Dog's Best Friend

08/02/2024

📣: We are in MAYDAY status, which means we may have to euthanize an animal for space if our intakes overcome our capacity for care. We will not keep them in inhumane conditions, that is NOT fair to them.. our partner and receiving shelters are all full and we are looking to the community we serve to help our animals.. How can you help?⬇️⬇️

1. Adopt! The quickest way to make space is to adopt a pet from our shelter!
2. Foster! We provide everything the animal will need in your home, no cost to you! Just like adoption, it frees up two spaces, one for the animal you take home, and one for an animal coming into our system. You help us learn more about the animal in a home setting, and help us market them by sending photos and updates!
3. Network! Help us share our animal’s photos and stories! Share them to groups on Facebook, Nextdoor, and talk about them at local community gatherings! Tag your friends, family and rescues who may be interested in helping!
4. If you find a stray animal that is friendly, try and keep it and look for its owner for a few days! You can make a report to us and send us a photo, but keeping it out of the shelter will help keep room open for an animal in dire need of our space! Most animals that go missing are within a mile of where they live!

We can’t do this without our community, please help us help them! We want to remain a no kill open admission shelter but it’s going to take the whole village to do that!

We are a high intake, open admission animal control facility and shelter located in Lacombe, Louisiana at 31078 Highway 36. We are open Monday-Saturday 8-4PM for adoptions. We need your help to save lives.

Tomorrow, we will be doing a walkthrough tour on Facebook Live at 10:00AM sharp of everything — so everyone can see how dire the situation is becoming. It can be fixed though, with your help! You can be a hero!

View our adoptables albums here:

🐕Dog adoption album: https://www.facebook.com/share/xWghdEckvMVs1qMX/?

🐈‍⬛Cat adoption album: https://www.facebook.com/share/cUbyNfHpiseg77bt/?

Pictured below is Boone, a tripod of ours who has spent simply way too much time in the shelter and needs your help!

08/02/2024

08/02/2024

🎉Jack and Clyde, going into a FOSTER HOME TOGETHER!!!! A friend heard our mayday status and knew she had to help! Thank you so much Raeanne! And Thanks to all the rescues that tried help as well! They will remain in foster care and still be promoted as adoptable through our program! They are OUT of the shelter now!! 🐾❤️

08/02/2024

Facility is trying to avoid using euthanasia to deal with pet overcrowding

08/02/2024

📣We are STILL in Mayday mode .. 241 dogs and 129 cats.. dogs are still doubled up.. cats are at risk of getting sick from URIs .. we need you, our community, to help us save these animal’s lives! Space euthanasia is not what we want to do — but we can’t keep these dogs in crates in perpetuity.. or doubled up in kennels day in and day out.. what kind of life is that? Our volunteers help give them a little enrichment everyday but there are simply too many to spread our attention to evenly.. and they all deserve love and affection.. not to have to stare at concrete walls 24/7.

We have had an unprecedented surge of intakes that have overwhelmed our operation and need adopters and fosters like yesterday! There’s never been a better time to be a hero for a dog or cat! You can truly RESCUE an animal in danger by adopting or fostering one from our shelter today! We have so many great pets available to choose from!

We are a high intake, open admission animal shelter located at 31078 Highway 36 Lacombe, LA — contact us at 985-809-0183 // [email protected]

We need your help!!! Tomorrow is the last day of the waived adoption fee special.. we .. THEY.. need you TODAY!

08/02/2024

08/02/2024

Overcrowding of cats and dogs is a big problem at St. Tammany Parish Animal Services right now. The Parish shelter prides itself on finding homes instead of euthanizing animals, but that could chan…

08/02/2024

📣Day 3 of MAYDAY — down in number but small increase in space — we are at 235 dogs and 104 cats as of this morning’s count. We need your help. We don’t want to have to keep dogs in crates. Please. Consider opening your home to an animal in need. Contact us. Come in person. We need you, THEY need you!

06/02/2023

Woody loves this place! Thank you for everything

Woody stopped by to let everyone know that his dad, Cole, is a dog walker/sitter! Check out his page at

05/16/2023

Dog's Best Friend Specialized Pet Care Services is now in business! Join our pack today! We specialize in exercising highly energetic dogs, doing what I like to call urban mushing. We also offer all of the typical dog walking and pet sitting services for dogs who don't need extra exercise. Call or text 504-496-4705 for details and booking!