Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals

04/25/2025

Our wonderful friends Kathy and Amy at The Muttmix are having a fundraiser for Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals! Check it out!

"CELEBRATE MOM, SUPPORT PAWS! 🐾 This Mother’s Day, give the gift that warms the heart— and the paws!

Treat the amazing dog loving moms in your life (or yourself!) to a cozy, stylish Muttmix hoodie or any of our items from our website www.themuttmix.com and help make a difference.

💜🐾10% of our total sales from April 25th until May 31st will be donated to Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals, a volunteer-run charitable organization who believes every animal deserves compassion, care and a safe place to call home. ❤️

A truly paw-some program, Helping Hands offers services to struggling pet owners in need with pet food, financial assistance for veterinary expenses and other pet-related essentials. In our mission to spread peace through paws, we are thrilled to connect to an organization nurturing all the souls- both two-legged and four-legged alike!

🐾🌸 Shop for your Mother’s Day gift on-line today at www.themuttmix.com. She will be looking good and doing good wearing her Mutt Merch and giving back in a “pawsitive” way!

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04/24/2025

❤️🐾 SHARING for our friends at Buddy and Friends Animal Rescue and Pet Supplies Plus - Plymouth, MA!

🐾 Life is Better with a Friend! 🐶

Join Buddy & Friends Animal Rescue at Pet Supplies Plus, Plymouth for a paw-some ADOPTION EVENT 🐕

📅 Saturday, April 26th
🕛 12 PM – 3 PM
📍 133 Samoset St, Plymouth

✨ Free tote with donation + 10% OFF everything that fits inside!
🩺 All pups are spayed/neutered and up-to-date on vaccinations.
Meet your new best friend! 💛

04/23/2025

MORE BEHIND THE SCENES AT HELPING HANDS: Helping Save Lives 🐶🐱❤️

Two weeks ago Helping Hands got emergency calls from two very frantic and distraught pet parents. Tank, a 1 1/2 year old emotional support dog, and Wednesday, a 7 month old cat, were in the midst of life-threatening situations that required veterinary critical care. Tank had eaten a sock, which was causing an abdominal obstruction. Tank was in distress, lethargic, fluid gathering in his abdomen and his white blood cell count elevated. He was clearly declining. Wednesday had a urethral obstruction, something fairly common in male cats. After urgent care efforts, urine and blood was still backing up into Wednesday's kidneys. He needed an emergency neuter and an additional surgery to expand his too narrow urethra.

There were many hour-to-hour dramatic twists and turns and developments to both Tank's and Wednesday's stories. Their survival was at risk. Helping Hands was able to jump in and help their financially strapped pet parents with monetary contributions to enable critical veterinary care. We are happy to report both Tank and Wednesday are recovering well and doing awesome! ❤️🐾❤️🐾

Unexpected critical veterinary care is very costly, often requiring significant amounts of money that many pet owners do not have access to in order to save their beloved pets. That's when Helping Hands steps in. Our organization relies 100% on donations from donors who care about pets: pets who need help to stay well, to get diagnostic tests, to get treatment and care to survive. 🙏🏼🐾

If you can help us fulfill our mission in helping pets in need, visit our website, www.helpinghandsforpas.org,
or go directly to our charity portal at www.Givebutter.com/plyhelpinghands.

Thank you 🙏🏼💜🐾🐱🐶

04/22/2025

🌟 TODAY 🌟 APRIL 22nd ... Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals weekly 🐾 PET FOOD PANTRY 🐾 will be OPEN from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at American Legion Post 40 Food Bank, 199 Federal Furnace Road, Plymouth, MA, along with their free (people) Food Pantry. 💜 If you know someone in need, please share! ⭐️ ALL ARE WELCOME!!

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⭐️ Thank You to Megryco Inc, our 2025 local Corporate Partner, who supports our Legion pet food pantry. 🙏🏼💜🐾

Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals
American Legion Post 40 Food Bank
Megryco Inc

For ways to help support our mission, visit our website:

With your support we will continue our mission, to help those without a voice: the animals. Our Mission At Plymouth Helping Hands For Animals, we are driven by a passion for humane and responsible care for all animals. We’re on a mission to ensure every pet receives the love, care, and treatment t...

