grey and white kitten plays with a cat toy
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Foster Friday: Pro Tips

Foster Friday: Pro Tip Edition A Foster Friday Pro Tip for fosters or adoptive families! Mat training is an extremely useful tool for cat owners and it is an easy, reward-based activity that can help you bond with your cat!…
A grey tabby cat with light green eyes stands in a cat kennel
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Meet Maggie

Today's Featured Pet is Maggie! Maggie, Mags, Mag-licious...this girl is a total BABE! We can't get enough of her chubby cheeks and her thiccc bod. Maggie definitely has all the jiggle in all the right places, but…
a puppy with it's face towards the camera is held by a women facing away from the camera
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New Text Line to Help Find Lost Pets

Blue Ridge Humane Launches Text Line for Lost Pet Help Blue Ridge Humane Society has launched a new lost animal text line to further provide support for pet owners facing the unthinkable: a lost pet. If you have a pet go missing, text…
image of an older grey tabby cat standing in a kennel
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Meet Scooter-ADOPTED

Today's Featured Pet is Scooter! Poor Scooter aka Scoots landed in the shelter because his former owner could no longer care for him due to them having medical issues arise. Needless to say Scooter is a bit out of his…
collage of three 6 month old kittens, one black and two white
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Foster Friday: Nurses Needed

Foster Friday: Nurses Needed This week on Foster Friday...calling all nurturing types! URIs or "upper respiratory infections" are a common problem for cats housed in a shelter environment, so we like to send those kitties to foster homes…
a black cat being petted under her chin
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Meet Demi!

Today's Featured Pet is Demi!   Demi is laid back, low key and a complete sweetie! She came to us originally as a stray without previous home information but we think she would love any place as mellow as…
A grey cat waring a blue plaid bowtie
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Meet Mickie-ADOPTED

Today's Featured Pet is Mickie!   Mickie may seem like he is playing hard to get at first but he is worth the wait! This poor little guy is a little sensitive to when his world changes and luckily for him, his foster…
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Paws and Kisses Photo Contest

Paws & Kisses Pet Photo Contest sponsored by Blue Ridge Orthodontics ELIGIBILITY: Anyone with a photo of their cat or dog! You may enter up to 5 pets, but only one photo per pet. ENTRY PERIOD: Now – February 3. VOTING PERIOD:…
A large brown dog is pictured outside. The dog has a darker snout and a light blue eye and brown eye
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Meet Paisley!

Today's Featured Pet is Paisley! Social butterfly does not even begin to describe Paisley! This girl loves meeting people and in a previous home, used to escape her yard to play with a neighbor's dog. Paisley is exceptionally…
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Foster Friday: Spicy Kittens

Foster Friday: Socializing from Spicy to Sweet It's Foster Friday, were we dive into the important role that fosters play and this week we're talking about SPICY KITTENS! 🌶 The socialization period for kittens is between two and seven…