National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 21, 2015
October is National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. There are so many wonderful dogs waiting to find forever homes, now is a great time to adopt!
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Happy National Shelter Pet Adoption Day!
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 30, 2015
We want to wish you a very HAPPY national shelter pet adoption day by introducing “Happy” the Cat and “Happy” the Dog! These beloved Pet Ambassadors of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries were adopted last year by Crown … Continue reading → The post Happy National Shelter Pet Adoption Day!
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Guest post: Dog Adoption
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
This guest post is brought to you by Dog Fence DIY’s staff veterinarian Dr. Susan Wright. Dog Fence DIY has a variety of different pet containment systems to choose from. Dog Fence DIY will help with all the steps of the process. If cash is tight, choose a smaller dog that is less expensive to maintain.
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5 Vital Questions When Adopting A Rescue Dog
4 The Love Of Animals
JANUARY 30, 2011
With the growing awareness of pet overpopulation more and more families are choosing to adopt a shelter dog and save a life. When adopting a rescue there are added considerations on selecting the right dog for your lifestyle. 1) What is the dog’s temperament? 1) What is the dog’s temperament?
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100 The Shelter Pet Project
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 1, 2009
Did you know that every year, of the 8 million dogs and cats that enter animal shelters, 3 million of these healthy and treatable pets are euthanized? Luckily, The Shelter Pet Project hopes to change this! The campaign has one unified goal, to increase pet adoption. It is such a sad statistic.
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10 Compelling Reasons to Add a Shelter Dog to Your Life
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 3, 2011
It’s Adopt A Shelter Dog Month! Here is an article full of wonderful reasons to get your next furry friend from a shelter. 10 Compelling Reasons to Add a Shelter Dog to Your Life.
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Shelby at the Shelter
4 The Love Of Animals
JANUARY 25, 2012
Having grown up with dogs, my natural affinity for man’s best friend has always felt a part of my life as long as I can remember. We were the type of family that bought the best dog food, dog insurance , BPA free chew toys, etc. I was in heaven; a room of people all in love with dogs as much as me. I was heartbroken.
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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 12, 2012
Rock & Rawhide , a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that aims to increase adoptions for dogs and cats in shelters by providing toys and other items that serve as a form of distraction therapy, reducing the stress and noise levels. Research has shown that if noise and stress are reduced, adoptions go up!
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100 Adopt-a-Pet.com Guest Post
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 11, 2009
The following is a guest post from the amazing animal lovers of Adopt-a-Pet.com. Adopt-a-Pet.com is the world’s largest non-profit pet adoption website. We are like an ad agency for shelters and shelter pets. What Makes Adopt-a-Pet.com Unique: On our website, people can use something we call “Search Saver.”
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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research
Critter News
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. University officials say they only collect animals from shelters willing to participate and pound animals are steered toward nonlethal experiments. From the AP.
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Write a Post, Help a Dog
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 27, 2012
I’m excited to share the Pedigree Write a Post, Help a Dog campaign! TONS of food to help feed shelter dogs. To help, simply write a blog post about Pedigree’s commitment to adoption and finding shelter dogs loving homes. Or perhaps get some inspiration from the Pedigree Adoption website.
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Shine a Light on a Shelter
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 17, 2012
Purina ONE® beyOnd® brand dog and cat food and GOOD have teamed up to host the Shine a Light on a Shelter challenge and award a $10,000 grant to an animal shelter doing great work. Do you know of a shelter that is doing good work on behalf of homeless pets? Nominations are accepted now through July 30, 2012.
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Adoption; The Humane Choice
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
It is the primary mission of every animal refuge to find a loving home for cats and dogs in desperate need of one. Even a very comfortable shelter is. Could it be possible that your home is that loving home?
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The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 8, 2009
The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs , in Cleveland, OH is a wonderful organization! They take in older dogs and try to find them homes. The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs makes a lifelong commitment to the dogs they rescue. There has been a big upswing in the number of loving, older dogs, being given up.
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The Shelter Pet Project
4 The Love Of Animals
JANUARY 30, 2018
Did you know that every year, of the 8 million dogs and cats that enter animal shelters, 3 million of these healthy and treatable pets are euthanized? It is such a sad statistic, you can read even more about the.
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100 Will Obama Rescue a Dog?
