of feeding her, she would be there...
Shelter Cat Hides Away in a Pillowcase All Day, Prompting Volunteer to Fall in Love with Her
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! While volunteering at a local shelter, I noticed a pillowcase containing a small lump. Peering inside, I saw a small tan tabby staring back with huge dilated eyes. I tried coaxing her out with treats, to no avail. CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY / ACHMAD BISRI After another weekend of never seeing her emerge from the pillowcase, I decided to take pillowcase and all to an outside enclosure. Bad idea....
Hands-In Dog Challenge Proves Dogs Are Our Best Teammates
Who doesn’t love a good TikTok challenge, especially when it involves so many cute pets? We think these videos really show that dogs are man’s best friends, and they’re also our most valuable team players, no matter what the game is. The latest trend on the Gen Z social media site TikTok is a type of challenge video that involves seeing what your pet will do if you invite it to put its paw in during a team “huddle.” It’s called the “hands-in challenge.” For this challenge, one person must put a...
Mom Forces Dog to Wear All the Items He’s Stolen from the Baby
When you’re a parent (or a pet parent), sometimes you’ve got to get creative with your discipline strategy in order to make your kids (or your pets) listen to you and do what you ask. The things you think will work don’t always work, but if you keep trying different things, you’re bound to find something that hits the nail on the head and encourages obedience. We hope. This mom has come up with a very interesting strategy to discourage her dog from stealing her baby’s things. Every time the dog steals something...
The Dog Bed Situation: How I Accommodate Two Picky Ladies
Hi, I’m Allison. Read my introduction to learn more about me and my three mixed-breed dogs from Thailand, Jelly, Lorraina, and Manic. As many of you know, we live in a three-dog household. And as much as I would love for each of the dogs to have their own room, that is not possible. So, we have several dog beds strewn around our home. We have Manic’s toy bed right by the sliding glass doors so he can chew on his stuffed chipmunk and watch the world. We have Lorraina’s lounge that we keep next to the TV so she can...
Special Rescue Tabby Named in Memory of Boy Whose Best Friend Was a Cat
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I had to send my long haul trucking buddy Thomas over the Rainbow Bridge in August of 2014 due to bladder stone complications, after he fought for two weeks for his life. I had been an emotional wreck since, but I was not sure I was ready for another feline in my life, either. CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY / GUNDULA VOGEL A job transfer moved me to Phoenix two months after losing him, and I would...
Puppies Dumped On Side Of Highway In Oklahoma On The Mend, Thanks To You
A heartbreaking story has a happy ending thanks in part to your support. Six puppies were found running along a highway in Oklahoma. Someone was reportedly giving away puppies at the country store and the ones who didn’t find homes were abandoned on the side of the road to fend for themselves. Photo: Friends with Four Paws Rescue They are just six weeks old. Thankfully, they were rescued before they were harmed by predators or hit by a car. The malnourished pups arrived at Friends with Four Paws Rescue covered in fleas and ticks. Photo:...
8 Things Penny Does That Make Me Laugh
Hi, I’m Savanna! Read my introduction to learn more about me and my spunky Chihuahua mix, Penny. Dogs can really get up to some crazy antics, and Penny is no exception. She’s always doing the craziest things that keep me entertained. Most of the things she does, I don’t think she has any idea that they’re funny to me. She’s just being a dog. Penny’s personality really is something else and I never know what she’ll do next. But there are other things she does pretty consistently that always...
