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#GivingTuesday
Please Support our K9 Medical Miracles Fund on Giving Tuesday! We are coming to the close of our second full year with our K-9 Medical Miracles Program. We are excited to report that along with our Rescue Partners, we have given a second chance at love and a good life...
K9 Medical Miracles Success Stories 2019
Here are a few of the stories and pictures about the lucky pups who received a second chance this year because of Your Support of our K9 Medical Miracles Fund. As you know, House with a Heart residents are dogs who come to HWAH and have a “Home for Life”. Often when a...
Feeding your Pet at Thanksgiving
Feeding your Pet at Thanksgiving During this special time of year, it’s always a temptation to give our pets some extra treats as we enjoy some of our favorite holiday food. Just remember, while some human food is safe for pets, other foods that we enjoy can be toxic...
House with a Heart Safety Net is on Facebook!
If Wishes and Words Would Win a senior dog a new home I would be ecstatic!! This is SUPPOSED to be National ADOPT a Senior Dog month NOT give up your senior dog month!!! Here at HWAH we have been overwhelmed with calls and emails from people who can no longer keep...
Katrin Weixel – Calm & Happy
We love our volunteers, and the Sanctuary would not be what it is without them! We wanted to share another special story about an amazing volunteer at the Sanctuary, Katrin Weixel. Kat found HWAH through her work at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association....
Candyman – “Last of the HWAH originals” (Gone but not forgotten)
From December 2013: "Candyman (or Candy, as he’s best known), is the Sanctuary’s senior statesman and the last of HWAH’s “originals”. Years ago, Candy, a handsome champagne miniature poodle, was brought to the Montgomery County Humane Society after his owner passed...
Tiny Tim – “TT” – (Gone but not forgotten)
Meet Tiny Tim! Tiny Tim was a little white poodle. What made him special was his big personality! This long-legged, one-eyed, toothless, little seventeen-year-old came to HWAH with his brother Sir Shag, from the Caroline County Humane Society, where they had been...
Marzi – “Who Me”? (Gone but not forgotten)
Told by Susan: On a cold Sunday in January of 2016, I stood in front of the oxygen chamber in the Critical Care Unit at Veterinary Referral Associates, watching Marzi pant as she tried to get enough air. Sher had asked me to visit Marzi to see what I thought. Was it...
Secret of Sher
People often say about Sher, “How wonderful that you dedicate your life and home to saving senior pets.” And it is truly an amazing thing to see an entire home full of happy healthy senior pets. But the real miracle is the amazing transformation that occurs when a...