Best Buddies A Pig and a Dog in Need of RESCUE!

animal rescue waco pig and lab

September 13, 2011 I love everything about this. An adorable black pig. A cute chocolate lab. Best buddies. I love how they’re standing close to one another. They are just so precious! I love everything about this, EXCEPT that they are in a shelter! Let’s network them and help find a wonderful, safe, forever place
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Three Puppies Rescued Because of Networking on Pawsitively Texas

Puppies rescued from pawsitively texas page post

September 12, 2011 Liza Hitt shared this story earlier on our WOOF! page … a post of three puppies out of time at a kill shelter on the Pawsitively Texas Facebook page led to the long distance rescue of these precious ones. Once they got to foster, they discovered they had parvo … but the
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Pawsitively Texas – 96th Largest Texas City!

Pawsitively Texas road sign

September 12, 2011 Pawsitively Texas is fast approaching a population of 30,000 on our Facebook page! At the time of this writing, we’re at 29,825. That got me to thinking, if Pawsitively Texas were an actual Texas community, where would we rank in terms of population? So, a google search led me to the Texas
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Show Us Your Black Dog!

Auggie is a black dog rescued from a kill shelter

September 11, 2011 BLACK DOGS … do you have one? If so, please share your photos! Pawsitively Texas is producing a black dog adoption promo video. As you may know, big black dogs carry a ‘color curse’ as they are among the least adopted. Last April I featured this great ‘Black Dog Adoption’ video by
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A Tribute to America in Remembrance of 9/11 and the Rescue Dogs

Celebrating the American Spirit dog a tribute to America and the Search and Rescue dogs of 9/11

September 11, 2011 I don’t know which is harder to believe. That 9/11 actually happened here on American soil. Or that it’s been 10 years since it did. Neither seem possible. The images, the memories, the emotions are all still so fresh. The horror. The shock. The disbelief. The enviable, unquenchable American Spirit. I remember
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Lost Dog Found – the Miracle of Networking!

Lost Dog on Pawsitively Texas Facebook photo

September 9, 2011 Every single post I publish, I hope and pray for a miracle. We see so many sad stories in animal rescue … too much heartbreak. But, we also get a chance to be a part of miracles. This is one of them! Earlier today, a lost dog was posted on Pawsitively Texas,
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Have You Heard About Boo the Pomeranian?

Boo the worlds cutest dog pom

September 9, 2011 Boo … The World’s Cutest Dog He’s tiny. He’s adorable. And he’s become quite famous! Boo the Pomeranian is famous for … well, simply being a precious bundle of CUTE! This adorable little dog was adopted in 2006 and has not only brought extreme joy and bliss to his parent, but to
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Former Lab Chimps React to Freedom

former lab chips smile and hug

September 7, 2011 *Tissue alert!* It’s reported this video is of former lab chimps that lived most of their life indoors never seeing sunlight; although testing ended in 1997, it took a 14 year animal rights campaign for them to be released. Readjusting to the outside was carefully managed, and as you can see from
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Texas Wildfires Animal Rescue Resources & Updates

Austin Pets Alive Bastrop County Animal Rescue Texas wildfires

September 6, 2011 I started covering the Texas Wildfires Sunday evening and the amazing volunteer teams that rose up to help working through the night to assure the Bastrop County Animal Shelter pets were moved to safety. I published many resources to the the Pawsitively Texas Facebook newsfeed in real time throughout Sunday evening and
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Introducing … American Pets Alive!

American Pets Alive Logo

August 22, 2011 GREAT NEWS FOR A MONDAY! Austin Pets Alive! has gone national to help other cities become NO KILL. From the American Pets Alive Facebook page, they describe their mission as “AmPA enables groups outside of Austin to reach No Kill utilizing the successful methods of Austin Pets Alive. Training focuses on euthanasia
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