The Animal Pad

12/29/2024

Carol was living in the sh*ttiest sh****le of a shelter with her 3 babies. When someone approached her kennel, and her babies, she supposedly growled. She immediately had a big red X slapped on her with the reason listed as “PROTECTIVE OF PUPPIES.” She was being punished for being a mom. And the punishment was death.

Not this Christmas, grinches! And not on our watch. 💚

Welcome a Christmas Carol and her babies, Tinsel, Garland, and Mistletoe, to TAP. They will be loved forever and ever, amen. 🎄

Big thank you to for posting this family, and for making sure we saw their plea, and to for making the drive with no notice at all and 30 minutes to spare to bust this family out. They wouldn’t be here— happy, healthy, and thriving— without you being their Christmas Miracle. 🫶

12/27/2024

A big thank you to Petfinder Foundation for awarding The Animal Pad a 2024 Dog Enrichment Grant! Polu is excited to sink his teeth into the Goughnuts and stuff toys that'll be arriving for him and the other heaquarter residents, soon. 💚

12/13/2024

Our 4th annual Tinsel & Tails: TAP’s Holiday Extravaganza is finally here! We can’t wait to PAWty with you all tonight at BRICK inside Liberty Station 5-11pm.

This is a FREE community event, no rsvp needed, kid & dog friendly so bring the whole pack!

12/12/2024

TOMORROW is the big day! Our 4th annual Tinsel & Tails: TAP’s Holiday Extravaganza is finally here!

🗓️ Friday, December 13th 2024
⏰ 5pm to 11pm
📍 BRICK Liberty Station
🐶 Dog Friendly
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Friendly
🎟️ Raffle & Silent Auction
🍕 Delicious Food Trucks
🍹 $5 Drinks
🎁 PAWliday Market
🎧 Live DJ
📸 Photo Booth
🪄 Magician, Face Painting, Hair Stylist
…And so much more!

This is a FREE community event, no RSVP needed! Invite everyone you know and come celebrate with us.

Check out all the fun photos from last year’s party!

12/12/2024

12/12/2024

Who’s ready to PAWty with us on Friday?!?!

Tinsel & Tails: TAP’s Holiday Extravaganza 2024 is almost here! Check out all the fun we had at last year’s celebration. There will be even more fun surprises this year, you don’t want to miss it!

Tinsel & Tails: The Animal Pad's 3rd Annual Holiday Extravaganza 2023We had a PAWtastic time celebrating our 3rd annual holiday extravaganza on December 2, 2...

12/11/2024

Only 5 days left to pawticipate in our online silent auction! We have some amazing items to bid on and as always, 100% raised goes directly to helping us continue to rescue 💚

So check it out and get some amazing deals on some amazing items that also supports a great cause! There’s no better way to do your holiday shopping! 😍🐶🐱🎄💚

While you’re there, don’t forget to donate for your chance to win a Piaggio Liberty 50, a pet portrait tattoo by Diego Flores, a surfboard from WoW surfing or one of five private animal readings from our friends at the ACC 🐾

https://theanimalpad.betterworld.org/

12/10/2024

Two months ago, Mama Margarita and her puppies were removed from a home in Ensenada after a neighbor reported a dog being severely neglected and malnourished in a backyard. This neighbor didn’t even know about her fresh, brand new to this world puppies, born under a junk pile in the yard just a few days prior. It’s been a full-blown labor of love ever since, to not only get this family to adoptable status, but to simply keep them alive. There were special diets and bottle feeding and treatment for every parasite known to dog, but here they are. Can you believe it?? 🥹

Thank you to the neighbor who saw something and said something. Thank you to the Ensenada polícia for taking the former owner to jail and making a statement that this kind of abuse won’t be tolerated anymore. Thank you to for being on the scene, taking this family to safety immediately, and for trusting us with their care and the rest of their lives. And thank you to and her amazing family for being the absolute best place they could have landed, hands down. Kara, your home full of kiddos was the perfect place for Mama Margarita’s kiddos to grow up, and your nurturing mama instincts transformed this mama dog into the healthy roly-poly pittie she was always meant to be. 💚

Mama and her pups will be posted for adoption on our site very soon, and in the meantime, the puppies are available for foster. If in the San Diego area and interested, please reach out to us!

