Images of Santa Claus heading south from the North Pole with a bushel of presents fill the holidays. At one Southern U.S. shelter, though, those holiday images also include photos of homeless dogs who will soon catch a ride north to a forever home.
As the new year awaits on the horizon, many of us will partake in that annual tradition that follows a season of overindulgence. Here are five easy resolutions for rescuers to work into their New Year’s plans.
Animal advocate Mike Arms launched the Iams Home 4 the Holidays adoption drive in 1999. Today the annual event has grown into one of the world’s most successful pet adoption campaigns, spanning the globe with nearly 4,000 participating animal organizations across the US as well as in 23 other countries.
The image of a puppy or kitten beneath the Christmas tree may seem to many families to be the picture of happiness, but in reality the holidays can be an especially stressful time to welcome a new furry family member.
One of the questions we ask of fellow pet lovers is how they feel about pet adoption. We’re always trying to figure out just what makes people decide to go to a shelter or rescue to adopt their next pet—or not.
Paris Permenter and John Bigley are a husband-wife team of professional writers. Along with over 2,500 published magazine articles and 28 books, Paris and John are the publishers of DogTipper.com and CatTipper.com. Paris and John live with their dogs and cats in the Texas Hill Country near Austin.
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