Recent Articles
How to Make a Dog Walk Successful
Are you planning a dog walk this spring? How do you transform a ho-hum dog walk attended by a small group of your donors to a much loved annual community tradition which raises hundreds of thousands of dollars?
One of the largest dog walks in the US is the Furry Scurry sponsored by Denver, Colorado’s Dumb Friends League. Families, friends and co-workers join for a morning of fun with their best friends to raise money for the 25,000 homeless pets served by the DFL. The DFL has grown this event to 10,000 participants. The fundraising goal this year is $1,000,000.
23Mar2010 | Continued
Nature’s Variety Frozen Raw Chicken Recall
“Today Nature’s Variety is announcing that out of an abundance of caution, we are voluntarily recalling all Chicken Formula and Organic Chicken Formula products with a “Best If Used By” date on or before 2/5/11.”
9Mar2010 | Continued
How Animal Shelters Can Get the Word Out About Spay / Neuter Programs
Does your animal shelter or rescue offer low cost or even free spay and neuter services? A spay day event in our area recently was not fully booked with appointments for the procedure. Our community has many people needing financial help to take care of their pets. Our rescues and shelters are overrun with homeless pets. Maybe pet owners just didn’t know about the very low cost services available that day. How do you get the word out? And how can you educate people about spaying / neutering? Here are a few ideas:
9Mar2010 | Continued
Dogs Doing Good: From Rescue to Changing Lives
Prison inmates, troubled teens, and homeless dogs are teaming up in several parts of the country. The end result is a better life for everyone involved. Could you develop a program like this for your shelter or rescue? Take a look at the following inspiring programs for ideas you might use in your community.
3Mar2010 | Continued
Help Seniors Adopt and Keep Their Pets with These Grants and Ideas
It’s heartbreaking to visit a shelter or rescue group and see all the homeless pets given up by seniors who can no longer afford them. Or sometimes they’re given up because the owners are moving to assisted living or a nursing home and no one in the family will take their pets. And, think of all the pets who need a home but seniors can’t adopt due to lack of funds. Following are some grants and ideas to help seniors adopt as well as keep their pets.
23Feb2010 | Continued
Medical Grants for Homeless Pets and Pets in Need
Homeless pets often have medical needs which are too costly for animal shelters or rescue groups to pay for without the help of generous veterinarians in your community. Following is a listing of grants whose mission is to help pay for medical needs of homeless pets and pets whose owners can’t afford their care.
9Feb2010 | Continued
Adoption Ideas for Homeless Pets
Finding homes for the thousands of homeless pets requires many approaches. Think of ways you can reach more potential pet parents beyond shelter adoptions and offsite adoption events at pet stores. How could you cast a wider net to reach more families you haven’t reached in the past? Here are a few ideas you could try.
4Feb2010 | Continued
Ten Ideas for Finding Foster Homes for Homeless Pets
Many homeless pets in shelters or rescue groups need foster homes to provide medication, help with socialization, or just provide an extension of shelter space. Foster homes are needed more than ever in this economy to give wonderful adoptable pets just a little more time to find their forever homes. How do you find a steady stream of new foster parents? Think of ways you can make it easier to foster pets in terms of the expense and a smooth transition into the foster home. Here are a few ideas, many of which are similar to what you might use to find permanent homes.
28Jan2010 | Continued
