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Note from
Our Founder
Dear Friends,
Thanks to all of you who stepped up to help during the California wildfires. Over 350 people offered to foster pets, and donations poured into our Disaster Fund to help stricken pet adoption groups. We're always proud of the way you respond during emergencies, but my thanks also go to all animal lovers. Whether your part is helping neighborhood strays, telling friends to adopt or providing a helping hand to another pet owner in trouble, you're supporting us in our mission to end the euthanasia of adoptable pets.
Betsy Saul
Co-Founder, Petfinder.com
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Happy Tail: Golden Years
From Alison Jones, Marshfield, Mass.:
Simba was listed on Petfinder as a special needs cat, and because he was 12 years old, few people were interested in him. I emailed back and forth with NOAH about what his issues were and decided to adopt him. What a blessing! He is the most calm, intelligent, playful cat I have ever had. His health issues have completely disappeared, and other than his missing all but three teeth, you would never guess his age. He is a love: he loves to purr, loves to be brushed, sits right next to me no matter where I am and follows me from room to room. I don't know the circumstances of his being surrendered, but I am thankful that he found me.
Simba was adopted from Nemasket Orphaned Animal Haven, Inc. (NOAH) in Raynham, Mass.
Do You Have a Happy Tail?
Send us your Petfinder pet's happy ending story. It will be entered in our monthly Happy "Tail" drawing, and you may win a Man's Best Friend Fun Pack and a baseball cap from our friends at The Animal Rescue Site. |
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Adopt a Granny
(or Gramps)
November is Adopt-a-
Senior-Pet Month. Make it a great Thanksgiving for a homeless pet: Go over the river and through the woods and adopt an old-timer.
GRANNY
Fresno, Calif. |
GRAMPS
Yellowknife,
NWT | 
GRANDPA
St. Clairsville, Ohio | 
NANA
Arlington, Wash. |
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Spotlight on Our Sponsors
NIKON
PICTURE THIS!
Enter for a chance to win cash and a Nikon D40™ Camera with a Zoom-Nikkor® lens in our Petfinder Favorite Holiday Pet Shot Contest.
BAMBOO PET
WIN A FEED + TOSS™ DISPOSABLE BOWL SET FROM BAMBOO™!
Award-winning Feed + Toss Disposable Bowls give your pet fresh, delicious feedings every time — without messy dishes for you to wash. Just fill, feed and throw away. Enter here for a chance to win one of 50 sets of Feed + Toss. Visit bamboopet.com for more great products — including the NEW! FurBuster™ Professional Deshedding Tool.
MERIAL
DRESS YOUR DOG UP IN STYLE
…and show your support for a good cause. When you buy a Paws to Save Pets™ collar for only $10, proceeds go toward supporting the Petfinder.com Foundation and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF). |
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Treats, Tips & Trimmings
HERE'S WHAT YOU SAID! TRAINING TIPS
Last month we asked you to share your favorite training tips.
Here are our favorites:
Old or young, pets can learn new tricks. Dancing, fetching and singing were the most common tricks you reported in response to our question last month. Here are some others:
- Boots, a cat, responds to “lie down” and "roll over.”
- Luna, another feline, does a one-pawed mid-air catch of things thrown to her.
- Sparky, a Chinese Crested Dog, licks his lips when he hears “prime rib.”
- Trixie, a Swiss Mountain Dog, lifts her paws when you say, “Reach for the sky,” then falls down and plays dead when you point your index finger and say, “Bang!”
- Sage, a Shih Tzu, raises her paw when you ask, “Who wants a treat?”
- Rosie and Daisy, two Papillons, are trained to lie down side-by-side under a little blanket. At the words, "Good Morning," they pop up for their treats.
Petvideo.com has tips for teaching a trick or two to your dog or cat.
TELL US: HOW DO YOU AND YOUR PET CELEBRATE?
How do you make the holidays special for your pet? Let us hear from you, and we’ll share some of your responses next month.
PLEASE PASS THE THANKS
When you're giving thanks, remember those who care for homeless pets: the animal control officer who spends the holiday rescuing a stray, the volunteers who feed feral cats on cold mornings, those who spend weekends at PETCO, hosting adoption events, and many many more. Send a thank-you to an adoption group near you.
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Want to Help?
SPONSOR A PET
to help pay for his or her housing, food and vet bills. (If the animal you select has been adopted, your donation will be directed to another homeless pet.)
SPECIAL OCCASION?
If you would like your family and friends to send donations in honor of a special occasion, like a birthday or anniversary, please let us know. We can provide sample wording for your special request. |
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Foundation News
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE RELIEF
The Petfinder.com Foundation went into action with a call center to assist evacuees in finding foster homes for their pets. We also began awarding disaster relief grants and donated $24,000 worth of Merial products to help care for displaced animals in the communities hardest hit.
PETFINDER.COM FOUNDATION
TAIL WAGS GO TO...
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The Petfinder.com Foundation is a public charity created to assist Petfinder shelters and rescue groups through problem solving, fundraising, and relief in times of stress or disaster. Petfinder provides a searchable database of animals that need homes from over 11,000 animal shelters and adoption agencies
across the USA, Canada and Mexico, free ads for lost, found, adoptable and wanted pets, pet-related message boards, a library of pet information, and pet-related content for kids. Since its inception, Petfinder has helped find homes for more than 11 million pets.
Privacy Policy
Animal Planet's Petfinder is part of:
Discovery Communications, LLC.
One Discovery Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910
© 2007 Discovery Communications, LLC.
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