Animal Rescue Fund of MS (ARF)

03/02/2025

SoSo Mississippi has completed his heartworm treatment, has completed his cat testing and gotten a photo shoot, now he is starting to prepare to go to Rhode Island, where he will make an amazing family member to someone. This dog is such a sweet, chill fella.

02/25/2025

KITTENS!!! We have them! And oh my goodness, are they adorable!!! 💕💕 They’ve been fixed and are all ready…just waiting for YOU!!!!
If you’re interested in any of our kittens, please reach out here or at arfms.org 💕🐾💕

02/24/2025

I am not sure if people are aware of what is going on with Jackson MS mail delivery, but it is a hot mess.
We have not been receiving donations that people have mailed to us and they message us to inquire as to why we have not deposited their donation. We receive messages from people who have not received their tax donation receipt, after we have mailed it.

Some people don't reach out to us and simply are frustrated by a perceived lack of concern on our part, and please know that is not the case. We appreciate and care about everyone who supports us and want you to know that.
If you have not received your tax receipt, please message us at [email protected] and we will get it out to you. If you have sent us a donation that has not been deposited, please let us know, as we are filing a complaint with the post office.
I just today received two checks mailed to us in December of 2023. I will be contacting those people to let them know that we just received their gift and returning the undeposited checks to them.

Upset and frustrated is how many people in central Mississippi are feeling when it comes to the delays and other problems they’ve been experiencing when it comes to getting their mail.

02/22/2025

Meet Chet, a 3-month-old Black Mouth Cur looking for a forever home and a new start on life. Chet was dumped from a car with a broken leg, then brought to us by a witness.

His leg has healed, he's neutered and he's UTD on shots. Now all he needs is a home with a family to love him, because he will love you back. Let us know if you're interested in adopting Chet!

02/21/2025

Sometime during the night, some heartless creature left this dog in a wire crate at our gate. This dog was probably someone's Christmas present that they tired of, based on his age. He is clean, has on a collar and has a blanket and an old shoe in his crate. I assume they discarded him like yesterday's news because he became inconvenient.
I do not want one person to say "at least they brought him to you" because that is the wrong answer. If you don't commit to the lifetime of the dog or cat; DON'T GET ONE!
We have no room, so he is going to have to live in a crate in the cat room until we find him a foster or he is ready for transport up north to one of our amazing partners..

02/20/2025

We at ARF are always blown away by the amazing community support we receive and today was no exception.

Steve Grantham, owner of the Outback Steakhouse franchise heard of our need and went and bought us 2,000 pounds of dog food and donated $5,000 cash to help us in our time of need.

Local business helping local charity is such a win/win.
Please help us in thanking Steve by supporting his business and go eat a wonderful meal at Outback.

02/20/2025

February 20th is National LOVE YOUR PET DAY!! 💕🐾💕
It’s a day to shower your pets with extra attention and care to remind them how much you cherish and appreciate them!!

How can you celebrate Love Your Pet Day??

-Spend some quality time with your pets, playing, exploring, or snuggling (what a perfect day for that here in the Jackson area-the high today is 34 degrees!! 🙀)

-Spa Day!!-Give those babies a bath, brush them, and trim those nails! 🛁

-Surprise them with their favorite treat or toy!! 🦴

-Consider making a donation to a local shelter or volunteering your time for animals in need! 🐱🐶

-SHARE A PICTURE BELOW OF YOUR BELOVED PET!! 💕💕

02/18/2025

We have a special plea to make from our friends.
Historically, from mid January through May, our donations drop way, way down, think double bass down low.

This year is no exception, we are drowning in expenses and our income is not coming in.

So. Here is our plea: If you have ever asked us to take in a dog or cat from you that you have found, and we were able to take it in, please consider making a minimum donation of $100.00.
If you have ever asked us to take in a dog or cat and we were not able due to space or economic constraints, please consider making a donation of $50 or more.
Running a rescue is hard on a good day, and on bad days it can bring us to our knees. We are not going away, we are going to keep on trucking, but we need your help. We try to help as many people as possible with animal rescue and now we need your help.

Today, alone, we gave 10 dogs their second round heartworm treatments, and before the vet did those treatments, we have a balance due of $2,250. Another vet we use has a balance of $3,200.

We are having to purchase dog and cat food for the shelter day by day, because we can't afford to purchase it by the week, and our usual discounted purchases from Greater Good have not been available from them. We feed 250 pounds of dog food a day and 20 pounds of cat food a day.

We need your help, so please consider our ask and help us help these animals we currently have to care for here at ARF.

Donations are tax deductible, and can be made in several ways: Venmo is , paypal is [email protected]. USPS is ARF of MS 395 West Mayes Street Jackson MS 39213 and then there is the blue donate button on this post.

We appreciate your support

02/18/2025

We attempted a kitty Valentine’s photo shoot, which is much harder than it sounds! But this turned out so cute, we didn’t think y’all would mind that we’re a little late!
This is PHARRELL!! She is a year and a half old, and she’s been with us at the shelter since she was a kitten. This sweet girl has blossomed into a total little snugglebug!! 💕 And I’ve never met such a photogenic cat!! 😻 Posting the 3rd picture from when she was younger so you can really see how unique and beautiful her markings are. And those gorgeous, piercing green eyes!! She’s definitely one of a kind!! We love her so much!! 💕🐾💕🐾
If you’re interested in Pharrell, please reach out to us here or at arfms.org.