04/21/2025

💟 🕯️ Lighting a special candle for Moxie, a very sweet 13 year old pup, who crossed the Rainbow Bridge on Easter Day at home with her family, who loved her very, very much. Helping Hands was able to assist them with sending Moxie on her final journey with remembrances they can keep. Love and light are being sent their way. 🌈 🐾💔🙏🏼

From Moxie's mom: "I do think it’s special Moxie did pass on Easter. We are a family with faith and know He took her home so she could run again. She was a dog that never caused one problem in her life and even in passing she just left us without having to decide when it was time." 😔🐾

04/21/2025

Sharing this very important message from Dedham Animal Control. 🙏🏼🐾🐶

"Just in our brief travels this morning, we counted 8 dogs with their heads peeking out of car windows.

Please remember that we are now entering the seasons when it is too warm to leave pets inside cars when we are out running errands or out for lunch.

The inside of a car can heat up 10-15 degrees above the outside temperature, in just minutes, even with the windows open, even in the shade.

Right now it is 73 degrees outside and it is forecasted to reach over 80 degrees by mid afternoon. Add 10-15 degrees to those numbers and then add a fur coat!

Sure, allow your canine pals to enjoy those car rides and sniff the Spring air in motion, just please don't leave them alone inside your car when your car is parked.

We have a lot of Brownie and Daisy Girl Scouts looking out for this too, through promises to report animal unwelfare."

04/20/2025

Happy Hoppy Easter friends! 🐾💜🐰🌸🐣

04/16/2025

💜 If you missed the April 11th issue of our weekly Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals newsletter, click below to view it! It includes an invitation to our upcoming PAWSTA PARTY fundraiser on May 2 (tickets are selling fast, get yours before they sell out!). We also introduce you to two sweet dogs, Luna and Sophie, that Helping Hands was able to assist. We are also always looking for new subscribers! See below.

🐾 April 11th Newsletter: https://view.flodesk.com/emails/67f557a566d7c5c8a303bf24

🐾 If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter https://plymouthhelpinghands.myflodesk.com/subscribe

💗 ALL OF THE PAST ISSUES OF OUR NEWSLETTER ARE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ON OUR WEBSITE AT: https://www.helpinghandsforpas.org/talesandtips

04/15/2025

🌟 TODAY 🌟 TUESDAY, APRIL 15th, Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals weekly 🐾 PET FOOD PANTRY 🐾 will be OPEN from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at American Legion Post 40 Food Bank, 199 Federal Furnace Road, Plymouth, MA, along with their free (people) Food Pantry. 💜 If you know someone in need, please share! ⭐️ ALL ARE WELCOME!!

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⭐️ Thank You to Megryco Inc, our 2025 local Corporate Partner, who supports our Legion pet food pantry. 🙏🏼💜🐾 Megryco Inc.

Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals
American Legion Post 40 Food Bank
Megryco Inc

With your support we will continue our mission, to help those without a voice: the animals. Our Mission At Plymouth Helping Hands For Animals, we are driven by a passion for humane and responsible care for all animals. We’re on a mission to ensure every pet receives the love, care, and treatment t...

04/12/2025

Easter is a few days away. Here are some pet safety tips from the ASPCA for the upcoming holiday. 🐱🐶🌸🐣

Each Easter weekend, the ASPCA's Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) gets calls for many of the same types of intoxications. Here are 5 prevalent Easter pet toxins:

1. CHOCOLATE

Easter is typically the APCC's top day for chocolate intoxication calls, topping Christmas, Valentine's Day, and even Halloween! Why? Pets find Easter candy hidden around the house or the yard or get into unattended Easter baskets. Make sure that all candy is out of reach of unsupervised pets.

