Friends of Manatee County Animal Welfare

22/12/2024

🎄🎁 Looking for the perfect gift for your animal-loving bestie this Christmas? 🎁🎄

Why not surprise them with tickets to Friendsgiving 2025! 🐾🎉

What could be better than celebrating the season of giving with a fun, meaningful event that supports amazing animals? 🐶🐱 On January 18th, 2025, join us at the beautiful IMG Golf Club for an unforgettable night filled with:

✨ Silent and live auctions
🍷 Wine lottery
🍽️ Delicious appetizers
🍸 Cash bar

Plus, all proceeds will go towards raising money for some truly wonderful animal cause! ❤️🐾

Get your tickets today and give your bestie the gift that keeps on giving!



https://donorbox.org/events/645557

22/12/2024

Hazel 💕
This incredibly sweet 6 year old girl is ready for a Home for the Holidays!!
🎄❤️
She ADORES affection, loves to just spend time with you … whether it’s playing her squeaky toys in the conference room, going on strolls around the shelter or sitting on the bench just getting some TLC, belly rubs and treats!! 💕
She is such a beautiful, friendly and lovable lady.
She adores to snuggle with you on couches and blankets are a must!
She would love to watch some Christmas movies with you and cuddle up right beside you. 🤗
Hazel is dog selective with her doggie friends, but as always, please bring your dog in for a meet and greet to make sure they are a good match for your family!

Hazel would love a foster or even a short break for the Holidays. She is such a wonderful girl, with a beautiful personality and heart of gold.💛
If you are interested in fostering Hazel email Lauren Tryon at Lauren.tryon@my manatee.org for more information about fostering. OR drop by the shelter today and meet
Beautiful Miss Hazel today. Bet you will fall in love with her 💕 She would love a Home for the Holidays!
🎄❤️

21/12/2024

Holly💕
MEDICAL FOSTER NEEDED Please 🙏 ❤️

This sweet, beautiful 1 1/2 year old girl came into MCAW from the ER with a broken pelvis on her left side possibly due to being hit by a car 😢 No owner came forward and the Medical team asked FOMCAW for help with this sweetheart 💕
She is such a happy, super friendly, loving girl who absolutely loves to cuddle!!🤗 she just wants to be near you and will give you lots of kisses!
She also loves her naps on lots of blankets and beds 💕💕
FOMCAW will be taking Holly for a consult and same day orthopedic FHO surgery with Dr Rose at Veterinary Surgery Center of Sarasota on December 26th. If anyone is able to be Hollys Medical Foster Angel 😇 Please contact Lauren Tryon at Lauren.tryon@my manatee.org 🙏

Holly asked Santa for a medical foster today and we hope her wish comes true! 🎄💕 She is such a beautiful , fun loving girl
Who also gets along with other dogs. She would LOVE to recover in a HOME environment and NOT the shelter please!🙏

Thank you to everyone who supports FOMCAWs
“ Grace and Friends Medical “ Fund ❤️ This allows us to help emergency and critically injured animals who need specialized care and surgeries, like Holly. 💕
We thank you for your continued support!

Let’s find Holly a Medical Foster Home !!🙏❤️

21/12/2024

Milkyway 💕
This precious girl got to visit Santa today!! 🎄❤️
She got all dressed up in her cute little outfit and Santa hat. She looks absolutely adorable!
All she asked Santa for was a Home for the Holidays !! 🎅💕

Milkyway is an absolutely beautiful 21/2 year old girl with a happy, loving and gentle personality.💕 She adores affection and loves her belly rubs!! She also likes to play with toys and enjoys cuddling.🤗
Come and meet Milkyway... Make her Christmas wish come true.
🎄❤️

21/12/2024

Don't forget about our feline friends. Check out Kitty Town for all our adoptable cats and kittens. 🐱🐈‍⬛😻

Goose

21/12/2024

SANTA PAWS IS COMING TO TOWN 🐾🎅!!

Home for the Holidays event is at the Palmetto Adoption Center Today from 12-3pm. 🎄❤️
Don’t miss out on festive fun - bring your furry friend for photos with Santa, free treats AND meet so many of our wonderful adoptable pets waiting for their forever home. 💕

A few of our sweet, adorable dogs were so excited they got dressed up for Santa’s arrival!!
🎄🎅
Handsome Ruckus, Precious Danny and Sweet Sammy are just a few of the fantastic dogs that are available for adoption and waiting for their forever Home for the Holidays!!
We hope to see you today!
🎄❤️

20/12/2024

Fabulous Frankie update!!
❤️💕🥳

Many of you have been following Frankie’s journey for WELL over a year…Let us remind you of his story…

This sweet, adorable and happy Hound came into MCAW as a stray Heartworm positive and in need of reconstructive surgery. The MCAW medical team asked FOMCAW to assist with Frankie. Of course we said yes.💕 Don’t think we have ever met a happier dog who loved people more!! We took him down to see Dr. Rose at Veterinary Surgery Center of Sarasota and he went through reconstructive surgery AND heartworm treatment. His surgery went wonderful and he went into a loving medical foster for awhile to recover and did absolutely wonderful.💕💕
When Frankie went back to the shelter after his recovery, it was decided he preferred he would rather be in a foster home. Dr. Rose, Brittney Rose and the amazing staff at Veterinary Surgery Center opened up their Center, their hearts and homes to Frankie.💕 He went on outings, adventures, pool trips, jeep rides, decorated Christmas trees and so much more!! We learned so many things about Frankie which allowed us to promote him, plus we saw him all the time!💕 We are so VERY grateful for their huge hearts and how MUCH they loved him and cared for him.

