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… Learn More

We know kitten season is well underway and we have lots of resources to help! Taking the Fear out of Bottle Feeding and Basic Kitten Care Did you know healthy neonatal kittens do not need to be fed every two hours? Learn about the latest guidelines for kitten feeding and other kitten care in this… Learn More

While we may not be able to provide you with an extra set of hands to bottle feed, we do have plenty resources to help with kitten season. From a kitten marketing toolkit from HeARTs Speak to foster recruitment to kitten care and more, we hope these will help make kitten season a little easier… Learn More

While we may not be able to provide you with an extra set of hands to bottle feed, we do have plenty resources to help with kitten season. From a brand new kitten marketing toolkit from HeARTs Speak to foster recruitment to kitten care and more, we hope these will help your organization manage the… Learn More

This post originally ran on December 13, 2017. With Thanksgiving just around the corner and other holidays to follow, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to reshare what Humane Society of Delaware County (HSDC) in Ohio learned about short-term fostering.  What do you do when your shelter offers short-term “holiday” dog-fostering over Thanksgiving, and nearly… Learn More

Join us for a two-part webcast, Lifesaving Protocol for At Risk Dogs, tomorrow October 23 and Thursday, October 24 on this important topic. The practical and informative webcast will be hosted by Kristen Auerbach-Hassen, Director of Animal Services at Pima Animal Control Center in Tucson, AZ. The following post is the second in a three-part… Learn More

Mayor London Breed just proclaimed June 6th as Adopt a Senior Pet Day in San Francisco, CA. In honor of this special day, we’re sharing this interview by Muttville Senior Dog Rescue’s own Sherri Franklin. This post was originally shared on August 9, 2016. Of course, the wisdom still applies today. We hope that senior… Learn More

American Pets Alive! (APA!) is currently conducting a study on FeLV adopter satisfaction. Officially titled “Feline Leukemia Virus Cats in a Shelter Setting: Effectiveness and Outcome,” APA! is looking at what happens with these cats long-term and how fosters and adopters feel about them. While the study is not yet complete (it’s slated to end… Learn More

Does your animal organization have a long-stay pet that seems impossible to adopt out? Nashville Humane Association shares two success stories and tips that may be just what you need. When Angel Girl was adopted from the Nashville Humane Association in 2007, she was returned to the organization in March of 2018 after her owner… Learn More

We have a saying: Pets are “rescued by love, and saved by shelter medicine.” No kitty illustrates that quite as well as Insta-famous cat Smush, who has been part of #FeelGoodFriday once before, when we shared her powerful (but tiny!) story. To recap: A tiny little kitten with a cleft palate came into a Florida… Learn More