2. LILIES

True lilies (with the Latin name starting with Lilium) or daylilies (Hemerocallis) are a concern for acute kidney injury in cats. We discourage cat owners from keeping Easter lilies (Lilium longiflorum) in their homes. If you must have them in your home, make sure cats can't access any part of the plant, including leaves (on the plant or loose), pollen, or the water flowers were stored in—all can be life-threatening. Learn how to spot which lilies are toxic to cats.

3. EASTER GRASS

The plastic grass found in Easter baskets is appealing to pets but can cause a life-threatening gastrointestinal obstruction that may require surgery to resolve.

4. TABLE FOOD

Onions, garlic, macadamia nuts, grapes, raisins, and xylitol-containing foods are common toxins that pets ingest. However, many foods that aren't toxic may cause stomach upset that could lead to pancreatitis.

5. HERBICIDES

Many people begin spring yard work on Easter weekend. Make sure herbicides are kept where pets can't chew or puncture the bottle and that the application is dry before letting pets outside. Pets are often exposed when they are outside while their owners are spraying these products. While many herbicides are not highly toxic, any exposure does warrant a call to the vet.

🐾 ASPCApro 🐾 ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center

04/12/2025

Sharing this handsome little guy for Sandy Paws Rescue Inc. 🐾❤️

04/10/2025

Update - Home safe! ❤️❤️🐾🐾

LOST DOGS, CARVER, MA 🙏🏼🐾

>> Carver, MA - 2 Lost Dogs

Tremont St, on the Plymouth line, with bogs and power lines to run.

DO NOT CHASE. This is Raksha (grey Catahoula) or Shenzi (Husky),. They are young and still working on recall so not great at coming back when called for. Be on the lookout.

Please share and call Carver Animal Control / Carver Police Department dispatch when spotted or found.

Contact: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MA.Lost.Pets/posts/4006715989585199

04/10/2025

😻 There’s always something to be done every day with Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals! On any given day (like today) our volunteers are:

🐾 Shopping, shopping, shopping! Purchasing dog and cat food to stock our incredibly busy pet food pantries.
➡️ Reminder: Tomorrow Friday April 11th is FREE FAMILY MARKET DAY at Plymouth Family Resource Center. Helping Hands delivered a truckload of pet food and supplies for this month’s market.

🐾 Visiting the Plymouth Center for Active Living - COA with Milk-Bones for the Meals on Wheels program! Mary Beth Ryan, the CAL’s Coordinator of Support, asked if we could give her few dog treats for the Meals on Wheels (MOW) drivers who bring their canine companions with them on their delivery routes. Of course we can! 🐶🦴 We will also provide some treats for meal drivers to give to MOW patrons who have pets.

🐾 Getting the final draft of our weekly Helping Hands NEWSLETTER ready for electronic delivery on Friday. Tomorrow features a couple of our “Feel Good Friday” pets and an invitation to our PAWSTA PARTY Fundraiser on May 2nd. We would love to sell out every single ticket to this event! Don’t miss the fun & festivities – you can help support our mission to help pets and pet owners in need. www.Givebutter.com/PawstaParty

❤️ Others will be fielding calls for assistance, talking to veterinary offices, paying bills, soliciting sponsors for our upcoming fundraiser, and more!

Serving and helping others is a full-time commitment. THANK YOU to all our wonderfully dedicated volunteers! 💜🐾

🐾 If you would like to help us fulfill our mission, visit our website: www.helpinghandsforpas.org

04/10/2025

💜 If you missed the April 4th issue of our weekly Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals newsletter, click below to view it! It’s a great issue about
🐾 Heartworm Prevention
🐾 Pet First Aid
🐾 Lyme Disease Prevention

We are always looking for new subscribers!

