Monthly Archives March 2024

1-year-old Bearded Dragon

Esteban the Bearded dragon Age: 1 City in which animal is located: Ann Arbor Rehoming fee? No Please note: This is a courtesy listing on HSHV’s site. This animal is available through a private individual, NOT HSHV. For questions, please contact the individual below, not HSHV. Thank you! He needs a quiet home, he is super sweet and has a lot of energy at times, he needs to have a healthy and consistent diet If you are interested in adopting Esteban, please contact Cristi at 734-972-8733 or cristiskys@gmail.com. This animal is listed as a courtesy on our site, but is
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Cookie

Cookie the Cat Age: 2 Fixed (Spayed/Neutered)? Yes Declawed? No Weight: 15 lbs Indoor? Not known Microchipped? No City in which animal is located: Ypsilanti Rehoming fee? No Please note: This is a courtesy listing on HSHV’s site. This animal is available through a private individual, NOT HSHV. For questions, please contact the individual below, not HSHV. Thank you! Cookie takes some time adjusting to people, but when he does adjust; he’s very cuddly and clingy. He prefers a quiet household with no toddlers, he seems okay with being with cats. He’s not okay with dogs. He wishes for a
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Young adult, long-haired cat looking for a new home!

Calix the Cat Age: 3 Fixed (Spayed/Neutered)? Yes Declawed? No Weight: 13 lbs Indoor? Yes Microchipped? Not known City in which animal is located: Canton Rehoming fee? No Please note: This is a courtesy listing on HSHV’s site. This animal is available through a private individual, NOT HSHV. For questions, please contact the individual below, not HSHV. Thank you! Calix currently lives in a small quiet home! He is very energetic and loves to play, whether he’s pretending to hunt his toys, scratching his post, or running around the house. Although he has had both good and bad experiences with
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Beautiful sweet loving pit bull.

Onix the Dog Age: 2 years Fixed (Spayed/Neutered)? No Indoor? Yes Microchipped? No City in which animal is located: Garden City Rehoming fee? No Please note: This is a courtesy listing on HSHV’s site. This animal is available through a private individual, NOT HSHV. For questions, please contact the individual below, not HSHV. Thank you! Onix is a very sweet lovable 2 year old dog. He loves attention and to play fetch. Against all odds when he was 2 months old he survived parvovirus. He also survived a house fire that destroyed the whole house and his best friend. He
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Loving dog needs a furever home

Sage the Dog Age: 2 Fixed (Spayed/Neutered)? Yes Weight: 70 lbs Indoor? Yes Microchipped? No City in which animal is located: Milan Rehoming fee? Yes Please note: This is a courtesy listing on HSHV’s site. This animal is available through a private individual, NOT HSHV. For questions, please contact the individual below, not HSHV. Thank you! She is very sweet and loving. She is smart and aims to please. She is also anxious and does have some issues with separation anxiety. She does not get along well with other animals consistently. She likes to chew and things so she will
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Loofy the Munchkin

Loofy the Cat Age: 6 years Fixed (Spayed/Neutered)? Yes Declawed? No Weight: 11 lbs Indoor? Yes Microchipped? Yes City in which animal is located: Ypsilanti Rehoming fee? No Please note: This is a courtesy listing on HSHV’s site. This animal is available through a private individual, NOT HSHV. For questions, please contact the individual below, not HSHV. Thank you! Loofy is a Munchkin. When my sister-in-law passed, we offered to take him and do our best to find him a loving home. Due to his past, Loofy is best suited for a household without young children, no other cats or
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Candy needs a new home quickly!

Candy the Dog Age: 2 yrs Fixed (Spayed/Neutered)? No Weight: 50 lbs Indoor? Yes Microchipped? No City in which animal is located: New Boston Rehoming fee? Yes Please note: This is a courtesy listing on HSHV’s site. This animal is available through a private individual, NOT HSHV. For questions, please contact the individual below, not HSHV. Thank you! Candy is friendly dog. She likes long walks and playing in a fenced yard. She is house trained, crate trained and rides nicely in a car. She knows come, sit, down, stay (sort of) She does not beg while you eat. I
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Classroom Kindness

Ms.  Embry’s 5th grade class are such kind kids!  They threw a class Valentine’s Day party and wanted to share the love with the animals at HSHV!  Students made blankets and spider toys for the cats and dogs, then brought the items to HSHV.  Thank you so much, Ms. Embry’s 5th grade class!  We are so grateful for your creative donation, and we know the animals are too!
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Calming Your Anxious Dog

Our staff and volunteers spend hours each day walking the dogs and providing them with mental and physical stimulation that keeps them comfortable and happy during their stay. There are some dogs, though, who need extra attention as they struggle with arousal or fear. Aroused (high-energy) dogs can get overly excited and have a surge of adrenaline when it’s time to leave their kennel or go for a walk because it is often the highlight of their day. They benefit when we: Maintain calm Encourage four paws on the floor for leashing Refrain from lots of petting or excited baby
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How to help your one and only kitten

While it may be hard to find peer-reviewed data on what we in the animal welfare industry call “single kitten syndrome,” anecdotally, we’ve all seen it time and time again. When a kitten is raised without littermates or a mom to teach how to interact with other cats and people appropriately, we have a lot more work to do as their human. Here are some important things to make sure you’re adding to your single kitten’s environment to help them thrive and interact with their world, and their people, appropriately. Enrichment Make sure that your little one has plenty of
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