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17/11/2024

Everything for pets has increased in price, so here is my cost saving tip for the day! If you use pellet cat litter, such as Feline Pine, ($21.49 for 40 lbs.) you can save quite a bit by using horse bedding pellets which are $6.49 for 40 lbs. I get mine at Fleet Farm or Theisen’s.
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12/11/2024

Hey, fellow business owners! Help Hero's Haven Animal Rescue by sponsoring their calendar!

Details below!

08/11/2024

A morning with these two.
Patrick and Dash

08/11/2024

Greta 🐾 the

07/11/2024

It’s always about the pets, but sometimes the peace is just as important.

29/10/2024

Sassy and Boots

24/10/2024

The need is everywhere! Record numbers and not enough support.

Quit breeding! Spay and neuter! And support your local animal shelters and rescues!

Please share- we need your help! This month alone, we have taken in almost 100 cats and dogs so far and still, many waiting for our help. We have that many HERE and more in foster homes, despite also doing 53 adoptions so far this month. This year has been taxing not only mentally, but financially. With the rising costs of all medical supplies, veterinary care and general upkeep costs- we need your help, again. Maybe you’re tired of reading these and us constantly asking for help and we’re sorry. We try to keep our social media upbeat and fun, but we’re having a tough time over here. We are not funded by any private organizations and rely on our community (and beyond!) to help us continue our mission every single day.

Our staff has been working incredibly long hours every single day to stay on top of the rising medical cases and providing top notch care for our animals. Any amount raised from this post will go right to our funds to care for our animals. It costs roughly $10,000 a month for our vet care, medications, medical supplies, and food if there are NO extensive medical cases or influx of animals.

Pictured below is Bagel Boy, one of the 16 cats brought to us by our friends at A Purposeful Life Animal Rescue & Sanctuary (please head over to their page for more information about that case and all they do for our community, too). It’s always a beautiful thing when animal welfare organizations work together to better the lives of the animals in our community 🐾

23/10/2024

When you wake up at 2 AM, and it’s after noon, but you haven’t had your morning coffee.

20/10/2024

THE MORE YOU KNOW 🌈

In order to board pets in your own home the State of Iowa requires you to have a commercial kennel license which has to be annually renewed.

The City of Cedar Rapids’ and the City of Marion’s city code does NOT permit animal boarding if you live in a residential-zoned area. That means NO residential home is allowed to board animals as income. If a person is registered on “Rover” city code overrides Rover’s policies. (By the way, it’s a $1000/day fine if you are caught.)

So, if you are currently boarding your dog(s) in someone’s residential home and something happens to your dog their homeowner’s insurance will NOT cover your dog because they are breaking city code AND state law.

16/10/2024

A little retro Wednesday morning flashback. 14 years ago the.petsitter mobile became an official vehicle.

It’s funny (not funny) that there are SO many pet sitters now, including national services like “Rover”, or a local business called “Poo Patrol”, or “Pet Taxi” and everyone around here thinks it’s ingenious and clever and “why didn’t someone think of this sooner?”

Someone did. Hi, I’m someone.

15/10/2024

Rub-A-Dub-Dub, three kittens in a tub!
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15/10/2024

When your client’s dog loves you THIS much!
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15/10/2024

Two days away - mark your calendars!

Pets are impacted by vaccine-preventable diseases every day. Thursday, October 17th CVHS will be hosting a vaccine clinic from 12-3pm in our Community Building (next door to the shelter).

29/09/2024

***RANT AHEAD***

Text message received today: "I have six puppies that need to go now! They can't stay here and the shelters are full! I've called and no one will take them."

I'm sorry, but do you realize that YOU are part of the reason the shelters are full? I mean, are you really that stupid? Quit breeding your pets, people. I'm sick of phone calls and text messages asking me to take care of someone else's irresponsible problem. And, just to vent more - there is no such thing as a surprise litter. Do you have an intact female and an intact male? I mean I learned about how babies are made in grade school. Dang.

I wish our city wasn't busy with other crimes, because there are already laws in place that require a permit in order to breed animals, but they would be overwhelmed because of all the idiots out there.

**RANT OVER***

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26/09/2024

Military members nation-wide confront a multitude of problems during their careers, the last thing they need to worry about is their pet's care during their service commitments. Dogs On Deployment is a 501(c)(3) national non-profit which provides an online network for service members to search for volunteers who are willing to board their pets during their owner's service commitments. Dogs on Deployment promotes responsible, life-long pet ownership by military pet owners by advocating for military pet owner rights, providing educational resources and granting financial assistance for military pet owners during times of emergency. Join Dogs on Deployment's mission in changing the lives of our military members and their pets.

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