Adoption Shelter Blogs

January 28, 2012 Lyza Poulin Adoption
    Looking for a little love? I may be small but I've got a lot of puppy love to give to my forever owner! My name is Piston and I am a 5 year old male Dachshund looking for someone to take me home today! I know I'm on the short side, so if you decide you're looking for a...
December 2, 2011 Lyza Poulin Adoption, Community, Event Promotion, Media, Radio
Check out Buddy and Anna on the Z104 blog and learn all about the upcoming Fur Ball! http://blogs.z104.com/anna/ Buddy is a golden lab that would work well with an energetic family with older children that like to play. He would love to have a large yard to run around in and he's a very sweet...
November 8, 2011 Zach Black Adoption, Event Promotion, Fee-Waived, Free
The promotions continue here at GAHS, even though the Challenge is over we want to keep the community involved and continue to Save More Lives! So for this month all adult cats over the age of 6 months are Fee Waived in honor of The Give Thanks Adoption Promotion! A microchipped, vaccinated,...
November 8, 2011 Zach Black Adoption, Community, News, Volunteer
  At 1:30 pm on Monday, November 7th "Venus" the cat marked adoption number 3,000 for this year! Without the community who supports and spreads the word about the shelter we would have never been able to do this. Without the volunteers who have clocked in over 200,000 hours this year...
November 3, 2011 Lyza Poulin Adoption
It's getting cold outside! This weather makes me think of hot chocolate, curling up in front of a fireplace, and wrapping up in a big blanket since my skin just isn't thick enough for these colder temperatures! This weather also makes me very jealous of these two dogs and their nice, thick...
November 1, 2011 Kelly Hogan Adoption, Community, Success Story
Wow- the three months of the Challenge have flown by.  I started out this Challenge talking about how the Monmouth County SPCA did not become a part of the Challenge for the “prize” of $100,000 or the “glory” of winning.  I don’t know where the...
November 1, 2011 Abby Ouimet Adoption, Discount
Our adoption specials Meow Mondays and Woof Wednesdays are continuing through the end of the year! Visit the shelter and save a life today! Meow Mondays - Pay no adoption fee when you adopt an adult cat (1 year or older) every Monday until Dec. 31. *   Woof Wednesdays -...
October 31, 2011 Zach Black Adoption, Community, Event Promotion, News, Staff, Success Story, Volunteer
After 92 amazing days the ASPCA 100K Challenge is wrapping up. We've adopted out and returned to owner some amazing animals. Check out the reports to check out the final numbers... Posted late this afternoon for everyone to see! A few close ups! If you can't read those numbers this is what...
October 31, 2011 gretchen meyer Adoption, Success Story
Wow, what a journey it’s been since we first embarked on the ASPCA Challenge on August 1st. Despite record-breaking heat and natural disasters, our staff, volunteers, fosters and adopters have managed to save the lives of countless animals who would have otherwise been euthanized at local...
October 31, 2011 gretchen meyer Adoption, Event Promotion, Fee-Waived
It is October 31, known widely to the rest of the nation as Halloween. To us here at Austin Pets Alive!, October 31, 2011 has a special meaning. In addition to being everyone’s favorite costumed holiday, October 31 is the very last day of the ASPCA Challenge in which APA! has been...