We are so excited 😆, we can’t contain ourselves!!
Frankie found his FOREVER Home and was Officially ADOPTED !!
❤️🥳
It took a year and half, but it was worth it!! This wonderful family adores Frankie, we are all thrilled!
They are head over heels in LOVE with him!! He goes on long walks, car rides, adventures, has a cool hiking vest, has multiple comfy beds, lots of squeaky toys, and so much more. 💕

MANY thanks to so many people… Thank you to Veterinary Surgery Center for always helping many of our MCAW animals, including Frankie.
EVERYONE who shared Frankie and donated towards his care. RafStar K9 for taking the time with Frankie with in home training support.💕💕
And THANK YOU to the wonderful and caring adopters who saw just how truly amazing and cool of a dog Frankie is. ❤️

Happy Life Buddy…enjoy your 1st Christmas in a loving forever home. 🎄❤️

20/12/2024

Tilda💕
This gorgeous 8 year old lovely lady is new to adoptions and would love a Home for the Holidays!
🎄❤️
She is a bit shy when you meet her, but will warm up quickly. She is calm, friendly and very sweet. She adores her strolls, adores to sit on the park bench and get lots of affection and yummy treats. She just loves being near you and getting lots of TLC.💕
We are not sure about other dogs yet since she is so new, but please bring your dog in for a meet and greet make sure they are good match for your family!!
Tilda, like so many others, came into MCAW Heartworm positive by no fault of her own. 😢 She is available for foster or better yet foster to adopt while she undergoes treatment funded by FOMCAW’s “ Heal My Heart “ Fund.❤️
Tilda is a sweet gentle lady who would love a comfy loving ❤️🎄
Come and meet Tilda today!!

20/12/2024

Our sweet , adorable Autumn 🍂❤️ will be returning to palmetto shelter temporarily from her medical foster today.. they will be going on a Christmas break.

Our cutie pie Autumn, came into MCAW limping on her back leg and needed surgery for a Torn ACL and torn meniscus the week before Thanksgiving. Thanks to EVERYONE who donated towards FOMCAW’s
“ Grace and Friends Medical “ Fund , we were able to assist this darling nugget with her surgery and get her on the road to recovery ❤️‍🩹
The medical fosters have been amazing and absolutely love her. They say she is absolutely perfect. She is super lovable, friendly, loves to cuddle and give kisses. And great on her restricted walks! She also LOVES to take naps and has been very good with her recovery. ❤️‍🩹

Miss Autumn will be at the palmetto shelter available for Medical Foster to adopt, while the Medical fosters are away. She is STILL under restrictions from the orthopedic surgeon, Dr Rose and she is only available for foster or foster to adopt until she is fully cleared. 💕
If you are interested in possibly being her medical foster or medical foster to adopt please contact
Lauren Tryon at Lauren.tryon@my manatee.org please 🙏

She is such a wonderful girl 💕 she is such a snuggly , beautiful, happy girl and would make an amazing family member. She is just a sweetheart.
She only deserves the Best!! 💕

Please consider opening up your heart and home and fostering this Christmas🎄❤️

20/12/2024

Maple Update 💕

We are SO thankful we could help this beautiful, precious, sweet girl 💕
This morning, we took Maple for a consult with Dr Rose at Veterinary Surgery Center of Sarasota. This sweetie pie has a multiple fractures in her pelvic area, from being hit by a car. She will be having this necessary Pelvic Fracture Surgery to help her start the healing process, recovery and learn to walk again.
She was having a very difficult time walking, so we had to carry her into See Dr Rose. She definitely needed this to get her back on the road to recovery ❤️‍🩹
Thank you to everyone who donated towards her care and surgery. FOMCAW is not able to help these sweet broken animals without your support, and Maple is beyond grateful that she is getting the help she desperately deserves ❤️

We will keep you updated on her progress and journey… and Maples Christmas wish came true… She is going into a wonderful and loving medical foster 💕💕🎄!!

