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Always take the time to stop and smell the roses. And check the pee-mail.

If you like this cartoon, like our Facebook page at Adopt-a-Pet.com  for more cartoons like this one from Redandhowling.

 

Our pets have quite a list of demands, but we think we can make it happen! LOL! What is on your pet’s list? Tell us on Facebook!

RedandHowling: Musings on Dogs, Cats & Other Bundles of Love.

This MUST be the pre-weekend pep talk all of the dogs have, right? They are just sooo good at squeezing right into the center of the bed. Aren’t they? LOL!

RedandHowling: Musings on Dogs, Cats & Other Bundles of Love.

You know it’s true love when…

RedandHowling: Musings on Dogs, Cats & Other Bundles of Love.

This handy life-saving book, “For Dog’s Sake!” is by our co-founder, the artist behind Red and Howling.  It’s a goldmine of information that all dog parents need, from how to perform the Heimlich Maneuver on a pet who is choking to understanding the hidden dangers that lurk in our homes. Best of all, purchase the book between now and the end of June and 20% of the author’s proceeds will go directly to helping sick and injured shelter pets through Adopt-a-Pet.com’s Veterinary Care Fund.

Get the book! www.ForDogsSake.Rocks

Purina Veterinary Diet®s “Fighting Pet Obesity” Campaign: Help Shelters and Rescue Groups Pay For Veterinary Procedures With Just a Click! Because Purina is so committed to helping homeless pets, they’ve worked with Adopt-a-Pet.com to set up a special fund to help shelters and rescue groups keep homeless pets healthy while defraying veterinary costs. They’re donating $1.00 for each person who clicks “Like” on their Facebook campaign page, Fighting Pet Obesity, up to $50,000! Please help us reach this goal so we can provide the maximum amount of help to shelters and rescue groups. In these hard economic times, shelters need all the help they can get. Please click “Like” on this page now, and encourage your friends to do the same!

The sad truth is an estimated 45% of dogs and 58% of cats in the United States are overweight or obese–that’s an estimated 35 million dogs and 54 million cats. Pet obesity can lead to many other health problems, and Purina Veterinary Diets® wants to help. In addition to the Facebook campaign to raise awareness and funds, they’ve also launched Project: Pet Slim Down ™, a great program with products and tools that may help your pet achieve a healthy weight. We invite you to visit the site and use the Dog and Cat Body Condition System® interactive table to assess if your pet might benefit from a weight management program.

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Can we be totally frank with you? We are so impressed with the amazing things that those pet-loving people at Purina are able to do in the world. They’re constantly coming up with programs and initiatives that allow them to meet their business goals by making the world a better place for needy animals. They are truly an example of doing well by doing good. Take this piece of brilliance, for example: Purina ONE® beyOnd(TM), a brand-new pet food manufactured in an environmentally-friendly way, recently gave away one million dollars to animal welfare charities in a single day, and they gave people on the street the opportunity to choose where the donations were made.

Celebrities and representatives from Purina visited cities around the country and stopped passers-by with an incredible offer: make a $5,000 donation to the pet charity of their choice, totally funded by Purina ONE beyOnd. They also allowed their Facebook friends to choose where some of the grand total of $1 million was donated. You can see a video of celebrity Josh Lucas kicking off the campaign in New York at that link.

Adopt-a-Pet.com was one of the beneficiaries of Purina ONE beyOnd’s amazing day of giving, and we are truly grateful to them, and to the many people who chose us to receive their donations. Thank you!

(photo: Actor Josh Hopkins Kicked off the Campaign)

We are love the amazing things our Adopt-a-Pet.com sponsor Purina does to help homeless pets! Like the $1 Million donated (click to read about it here) at the launch of their new Purina ONE® beyOnd™ brand, and their Pet Welfare Program which donated more than 1,200,000 pounds of food to pets in shelters last year.

Click play below to watch one of the four videos Purina created for the launch of their new campaign!

Story 1 – New Pet Food: Purina ONE® beyOnd™

Thanks to all the pet lovers who entered the petcentric Dog Show by submitting photos of their pets. You helped to raise a generous $8,313 donation to Adopt-a-Pet.com! If you sent in an entry, you raised $1 to help shelter pets find loving homes… hooray for you! And a huge thank-you to the generous folks at Purina petcentric for your continued support of our work, and of homeless pets everywhere! We couldn’t do what we do without you.