Over 300 lbs of kitty kibbles and dog chow collected so far:
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This time of year animal charities really need help, as the critters are often overlooked in the season's stressful hullabaloo. If you can't find the room in your heart or the space at your residence to adopt a new furry family member this Christmas, please give to the shelter in your area. Here's a list (modified from the website of this year's Sweet Pea recipient) of what ALL homeless pet facilities can use:
Shelter Wish List Items
Towels, blankets, and quilts
Shelters can never have enough towels and blankets! Contact your friends, relatives, and neighbors for good, used items for bathing and bedding. (I just went through my home and incall and gathered up a big pile. Gives me an excuse to buy prettier, shamrock-green linens.) Check with some of your local thrift stores for resale items or local stores where you shop for discounted towels, sheets and blankets to donate.
Pet food, treats, and stainless steel food/water dishes
Ask your local stores for discounts on pet foods and supplies bought for shelters and invite them to provide donations. You might be pleasantly surprised at the merchants' generosity and compassion! Nutritious dry and wet canned foods for both cats and dogs are always welcome contributions to any animal food pantry. (FYI, small kibble puppy food and kitty pâté are especially in short supply during the late spring and summer, when shelters receive so many litters of unwanted babies.)
Pet carriers, wire crates, and portable play yards
Portable pet carriers and crates are needed to transport pets to veterinarians, off-site adoptions or for use in foster care. Portable play yards (plastic or wire fencing that snaps together) are useful in the pet visitation areas, bath areas, and puppy rooms at shelters as a place for puppies and kittens to play or meet their potential new owners.
Shampoos and other grooming items
Flea shampoo, medicated shampoo for soothing the itch, coat conditioners, brushes, and Dawn liquid dish washing detergent are needed year-round, in addition to flea preventives like Capstar.
Toys!
Durable plastic or hard rubber toys that can be quickly and easily disinfected are the best, especially for the puppies. Kitty balls and other cat toys are great for our feline friends and Frisbees and rope chews are perfect for our older canine “kids.” In the heat of summer, small baby pools for outdoor playtime and just beating the heat make those “dog days” more bearable!
Cleaning supplies
Bleach solution, mops, brooms, buckets and pails, squeegees, sponges, laundry detergent, paper towels, antibacterial hand wipes, and lots of good quality kitty litter are needed.
Shelters can never have enough towels and blankets! Contact your friends, relatives, and neighbors for good, used items for bathing and bedding. (I just went through my home and incall and gathered up a big pile. Gives me an excuse to buy prettier, shamrock-green linens.) Check with some of your local thrift stores for resale items or local stores where you shop for discounted towels, sheets and blankets to donate.
Pet food, treats, and stainless steel food/water dishes
Ask your local stores for discounts on pet foods and supplies bought for shelters and invite them to provide donations. You might be pleasantly surprised at the merchants' generosity and compassion! Nutritious dry and wet canned foods for both cats and dogs are always welcome contributions to any animal food pantry. (FYI, small kibble puppy food and kitty pâté are especially in short supply during the late spring and summer, when shelters receive so many litters of unwanted babies.)
Pet carriers, wire crates, and portable play yards
Portable pet carriers and crates are needed to transport pets to veterinarians, off-site adoptions or for use in foster care. Portable play yards (plastic or wire fencing that snaps together) are useful in the pet visitation areas, bath areas, and puppy rooms at shelters as a place for puppies and kittens to play or meet their potential new owners.
Shampoos and other grooming items
Flea shampoo, medicated shampoo for soothing the itch, coat conditioners, brushes, and Dawn liquid dish washing detergent are needed year-round, in addition to flea preventives like Capstar.
Toys!
Durable plastic or hard rubber toys that can be quickly and easily disinfected are the best, especially for the puppies. Kitty balls and other cat toys are great for our feline friends and Frisbees and rope chews are perfect for our older canine “kids.” In the heat of summer, small baby pools for outdoor playtime and just beating the heat make those “dog days” more bearable!
Cleaning supplies
Bleach solution, mops, brooms, buckets and pails, squeegees, sponges, laundry detergent, paper towels, antibacterial hand wipes, and lots of good quality kitty litter are needed.
Kuranda Dog Beds
Shelters need bedding that will get the animals off the floors when they lie down and provide many other benefits related to the care of sheltered dogs and cats, like cleaner, easier maintenance of pet and temporary domicile. Kuranda beds are exceptionally appropriate. Visit their site to see how to donate a bed to any shelter: http://kuranda.com/donate
Again, thanks to everyone who's contributed in honor of Sweet Pea. She's wagging her tail in doggy heaven, I'm sure. The staff at my chosen shelter was just about beside themselves in appreciation. Contact me if you'd like to know the name of the facility (since I cannot publicize it on ECCIE) and/or see a receipt for the donations, or better yet, if you'd like to help make the lives of wee creatures more comfortable this Christmas.
Shelters need bedding that will get the animals off the floors when they lie down and provide many other benefits related to the care of sheltered dogs and cats, like cleaner, easier maintenance of pet and temporary domicile. Kuranda beds are exceptionally appropriate. Visit their site to see how to donate a bed to any shelter: http://kuranda.com/donate
Again, thanks to everyone who's contributed in honor of Sweet Pea. She's wagging her tail in doggy heaven, I'm sure. The staff at my chosen shelter was just about beside themselves in appreciation. Contact me if you'd like to know the name of the facility (since I cannot publicize it on ECCIE) and/or see a receipt for the donations, or better yet, if you'd like to help make the lives of wee creatures more comfortable this Christmas.
