This year has been a unique experience for all of us and with more time at home many of our pets have had the best year ever! Many people have supplemented working from home with adding a furry little (or large!) addition. Interestingly enough many of our posts are first time pet owners. At the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, a nonprofit shelter for abandoned animals, adoptions were double their usual rate this summer! A waiting list had formed for certain types of dogs and cats that spans into 2021. On the other side of the United States, at Animal Care Centers of New York City, about 25% of the people who agreed to take in foster animals temporarily at the start of the pandemic had adopted them permanently by late June. (Whoo! Way to be on your best behavior, foster pets!) Usually, that foster-turned-adopter figure is 10 percent, said Katy Hansen, director of marketing and communications.*

Our office team and event staff nationwide were asked to share photos of their furry friends and tell us a little more about their adventures this year with them. We think that some of the best “home office assistants” can meow and bark with the best of them! See below: 

 

 

 

Name: Gidget

Age: 4 years old

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Breed: Rescue Pup

 

 

 

Name: Nala

Age: 9 years old

Location: Mohave Desert, AZ

Breed: Rescue Pup

 

 

Name: Suka

Age: 13 years old

Location: Okoboji, IA

Breed: Siberian Husky

 

 

Name: Harleaux,  pronounced (Har'-Low)

Age: 8 months old

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Breed: Yorkshire Terrier

 

 

Name: Teddy

Age: 17 years old

Breed: Appaloosa 

Location: Grand Island, NE

 

 

Name: Zeke

Age: 2 years old

Location: Loup City, NE

Breed: Labrador Retriever 

 

 

Name: Ozzie

Age: 10 years old

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Breed: Border Collie

 

 

 

Name: Dixie

Age: 4 months old

Location: Weyauwega, WI

Breed: Labrador Retriever

(Photo courtesy of @AshleeMoeller / @LittleRiver.Retrievers)

 

 

 Name: Simon

Age: 5 years old

Location: Columbus, OH

Breed: Rescue Pup

 

 

 

 Name: Lucy

Age: 8 years old

Location: Atlanta, GA

Breed: Rescue Pup

 

 

 

Name: Wilson

Age: 12 years old

Location: Detroit, MI

Breed: Giant Schnauzer

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Noodle

Age: 2 years old

Location: Laguna Hills, CA

Breed: Golden Retriever

 

 

Name: Suzie

Age: 14 years old

Location: New York City, NY

Breed: Rescue Cat

 

 

 

Name: Sir Elton 

Age: 3 years old

Location: Austin, TX

Breed: Domestic Shorthair

 

 

 

Name: Teddy

Age: 8 months old

Location: Portland, OR

Breed: Rescue Pup

 

*Source: Animal Care Centers of New York City