12/10/2024

We want to give a big THANK YOU to our event sponsors and beverage donors! Tinsel & Tails: TAP’s Holiday Extravaganza would not be possible without their generous support.

Want to join our amazing team of sponsors and earn awesome perks? Learn more and donate through the link below.

https://givebutter.com/c/tinselandtails2024

We can't wait to celebrate with you all this Friday!

12/03/2024

He was laying on the side of the road in Tijuana like this for who knows how long. When he was taken to the vet in Tijuana yesterday, euthanasia was recommended because the clinic there didn’t have the capability to treat a case so severe. But… we’ve been here before. We’ve treated hundreds of TVT (transmissible venereal tumor) cases at this point. We know it can be done. And when he crossed the border yesterday on an emergency basis and was transferred to our partner ER, they offered him those little tiny Vienna sausages. And his face lit up and he took down the entire can. That alone was more than we needed to see to know he’s got the fight in him that it takes to beat this type of aggressive but completely treatable cancer. And with that, we are full-fledged, pedal to the metal, do not pass go - do not collect $200, IN.

It’s fitting that this boy would fall into our laps on Giving Tuesday. There are so many deserving orgs with asks today, but we hope you will consider a donation directly to our new guy’s care. With your donation, you can suggest a name for him, while helping fund his extensive medical treatment and saving his life. Every donation is an opportunity to give him a name and an identity for probably the first time in his life, as a former street dog until literally less than 24 hours ago.

Our campaign is linked below. Thank you for standing with us and fighting along side us for the dogs who need it most… always. 💚🙏

Ways to support today:
•Donate directly: https://givebutter.com/TAPGivingTuesday2024
•Venmo:
•Paypal: [email protected]
•Zelle: [email protected]

11/18/2024

A huge supporter of The Animal Pad, Plants for Pets specializes in low-maintenance house plants at low costs. A portion of the proceeds goes to local animal shelters and rescues like TAP.💚🐾

Check out their awesome selection of plants here: https://www.amazon.com/plantsforpets

11/16/2024

Embrace the season of giving by booking a photo session with Peanut and Bean!

Now through November 30th you’ll receive a bonus high-resolution digital file along with a $50 donation made in your name to The Animal Pad! 💚🐶🐾📸

Book your session here: https://forms.wix.com/f/7258266199354507479

11/14/2024

Join us in making this Thanksgiving extra special for your own pup (local SD pickup), a rescued pup from The Animal Pad still waiting for a home, or a street pup in the San Diego or Baja communities.

For just $20, you can sponsor a meal for a dog. Your donations will provide delicious, nutritious food and holiday treats that show these dogs how much they're loved and cared for. Your donation will also go on to support The Animal Pad and our endeavors to end the year strong and head into 2025 with the resources and funding to rescue even more dogs next year.

Purchase or sponsor a meal here:

https://givebutter.com/thanksgivingfeast

🐾🦃

11/12/2024

Today is the last day to enter your pet to be the first Mayor of Mt Helix 🎉

Don’t live in the Mount helix area or have a pet to enter? No worries, you can still participate by voting for your favorite candidate!

Go check out some of the cuties in the running, you may even find some TAP stars 😍 🥰 💚🐶

https://www.gogophotocontest.com/mayorofmthelix

11/12/2024

Thank you Adrian Grand Photography for donating your time and your talents to help our pups find their furever homes!

Almost two dozen local foster dogs got their pictures taken professionally in the hope that it will help them find forever families.

11/11/2024

Thank you 10News – ABC San Diego KGTV for featuring Florence as this week's Pet of the Week!

Meet our ABC 10News Pet of the Week from our featured animal shelters: The San Diego Humane Society and the Helen Woodward Animal Center.