Hodgepodge Pets, Inc

11/13/2024

Please donate if you can. We are in great need of monetary and food donations!
Currently, we have many foster cats and kittens that need to be vetted and spayed/neutered before they can be placed. Ẃe have used up our tray of vaccines and antibiotics on the last group of feral kittens that we caught, and they all still need another booster. Those (now tame) kittens, along with their mama and remaining teen siblings, also have to be vaccinated and fixed as we trap them.
We brought 2 older dogs into the rescue via owner surrender. Their owner was heartbroken, but could no longer care for them. They both need extensive dental work, and they need to be fixed.

Additionally, we have two female dogs and three males that also need to be fixed. One of them has a great, approved home with his very own 7 y.o. girl waiting for him as soon as that's done.

We are terribly low on all food, and in great need of dry and canned dog and cat food, pill pockets, etc. Our last three fundraisers have only raised $120.00 total. To put things in perspective, we went directly to TSC with those funds and had to add $210.00 of our personal money to pay for some of the other food and supplies needed for just that week. We have been paying for nearly all food and supplies out of pocket again for some time.

Our Caturday at the Library was a lot of fun and we got nine applications/requests for the six kittens that were there! That's a wonderful "problem" for a rescue to have, but those kittens have to be fixed before they can move on to their forever homes.

There are three senior dogs in our sanctuary and foster programs, with chronic and progressive health issues, that are declining. We have used up all of the funds for humane euthanasia, so it is a real worry that we could be faced with that heartbreaking scenario and no resources.

Finally, we are still trying to pay off an enormous vet bill at Academy. Please help.

We know that we are not alone in our financial struggles, as all rescues are having a hard time right now. It's sad, exhausting, and never ending. If you can, please help take some of the stress and worry off of us! And, please share!

For your viewing pleasure, here are just some of our kids in need!

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Folks can donate the following ways:

Venmo:


PayPal:
[email protected]

https://www.paypal.me/hodgepodgepets

Hodgepodge Pets
P.O. Box 42
Monkton, Md. 21111

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11/01/2024

Come see our adoptable cats and make a new friend!

10/29/2024

Join us for a fun morning filled with adoptable cats on Saturday, November 9, from 10 AM to 12:30 PM!

We’re partnering with Maryland SPCA , Defenders of Animal Rights Inc, Baltimore County Animal Services, Heavenly Paws Animal Shelter, Inc., and Hodgepodge Pets, Inc. Whether you’re looking to adopt or want to learn about fostering, this event is perfect for you! Plus, you can bring home a cat craft toy to make for your new kitty friend.

**Location:** Hereford Branch Library, 16940 York Road, Hereford, Maryland 21111.

10/26/2024

Pearl wants to bee your princess. Come and meet her today at TSC in Shrewsbury!

10/26/2024

We are at TSC today until 5:00 P.M.
Come and get your pets photo taken for Halloween!
No costume? No problem! We have costumes you can borrow.
Also, Pearl is with us and waiting to meet her new family!

10/24/2024

We want to alert the public about a scam targeting people with missing pets. Individuals who have posted about their lost pets on social media, along with their contact information, are receiving fraudulent calls from scammers spoofing BARCS’ official phone number, 410-396-4695.

The scammers are posing as BARCS employees and falsely claiming they have found the missing pet. They report that the animal is in critical condition and urgently needs medical procedures, then demand immediate payment via CashApp, Venmo, PayPal, or other third-party payment apps. While BARCS does have official Venmo and PayPal accounts, we will never call and request payments in this manner.

If you receive such a call, please do not send any payments. Instead, email us at [email protected] so that we can continue tracking these incidents and file reports with the authorities.

Stay vigilant and help us protect our community.

10/17/2024

Please come out to the Hereford Fall Fest and meet some of our adoptable pets and learn about our special programs: therapy, military and hardship fostering, senior pairing, and more!
We will have a donation bin there and will gladly accept canned dog and cat food, canned fruit and vegetables, flea, tick, and misc. meds, towels and blankets.
Looking forward to seeing our friends in the community, as well as Hodgepodge alumni kids!!

09/20/2024

Hoping for good results later today for Itty Bitty Buddy, so that we can finally proceed with his surgery! His initial labs were perfect, so we started fundraising for his operation. We scheduled it a month or so later and he was transported to Green Glen Equine Hospital for surgery.

