We need your help with two of our foster pets. Four pups were abandoned in the country and a very nice lady took the pups in to keep them safe. Partnering for Pets, Inc. took the pups in to help find homes for them.

We recently discovered that two of the pups are deaf. Sassy and Blonde are deaf puppies. They are very sweet dogs and adjust to their surroundings very easily. That is one reason we didn't pick up on them being deaf.

These two pups will need a special home. They will need to be kept indoors and will need to have a securely fenced yard.

If you know anyone that would open their heart to adopt one of these pups, please have them contact us.

We are in the process of offering a quality pet care program in Owasso for households whose income is under $50,000. Please check back for more details and announcements. If you meet this requirement and interested in having your pet spay/neutered, please send us an email and we will contact you about the program.

Please spay and neuter your pets. Since Thanksgiving, we have been hit with several calls from individuals needing to find home for unwanted puppies. Due to the economy, adoptions have been slow and many of these puppies will not find a home.

If your household income is under $35,000 per year, you may qualify for low cost spay/neuter. Various organizations provide this service, such as SpayOK.

A member of a nonprofit group that works with children met one of our volunteers at a training course. During a discussion between the two, the individuals who volunteered with the daycare facility were concerned about a pet that was donated to them. The pet was a hedgehog which is nocturnal. They knew the pet was not comfortable in that environment, but didn’t know who to contact about finding it another home. After a phone call to one of our volunteers, we found a good home for the hedgehog.

Exposing different types of pets to children is a great learning experience for children, but the pet must be comfortable in the environment. When choosing a pet, especially an exotic pet, research and fully understand the needs of the pet before adding it to the family.

The loss of a loved one is difficult for anyone, but the loss of an unborn child can be unbearable. We recently helped a woman who had lost her unborn child. She was having a difficult time with the loss and her doctor recommended she get a pet. She was interested in a very energetic dog we had for adoption. She was interested in this pet, since she had a similar breed when she was a child. After some discussion, we agreed the dog may be too much for her at this time and recommended adopting a cat instead. After looking at the kitties available for adoption, she found one that really grabbed her heart. Her face light up and for that moment, the pain was gone. We will continue to follow her progress and hope the kitty can help heal the pain.

One of our volunteers has been helping place two horses and a mule. Their owner needed to move, but didn’t see how she would take her pets with her. After checking several possibilities, a real estate agent (who also rescues pets) was able to find the owner a home where she could keep the horses and mule. Thanks to everyone’s efforts, another family can stay together.

We recently helped a family, stay a family. Due to economic times, a young adult needed to move back home with her parents. The only problem was she has a pet ferret that is part of her family. Her parents have a young cat that is part of their family.

At first they were looking for a good home for the ferret. She really didn’t want to give up her ferret, but she didn’t want to see the ferret get hurt. After some coaching from one of our volunteers who has a ferret and a cat as part of their family, the ferret was able to safely stay with her owner. Last update, kitty and ferret and getting along.

Today we received a call to help with a female pit bull that was going to be euthanized. We didn’t have a foster home available and our bank account is rather low, so we got on the phone and started making calls.

We are happy to report another animal welfare organization provided the funds to board this girl, a vet has volunteered to spay her and provide shots, and we already have a family to adopt her.

It’s amazing what can be accomplished when we all work together.

On January 5, 2009 we received an email about a stray momma dog that had 12 puppies during the cold weekend of January 3-4. This momma dog was dumped during the summer months of 2008 with the rest of the litter mates, but she was never able to be caught. As a result, she had a litter of puppies.

By the time we received the note, the situation was dire. The individuals who were trying to help save the babies, were looking for someone to help. We telephoned one of the rescuers to find out how we could help. Once we found out only four of the twelve puppies were alive, we made arrangements to pick up the puppies that night. One of our volunteers drove out during the night to meet one of the rescuers to pick up the surviving puppies. Once she got them home, she started bottle feeding the babies. Even though she works full time, she woke up every two hours to feed the babies. That first week was very critical to their survival.

We are proud to say, all the puppies survived and are very healthy. All have been adopted out to very good families. We appreciate all the hard work of the rescuers and our foster moms to save the life of the puppies. The puppies deserved a chance to live and through the effort of everyone involved, they got their chance.