Critter Comforts Doggie Daycare/Extended Care And Training

11/25/2024

Our twins from the Thursday Pack are celebrating their 7 th Birthday🩷🐾🩷 Since they will be with their humans for Thanksgiving we will do a celebration next week! Happy Birthday Littles! I adore you both😊

11/24/2024

I have fostered many dogs and cats in the past. These beautiful words give a bit of an idea of what it is like to bring a neglected, possibly abused and certainly discarded creature into your life. It isn't easy by any means but it fills you up when you build them up and provide them with love, allow them to learn to trust humans, and one day send them off to their new home where they will forever be loved, cared for and respected. Shelters and rescues are inundated with dogs and cats. People are giving up their pets at a remarkable rate for many reasons. If you have ever considered fostering please explore it. Locally Steele County Humane Society, Rejection Collection Boxer Rescue, Waseca County Humane Society, Mower County Humane Society, Animal Rescue League of Iowa, Humane Society of Freeborn County are just a few. They do take a bit of your heart with them when they go but providing them a bridge to a wonderful life costs you nothing financially.
I know many of you enjoy seeing pictures and the stories of my Packs, MOST of them were adopted from rescues. Without fosters they wouldn't be with us now. So please think about being that person who helps a dog, puppy, cat or kitten find their forever home. Thank you from all of us here at Critter Comforts.

Musings of a dog foster mom

Fostering is easy. You see a picture of the most unbelievable heartache. You see what evil can do. Really look. You see the eyes full of doubt, fear, anger, terror, rejection, loss or worse, empty of any hope or emotion.

You see scars, open sores, bites, fleas, infection oozing from eyes, ears and nose, you see skin and bones, mange and scabs.

And you open your heart and home because you want to make up for whatever hell that life has been through. You want to show love, to help heal, to bring light into the darkness. Baby steps. You reach to touch, they cower away. You provide food, they either gorge or don’t trust enough to eat. You offer soft beds, and they choose to sleep on the hard floor.

Slowly they learn all humans aren’t mean. They learn about couches, baths, grass, blankets, treats, toys, cuddles and love.

You watch them come alive. The oldest kid becomes a puppy because they never knew what that was before.

Then the day comes they are ready for their very own forever home. You post pictures, you go over every detail the potential new home needs. These are special kids that might need extra patience or a special vet. You don’t want to ever let this precious life worry ever again.

You pour over applications. You call references. You call the vet. You do a home visit.
Then the day comes. Your head is ready. You work out the details. You deliver this precious baby to their new home. You hug. You laugh. You take the first family photo.

Then, you turn and walk away. You can’t look back. You sit in your car and let the tears flow. You don’t regret this. You’ve simply left a huge piece of your heart with someone new.

Because you loved. You took on something that only the strong would ever do. You became a bridge from hell to heaven.

And in that moment, you loved enough to create a new family for a broken soul. And you go home, open the rescue page on Facebook, and look for the next life you will change.

Fostering is easy. You just have to take the leap.

Without foster homes, rescues could not save the number of pets they do every day. Fostering cost you nothing. Rescues cover food, all vetting, provide supplies, medications and endless resources.

They just need you. Shelters are overflowing. We fill our homes with so much that is unimportant. Maybe on this Give to the Max Day, you can fill your home with hope. Hope for a new life.

Hope to end overfilled shelters. And hope to end uncaring puppy mills.

Please sign up to become a superhero and become a foster. You can change a life, and it will change yours.

Every donation—no matter the size—makes a difference in the lives of these incredible dogs who still have so much love to give.

Donate here: (giving is open all month!) https://www.givemn.org/donate/Rejection-Collection-Boxer-Rescue

Join our Facebook event on Thursday to follow our progress! https://www.facebook.com/events/1657581261843538/

11/15/2024

Laika, Archie, Burrito, Archie rolling around on the raised bed, Minnie, Dempsey and Callie! They had a TON of energy early morning but by about 9:30 they had run and played enough that they settled into a good energy for the rest of the day! We were able to be out most of the day. About 3 pm every day all the Packs begin telling me they want to go inside. It’s 3 pm that dogs start going home and they know it👍 So we came inside but we are in our way back out in a few minutes. Burrito is the “leader” with that😂 He lets me know we should go back outside and if I don’t oblige….. well let’s just say it’s better to honor his request🤣 Sounds like we will have a beautiful weekend! We better enjoy it while we can💛

11/15/2024

What a beautiful day! No wind, reasonable temperature, sunshine and very happy pups! I couldn’t ask for more😊🐾😊

11/14/2024

A few more outside pictures.

11/14/2024

Don’t you hate it when your arm gets stuck in your coat! Sophie came to me to get some much needed help😊

11/14/2024

Miss Junie, Minnie, Frodo and Mickey🥰

11/14/2024

I got some fun shots of the Pack while we were hanging out inside. Levi and Minnie, Ollie and Sandra Dee, Levi, Teddy and Laika

11/14/2024

I love watching the Pack with their friends. They get so excited every time one of their Packmates arrives in the morning! Whenever someone arrives we go out and the meet and greet and run around together with such joy! What a gift they are!

11/14/2024

It wasn’t a bad weather day but none of us wanted to stay out too long. The longest we were out at one time was about 1/2 hour but we were in and out a good deal of the day.

11/13/2024

Mickey waiting for his Mom. She is a teacher and had conferences tonight so he stayed late at school. Little does he know he has to stay late Thursday too! It’s okay Mickey she’ll be here soon💙

11/12/2024

We got some outside time today but wow that wind was terribly strong! So the majority of our time was spent inside. We have still had a good day…. I guess we are practicing for the weather that’s to come🙁

11/08/2024

The Friday Pack and I made the most of this gorgeous day👏🐾👍

11/07/2024

The sun felt really good this afternoon 🌞

11/07/2024

They love the new structure! They weren’t sure about it at first but if I use something they will explore it. I sat down on the structure for about 2 minutes and most of them wanted to be up on it. I showed them the way up and they all enjoyed it!

11/07/2024

The Thursday Pack was very excited to see each other after not seeing each other last week! There was A LOT of energy being dispersed 🤪