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Pet Harbor Rescue & Referral A nonprofit Siberian husky and cat rescue organization based in Virginia and run by volunteers and donations. We operate by donation and volunteers.

Pet Harbor is a non-stock, nonprofit Virginia animal rescue organization. We have no paid employees. The animals in our care are fostered in our volunteers' homes as we do not have a shelter.

Pet Harbor's very own King Kong, also known as Jasper.  Jasper is available for adoption through Pet Harbor Rescue.  For...
07/12/2024

Pet Harbor's very own King Kong, also known as Jasper. Jasper is available for adoption through Pet Harbor Rescue. For over a year, he has been with us, homeless, patiently waiting and hoping to find his family. Check out his video for a chuckle. Be sure to listen to as well as watch the video.

Jasper, Siberian Husky available for adoption from Pet Harbor Rescue, petharbor.org

Hi EveryPawdy!Thanks to EveryPawdy who submitted pictures of their Huskies and Kitties, we had an incredible number of e...
04/12/2024

Hi EveryPawdy!

Thanks to EveryPawdy who submitted pictures of their Huskies and Kitties, we had an incredible number of entries to go through and fit into the calendar. The 2025 Pet Harbor Calendars are now officially available! Yes, calendars is plural, we have not one, but Woo calendars! We have the traditional Collage calendar that has multiple images per month of the pups and kitties, and then the Solo edition which has one pic per month. Both editions are $22, with the XL editions being $30. Click on the link below to order the calendars, or visit our website. Remember all proceeds go to helping homeless Huskies and Kitties!

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This is Pet Harbor's storefront, a great place to go shopping and help homeless Huskies and Kitties.

04/12/2024

Giving Tuesday Final Tally. We ended the day with $3,355 plus the donor match! Thank you, everyone who helped homeless Siberians today! You rock! ⭐️❤️

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UPDATE!!!!!!  As of 9:08 PM, total donated is $3,080!!!!  We have exceeded the match threahold!!!!!  THANK YOU TO EVERYO...
03/12/2024

UPDATE!!!!!! As of 9:08 PM, total donated is $3,080!!!! We have exceeded the match threahold!!!!! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!!!!!

9 PM update!!!!!!!! Total donated so far $2,480!!!

5 PM update: Total donated so far $1,170. To hit the match offer, we still need $1,330 more donated before midnight!

2:30 PM update: Total donated so far $970. Need $1,530 more donated before midnight to hit the match offer!

9:30 AM update: Total donated so far $620. Need $1,880 more donated before midnight to hit the match offer!

Announcement! Today is Giving Tuesday! A very generous donor has once again offered to match Pet Harbor donations made on Giving Tuesday, this year up to a combined total of $2,500, which will help lots of Siberians! So please consider donating before Giving Tuesday ends! Thank you!

https://petharbor.org/donate/

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. We would especially like to thank those who volunteer with us. We are only able to save do...
28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. We would especially like to thank those who volunteer with us. We are only able to save dogs because we have volunteers. If we had more foster homes, we could save more dogs. We are eternally grateful for the foster homes and volunteers we have. We would like to announce our 2023 Volunteer of the Year (We announce the recipient the year following the award.). Naida is our awesome 2023 Volunteer of the Year! Congratulations! 🤩❤️

28/11/2024

Tuesday, Dec 3, is Giving Tuesday. We have a very special announcement to make that day. Stay tuned!

Next in our Living Their Best Lives series is Abram (formerly Pet Harbor's River).  Boy, was it difficult to decide whic...
13/11/2024

Next in our Living Their Best Lives series is Abram (formerly Pet Harbor's River). Boy, was it difficult to decide which picture best shows Abram living his best life. There are pictures of Abram in a river. There are pictures of Abram playing with his favorite toys. There are pictures of Abram running happily. There are pictures of Abram lying in a hammock with his dad. There are many pictures of Abram and his parents and dog sibling on all sorts of adventures, in a multitude of poses, and with a wide variety of expressions on his face. But we think this one maybe best depicts him living his best life because it shows he has his dad right where he wants him. Tell me that's not spoiled. Tell me that's not love. Tell me that's not Abram living his best life ever!!!

Anastasia (formerly Pet Harbor's Honor) is the next dog in our Living Their Best Lives series.  Ana was the adoptive sis...
12/11/2024

Anastasia (formerly Pet Harbor's Honor) is the next dog in our Living Their Best Lives series. Ana was the adoptive sister of Pet Harbor's Artie (RIP). She now has a young Siberian brother to torment. Ana just turned 11 and is living her best life. In typical female Siberian husky fashion, Ana rules the family.

Queen of her household, everyone lives around her and her needs. She loves her schedule and reminds her mom and dad of the proper schedule when they deviate for any reason. Ana receives breakfast immediately upon waking, followed by outside time alone until she is ready to come inside. She will raspy bark to alert her parents of her request to come inside. If they don't comply fast enough, she will scratch on the back door to encourage them along. Then she wants her cranberry supplements and will herd them toward the supplements. After all of that, the humans are excused, and she heads to one of many dog beds for a morning nap. She has a similar schedule for the evening. As her mom puts it, you get the drift on who is in charge.

Also living her best life, she and her new brother conquered a groundhog. It might not have been the groundhog's best life, but Ana was thrilled!

