Purina Farms

11/13/2024

🐶🐾🐱 Ready to add a member to your pack? We might have the perfect fit at Purina Farms! All of us are currently available for adoption. Schedule your visit by reaching out to our adoption organization listed below.

Open Door Animal Sanctuary
🐶 Beemer, 1.5 years, lad mix, male
🐶 Mona, 2 years, pit bull mix, female
🐶 Ivy, 1 year, black and white, female

Franklin County Humane Society -MO-MO
🐶 Magica, 6 months, c**n hound mix, female

11/11/2024

🐶🩸 Donate blood. Pet puppies. Feel good! Join us at the Purina Event Center for a Pints & Puppies blood drive through the American Red Cross this November 19. Donors can visit with adoptable puppies before and after your donation! All donor slots will be by appointment only - no walk-ins allowed.

Give a pint, get a pint! Donors will receive a specially designed insulated travel mug, while supplies last.

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11/05/2024

We're already missing pool time. Catch the Incredible Dog Team back in the pool in spring 2025 at Purina Farms!

11/01/2024

📷🐶 Border Collies are in the house! Share a photo of your Border Collie in the comments below.
Borders have been called the world’s greatest herders, and anyone who’s seen them work—with their sweeping outruns, their stealthy crouching and creeping, and their explosive bursts of focused energy—would have to agree.
WEIGHT: 30-55 lbs.
SHEDDING LEVEL: 🧹🧹
ENERGY LEVEL: ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

11/01/2024

Wait until the last minute to figure out your pet’s costume? We’ve got you covered. 🎃👻

Discover your pet’s new Halloween costume and share your results in the comments!

10/31/2024

🐶📖 Research shows that reading to dogs can help motivate children by increasing relaxation, reducing blood pressure, lowering stress and offering a safe environment to practice reading. Join us at the Purina Farms Visitor Center this Friday, November 1 from 4-5PM for Paws 4 Books | Kids Reading Program. CHAMP Therapy Dogs will be present for your child to read to in a quiet library-type environment.

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10/30/2024

The Purina Farms Visitor Center is temporarily closed for winter. We’ll see you back at the farm April 2025! Just can't wait that long?

🐶🎅🐱 Gather your pack (cats and dogs!) for a pet-friendly photoshoot with Santa this 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳 & 𝟴, 𝟭𝟬𝗔𝗠 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝗣𝗠 at Cold-Nosed Candids | Pet-friendly photoshoot with Santa!

10/26/2024

Grab your earplugs, U-FLI Tournament of Champions is in the house! Flyball consists of a relay race between two teams of four dogs. Each dog must jump over four hurdles, retrieve a ball by triggering a box pedal and then return over the hurdles to the finish line.

The United Flyball League International brings the action every October to the Purina Farms Event Center. Watch this incredible sport live at https://flyballscore.com/

10/25/2024

🐱🍂🐶 It's our last weekend open at the Purina Farms Visitor Center! Come out this October 26 & 27 to catch the last Incredible Dog Shows, cow milkings, Magic Shows, and adoptable cats and dogs of the 2024 season. Open this Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. General admission is FREE.

10/24/2024

🐶⚽ Gooooaaalll! The rocked the stadium at a recent halftime show for St. Louis CITY SC. Trainer Deb and Trainer Apryl along with Motown, Marty, and Whiz wowed the crowd with some canine action. Catch them this weekend, October 26 & 27, at Purina Farms for our last Incredible Dog Shows of the 2024 season!

10/15/2024

That's a wrap on the inaugural Purple Leash 5K & Fun Run at Purina Farms! Wow...just WOW. With over 100 runners and over 60 dogs, we are so incredibly thankful to everyone who participated and helped raise awareness for the Purple Leash Project. Thank you, thank you!

Congratulations to our fastest 5K, Elai Hefer (only 14 years old!), coming in at 20:29. And our fastest 5K with a dog goes to Breanna & Ellie Henderson at 29:59.

Special thanks to Big River Running Company for helping us bring this event to life.

Want us to host this event again next year at Purina Farms? Give us a 💜 in the comments below!

The was born out of the Purina mission to bring and keep pets and people together and the RedRover mission to bring people and their pets from crisis to care. Your support of the Purple Leash Project assists domestic violence shelters on their journey to welcome family pets by funding pet-friendly renovations.

10/13/2024

📷🐶 Basenjis were in the house! Share a photo of your Basenji in the comments below.
A compact, sweet-faced hunter of intelligence and poise. They are recognizable by their glistening short coat, tightly curled tail, and wrinkled forehead and expressive almond-shaped eyes that convey a variety of subtle, humanlike emotions.
ORIGIN: Africa
WEIGHT: 22-24 lbs.
SHEDDING LEVEL: 🧹🧹
ENERGY LEVEL: ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

10/12/2024

🏃🏼‍♀️🐶 The Purple Leash 5K & Fun Run is taking place TODAY, October 12, at Purina Farms and there's still time to register! Lace up and leash up for a great cause. Compete for top dog in our competitive 5K or take it easy in our laid back 1-mile fun run. Celebrate at the TAILgate After Party with food, drinks, music and more. Don't have a dog? No problem! Human only heats are also available.

💜 The Purple Leash Project was born out of the Purina mission to bring and keep pets and people together and the RedRover mission to bring people and their pets from crisis to care. Your support of the Purple Leash Project assists domestic violence shelters on their journey to welcome family pets by funding pet-friendly renovations.

Learn more at our event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/YWKx4BXSYspoDKuH/

10/11/2024

Scully has a ❓ for you. Do you want to come with me to the Purple Leash 5K & Fun Run this weekend at Purina Farms? We're going to lace up and leash up for a great cause! It's going to be a tail wagging good time. AND there will be treats and swag for us! Woof woof!

Compete for top dog in our competitive 5K or take it easy in our laid back 1-mile fun run. Then celebrate at the TAILgate After Party with food, drinks, music and more. Don't have a dog, no problem! Human only heats are also available. Advanced registration is required. Sign up today!

💜 The Purple Leash Project was born out of the Purina mission to bring and keep pets and people together and the RedRover mission to bring people and their pets from crisis to care. Your support of the Purple Leash Project assists domestic violence shelters on their journey to welcome family pets by funding
pet-friendly renovations.

10/10/2024

☀💜☕ Good morning! We were so excited about our Purple Leash 5K & Fun Run stickers that we had to start repping them on our morning coffee.

Are you ready to lace up and leash up for a great cause? Register for the Purple Leash 5K & Fun Run this Saturday, October 12!

💜 The Purple Leash Project was born out of the Purina mission to bring and keep pets and people together and the RedRover mission to bring people and their pets from crisis to care. Your support of the Purple Leash Project assists domestic violence shelters on their journey to welcome family pets by funding pet-friendly renovations.

10/09/2024

Purina Farms will be closed to the general public this Saturday and Sunday, October 12-13, for private events. We apologize for the inconvenience! Visit throughout the rest of October, Thursday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. October 26 & 27 will be our last weekend open for the 2024 season!

🏃‍♀️💜🐶 Run, jog, or walk for a great cause this weekend! You and your dog are invited to join us for the Purple Leash 5K & Fun Run this Saturday, October 12. Register online today!

10/08/2024

🐾 Ready to put your paws to the pavement? Register for the Purple Leash 5K & Fun Run this Saturday, October 12 at Purina Farms. Humans and dogs are welcome!

💜 The was born out of the Purina mission to bring and keep pets and people together and the RedRover mission to bring people and their pets from crisis to care. Your support of the Purple Leash Project assists domestic violence shelters on their journey to welcome family pets by funding pet-friendly renovations.