My sister Laura gets to travel the world as part of her job. She goes to far off and exotic locales where she eats delicious food and sees incredible sights. Suffice it to say, I never expected to have any sort of a job where she envied me for anything. …

Need an ice breaker and want to help adoptable pets at the same time? Just get yourself a Petfinder cap or sweatshirt and strangers will begin initiating conversations by saying something like, “I got my cat through Petfinder” or “Hey! Where did you get that.” If you’re a little shy, …

Three-year-old French Bulldog Violet had been abandoned at a vet’s office and ended up at Faithful Friends Animal Advocates in Neosho, MO. No one knew her full story when she came into rescue, but she was missing a front leg; it appears to have been amputated when she was very …

As everyone is getting excited for the upcoming Super Bowl,  I wondered what sort of Super Bowl inspired pet names we had on the site.  There were quite a few!  Check out the adorable adoptables below that share their names with some of the Super Bowl line up!  

Here’s another great lost-cat reunion story from our partner HomeAgain. You can help lost pets get home again: Sign up to receive lost pet alerts when a dog or cat goes missing in your area. Max in a wilderness area — by Michael in Highlands Ranch, CO My little Max …

My grandpa celebrated his birthday last week. He and my nana introduced me to the first pet who stole my heart — their dog, Mickey. My grandparents loved Mickey, and through their love and care for him, gave me some of my first lessons about pets. Growing up, I spent …

For Kelly’s husband, life was going to the dogs – or in this case, just one dog, Rosie Star, whom they had adopted. “She was enjoying her new home,” says the Denver, CO, pet parent, “but was becoming a real ‘night animal,’ keeping my husband out with her for hours …

Talk about staff insubordination! This morning, I started out my normal wake up strategy with some MEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOW and a good long stare at the staff’s face. I was plotting my next move when all of the sudden, the staff grabbed me, pulled me on top of her chest, HUGGED me …

Max is a mix. His vet suggested that he looks a lot like a Bernese Mountain Dog , and that makes sense because he comes from a part of Kentucky that has traditionally used this breed to guard livestock. But his adopters, Lorie and Don Chesnut of Lexington, Ky., think …

You might already be familiar with Dr. B from his blog posts here or his radio program, Pet Talk with Dr. B. Well, he’s making a special guest appearance on our Facebook page next week for our Senior Pets 101 Live Q&A! I know I often claim to feel like …