Ana's groomers attest she is living her best life by being the best husky they've ever seen. They say that because rather than normal Siberian loud and dramatic reactions to grooming, Ana chooses the quieter route of death glares, judgment stares, and general Eeyore-type behaviors.

This picture kind of proves the queen is living her best life!

11/11/2024
Next entry in our Living Their Best Lives series is Sif (formerly Pet Harbor’s Blase).  Sif was running at large in Prin...
11/11/2024

Next entry in our Living Their Best Lives series is Sif (formerly Pet Harbor’s Blase). Sif was running at large in Prince George’s County, MD and landed himself in the animal shelter there. Then he came to Pet Harbor. Adopted one year ago, Sif lives with a mom and dad, but his main squeeze is his adoptive brother Kaldr. They are completely inseparable. Besides living his best life with his best bud, he also likes socks, dirty socks. He likes to bury them in the clean blankets and in his dog bed. Here is a video of Sif with Kaldr. Such a happy duo! Sif is the darker-colored one. https://youtu.be/v21EA9tTCwc

Orly (formerly Pet Harbor's Andi) is the next dog in our Living Their Best Lives series.  Orly, adopted 7 years ago, has...
10/11/2024

Orly (formerly Pet Harbor's Andi) is the next dog in our Living Their Best Lives series. Orly, adopted 7 years ago, has filled those years with a long list of adventures. Part of the list: She started her hiking adventures day one! Her family has moved from the D.C. area to Massachusetts. In Mass., Orly quickly figured out which places give out treats and has them on her frequent visitation list! Besides hiking, Orly goes to the gym. She also runs alongside the bicycle when her mom bikes. She goes glamping. She takes public transit. She officially runs races. She also enjoyed pandemic life because she had a job as the neighborhood squirrel monitor. Her happiest day was when her dad took her hiking in several feet of snow on a day when the wind chill factor was -20 degrees. Yep, she's definitely a Siberian husky! Her dad also occasionally is able to take her to work with him! There are lots more adventures. The list of things she doesn't like is short: campfires. Of all her adventures, the best one, though, is when she participated in her parent's wedding. Well, that's the one we like best, but she may say it's the things she has chewed - like her mom's leather sandals and her dad's hiking pole straps. Yep, she's living her best life!

As always, we love visits from our alumni.  At yesterday's event, we were honored by a visit from Pet Harbor's Grif, spo...
10/11/2024

As always, we love visits from our alumni. At yesterday's event, we were honored by a visit from Pet Harbor's Grif, sporting his bowtie! ❤️

11/9/2024 Pet Harbor's Zev (the black and white Siberian pictured) and his happy new family, which is also the family of...
10/11/2024

11/9/2024 Pet Harbor's Zev (the black and white Siberian pictured) and his happy new family, which is also the family of Pet Harbor's Oakley (RIP)

10/11/2024

Zev went to his forever (adoptive) home today! This is also the family of Pet Harbor's Oakley (RIP). 😍🤩

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Copper (formerly Pet Harbor's Wolfgang) is the next dog in Pet Harbor's Living Their Best Lives series.  Copper was adop...
09/11/2024

Copper (formerly Pet Harbor's Wolfgang) is the next dog in Pet Harbor's Living Their Best Lives series. Copper was adopted 11 years ago. He's 13 years old now, but he's packed so much adventure in his 13 years that you'd think he was 40 or so. Copper lives in both Virginia and Maryland but spent time living in Sweden as well, where he enjoyed a Siberian husky's dream weather. Copper, typical Siberian husky drama expert, has embarked on an adventure of overachievement in the area of veterinary visits, to the point where his parents have pretty much paid for a wing at the hospital. Quite a bit of dental work, lung lobe torsion surgeries, and tangles with groundhogs and opossums have been some of the biggest causes. Oh, and, like all good Siberians, Copper has had his escapes, but how many can say this? A train actually stopped for him once when he escaped and ended up on train tracks. Through it all, the best part of his life is, despite all the breath- and finance-draining adventures, Copper's family adores him. Yep, he's living his best life! Check out this slideshow video of Copper from five years ago. https://youtu.be/8fgIO99xi7U

Next in our series of Living Their Best Lives is Annie and Stephie (formerly Ana and Stepheni), littermates who found a ...
08/11/2024

Next in our series of Living Their Best Lives is Annie and Stephie (formerly Ana and Stepheni), littermates who found a home together. They came to Pet Harbor from an animal shelter in Washington, D.C., where they were placed by their owners, a military family that was moving and included a pregnant wife. Annie and Stephie were adopted 11.5 years ago and are now 13 years old and going strong! Annie is the red & white gal, Stephie the black & white gal. They have since moved to the Midwest. These girls are nowhere near their biological age, are spoiled rotten, and living their best lives. Since their adoption, their family has been joined by first L.B., a Labrador Retriever puppy with megaesophagus, followed by Max, a German Shepherd Dog puppy, also with megaesophagus.

Next in the series of Pet Harbor dogs living their best lives is Echo (formerly Pet Harbor's Gabe).  Yesterday we highli...
07/11/2024

Next in the series of Pet Harbor dogs living their best lives is Echo (formerly Pet Harbor's Gabe). Yesterday we highlighted Marley, a well-traveled dog. Echo is also well-traveled. His dad's job takes him to many different states, and Echo goes with him. The crews on the job sites are all part of Team Echo! Let's dispense with the words and show you: https://youtu.be/6Y-ShPuAaE0

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