Herkimer County Humane Society

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Grateful hearts!🌟 We're overwhelmed with thanks for Year 4 of Pet Adoption Day! 🙏🏼 The generosity of our community, spec...
10/15/2025

Grateful hearts!🌟
We're overwhelmed with thanks for Year 4 of Pet Adoption Day! 🙏🏼 The generosity of our community, specifically the littles who brought donations and showered love on our residents. To the young helpers who named, cared for and loved their temporary pets – your kindness creates ripples of compassion. And to everyone who contributed – your support helps us care for and find homes for animals in need. 🐾🫶🏽

Price Chopper in Richfield Springs THANK YOU!!!We received this and more, so unexpected.😱 That’s 2 incredibly generous l...
10/14/2025

Price Chopper in Richfield Springs THANK YOU!!!
We received this and more, so unexpected.😱
That’s 2 incredibly generous locations that have chosen us as their charity and we are grateful.🥰

We can’t keep these pics of old man Gus in a foster home to ourselves.🥹Look at this sweet senior, his loyalty and gentle...
10/13/2025

We can’t keep these pics of old man Gus in a foster home to ourselves.🥹
Look at this sweet senior, his loyalty and gentleness with the little person in the home.🥰

Gus is awaiting his neuter and tumor removal when the vet feels he has gained sufficient weight and is healthy enough to undergo surgery. He will have both procedures done simultaneously for the obvious reason of not putting an old pup under anesthesia more than one time.

His little friend even shared her socks with him to protect his tumor so he is comfortable and that is precious!
When we see pics of our residents in a foster home finally relaxing and peaceful, it is a huge relief for us. This gift is irreplaceable.💞

Gus still needs a forever home so foster’s can make room to help more, because the list waiting is long. 😔

Link to his story attached and we are open at noon today!
It’s a good day to be inside and meet your newest best friend!😊

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16KVF5J4ae/?mibextid=wwXIfr

This is going to be a long one so get comfortable.🛋️Beaux and Bandit are our 2nd longest residents having come in back i...
10/12/2025

This is going to be a long one so get comfortable.🛋️

Beaux and Bandit are our 2nd longest residents having come in back in May. They are also the only 2 left from the 17 dogs we rescued that day from an uninhabitable mobile home where there were 12 puppies and several adult dogs with quills requiring emergency vet care.

Bandit is a very shy and timid young lady just under a year old. Yesterday she had the opportunity to go home with a lovely couple who just lost their heart dog this week, she settled in comfortably with them during their visit so fostering was the option we agreed on for Bandit as they decide if their hearts are ready, we were ecstatic they chose our underdog.

Once home, Bandit switched to flight mode and did get away from them, bolting and what they did right-was immediately notify us.
As with any new adoptable, they don’t know their people or where home is.

We wasted no time with a very devoted board member, our manager and staff speeding to where Bandit was roaming until well after dark-sadly their efforts were unsuccessful.

This morning our same crew, who were all scheduled to work today, grabbed Bandits sister from the shelter around 6am and headed back to where Bandit was still wandering.

🐾Honorable mention to the staff who all showed on their Sunday off to step up and take care of the animals while the other 1/2 of our crew was back walking the woods..with Beaux.🐾

After hours of walking, Beaux was growing tired so she was placed in the truck for a break when a miracle happened…Bandit was spotted sniffing the truck her sister was sleeping in!
With a slow approach, we were able to give her the biggest hug while latching right on to her never letting go…Bandit didn’t even try to resist.

We can’t tell you what a relief it was to have her again knowing she’s safe and the sleepless night we all had worrying so about her alone in the dark and in a strange place…hungry, cold and so scared. 🥺
Bandit was soon enjoying a pup cup with her sister around noon today less than 24 hours of her adventure and we are over the moon she is safe!

Her potential family feels it’s not the right time for this new adventure. we respect that and hope to see them if and when they are ready. (No negativity to them!)

If you’ve stayed with us this far, thank you.
We have one last ask…as you browse the pics of these 2 sisters, do you have space in your heart and home for them?
They are so, SO good and good with everything!
And after all Bandit is a survivor and Beaux is her savior- a hero and she doesn’t even know it!🦸‍♀️

Bandit is just under a year and Beaux is just under 2 years old.
Both deserving of a place to call home and family to value them.

Please stop in or leave your phone number in our messenger if you’re open to a conversation. Considering them is something you wouldn’t regret, we promise!