Unfortunately, the labs they draw there showed high inflammation markers and his vet suspected an infection and started him on antibiotics, so we had him trailered home. Two weeks later, the vet came to the rescue and collected blood. Those labs showed his inflammation markers were down, but now his white blood count was increased. So, two more weeks of abx, the follow up labs. Those results still indicated that his white blood count was still elevated, so he was put on a different antibiotic for three more weeks.

Buddy has continued to improve and gain weight back that he'd lost, despite the tumor growing. His appetite is great and his coat shiny. He is ornery as ever and enjoys all of the extra attention that he's been getting.

Please keep him in prayer that his labs that were drawn yesterday are normal and we can proceed with his surgery. The entire summer has passed us by while we've been waiting, and we anxious for him to get this cancer out of him!

08/16/2024

Urgent!

We are still looking for a foster for approx 45 days to house 2 Australian Shepherd dogs. The owner wants them back and is waiting on housing. She is in a domestic violence situation and has been in a hotel temporarily with the dogs. She has to return to the shelter tomorrow evening.
The dogs, one male and one female, get along great with other dogs and kids. They haven't been around cats. They are UTD on vaccines and recently groomed
Please let us know if you can foster them. Let's keep this family together!!

08/16/2024

URGENT: OUT OF DOG SPACE

As of this morning, August 15, BARCS has 13 more dogs in the shelter than we have kennel space to house them. And, dogs will continue to come into BARCS throughout the day.

BARCS is the open-admission shelter for Baltimore City. This means we cannot turn new animals away, even if our shelter is already full. We are understaffed, underfunded, and the number of dogs coming into our shelter has significantly increased in the last year. We have hundreds of healthy, happy adoptable dogs that need homes. If these animals are not moved—whether to a foster home, rescue organization or a loving home—then they are at risk for euthanasia.

Please help us not have to make any heartbreaking decisions by helping us spread the word about this mounting crisis. Below are BARCS’ immediate calls to action starting today, Thursday, August 15.

ADOPT: Adoption fees are waived for all animals in our shelter located at 2490 Giles Road, Baltimore, MD 21225. Fees are waived for the entire month of August, but please do not delay. Animals must start leaving immediately. https://www.barcs.org/adopt-dogs

FOSTER: We urgently need foster families for large adult dogs. Any open cage means two lives preserved: the dog you took home to foster and the next one inevitably coming in tomorrow. Even a weekend-long commitment to foster can make a major difference. Please walk into our shelter to pick out a dog to take home temporarily. https://www.barcs.org/foster

RESCUE: Rescue partners are needed to pull animals from the shelter. If you are an existing partner, please reach out to help. If you are a rescue but not an existing partner, please contact [email protected] to fill out an application.

LOST AND FOUND: If you find a lost pet, hold onto it–don’t bring it to the shelter–and help look for the owners. A majority of lost pets are found within a few blocks of their homes. Notify the shelter and follow these steps on our website: https://www.barcs.org/found-pets

In order to save the lives of the animals still coming in above our capacity, we need to call on you–our community–to foster, adopt and help us make room for the overflow of animals we continue to get. We do not have the funding, kennel space or resources to save lives under these current circumstances without our community's support.

For questions about adoption, fostering or volunteering, please email [email protected].

08/13/2024

S.O.S.!!!

We have an emergency DV situation with a dog owner! She needs emergency foster for her two Aussie mixes for 45 days until she gets housing. She is safe and getting help from the county, but her beloved dogs are at risk.They are being boarded at a vet's in Harford County, but need to be out tonight by 6 P.M. or surrendered.

There is also the option to board them in Southern, Pa., but the dogs will need to be picked up and transported today.

Can anyone help? We can help her if we have a foster commit or transport to boarding facility. .

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Update:
Hodgepodge paid the board balance at the vet's, so the owner could go to a hotel with them (very) temporarily. Due to the sensitivity of the situation, we can't really provide more details at the moment.
They are all safe for now, but a foster is still needed. Thanks to those who offered to transport and foster.
I'll be in touch with the owner to get more details about the dogs to make sure the foster is a good fit.
If one can't be found, then we will have to place them in temporary boarding.

08/08/2024

07/28/2024

Well, that was fast! Little Lilo was adopted last week just 18 hours after arriving at the rescue! It was love at first sight for volunteer Gloria! We kinda figured it would be!
Lilo was rescue pull only from BCAS due to her intake paperwork stating behavioral issues. She hasn't shown any concerning behaviors since we got her. So, hopefully it was just the stress from her prior home not being a good fit, and then being at the shelter, that had her behaving badly.
Lilo and Gloria, we hope that you girls have many fun adventures together!