West Memphis Animal Shelter By: Lauren Fopiano Volunteer & fosterOn Day 5 of the service trip, half of our group headed to the West Memphis Shelter to work on a variety of projects. As soon as you walk into the shelter, it’s very apparent that the workers...
Friends of Stuttgart Animal Shelter By: Alicia O'Reilly Volunteer, adopter, & foster It’s Saturday, and finally we’re at the shelter I've been so eager to see: Stuttgart. You see, I adopted a LHK9 pittie named Cane 2 years ago, and this is the shelter he came from. At home...
Pine Bluff Animal Control By: Nicholina Gioiosa Adopter, volunteer, and foster I feel like it’s only right to start from the beginning: I adopted my furbaby nearly five years ago from Last Hope and immediately became friends with his northern foster mom and many other Last Hope fosters...
Camden Animal Control By: Tracy Walts Event Team Lead, foster, & volunteerEveryone tells you it is going to be hard to see the dogs in the shelter but that coming on the service trip is worth it. This is day 2 and I believe them. We started with...
Humane Society of Saline County By: Alicia O'Reilly Volunteer, adopter, & foster It’s day 1 of the service trip, and I don’t know what to expect. See I’ve never gone on the trip before, and I don’t even know most volunteers I’ll be traveling with. Nervous and excited I was...
As volunteers, donors, fosters, trainers, adopters, and veterinary care partners, you have made it possible for Last Hope K9 Rescue to save 1,202 happy dogs in 2017. In a year of so many natural disasters, we were all tested with unprecedented demand. In response to...
CONTACT: DisasterRelief@lashopek9.org MA-BASED LAST HOPE K9 RESCUE BECOMES LIFELINE FOR ST. JOHN USVI DOGS DISPLACED BY HURRICANES IRMA & MARIA Dog Rescue Makes Plea for Foster Homes, Food/Vet Support BOSTON, MA (October 04, 2017) – Last Hope K9 Rescue (LHK9), New England’s largest volunteer-run, foster-based dog rescue and...
By: Steph Phenix Medical Coordinator, adopter, and foster mom The first time I came to Arkansas was on the second annual LHK9 service trip in April 2014. Spring was a little behind in Boston that year, but as soon as we left the airport in Little Rock I saw...
We worked at 3 shelters today, so be sure to read all the PAWesome entries! Stuttgart Animal Shelter By: Lindsay LaRocca Board Member, volunteer, adopter, and foster mom My eyelids fluttered open on Saturday morning at 5:15am. Bright eyed and bushy tailed, I lay in my bed eagerly awaiting my alarm clock to...
By: Jill Monahan, Board Member, Foster & Social Media Coordinator, and foster mom When I first visited Bald Knob Animal Shelter back in 2013, I experienced a sort of culture shock. We were told stories of teenagers pouring vodka down a puppy's throat and placing him in the road...