Thank you for letting us brag up our devoted staff, manager and board who are steadfast in their commitment to the animals. We couldn’t be more proud and don’t share the great things they do enough because our focus is attention to the pets we serve rightfully so. This time we had to slip in the humans who step up when people failed. 🥰

We are so happy to be included in this fundraiser for an absolutely amazing charity today! Check out Bubba's Beds for Sh...
10/12/2025

We are so happy to be included in this fundraiser for an absolutely amazing charity today!
Check out Bubba's Beds for Shelter Friends page for details.
Our puppies Lilly and Tig are waiting for you!

Why is this handsome man still here?! Volunteer Terry snapped this pic while taking Zane out for  a walk and he is stunn...
10/12/2025

Why is this handsome man still here?!

Volunteer Terry snapped this pic while taking Zane out for a walk and he is stunning! We are thankful for Terry and all our volunteers and walkers, in her words, Zane is the sweetest boy and she loves walking him. 🥰

Zane has been here since August 1st. He came in as stray with his companion who has been adopted. 🥹

Zane is a happy male pit mix, a young man at 1-2 years old and weighs 60lbs.
We believe he can live with kitties and we would require a meet and greet with your dog.

Zane is feeling confined and uncomfortable here and is doing his best to be respectful.
It’s Zane’s turn, he’s waiting.🙏

❤️❤️❤️ADOPTED❤️❤️❤️ChiChi and Kimmy😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍These sweets are 4 years old and need few words because little dogs are alw...
10/11/2025

❤️❤️❤️ADOPTED❤️❤️❤️
ChiChi and Kimmy
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
These sweets are 4 years old and need few words because little dogs are always in high demand.☺️
Yes…ChiChi is a Chinese Crested and Kimmy is a Havanese.

ChiChi and Kimmy were surrendered because their family said they didn’t have time for them anymore. 🥺
They are VERY scared here and would prefer a low energy home where they can lounge on their persons lap doing what they do best, being snuggly and irresistible.🥰

ChiChi and Kimmy do not have to go together, they are definitely not bonded-but can be given preference if you’re open to it.
Will you their person who makes time for them?
Meet them at noon today!

Eddie, Eduardo, Ed…this dude has several loving names here.🐶He said ‘call me what you like but don’t call me unwanted’🥺E...
10/11/2025

Eddie, Eduardo, Ed…this dude has several loving names here.🐶
He said ‘call me what you like but don’t call me unwanted’🥺

Eddie is….🥁 drum roll please, are you ready for it?
ANOTHER UNCLAIMED STRAY❗️
😱SURPRISE😱 Ok not really.😆

Handsome Eduardo is about 5 years old, good with cats and dogs and weighs 75 pounds.

Eddie is a very friendly and calm gentleman. Please spring him from kennel life..Please.🙏

Doug is so handsome! 😍He is an unclaimed stray and we just can’t believe no one is missing him!🤯He knows sit, shake, sta...
10/11/2025

Doug is so handsome! 😍
He is an unclaimed stray and we just can’t believe no one is missing him!🤯
He knows sit, shake, stay and lay down…is good with cats and loves the lady dogs. 🥰
Doug is about 2 years old, we would require a meet and greet with your dog(s).
Don’t let Doug be our next Hunter, let’s get him out of here!🏡

10/11/2025

We are desperate—for adopters.
We are desperate for people to open their eyes and see how overwhelmed animal care is right now.
Please spay and neuter your pets.
Please keep them safely secured.
Please understand that if your call or message goes unanswered, it’s not because we don’t care—it’s because we’re feeding, cleaning, and medicating the roughly 100 animals already in our care.
We are doing everything we can, but there isn’t enough time or space to say “yes” to everyone.

To those who stand with us—who adopt, foster, donate, share, and speak kindly—we love you. We mean that from the bottom of our hearts.
We are exhausted, but your support is the reason we can keep going, even when it feels like the fight is slipping through our fingers.

Open at noon Saturday and Sunday to meet all these deserving pets patiently waiting.
We hope to see YOU!

Address

514 State Route 5S PO Box 73
Mohawk, NY
13407

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 4:30pm
Thursday 12pm - 4:30pm
Friday 12pm - 4:30pm
Saturday 12pm - 3:30pm
Sunday 12pm - 3:30pm

Telephone

+13158663255

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