Critter News
NOVEMBER 5, 2008
He did say in the past that he would adopt a dog. Let's hope he sends a progressive message by giving a shelter dog a new home. Tags: Obama dogs. Hey, if it's important enough to mention in his speech that he was getting a puppy, it's important enough for us to talk about it. Maybe he could get two.
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100 Managing Emotional Problems in Rescue Dogs
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 14, 2011
Many dogs are rescued out of abusive or traumatic situations, causing them to exhibit a wide variety of emotional and behavioral problems. However, that doesn’t mean they can’t make great companions for the right adoptive family. Foxy, who had never been adopted out, was cowering in the corner of her pen when I met her.
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Pet Supplies Plus Hosts National Adopt-a-Pet Weekend
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 18, 2013
Pet Supplies Plus is teaming up with local animal shelters to host a monumental Adopt-a-Pet Weekend on October 19-20. Coinciding with National Pet Adoption Month and its annual October Donation Drive, the goal of Adopt-a-Pet Weekend is to place countless deserving pets with forever homes.
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Write a Post, Help a Dog!
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 26, 2011
Pedigree is resurrecting is insanely successful Write a Post, Help a Dog program. If you are a blogger, please join in and help shelter animals! In 2010, 391 bloggers wrote about the program and with each post, Pedigree donated 20 pounds of its Healthy Longevity dog food to shelter animals. Ryan Rice at Houston Dog Blog.
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Pet Foster Care Helps To Smooth Adoption Process
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 30, 2011
There are countless dogs and cats in shelters across the U.S. In fact, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 5 to 7 million pets are taken into animal shelters in the U.S. Patience – Animals in shelters or those who have been moved from home to home are often under tremendous stress.
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100 Huge Dog Seizure at Quebec Kennel
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
One of the largest animal rescue operations in Canadian history just got a lot bigger: about 90 puppies have been born since hundreds of dogs were seized northwest of Ottawa. "We More than 500 dogs were removed from the Paws 'R' Us kennel in Clarendon Township, Que.,
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5 Surprising Things Your Local Animal Shelter Needs Right Now
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 29, 2010
Brooklyn, NY - July 29, 2010: Kelly Clarke, a volunteer at The Pixie Project–an animal rescue and adoption service based in Portland, OR–would love for you to look around your home and think about what you can spare. According to TheGivingEffect.com the top five things most local animal shelters need are: 1.
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Sneeze Prone? Top 5 Dogs for Allergy Suffers
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
But as I began my search for a new family member at local shelters, I noticed that something was terribly wrong—I couldn’t hold the dogs I was considering adopting for more than 5 minutes before going into a sneezing convulsion. But dogs had never been an issue before. Hypoallergenic dogs do exist.
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100 It’s National Dog Day!
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 26, 2010
Have you hugged your dog today? It’s National Dog Day, so why not celebrate by spoiling your dog a bit more than usual today! We sure love our dog, and all dogs really. To celebrate National Dog Day we have been encouraging everyone who follows us on Twitter to hug their dog! No dog to hug?
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Smooches for Pooches campaigns help shelter pets find true love!
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
‘Picture Me @ Home’ provides animal shelters with turnkey marketing campaigns to help increase adoptions, community support and donations in February! Animal shelters need … Continue reading → The post Smooches for Pooches campaigns help shelter pets find true love! And just look at how cute these pets are!
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Bo Obama in "Much Ado About Nothing"
Critter News
APRIL 14, 2009
There is a bit of a drama around the adoption of the Portuguese (yay!) Water Dog puppy Bo. Some are saying that President Obama broke his promise to get a rescue dog. Others are accusing him of getting a dog from a breeder. Bo is not really a rescue dog. But he wasn't really adopted from a breeder either.
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2017 Tournament of Tails
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2017
Playing off the popularity of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Petplan’s Tournament of Tails features adoptable pets from 32 shelters across the country vying for the crown of top dog or cat. More importantly, the tournament brings much-needed awareness for … Continue reading →
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Stamps to the Rescue
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 20, 2010
Adopt a shelter pet stamps from the postal service were just revealed on the Ellen DeGeneres Show! The 44-cent stamps feature photos of five cats and five dogs who were all adopted from shelters. The Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet stamps were photographed at an animal shelter in New Milford, Conn.,
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When Choosing A Pup, Research ‘Breeds’ Results
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 26, 2011
At an NYC puppy shelter a few weeks ago, my mind was just about made up when I met Chester – The cutest Lab puppy I’d ever seen. His large pouty eyes, silky fur-coat, and silly little paws on which he fumbled all over the hay-covered kennel, lured me in like a dog to a bone. Don’t let the dog eat your homework.
