The game for mobile smartphones, Pokémon GO, is making waves all over – including OHS and other animal shelters! You may have seen information about a shelter in Muncie, Indiana which is encouraging people to come walk shelter dogs while playing Pokémon. OHS already has a crew of volunteer dog-walkers who ensure our canines get […]
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Blog posts from OHS staff and volunteers
A Dog’s Day at Work
Did you know that OHS Humane Educators visit local classrooms—often with a canine work partner? Follow along with one of the canines as she goes about a day on the job, teaching students about dog safety and more: I know something is up as soon as my mom comes into the room. I jump up from my bed, […]
Little Dogs Reunion
The little dogs were large and in charge on Sunday, May 29, when they and their families attended the Rainier/Columbia County Rescue Little Dogs reunion at OHS. Five dogs from that rescue had a play date at OHS while their families—all OHS staff or volunteers who fell in love with these resilient pups—swapped stories and […]
Home Is Where the Pets Are
Bill & Roberta Ramirez: Friends Forever Story By Kristin Anderson For Bill and Roberta Ramirez, “home” is not a static place—home is where their pets are. Bill and Roberta spent two decades living all over the globe—Houston, Brussels, Geneva, New York, Hong Kong—but there were two things that kept them grounded: their love for each […]
OHS Volunteers in Action
Assisting with ASPCA Emergency Animal Rescue in North Carolina Who do you call when you need help caring for hundreds of neglected animals? Well, if you are the ASPCA and you have just conducted the largest companion-animal rescue mission in your organization’s history, you call OHS. In January 2016, the ASPCA rescued nearly 700 severely […]
Aloha Dogs
It was a dark and stormy night…okay, it wasn’t really stormy, just a typical chilly Portland spring drizzle. But it was 10:45 pm at the Portland airport (PDX), and two night-owl OHS volunteers were waiting to pick up a very important shipment. A shipment that comes in almost every week, actually: three dogs had just […]
Earth Day Cleanup
On Saturday, April 23, the OHS Dog Path Crew welcomed the help of four volunteers from SOLVE for an Earth Day project on our dog-walking path. The team was small, but mighty! Team leader Candace Bailey reports: “We really appreciated the four ladies who came out to help us. They dug right in and didn’t […]
Training with the OHS Technical Animal Rescue Team
On a recent Saturday, I show up at Rocky Butte at 9 am, coffee in hand. I’m there with my OHS Technical Animal Rescue teammates to practice high-angle rescue. We do this so we’re ready in case a dog falls off a cliff while they are hiking with their families—a situation we have encountered more […]
Fostering Healing
We’ve all seen those Who Rescued Who? bumper stickers, right? and You’ve probably also heard that having a pet has health benefits like lowering blood pressure and helping us live longer. As a veterinary assistant at OHS, I’ve met many pets and their people, and have seen time and again how pets make our lives […]
The “Taming” of Tate: Helping an Over-the-Top Excitable Dog Become a Better Pet
Some shelter animals need extra time and training before they find a new home. The Behavior Modification Program (BMP) at the Oregon Humane Society was designed to help these pets, most of whom are very shy or scared. Each animal in the program receives a customized training plan, carried out by experienced staff and volunteers. […]
