New friends are a good thing!! Jules and Hershey - the two newbies!! These Chihuahuas are the cutest and most loyal friends you could ever ask for. Ciroc and Hershey are tall and small. During the day, they are always full of energy! They may be tired after all their...
The Sanctuary
Thomas E. Quade Iris Award
Very busy week at House with a Heart Senior Pet Sanctuary. We attended a celebratory dinner for being a 2022 recipient of the the Thomas E Quade Foundation Iris Award. Sher is so grateful to be able to continue saving senior dogs. Thank you John, Emily, Maria and Jen...
Sissy gets a Forever Foster
Everyone knows how our Sissy just HATES Piper... so crazy!! We have been managing to keep them both safe since Miss Sissy arrived. That meant that Sissy had to be kept apart from Piper and her Pals unless closely supervised. Today Maria made me SO OVER THE TOP...
Daisy and her Forever Home
From our assistant Director Lori: "Meet Daisy, our new pup. This young cutie came to House with A Heart a month ago. Her elderly owners moved to Florida and could only take one dog with them, so they left Daisy with a friend to re-home. Daisy was freaked out and...
Wish List Alert!
We want to cover the small pebble stone area so dogs like Meiko, Piper and Tator can go out there safely - ☹ they eat the stones. Mark measured the area and figured out if we could get 14 sections we could do the job for about 2400.00 as opposed to...
Our Chihuahua Trio
Woman Rushes To Save 15-Year-Old Dog And Her 13-Year-Old Sons From Being Put Down The little family is so grateful ❤️ By Caitlin Jill Anders Published on 2/17/2023 at 5:41 PM It was a typical day at House with a Heart Senior Pet Sanctuary when Sher Polvinale, the...
Friendly Cats
Friends! We had 3 friendly cats left outside in a crate right in front of our garage!! A note was left describing each cat and that the owner was dealing with personal issues and could no longer care for the cats. We are still figuring out where they came from and...
Donations of Cat & Dog Supplies
We are happy to accept the following Pet Foods and Medications: (unopened and unexpired) Dog food Cat food Treats Medications We can also accept as well as new or gently used supplies for dogs and cats: Beds (clean please) Potty pads (new only) Leashes and harnesses...
K9 & Kitty Medical Miracles – It Takes A Village Rescue and Hoppy
#HWAH #K9KittyMedicalMiracles #HWAHGrants Your K9 & Kitty Medical Miracle Donations at work!!! Another Senior Pup that YOU helped to save!!! We were able to give a Medical Grant to It Takes a Village Rescue in NC to help them care for Hoppy because of your...
Volunteer Spotlight – Gretchen
When did you start at HWAH (approximate)? Summer of 2021 (August maybe) What lead you to HWAH? I had recently left my job and was looking for a place to volunteer. I have always had the thought that one day I would like to walk into a shelter and adopt the oldest cat...