Adopted Iris from Tiny Lions in Ann Arbor. She changed my life and brought me love and strength. She’s my everything. She was just a kitten at three months old, now she’s about nine months. One thing she knows for sure – she has a forever home💕💕💕
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My husband and I would go to HSHV every weekend looking for our first dog together. We met so many sweet babies but they never were the right fit. After a year of searching we met Coco. She had come from Alabama on the Love Train a few days before. She was one of the only adult dogs on the train that week. I couldn’t believe she hadn’t been adopted yet. Looking down into the kennel at her in the puppy room, she looked back up at us with these huge brown eyes. We could tell she had been through
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At the height of Covid in March, we found ourselves without a cat in the house for the first time in my entire life. My husband and I decided to just go get a cat. We didn’t have an idea in mind of what we wanted. But we wanted a cat who would blend with our dogs. We got that and more from the lovely 12 yr old tortie named KitKat (Now Freya). She adores our dogs and attention from humans. She will eat literally anything, and loves to sleep under the covers with us at night. She is the
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Addison is a big fan of HSHV’s Love Train program and wanted to help the adoptable puppies. She decided to make fleece blankets to donate to these traveling pups! We know that our canine friends are grateful to have cozy blankets to curl up on. Thank you, Addison!
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Ann Arbor, MI (December 18, 2020) — A woman who regularly walks her dog in Ypsilanti’s Peninsular Park was startled to see a dead puppy off the side of a floating dock last Thursday night. She contacted the Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV). Upon investigation, a Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) Field Agent found not one, but three deceased puppies. The puppies were found at the edge of the river, just off the side of the floating dock past the main parking area; and a deceased iguana was discovered a little further out in the water. The cause
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My boyfriend and I came to HSHV in September to look for a cat to welcome into our home. I’ve always wanted a tortoiseshell cat and my boyfriend wanted a fluffy cat – so of course we immediately fell in love with Poppy, a sweet long-hair, tortie diva. It took her a week or so of finding all the hiding spots in the house and getting a feel for our life at home before she started to come out of her shy shell. Now a couple of months later, you can find her running zoomie laps, taking cozy naps on
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Sheltering Shelters come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and materials. For the most part, as long as the shelter is well insulated, anything from a styrofoam cooler with a hole cut out to a fancy cat house bought online will help. The most important part is that the shelter is well insulated, small enough to keep in the heat, waterproof and full of straw to help keep the cats warm. Do not use blankets in a shelter, as they get wet and freeze. Water Water can be a tricky thing to provide during the winter months. Some things
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While living in Denver, my husband and I volunteered at a shelter and saw first-hand how much longer it took for senior dogs and pitbulls to be adopted. As renters, we were unable to add another dog to our family, and until recently pitbulls were banned in Denver. But we knew that once we moved back to Ann Arbor we would rescue, ideally a senior and a pit. Summer 2019 we made the move, and went through dog walking training at HSHV. As the year went on, I became more serious in my search for an addition, and in November,
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Originally I was looking for a cat a little older to be a companion. I was concerned about having a kitten when moving back to school and working, but it just had to happen. My boyfriend and I were at Tiny Lions the day she was brought in. She had just been fixed and was very mellow, hiding in a box, in a crate, in a corner. I went over to see her, reached out my hand, and she dropped her whole body into it. The second she did that I knew she was mine. My boyfriend looked at me
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Every year cat owners debate how to best keep their Christmas tree safe from their cats. Here are some tips that can help to make things a little easier!
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