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4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
Purina ONE has teamed up with Martha Stewart to visit animal shelters from San Francisco to NYC throughout the month of February. At each stop, Purina ONE will give out free Purina ONE dog and cat food to all attendees (11,000 bags across the nation), and also host adoption events at local shelters.
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Animal Person
JULY 24, 2009
Owen County Friends of Animals (KY) is a non-profit organization that fosters and seeks adoptions for the dogs picked up by their local dog warden. Dogs they can not place in foster care or find adoptive homes for are euthanized after 14 days by county ordinance. Their shelter is full.
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4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 5, 2011
Source: Dogs for Sale. As always, if you decide to add a furry or feathered friend to your life, please consider adopting from a rescue or shelter. We think this is a very cute, and very helpful, infographic for deciding which kind of pet might be perfect for you!
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100 University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press
Critter News
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
Investigative journalism by the Salt Lake Tribune, following-up on allegations levelled by PETA against the University of Utah's Comparative Medicine Center and the Cardiovascular Research & Training Institute laboratories revealed the two laboratories had used 190 dogs and cats in 2009, all obtained from shelters.
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4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 13, 2011
We wanted to share this great initiative called “Bowl by Bowl” that challenges negative perceptions of shelter pets as well as helps feed animals in need. Purina One will donate a bowl of food to a shelter for every quiz completed on their Facebook page. After reaching their goal of 10,000 bowls in Sept.,
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100 Are Black Cats Really Bad Luck?
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 12, 2013
Can you believe that even in these modern times, some people won’t even give a black shelter pet a second look? When you’re looking to adopt a cat or a dog, don’t let his or her color stop you from adoption. This is sad, but true. Read the rest of the article here on black cats and their history.
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Mexican Activists Staged Protest Early this Month
Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2012
MEXICO CITY – Animal rights activists staged a protest against the sale of pets in Mexico City, urging residents to adopt dogs and other animals instead of buying them. Eight of every 10 dogs sold in Mexico end up in the streets, with most of them having been family pets at some point, official figures show.
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4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 3, 2010
She has a new book out (which I am reading right now) called One Good Dog. One Good Dog is the story of a man who is down on his luck, and a dog who is all out of chances. I also wanted you to know about the Who’s Your Good Dog Campaign. Who’s Your Good Dog? has transformed your life and share your good dog!
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Great Question About Obama Pup
Animal Person
APRIL 16, 2009
Here's a great question I received via direct message on Twitter ( www.twitter.com/mary_martin ): "Do you think that even if Obama had adopted a shelter dog-it still may have caused a run on breeders? Yes, the demand for dogs like Bo will increase, and that's a problem. Would it matter?" That's what I'd like to think.
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Book: Shift Your Habit
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 1, 2010
Early Adopter. The Shift: Instead of buying your new friend from a pet store or breeder, adopt one from a shelter. Save the Planet: Adopting a shelter pet not only saves a life, but it reduces demand for purebred animals, which are more likely to have medical problems due to genetic abnormalities. Incredible Bulk.
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Must-Have Apps for the Avid Pet Lover
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 2, 2012
Pets can be a bigger commitment than many people expect, between adoption, health care, training, and environment, there are a lot of variables to consider. Fido Pet Adoptions (iOS, Android). Dog Whistler (iOS, Android). Keep your pet happy and healthy with these mobile apps. Cost: free).
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100 #LightForPets Remember Me Thursday
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
This Thursday, you can be a light for pets waiting in shelters. By uniting animal lovers across the world on one very special day, we can help raise awareness about animal adoption, and hopefully save the lives of more pets. ADOPT A PET! Always adopt. cats dogs events people helping animals'
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100 Bring Pets Home
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 12, 2009
Shop ‘til you drop in support of animal shelters, then get together with friends to share stories, advice and even pictures – all online. The fund raising Web site also offers exclusive content for cat and dog owners which includes information on pet care and safety, information on animal shelters, as well blogs, groups and open forums.
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San Francisco Considers Banning Pet Sales
Critter News
JULY 18, 2010
All companion animals including dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs, birds, snakes, and lizards would be considered as pets. If it passes, San Francisco residents would have to go to a shelter or rescue group to adopt an animal. Pet sales would be banned altogether, except for the sale of pet fish.
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