Sentences with phrase «new dog from a local shelter»

If you have acquired your new dog from a local shelter, ask the staff to test the dog's tolerance to cats before you take it home.

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We strongly encourage you to give these dogs a «New Leash on Life» by adopting from a local or county shelter, a humane society, or an organization like ours.

On Tuesday, October 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in Union Square, New York City (NW corner of Union Square W and E 17th Street) dog lovers — with or without their furry friends — can join the pet food revolution by signing a pawtition to raise donations of wholesome food for local shelter dogs through the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals.

The stress on shelter staff is significant: no room to put ever more dogs; having to euthanize dogs to make room for new dogs; performing triage on sick animals when space is limited; having to make hard choices about evening and weekend heating and lighting with a small budget; no veterinarian or vet tech on the staff; no evening or weekend staff; no time to network adoptable animals; no available homes in the surrounding communities; inadequate transport vehicles; little or no support from local government; an Animal Control Officer often doing double duty, responsible also for managing the shelter; counties lacking even a shelter or inside kenneling.

This means those dogs will be in a new home with a loving family instead of alone in a shelter during the last years of their lives and will allow HSC to transfer in more senior dogs from local municipal shelters.

Through our Petco Adoption Center in Overland Park, Kansas and 5 other local Petco stores with cat habitats in the Kansas City area, we placed 1,379 cats and dogs from our shelter into new homes in 2016 — resulting in 22 % of all adoptions from our shelter last year occurring through a partner Petco store!

The bad news, according to a survey * released recently by Best Friends Animal Society, is that more than 40 percent of Americans are unaware that virtually all pet stores obtain dogs from puppy mills and nearly one in five people still chose to purchase a new dog at a local pet shop rather than adopt from a shelter or rescue organization.

New York, NY — Friday, October 8, 2010 — Despite its disappointment with the American Kennel Club's (AKC) decision to forbid adoptable dogs and puppies from local animal rescue groups and shelters from being on the premises at this month's «Meet the Breeds» event at the Javit's Center, the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals says it does not want to discourage New York animal lovers from attending the event and gaining the benefits of its educational components, particularly with regard to responsible pet ownership.

These groups rescue dogs from local shelters and work hard to find new families for them.

Last year, PAWS Chicago rescued 300 cats and 200 dogs from local shelters and placed them in loving new homes through the Cat Adoption Center and offsite adoption program.

Some of our dogs come into Luv A Chin Rescue via owner surrenders - individuals or families that can no longer keep them, some are strays that found their ways to a local shelter and some come from responsible breeders that have asked us to help them get ready for a new home through our foster families.

When I adopted my first dog from the local animal shelter I was overjoyed at the chance of having a new friend in my life.

And we are very pleased to announce with the online donations, Silent Auction proceeds, and Winery event purchases, we raised over $ 5,900 for our K - 9 Medical Miracles Fund, which will continue to help Senior and Special needs dogs — by providing necessary medical care to make them adoptable from the shelters and get them into their local rescue or a new forever home.

To celebrate this landmark event, as well as our 30th anniversary as a local non-profit supporting animal welfare, the Routt County Humane Society would like to invite the entire community to an Open House to be held at the animal shelter, 760 Critter Court, on Saturday, May 30, 2015 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Food, drinks, dogs, cats, facility tours and information about new programs will all be available.

This no - kill concept space introduces a «cause cooperative» model, in which the center will showcase adoptable dogs and cats from nine local and regional nonprofit organizations, and the New York City - run shelter, Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC).

Another way we help Senior and Special needs dogs is with our «K - 9 Medical Miracles Grants» — by providing necessary medical care to make them adoptable from the shelters and get them into their local rescue or a new forever home.

VINELAND — The Cumberland County SPCA is eager to convert your unwanted shoe stash into much needed shelter cash.Through an established relationship with the WoofTrax app, the shelter staff is now participating in a new fundraising opportunity.RELATED: Dogs & cats at Cumberland County SPCA need a homeWooftrax Shoes for Shelters & Rescue purchases new or gently used footwear from shelters at a bulk rate.So the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is hosting a shoe drive, asking the community to bring in their old soles.