Nov 22: After one day at the Best Friends rescue center, “experience” has a new meaning. The dogs and cats are amazing. Words like full of spirit, courageous, ready to get on with their lives only partially describes what you see in their eyes. Maybe better words are determination, grit, and knowing they are in loving hands. The feeling I got from everyone ..

Nov 21: It looks like a combination thrift store and bargain basement in Tylertown. And the best thing about the dollar store at Tylertown is that everything there is free. You can stroll the two aisles and find boxes of dog collars, dog and cat shampoo, toys for all the rescued dogs and cats, and oh yes -- something for the volunteer crew as well. ..

Question from Laurel: There seem to be quite a few rescuers whose experience tells them that vaccinating just prior to a dog's departure from a shelter will cause the dog that has been exposed to a disease such as parvo or distemper during their time in the shelter to break with symptoms very quickly, faster than they might have had they not received ..

Question from Jan: I am with a shelter that requests incoming animals be vaccinated prior to admission by the relinquisher, and that all records be brought at the time of surrender. However, the records often do not accompany them and much time is spent "tracking down" this information, as the owners are sometimes not very good historians ..

Question from Ingrid: I have a smallish (6 lbs) tortie cat who, after her first FVRCP shot a few years ago, walked around like she was slightly drunk and couldn't even jump up on the couch (she missed and fell!). I thought she was brain-damaged. Then after a few days regained her normalcy again. I was afraid to take her back for another vaccination ..

Time to party - the Members Search function is now working! Click the Members button on the left navigation panel on your screen, and the Member Search page will come up. It's great fun meeting people of all different interests and backgrounds - and most everyone loves animals (hurray!!) and there is something special about them. Click a state and ..

Steve and I went hiking at Bryce one sunny spring day.. this squirrel (same squirrel in each photo.. just posing slightly cuter in each one...) was trying his hardest to get us to give him some peanuts. He just about did it, too.. but it's not good to feed wild squirrels! So, we had to suffer through his cuteness.. and take a bunch of pics in the ..

Question from Beth: For 20 years we have vaccinated our shelter cats (free roaming facility) with the FVRCPC each year. Recently we were told as long as the adult cats had at least 2 vaccinations in their past, that it would be fine to vaccinate every 3 years with the FVRCPC. We have many unadoptable cats that live at our facility for most of their ..

Our husky, Gandalf.. loves his foster brother, Yoda. You may have seen their super cute picture on the BF website a while back in the favorite photos section. They are always together. I think Yoda believes that when he grows up he's going to become a husky. lol :) ..

This week on the No More Homeless Pets Forum: Nov 28-Dec 2 The Vaccine Controversy How can you prevent the spread of illness in shelters or foster homes? How often should animals be vaccinated? Can some vaccine protocols actually do more harm than good? Dr. Brenda Griffin of Auburn University and Dr. Kate Hurley of the University of California, Davis ..