02/14/2025

Happy Valentine's Friends! Skip the flowers, save a life – support animal rescue this Valentine’s Day!

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02/12/2025

We have the best news!! Our beloved Polly was ADOPTED!! Oooh, how we love this sweet girl, and we’re just so happy for her!! We’ve heard she’s already thriving in her forever home, doing zoomies through the house! 😻 Polly, you deserve it, precious girl!!! 💕🐾💕🐾

02/11/2025

Microchipping this weekend at Hollywood Feed, Highland Village. Saturday, February 15th 11:00am - 1:30pm. The cost is $25 for a lifetime registration.

Here are some of the dogs we will have there too!

Mize is a young female shepherd mix. She came into the shelter at the end of last year. She walks great on a leash, is affectionate and heartworm-negative. The shelter is a loud place and she seems more of the quiet type.

Abby. Loveable female. Ready to please. She has been to an event previously, but didn't leave with an application. Please consider coming to meet her!

BB and JJ. One or both will be attending on Saturday. You know puppies, unreliable! We hope to have the help to manage both. You know puppies, you need two hands! They are about eight months old. They look to be Australian Cattle dog mixes.

If you are looking for love this Valentine weekend, go ahead and fill out an application. That will get you pre-approved for one of these dogs or for any of the others ARF has that are looking for a forever family.

https://www.arfms.org/adoption-application

01/29/2025

To our followers who are also in rescue, please keep your spidey senses clear. We received an email that someone was sending us a donation last week and where should they mail it. I asked how they heard about us and they never replied. I gave them the info and we received the check yesterday for $4,000. The check looked Weird. The person who emailed us asked for us to send verification of the deposit. Weird. I asked if I could just tell them I deposited the check. NOPE wanted verification. I took the check to the bank, had her call the bank the check was drawn upon and verify it. They called her right back and said it was fraud. I then called the business owner, in Ohio, Weird right? Ohio, never heard of them before, a small business in small town Ohio sends us $4,000. Way Weird. He said this group has been trying for months to do this. They send checks for $4,000 and more to charities and then ask for verification of the deposit, then they pull the money back from the bank with the verification and the small business owner is out and the charity is out the rescinded money and charges.
This is sad because we REALLY needed that money. January is a dry month for us donation wise and that donation was going to help us with all the vet bills we are getting.

01/28/2025

Can dogs from the same litter look demonstrably different?

Why, yes, they can. We present Thrasher, the last of the Mississippi Ditched Dogs from the same litter we have featured over the last week.

Last July, Thrasher was among 11 siblings left in a box at the ARF gate. The pups were about 4 weeks old, an interesting mix of colors and markings, and each with the most gorgeous blue/green/gray eyes you’ve ever seen.

Eight of those siblings are still at ARF, waiting for a big backyard and a family they can call their own, so let's usher in 2025 by finding them foster/forever homes.

Please share these posts and help us find families for these pups. They are all very energetic, lovable, huggable, beautiful babies from the breed we call Mississippi Ditched Dogs.

Today’s Ditched Dog, Thrasher, is slightly larger and looks quite a bit different than his siblings, but he shares the same friendly gene and a desire to have a back yard and forever home and family to call his own. Thrasher is really a big baby looking for someone to hug.

If you’re interested in adopting or fostering Thrasher or learning more about him, send an email to [email protected].

Thank you for supporting ARF of Mississippi!

01/26/2025

Guys, I hate to do this request on the same day and not an hour from when we asked for donations for our purchase of food, but we received a call from one of the vets at Animal Emergency and Referral; a couple was driving through Jackson on their way to Missouri and witnessed a beagle getting hit by a car. They stopped and got it to AERC but had to keep heading home. The vet called us and asked if we could help the beagle. He said she was young and he thinks he can save her. We agreed to take her on. After her surgery, she will need a foster to continue healing, so we have a two fold ask.
Please consider fostering this girl when she is ready for release from the ER and
Please consider donating to her care for us. January through May are our driest months for donations and the dry up has started already.
All donations are tax deductible and go to the care of the animals. Donations can be made through the blue button on this post, through Paypal at [email protected], through Venmo or through the USPS: ARF of MS 395 West Mayes Street Jackson, MS 39213.
We thank you for helping us help these animals.

01/26/2025

Good morning Friends of ARF!
Yesterday was buy the food for the residents of ARF at Costco. We try to feed our animals a consistent diet to help alleviate gut issues, and we try to feed a decent kibble to help keep the animals healthy. The Costco brand food has a 5 star rating by the people who research that stuff, and it is quite affordable. a 40 pound bag of dog regular diet is $35 and a weight watchers diet 40 pound bag is around $33. The cat food is also 5 star rated and is $22.

If you wish to help us with our feeding of our residents, a tax deductible donation can be made either by clicking the blue button on this post, or by paypal at [email protected] or venmo or through the USPS to ARF of MS 395 West Mayes Street Jackson, MS 39213.
The food in the photos will feed our shelter for a week.