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Now this is excitement!  This is love!  Thank you to Dolly the Doxie for submitting her Best Welcome Home Ever!  (You can watch Dolly the Doxie’s video on YouTube here.) There’s nothing quite like being welcomed home by your furry family member.  Do your pets do something silly, funny or endearing when you come home?  [...]

A dear friend of mine lost her beloved Scout last week. Shannon’s loss has prompted me to write this piece about losing an animal companion. I lost my best friend Willow 2 ½ years ago, which led me to begin writing a book about this very topic. Many of you know that I entered a [...]

Spring and Summer are kitten season! Yes, really, kittens have a season, even parts of the USA that don’t have much change of seasons, like where I am in Southern California. Kitten season has an upside, and a dark side. If you’ve been waiting to adopt a baby kitten or – for even more fun [...]

If your heart could talk, what would it say?  As animal lovers, our hearts would no doubt scream from the mountain tops, calling for greater compassion for all animals!  Our hearts would talk about how filled up they get from the joy our own furry kids bring us.  Our hearts would also speak about the [...]

Home. Some cats and dogs never have one to call their own. PeoplePets.com wants to help change that by introducing their readers to an extraordinary homeless pet every week. Today, they’d like you to meet Ziggy, a 2-year-old American Pit Bull terrier who is deaf. When you point to the ground, Ziggy lays down. If [...]

Moth-er- v. 1. moth·ered 2. moth·er·ing. As so many of us fur-mom’s know, the wonderful ability to nurture is not limited by biology or membership in a specific species. (See Pia’s blog on MarthaStewart.com here with more photos and thoughts on mothering.) Mother Nature, does not concern herself with the details of one’s genetics, gender, race, [...]

If you like “The Onion”,  you’ll love our first Dog Park News segment!  Brought to you by one of our zany staff members here at Adopt-a-Pet.com (who fancies herself a reporter!), this funny video will bring you all the latest, breaking news going on at the dog park.  A tennis ball stolen?  A Mastiff causing a traffic [...]

Dear Adopt-a-Pet.com, I used your listings and finally found and adopted a Miniature Schnauzer, at the Western Arizona Humane Society shelter in Kingman, Arizona, listed through your service. Roxy is the sweetest girl and I was lucky to find her. WAHS was very nice to deal with and the animals are taken care of with love. Foxy [...]

We’ve been loving all the Best Welcome Home Ever video submissions!  For example, have you ever seen a Pittie mix talk?  Well, here’s your chance!  Click here to watch Gamble the sweet pup welcome his mama home!  I personally love seeing all of Gamble’s furry siblings make their cameos!  You can watch more hilarious and [...]

Who wakes you in the morning with a silly wide-eyed grin and greets you upon arriving back home? You know who! And it’s a wonderful feeling isn’t it? The stress and angst of the day quickly melt away when greeted by your canine friend. You change your clothes and escape together for some play time. [...]

Helping sick or injured shelter pets has never been easier, thanks to a special May campaign that helps animal shelters and rescue groups with veterinary costs for the pets in their care. Here’s how you can help: For each new “Like” we receive on our Facebook page between now and May 31st, we’ll add $1 [...]

The image you see at right of a pale blue plastic ball caught in a barbed wire fence might not make sense to you, unless you’ve seen the powerful video PSA created by Cesar Millan to promote the importance of spay and neuter. To me, it makes a lump rise in my throat. Somehow in [...]

We love hearing stories of triumph!  We love it when an underdog – literally – proves not only to be different than assumed, but to go above and beyond expectations.  I’m sure we’ve all heard many stories of Pitbulls who overcome stereotypes and victoriously prove their goodness.  This breed that gets so much put up [...]

Many adopted pets settle right in to their new home without even turning around three times to lie down! But others need a little more time and help from us to get adjusted. Highly sensitive dogs and cats can be deeply affected by having been abandoned by their previous owner, and the stresses of living [...]

Getting adopted is tough for older animals. Would-be owners often overlook these pets for younger companions. Learn how The Black Canyon Animal Sanctuary found a perfect solution! Who needs a loyal friend and companion more than a homebound senior citizen? Who needs to be loved and cared for more than an abandoned older dog or [...]

Brought to you by Adopt-a-Pet.com, Woof University is a video series of pet-related training tips! This week someone posted a question on our Facebook page asking about how to get their black Labrador to stop jumping on the glass door. Check out Katya this Adopt-a-Pet.com Woof University video to learn some training tips addressing this [...]

Do you have or have you seen a cat that doesn’t want to eat their kibble in their bowl, preferring to pull it out one piece at a time with their paw, then eating it off the counter or floor? Or maybe a cat that only seems to like to eat the top layer of [...]

Brought to you by Adopt-a-Pet.com, Woof University is a video series of pet-related training tips! Click here to watch the introduction video that asks: Have a question about training or dog behavior? Ask Katya! Meet Katya Friedman, Adopt-a-Pet.com’s resident trainer. Post your pet-related questions on Adopt-a-Pet.com’s Facebook page here or our Twitter page here and [...]

Our young foster cats have a blast playing the iPad games designed for cats’ senses! It’s very clear the colors, movement, and game-play have been researched and tested for maximum feline fun. You probably have seen our previous blog posts where I shared the videos of my foster cats playing on my iPad, hitting the [...]

There’s nothing I personally love more than cuddling on the couch with my dog while I watch my favorite TV show!  But I understand that not every pet owner wants their pups to have full access to their furniture.  Instead of deciding not to let your pet up on the sofa at all, you might [...]