Prairie's Edge Humane Society

03/02/2025

Butterscotch-Adopted!

02/27/2025

March pet of the month-meet Mary. She is a sweet senior girl 10 years old. She is happy and loves to play and meet new people. She is good with children and other dogs, however she needs to live in a cat free home. She is spayed, microchipped, and up to date on her vaccinations. She has also tested negative for heartworm disease. Her adoption fee is $150.00 plus sales tax. Please submit an adoption application if you would like to meet this lady!

02/21/2025

Now showing-Cat art exhibit at Boliou Hall at Carelton College. Venmo donations to Prairies Edge available and appreciated. Thanks Carleton Students and Staff!

02/17/2025

Order your spring plants from our Gerten's on line spring flower sale from February 27- March 31 and help us raise funds for the animals helped by Prairie's Edge Humane Society. Click on the link and enter store 57 to access the sale. https://conta.cc/3CVf7Ht

Email from PRAIRIE'S EDGE HUMANE SOCIETY Purchase your spring flowers and help raise funds for the animals cared for by Prairie's Edge Humane Society Gertens Spring Flower Fundraiser for Prairie's Edg

02/16/2025

Be sure to shop at JUST FOODS COOP in the month of February and round up for Prairie's Edge Humane Society. We are grateful to be the recipients of the February round up!

02/13/2025

Bear-ADOPTED!

02/13/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended our Brunch at the Grand Fundraiser last Saturday. And thanks to our volunteers and especially the Grand Event Center for hosting and donating proceeds. It was a success and everyone had a great time. The animals we care for are very grateful.

02/10/2025

Skittles Week 5 Update!

Week 3 Skittles was not feeling the best. She was nauseous and didn’t feel like drinking. The morning of her chemo (1/30)she began vomiting, in the lobby. The incredible staff at AERC ran labs, gave meds and decided that she was just feeling too nauseous to get chemo that day. She received some fluids, some more meds, extra snuggles and she was sent home.

Week 4 she felt way better! She was back to drinking her water as opposed to burying it. She had lost the tightness in her face. The spicy, sparkle was back in her eyes! We went in on chemo day (2/6) with fingers crossed. After drop off, she started showing signs of nausea. She was given meds, labs were done and she was able to receive her 3rd dose of Vincristine!

The BEST part! On her physical exam, no mass was apparent. The urethra is still mildly thickened which may indicate mild residual tumor vs. inflammation. Essentially, we are hoping that with two more doses of chemotherapy- the cancer will be gone!

We are so grateful for this community and your incredible support. It’s because of you all that Skittles is weeks away from being cancer free. She’s mere weeks away from getting her normal back.
All because of you❤️

02/06/2025

02/06/2025

Yaga-ADOPTED!

02/04/2025

We are the organization chosen to receive the Round Up donations during February at Just Foods Coop in Northfield. We appreciate it. Be sure and shop there and donate!

01/31/2025

February Pet of the Month-Nike.
Nike is a 15 year old female. She lost her home when her owners moved and were unable to bring her with them. She is looking for a calm, quiet retirement home. She prefers not to live with other pets. She is spayed, microchipped, and up to date on her vaccinations. Her adoption fee is $75.00 plus sales tax
Please submit an adoption application if you would like to give Nike a home.

01/24/2025

Forrest-ADOPTED!

01/24/2025

Quick Skittles Update!

Skittles has now successfully completed her second round of chemo. All of her labs have remained stable and clear. She is displaying no ill effects of the chemotherapy treatment. The tumor itself has softened since her last visit- which is a wonderful sign that we are going in the right direction. She remains her happy, joyful, mildly spicy self!
She relishes most these days in her parkour excursions with her favorite foster boy. They run and bounce, chase and jump, crash and repeat for as long as they both can last.
Just a boy and a dog.
We continue to be so grateful for your kindness and support. Our mountain has become manageable because of the generosity of so many.

All for the love of one.

01/22/2025

We are 64% to our fundraising goal for sweet Skittles. See the story below and consider helping this great dog! Thanks to everyone who has donated so far!

01/18/2025

Skittles is the best dog who needs your help. Please read about Skittles health issue and then we hope you will consider a donation to help us get Skittles the treatments she needs. https://conta.cc/3PCQMZU

Email from PRAIRIE'S EDGE HUMANE SOCIETY Please consider a donation for Skittles Skittles needs your help! We make hundreds of decisions every day. Some easy. Some hard. The majority of the time we do

01/17/2025

Skittles.

We make hundreds of decisions every day. Some easy.
Some hard.
The majority of the time we don’t even think about it.
But then there comes a decision that makes you stop in your tracks. The kind that makes you move beyond yourself. You have to make choices based on a multitude of factors. You cannot simply follow your heart. Until, you realize that your best decision is the one your heart desires.

In September 2024, PEHS took on the most adorable 20 pound girl on the planet. Skittles came to us from a different rescue. She had been brought up on a transport, delivered her babies and simply needed a spot to round out the rest of her life. Taking her in was an easy decision.

Everything about Skittles was easy.
intake - ✅
medical - ✅
behavior -✅
She was spayed. She played. She was vaccinated. She was the belle of the meet and greets. She went to events. She was set to be adopted. As we all know, life isn’t always simple,easy, perfect. Even for the simple, easy, perfect girl.

Early November, Skittles started having some bleeding and discharge. This was the beginning. It took two months of testing and more testing to figure out what this amazing girl has.

Turns out it’s cancer.

And not ‘just’ cancer a form of cancer that’s transmissible.

Contagious.

Skittles has Transmissible venereal tumors (TVT). TVT are tumors that arise from the dysregulated growth of cells called histiocytes. Histocytes are a type of immune system cell found in many areas of the body, including the skin. TVTs develop from skin histiocytes.
TVTs are malignant (cancerous) tumors. Different from other cancers, TVTs can spread between dogs.

We had a diagnosis now we needed to find someone with the capabilities and training to treat this type of cancer. Another month and we have found a clinic. A wonderful clinic willing, capable and able-Animal Emergency & Referral Center of Minnesota Oakdale. They can use chemotherapy drugs to treat this awful cancer, residing in a teeny part of her body, and give her back the life that she deserves. She needs 4-6 chemotherapy treatments spaced apart by one week.

Of course, with answers sometimes we get more questions. Chemo is not cheap. Dog chemo is especially not cheap.
This, right here, is where hard decisions are made as an organization.
Five to eight thousand dollars to treat one dog. To give her a chance a beautiful life with no limitations $5-8k. This treatment protocol has a 95% success rate. 95% chance she’s not contagious in 4 weeks. 95% chance she is back wrestling, running, playing and cancer free in 6 months.
But that is a massive amount of money. MASSIVE. It could care for many, many dogs. So many dogs.

At the loss of one.

That one.
She’s been through an awful lot for a 18 month old dog. She’s lived more life than most of us could imagine. There is magic in her. It’s the sparkle in her eyes. The way she gently melts into you when she’s carried. It’s the spice that creeps out occasionally to remind you that she’s no push over. She deserves this chance.

The hardest decision really isn’t that hard.

The ex*****on of that decision is why I now come to you.

We need your support. Please consider donating to her treatments by clicking on the link below, or sharing Skittles’ story. If we all rally for this one dog, for Skittles, I know we can give her that chance.
That opportunity to grow old.
The opportunity to share her magic.
The chance to finally just be a dog.
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Prairiesedgehshumanesociety