19/12/2024

19/12/2024

🎅🐾 REMINDER: SANTA PAWS IS COMING TO TOWN! 🐾🎅

The Home for the Holidays event is at the Palmetto Adoption Center, December 21 from 12-3 PM! 🎄🎉

Don’t miss out on festive fun—bring your furry friends for photos with Santa, free treats, and meet adoptable pets ready for their fur-ever homes! 🐾❤️

✨ ALL ADOPTION FEES WILL BE WAIVED! ✨ It's the perfect time to add a new four-legged family member! 🐶🐱

Support Friends of Friends of Manatee County Animal Welfare with donations, too—they’re a vital part of our mission! 🐾

We can’t wait to see you there for a tail-waggin’ good time! 🎅🎉

18/12/2024

Medical Foster Angels
Needed !! 🙏😇

Beautiful Macy Grace …( grey and white girl ) had orthopedic surgery on her other back leg less than a week ago for a Torn ACL and torn meniscus. She is currently recovering at Bishop. This young lady is a total sweetheart. She loves people and kids, adores affection and lots of love from YOU. She will fall asleep right next to you watching TV sleeping on your lap💕 she loves taking naps on couches , loves lots of blankets and even being read books to. She thrives in a home environment, but doesn’t do well in the shelter. She does need to be the one and only pet in the home please 🙏 She has been in a few foster homes and they had nothing but wonderful things to say about her.
Please consider being Macy Graces Medical foster..she is a wonderful girl. 💕💕

Sweet , Happy Holly..
( Tan and white girl ) came into MCAW with a broken pelvis suspected to have been hit by a car 😢
We rescheduled her FHO surgery for December 26th with Dr Rose at Veterinary Surgery Center of Sarasota, due to the severity of Maples injuries.
Holly is fun, lovable, sweet, happy and just an all around wonderful little girl.
She adores ALL affection , loves people and does well with dogs. 💕
We would love for her to recover in a home environment and not at the shelter please 🙏

PLEASE email Lauren Tryon at Lauren.tryon@my manatee.org if you would love to open up your heart and home to become a Medical Foster Angel 😇
For Macy Grace or Holly!!

Thank you so much!! ❤️

18/12/2024

PLEASE HELP Maple if you can 🙏 ❤️
This sweet, adorable 1 year old girl, which we named Maple, was recently hit by a car and sustained multiple traumatic fractures to her pelvic area. 😢 She was brought to the ER and then transported to MCAW.
No owner has stepped forward, and the medical team asked FoMCAW to step in to assist because she is in immediate need of orthopedic surgery to repair what damage the car did to her and get her on the road to recovery ❤️‍🩹 FoMCAW is bringing her tomorrow for a consult and same day surgery with Dr Rose at Veterinary Surgery Center of Sarasota.
She is a sweet, beautiful little girl, shy, and doesn’t understand what is going on right now or what happened to her. She is one of MANY right now that we are looking for a medical foster. She would love to recover in a home environment and not the shelter. If you are able to be Maples Foster Medical Angel 😇 please contact
Lauren Tryon at Lauren.tyron@my manatee.org for more information about Maples and fostering.
One of FOMCAW’s LARGEST programs is
“Grace and Friends Medical “ Fund. ❤️ This program allows us to assist any emergency , specialized and critically injured MCAW animal that needs specialized surgeries and medical care, such as Maple. This year, we have funded over 47 cats and dogs with specialized surgeries costing so far over
$108,000. It has been a very busy year full of many broken animals, but we Love helping them and seeing them recover and find their forever homes 💕💕
If you are able to help in anyway towards Maples surgery.. no amount is too small… you make the difference in the lives of these sweet animals.
Maple and her friends will be very grateful 💕💕
Precious Maple goes tomorrow for her surgery and we will keep you updated on her surgery,
recovery and progress.
We are so thankful for your continued support.❤️

https://donorbox.org/grace-and-friends-medical-fund

18/12/2024

Milkyway💕
This adorable 2 1/2 year old lovely lady is new to adoptions and already capturing the hearts of volunteers and staff! She is looking for a Home for the Holidays🎄
She is full of love, joy and happiness!!
She can’t contain her love for people!! She adores cuddling with you and getting as much affection as she can get 💕 she also will give you lots of smooches !!
She is a wonderful, happy, friendly girl. She adores her walks with volunteer friends, but she may stop for some TLC…lol.😂 If you have another dog please bring them in for a meet and greet to make sure to make sure they are a good match for your family!
If you’re looking for a cute cuddly companion who is also playful that will fill your home and heart with lots of love… Milkway is your girl!
She would love a !! 🎄❤️
Come meet her today!!

17/12/2024

Santa is coming! Santa is coming! Come meet Santa and all these adoptable dogs this Saturday from 12 to 3 PM Manatee County Animal Welfare!🎅🏼🐾
For the Love of Dogs- foster, adopt, & volunteer at MCAW

17/12/2024

Tank 💕
Look at Tank and his adorable Ears!!
This VERY handsome 2 year old pup is all EARS and smiles and ready to find his forever Home for the Holidays.🎄

He is brand new to adoptions and such a wonderful and friendly boy! He loves his walks with his volunteer friends, adores running around the play yard, playing with his toys and just enjoying being a happy, silly, fun loving boy!! 💕
He is such a joy to be around and will definitely bring a smile to heart and into your home.❤️
Please bring your dog for a meet and greet to make sure they are a good match for your family!

Come meet Handsome Hunk Tank today!! Just ask for the cutie pie with the Bunny Ears lol!💕
He would love a !! ❤️🎄