Beaverhead Animal Shelter

12/31/2025

✨ New Year’s Hours Reminder ✨

Beaverhead Animal Shelter is OPEN today, New Year’s Eve, and we’re happy to assist with adoptions, reunions, and scheduled appointments.

Please note that the shelter will be CLOSED tomorrow, New Year’s Day, as our staff takes time to rest and reflect before the year ahead.

As we close out another year, we want to sincerely thank our community for the compassion, support, and kindness you’ve shown our animals and our team. Your generosity and care make everything we do possible.

We wish each of you a safe, healthy, and hopeful New Year. May 2026 bring joy, kindness, and many happy tails 🐾✨

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Beaverhead Animal Shelter
📍 Dillon, MT
📞 (406) 683-8119
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Beaverhead Animal Shelter

12/30/2025

🌟 Meet JOY! 🌟

🐾 Name: Joy
🐶 Breed: Border Collie
🎂 Age: ~8 months (estimated!)
📍 Location: Beaverhead Animal Shelter in Dillon, MT
💛 Adoption Fee: $225

📣 Come meet this sweet, lively girl who’s ready to fill your home with love! 💖 Joy is friendly, gentle, and great with people & other animals — she truly wants to please and be your loyal sidekick! 🥰

🐄 Working Dog?
Although Joy hasn’t shown much interest in working cattle 🌾, she’s curious about goats, and she might just have a soft spot for sheep! 🐐🐑 With her intelligence and eagerness to learn, she could surprise you!

❤️ Personality Perks:
• Super sweet & affectionate
• Gets along great with kids 🧒 and other dogs 🐕
• Loves people and small animals 🐇🐾
• Smart and ready to learn—house training should be a breeze with patience and treats! 🍖

✨ Joy wants a forever home where she can be loved, laugh a little, and be part of the family every day! Could that be with YOU? 🏡💕

👉 Learn more & apply to adopt Joy here:
📍 https://beaverheadshelter.org/dog/joy/

Beaverhead Shelter
80 Lagoon Ln.
Dillon, MT 59725

(406)683-8119

www.beaverheadshelter.org

📣 SHARE this post — a simple share might just help Joy find her PERFECT forever home! ❤️🐶🎉

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12/29/2025

🎉🐶 SPONSORED ADOPTIONS — DOUBLE THE LOVE! 🐶🎉

We are thrilled to announce that Astryd and Happy’s adoptions are officially SPONSORED! 💛 That means their future families can focus on bonding and settling in, while we help send these girls home fully set up for success.

✨ Each adoption includes:
🧥 A cozy jacket they get to pick out
🏠 A crate to take home
🛏️ A comfy doggie bed
🐾 Plus a whole lot of love to start their new chapter

🌟 Meet Astryd
Astryd is a stunning 1.5-year-old Pitbull/German Shorthaired Pointer mix, weighing around 40 lbs, with a beautiful fawn-colored, wiry coat that’s full of character. She’s energetic, athletic, and always ready for adventure! Astryd thrives in an active home where she can run, play, and stay mentally engaged. She’s smart and curious, and because she can get bored easily, she’ll do best with a tall, secure fence and an owner who’s home often. With the right match, Astryd will be an incredibly loyal, joyful, and loving companion 🐕✨

https://beaverheadshelter.org/dog/astryd/

💖 Meet Happy
Happy is a gorgeous black-and-white Pitbull mix who came to us in need of some extra care and nourishment. When she arrived, she was underweight and malnourished, weighing just 47 lbs. Despite her rough start, Happy has truly lived up to her name — she’s sweet, affectionate, and full of love.

Happy is currently on a specially formulated diet to help her gain weight and rebuild her strength. She’ll need a little time, patience, and continued care, but with the right family, she’s going to absolutely thrive. She’s ready for a second chance and a home where she can finally feel safe, loved, and cared for 💕

https://beaverheadshelter.org/dog/happy/

🌈 Thanks to this generous sponsorship, both of these girls will go home not just adopted — but spoiled, supported, and loved from day one.

📍 Beaverhead Animal Shelter
📞 (406) 683-8119
🌐 https://beaverheadshelter.org

If you’re ready to open your heart and home, Astryd and Happy are waiting 🐾❤️

12/27/2025

🧡 MEET GOLDEN 🧡

✨ A rare female orange kitty looking for her forever home! ✨

Golden is truly as special as her name. Female orange cats are uncommon, and this sweet girl is one in a million. She is incredibly loving, gentle, and people-oriented—the kind of cat who soaks up attention and gives it right back. 🐾💕

🐱 About Golden:
• Estimated to be around 3 years old
• Weighs about 11 lbs
• Spayed
• Up to date on all vaccines & dewormer
• Ready to go home today!

