Before each visit, Amy bathes Coco, her 11-year-old shorkie (a yorkie and shitzu mix), and puts a little red bandana around her neck. Coco excitedly spins in a circle a few times, and then she’s ready to go. “She knows what we’re doing,” Amy said, adding that Coco...
In the early dark hours of a Sunday morning, when most of Checotah, Oklahoma was still asleep, the parking lot at Happy Paws Animal Shelter was abuzz. People in Happy Paws and Anderson Humane t-shirts were loading crates onto a few vans, the puppies and dogs inside...
Toni first interacted with Anderson Humane during a really rough season in her life. It was 2016 and Roxy, the 12-year-old Chihuahua who had been Toni’s best friend since she was in the sixth grade, was gravely ill. A vet had needlessly performed an expensive surgery...
When Eleanor decided to run a lemonade stand this summer, she had no idea how far the project would take her. Her initial plan was simple and admirable: Every week she would sell lemonade in front of her house, hoping to raise money for several local animal shelters,...
Stacey had no idea what her new beagle looked like until she’d made the nearly one hour drive home with him. “He was curled so tight in a ball at the back of the crate,” she said. “He was terrified.” Rocky, the beagle they’d just started fostering for Anderson Humane,...
It was too soon. Maureen had lost her beloved cat, Kat, to kidney failure and went to find a new one at Anderson Humane’s main shelter. “I couldn’t find a cat I liked,” she said, realizing now that the timing was off. Thankfully, the person at the front desk suggested...
