The HOWS : Home of Well-loved Strays

05/09/2024

On my way to my next job… to harass the sleeping cats 😼😼

05/09/2024

Can you tell who’s the leader of this gang? 🐶

05/09/2024

Plotting the next trouble that I will do to annoy everyone 😏😏

05/09/2024

Last July, we brought Kumu to Makati to have her dental surgery (full teeth extraction) then she wa injected with steriods to lessen the inflammation/tumor under her mouth. Having no teeth doesn't lessen her appetite, in fact, she's been asking for more chicken since then.

05/09/2024

Day 4 of 30: Fundraising $50/₱2500 daily to spay/neuter community dogs. Fulfilled 😇

The day 4 fundraiser was already completed yesterday because of generous donors. Please receive our hugs and kisses 😘🤗

We'll be posting a daily fundraising with the amount of $50/₱2500 to spay/neuter the community dogs. This is an important move to lessen stray population, prevent dog fights and avoid sickness like TVT/cancer. Our minimum target is thirty community dogs.

For anyone who wishes to donate to our daily fundraiser, please see the donation channels below:

International/Paypal: https://linktr.ee/thehowsph
Local Gcash/Maya: 09091414744 Ab****l C.

We also accept in-kind donations such as catfood, dogfood, used but not abused cages, collars and leashes.

Location: Pampanga, Philippines

05/09/2024

This is the most that Robi can do, to stand up on his four feet while searching for food. Robi is indeed very food-inspired 😹

05/09/2024

Carlisle wishing it gets sunny again ☀️

04/09/2024

The rain that we want. Rain the cat 😽

04/09/2024

Since it’s raining almost daily, Minggoy the outside cat (rightmost cat) decided to stay indoors. He has his own way to enter and leave our property. The three muskittens accept him lovingly 😹😻😽

04/09/2024

Day 3: Fundraised $50 of $50 / ₱2500 of ₱2500 since yesterday 🙏

The day 3 fundraiser was already fulfilled yesterday because of generous donors. Please receive our hugs and kisses 😘🤗

We'll be posting a daily fundraising with the amount of $50/₱2500 to spay/neuter the community dogs. This is an important move to lessen stray population, prevent dog fights and avoid sickness like TVT/cancer. Our minimum target is thirty community dogs.

For anyone who wishes to donate to our daily fundraiser, please see the donation channels below:

International/Paypal: https://linktr.ee/thehowsph
Local Gcash/Maya: 09091414744 Ab****l C.

We also accept in-kind donations such as catfood, dogfood, used but not abused cages, collars and leashes.

Location: Pampanga, Philippines

04/09/2024

Batman is my name! Hunting is my game! 😼

04/09/2024

Carlisle, a beautiful name for a delicate and gorgeous kitten. Do you think I deserve it? 😼

04/09/2024

Rain - the king on his own world 👑

03/09/2024

Own a cat they said for it gives you peace and happiness. But have you owned a calico? They’re little devils in a cute fluffy body 😂😡

03/09/2024

Not blood-related but sisters at heart 🥰

03/09/2024

Day 2: Fundraised $50 of $50 / ₱2500 of ₱2500 🙏

We'll be posting a daily fundraising with the amount of $50/₱2500 to spay/neuter the community dogs. This is an important move to lessen stray population, prevent dog fights and avoid sickness like TVT/cancer. Our minimum target is thirty community dogs.

For anyone who wishes to donate to our daily fundraiser, please see the donation channels below:

International/Paypal: https://linktr.ee/thehowsph
Local Gcash/Maya: 09091414744 Ab****l C.

We also accept in-kind donations such as catfood, dogfood, used but not abused cages, collars and leashes.

Location: Pampanga, Philippines

03/09/2024

It’s been raining nonstop because of the typhoon. The cats say they’re missing the sun again, missing to play outside and run everywhere. Oh to have a good sunny day ☀️☀️☀️

02/09/2024

30 DOGS IN 30 DAYS CAMPAIGN: Sponsor a dog's neuter today!

DAY 1: Fundraised $50 of $50 / ₱2500 of ₱2500 🙏

Starting today, we'll post a daily fundraising with the amount of $50 / ₱2500 to afford a dog's spay/neuter.

The dog below is one of my outside furriends. He lost two of his buddies for different reasons. Two months ago, he received his rabies vaccination. Hopefully by next month, he'll be neutered too.

For anyone who wishes to donate for our daily fundraiser, please see the donation channels below:

International/Paypal: https://linktr.ee/thehowsph
Local Gcash/Maya: 09091414744 Ab****l C.

Location: Pampanga, Philippines

02/09/2024

30 DOGS IN 30 DAYS CAMPAIGN: Sponsor 30 community dogs' spay and neuter in 30 days 🤗

Being in a poverty-stricken community, it's a common sight to see malnourished animals. Our shelter has addressed this issue by providing food to nearby dogs and cats. We have also brought some that really need medical help to the vet. One thing that we've yet to address completely is having most of them spayed and neutered. Beside the strays, many locals cannot afford to sterilize their pets. It's understandable as the average household income is $200 per month and spay/neuter procedure costs $100 in a regular vet.

Our aim is to offer this service for free to at least 50 animals by bringing in a low-cost spay/neuter veterinary team to the community by October. To achieve our goal, we need your ultimate support! Please help us with our daily fundraiser.

