Author: Kim Leary

Celebrate your feline friends on National Cat Day and everyday!  Have you cuddled your cat today!  

A Homeward Pet volunteer bought a scratcher house for our very active cat Cinnamon Bun. He is digging it!  

We’re incredibly fortunate to have Mikkel Becker on the Homeward Pet team! As a certified dog and cat trainer, co-author of five books in the “Ultimate Pet Lover” series, and the resident trainer for Vetstreet.com. Mikkel is also an important part of our Adopter Support program. As Homeward Pet’s dog and cat behavior consultant, Mikkel…

It’s been pure FANdemonium at Homeward Pet this month thanks to amazing volunteer and 12th WoMAN, Chris Yates. As a behavior team member and clinic volunteer, Chris knows in order for our shelter animals’ personalities to shine through, you’ve got to be in it to win it! For October’s Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog month, Chris made more than…

Homeward Pet’s ’12th Man’s Best Friend’ promotion is made possible, in part, by Flyin’ Lions Screen printing & Embroidery!  Our staff look amazing in their ‘Homeward Pet – 12’ t-shirts.

Halloween can be a stressful, and even potentially dangerous, time for your cat or dog.  And we’re not just talking about the ghosts and goblins.  Candy, decorations and dressing up can all be harmful to your pet.  But keeping your pets safe on Halloween doesn’t have to be scary.  Read our Tips for a Pet-Safe Halloween”…

To celebrate Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, Homeward Pet has partnered with the animal lovers at Wag!, the new dog-walking on demand company, to provide every one of our dog adopters a Wag! swag bag and 10 FREE dog walks (a $200 value), all month long!  Using the downloadable Wag! app, you can get a dog-walker instantly…

I just wanted to send a quick update, Helen & Stevie (now Elle and Malcolm) are doing well in their new home. They are playful and snuggly, and getting along just fine with their new dog friends.  Malcolm is already running the house and Elle has found her favorite spot on my lap.  Thank you…

I adopted Charley (he was called Lucky at the shelter) in June and it honestly was the best decision I ever made! He and I go everywhere together and he gets me up and out of the house whenever I am feeling lazy. I was the type of person that was very hesitant to actually…