April 4th Newsletter: https://view.flodesk.com/emails/67ed4727f15990c20ce92eaa

If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter https://plymouthhelpinghands.myflodesk.com/subscribe

04/09/2025

From the Animal Rescue League of Boston:

"Exciting mews! 🐱

Massachusetts has officially become the 4th state to BAN cat declawing! As of today, April 8, 2025, the Act prohibiting inhumane feline declawing, sponsored by Senator Mark Montigny, is now in effect. Declawing is NOT just a nail trim – it’s a painful surgical procedure that involves amputating the last bone of each toe on a cat’s paws. This victory is a HUGE step forward for our furry friends, thanks to the tireless efforts of veterinarians and animal welfare groups, like ARL, who have supported this bill since it was introduced in 2019. Learn more about other important animal protection bills that passed last session by visiting http://arl.boston/legislative-agenda

Animal Rescue League of Boston 🐾❤️

The Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) will continue to support legislation that enhances and improves protections for animals and to oppose reforms that endanger the welfare of animals in Massachusetts.

04/08/2025

🌟 TODAY 🌟 TUESDAY, APRIL 8th, Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals weekly 🐾 PET FOOD PANTRY 🐾 will be OPEN from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at American Legion Post 40 Food Bank, 199 Federal Furnace Road, Plymouth, MA, along with their free (people) Food Pantry. 💜 If you know someone in need, please share! ⭐️ ALL ARE WELCOME!!

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⭐️ Thank You to Megryco Inc, our 2025 local Corporate Partner, who supports our Legion pet food pantry. 🙏🏼💜🐾 Megryco Inc

AND, don't miss this! Our annual Spring Fundraiser: it’s a PAWSTA PARTY 🐾🍝🕺🎤 Dinner, Dance & Karaoke Fundraiser, Friday, May 2nd, 6 - 10 pm at American Legion Post 40 in Plymouth. Eat, dance and sing for a great cause: PETS IN NEED. 🐾🐾💜 Tickets available for purchase on our website. www.helpinghandsforpas.org

Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals
American Legion Post 40 Food Bank
Megryco Inc

With your support we will continue our mission, to help those without a voice: the animals. Our Mission At Plymouth Helping Hands For Animals, we are driven by a passion for humane and responsible care for all animals. We’re on a mission to ensure every pet receives the love, care, and treatment t...

04/07/2025

‼️ Monday 🐾 Message 🐱🐶 ~ A very important pet health PSA for all pet owners, particularly cat moms & dads. In just the last few days, Plymouth Helping Hands for Animals has been contacted by two different pet owners with male cats who had urinary obstructions. Unfortunately, even with urgent care treatment, one outcome was very sad and one is still unknown. 😞

If you notice your pet is having trouble urinating, please DO NOT WAIT to seek veterinary attention. A delay in treatment can be fatal. 🙏🏼💔🐾

"Cats may have difficulty urinating when there's a physical problem in the urinary tract, which includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra.

Urinary Obstruction:
A urinary obstruction occurs when the urethra becomes blocked and urine cannot pass. This may be caused by sediment or crystals in the urine and/or inflammation in the urinary tract. Urinary obstructions are far more common in male cats than in female cats. This is because the urethra is long and narrow in males. Tiny amounts of sediment, mucus, or tissue inflammation can obstruct the urethra and make urination difficult or even impossible.

If a cat cannot urinate, the kidneys cannot perform their essential function of filtering toxins out of the blood and excreting them in the urine. Toxin levels in the body increase, making the cat very sick. Without medical attention, a blocked cat will eventually die."

If your cat is not peeing but acting normal, there could be a problem in the bladder or kidneys, including urinary obstruction. Here’s what to do if your cat is having difficulty urinating.

04/06/2025

💜🐾 THANK YOU to the anonymous donor who ordered some of our most needed/wanted items on our Chewy.com Wish List! Purina One and Pedigree dry dog food, and Purina Fancy Feast canned cat food are very popular at our busy pet food pantries. (If the donor would like to message us so we can send a proper thank you, that would be great!) 💜🐶🐱🐾

Here is the link to our Chewy Wish List (direct delivery of gift cards, pet food or supplies to our organization!): https://www.chewy.com/g/plymouth-helping-hands-for-animals_b89585527 -list

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