Golden gets along wonderfully with kids, dogs, and all humans she meets. She adores affection and has the calm, sweet temperament that makes her a joy to have around. While she loves people and pups, she’s a bit more selective with other cats, so she may do best as the only feline or with a very mellow cat companion.

🚗 Bonus perk? Golden doesn’t mind car rides—making vet trips or travel a breeze!

This girl is an absolute sweetheart and is more than ready to settle into a loving home where she can be cherished like the golden treasure she is. 🧡✨

📩 If you’re interested in adopting Golden, please reach out for more information or stop by to meet her—you won’t be able to resist her charm! 🐾💛

Located @ Beaverhead Animal Shelter in Dillon, MT
(406)683-8119

12/26/2025

🐾 HAPPY TAILS ALERT! 🐾

Goofy the cat has officially found his forever home—and we couldn’t be happier! 😻🏡

This silly, sweet boy stole our hearts with his goofy antics, gentle purrs, and lovable personality, and now he’s off to start the next chapter of his life with a family who adores him just as much as we do. Watching cats like Goofy leave the shelter and head home is exactly why we do what we do 💕

Thank you to Goofy’s amazing adopters for giving him the love, comfort, and security he deserves. We know he’s going to be spoiled rotten (as all cats should be 😸).

Congratulations, Goofy! Enjoy your new couch, sunny windows, and lifetime of love 💖🐾

12/25/2025

🎄❤️ Merry Christmas from Beaverhead Animal Shelter ❤️🎄

This time of year reminds us just how special our community truly is. Christmas isn’t just about lights and presents—it’s about compassion, kindness, and showing up for those who need us most. And because of you, our shelter animals feel that love every single day. ❤️🐾🦴💕

To our volunteers who brave the cold mornings and long nights, our fosters who open their homes and hearts, our donors who quietly make miracles happen, our adopters who give animals second chances, and our staff who pour everything they have into this work—thank you. You are the reason tails wag, purrs are heard, and hope lives within these walls.

For the animals spending Christmas with us, please know they are safe, warm, fed, and loved. We promise to keep caring for them until their forever families come. 🐾✨

From all of us at Beaverhead Animal Shelter, we wish you a Christmas filled with warmth, love, and a little extra fur on your clothes. Thank you for standing with us and believing in second chances.

🎅🐶🐱 Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! 🎄💫

📸 Photo Credit: Angie Hamlin

(Pictured below is "Atticus" an incredibly sweet boy that is available for adoption! Read more about him: https://beaverheadshelter.org/kitty/stray-10-16-2025/ )

12/24/2025

🎄🐾 HOLIDAY HOURS NOTICE – BEAVERHEAD ANIMAL SHELTER 🐾🎄

The elves (and our shelter critters!) wanted to remind everyone that we will be CLOSED Christmas Eve & Christmas Day so our staff can spend time with family, friends, and furry loved ones. 🎅🎁

✨ IMPORTANT NOTE:
All appointments already scheduled for TODAY, Wednesday the 24th, WILL be honored—we’ve got you covered! 🐶🐱

📅 We’ll be back OPEN:
👉 Friday & Saturday this week, ready to help animals and humans alike!

Thank you for your understanding and for supporting the animals who make our hearts so full all year long. 💕🐾

🎄✨ Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas Eve and a joyful, cozy, fur-filled Christmas! ✨🎄
Give your pets an extra hug from us! 🐕🐈

(Pictured are some of our shelter dogs up for adoption!)

12/23/2025

🐾 HAPPY TAILS ALERT! 🐾💙

We are so excited to share that Maddie the cat has officially been adopted and is settling into his new forever home! 🏡🐱

Maddie stole hearts the moment he arrived, and it didn’t take long for the perfect family to see what we already knew—this sweet boy was something special. From gentle purrs to cozy naps and curious little adventures, Maddie is exactly where he belongs. 💤✨

A huge thank you to his wonderful adopters for opening their hearts and home to this handsome guy. Stories like Maddie’s are the reason we do what we do. 💕

Happy life, sweet Maddie—we can’t wait to see all the love and happiness ahead of you! 😻🎉

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12/22/2025

💛 A HUGE thank you to David Schuett with Frontline Ag! 💛

We are so incredibly grateful for the generous donation of straw bales to the shelter. As winter settles in, this support makes a real, immediate difference for the animals in our care. ❄️🐾

These straw bales help us create vital windbreaks, block the bitter cold, and provide warm, dry, comfortable spaces where our dogs and cats can rest safely. Something as simple as straw goes a long way in keeping noses warm, paws dry, and stress levels down during Montana winters.

Thank you for standing with us and for being part of the village that helps care for these animals every single day. 🐶🐱💛

12/21/2025

UPDATE OWNER FOUND
Stray - he jumped into finders yard. Found on Pacific St. Dillon.

Please bring proof of ownership.

REMEMBER- BAS stray policy is: stray hold for 6 days, then animal will be prepared to be adopted.