For international donations:
https://linktr.ee/thehowsph

For local donations:
Gcash/Maya: 09091414744 Ab****l C.

You can also opt to donate catfood, dogfood, used but not abused cages, collars and leashes.

01/09/2024

Happy Ginger Cat Appreciation Day! 🍊🐱

May we represent to you all the most approciated and well-loved ginger cat that we have. He is one of our happiness and energy giver. He fought every single leaf and tissue paper bravely. Ate every catnip and piece of kibble that falls down on the floor. Calmly donated his blood to the anemic and sick Erwan. A round of applause (and beautiful comments please) to this handsome, thick and healthy baby boy Noru! 🍑🐱🐯🧡

31/08/2024

Señor, the senior stray cat 👴🐱

We ended this month with a new rescue. This stray cat was first posted on August 20, looking for a rescuer to help this senior cat get some help regarding his severe diarrhea. He was posted again on August 30 and that's what we saw. He's already malnourished, thin and very dirty. Despite the efforts of his feeder, his body can't seem to recover.

We scheduled his transportation today and directed him to the clinic to get the help he needed. Upon checking, he has bacterial infection, gingivitis, gum ulcerations, dental plaques, ear mites and lungworms. These all caused him to be in poor health, dehydrated and anemic. He is currently confined until he becomes better.

31/08/2024

These are our best friend's pets. The three female cats have been caged since birth to avoid getting pregnant. So when we learned that there will be a low-cost spay and neuter event that's reachable from their place, we got them slots.

They travelled 70 kilometers, crossed a river and passed multiple mountains before they reached the event's place. Thankfully, all of the cats were in good health. The dog, Rosa, had abnormalities in her blood work but was still allowed to be spayed. Rosa has a Transmissible Venereal Tumor (TVT), a kind of treatable cancer. Once she gets better from her spay, we'll start to look for a veterinary clinic that can offer her chemotherapy.

31/08/2024

Robi, the disabled kitten 🐱

Robi has been in and out of the vet multiple times since August 17 due to having trouble p*eing and pooping. Despite being on a special diet, his stomach seems to have a problem digesting food. This leads to severe constipation which also causes his inability to p*e. Right now, his diet has been changed to a few pieces of boiled and mashed chicken, mashed squash and chicken broth.

Just look at how disgusted he was with me during our travel 😅

30/08/2024

As much as possible, we wanted to post a positive update about Erwan. His wounds healed properly and quickly but little did we know, he will be sick again.

Erwan has been confined since August 26. He was getting well until we received an emergency call from the vet on August 28 before noon, asking us to bring possible blood donor cats as Erwan needed a blood transfusion asap. He stopped eating that morning and was getting worse. On our way, he almost went into cardiac arrest.

We brought three cats to be sure and while doing the tests for the donors, Erwan almost went into cardiac arrest again. The orange cat above (Noru, one of our biggest cats weighing 9kg) was chosen to be the donor. In total, Erwan received 30ml of blood. He even ate while having the blood transfusion, a sign that he's getting better.

On August 29, he had his x-ray, which has been delayed as he gets anxious and stressed whenever he's travelling. Diagnosing him was very challenging as he didn't show any clinical signs of various diseases, got negative results on all test kits (FIP, FeLV, Lepto) and his blood results only showed that he's anemic and has inflammation. Finally, he was diagnosed with idiopathic hepatitis.

Erwan is still currently confined. We're hoping that his body will accept his medications and recover well. Please include him in your prayers as he needed those the most! 🙏

20/08/2024

Run as fast as you want. Bark as loud as you want.
No more pain Basurabi! 🌈

16/08/2024

Erwan's story 📝

I saw this stray cat posted in a local cat group on Monday. The poster (and the kind people from EWE Tattoo) feeds the stray cats near their area when they noticed that this one has multiple deep wounds which also affects his walking. I looked for the post again after a day and saw that the cat was still unrescued so we messaged them. On Wednesday, after being transported for 100km, this stray cat has finally reached our home and is now named Erwan.

12/08/2024

Angkol's journey 📝

Angkol was posted by at least three people in different cat groups and got more than 100 shares, the earliest post was on July 19 but the post on July 30 is what I saw. After seeing that he was still unrescued on July 31, we decided to talk to the people involved and have him transported to us (travelled around 80km). On August 1, he underwent a surgery to fix the lump on his abdomen. It was a hernia that was left untreated for a long time that his intestines and pancreas have managed to transfer and the hernia became like a pouch. With the good hands of DOC SHE Veterinary Clinic, his operation was a success, also had him neutered. He was confined for five days due to his unstable temperature and wobbly standing. We made sure that he's really and generally okay before we brought him home.

Angkol is now healed and his stitches were already removed. He has also adjusted very well in our home. He's sweet, caring and a big eater. His cage is his comfort zone at night while he explores the house during the day.

11/08/2024

This is why I usually avoid encountering a city pound vehicle. I hate seeing them as I know what they'll do, what happens to the ones they capture, and what will happen to those poor creatures few days after getting them. I've never been and hopefully will never need to visit a pound in this life.

Look at the difference 💔💔💔 why supporting dogpound than individual RESCUEr 💔💔