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Charity for Pets – Helping You Give This Year!

Don’t forget about all the furry friends in need this holiday season! Making a charitable contribution in someone’s name can be a great gift for the animal lover who has everything. What pet charities have the greatest impact? Which ones best target the animals you feel are most in need? Let us help you find the perfect pet charity to donate to this holiday season!

Find the Best Pet Charity For Your!

  • Leave No Paws Behind – You know those pets at the shelter that are a little less desirable? Maybe their old, or have special needs? These are the pets most likely to live out the rest of their short and difficult lives in a small shelter pen. Leave No Paws Behind is an amazing charity who seeks these pets out and gets them hospice care, or finds them foster parents, not stopping until each one of these “less adoptable” animals has the comfort and dignity every pet deserves.
  • Fences For Fido – This charity helps “unchain” dogs and provide them with better outdoor care. Through this program, volunteers build dog-proof fences and provide an insulated dog house to animals kept on chains.  They also help educate family’s on outdoor pet care and affect policy change to ensure pets are treated more humanely.
  • Pets For The Elderly Foundation – Double your impact with this charity! Loneliness is a serious affliction for elderly people and many who would enjoy the companionship of a pet are daunted by adoption costs. This charity aids elderly people with covering the costs associated with adoption – finding a home for an animal while providing companionship for a senior citizen.
  • Red Rover – Red Rover offers Urgent Care Grants for pet owners who can’t cover the cost of their animals unexpected injury or ailments. They will also help you locate help in your area!

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Gifts For Your Pet – A Holiday Guide – Pet Nanny

As the Holiday shopping season rambles on many pet parents are out there searching for last minute gifts to adorn their pet, cozy pet beds, toys and treats! As the pet sized elf hats and holiday sweaters sell out consider these gift options to make your pet’s Christmas a treat! As an added bonus the purchase of these gifts do good on a bigger scale than  your living room on Christmas morning!

Pet Gifts That Give

  • BarkBox – A subscription to this service not only ensures that you and your pet get a monthly box of goodies throughout the year to come, but a portion of the proceeds go toward helping with spay and neuter programs as well as  military dog organizations.
  • Under the Olive Tree Oil – When mixed with your pets food this oil can ensure a healthy coat. It can also help with skin allergies and boost immunity. Think of it as a doggie cosmetic! 10% of their proceeds go to local animal charities in Virginia.
  • Luv-a-Pet Holiday BlanketThis blanket is great for snuggling up with your kitty, keeping a puppy warm or letting a bunny nest around in. Plus PetSmart charities gets 10% of each purchase!
  • DJ Cat Scratching Pad – This awesome kitty toy is offered through ASPCA’s online store and proceeds from it go toward preventing animal abuse across the nation. Not only a blast for your house cats, but a unique idea!

Want to help animals with every gift you buy this year? Download the iGive app and anytime you spend money at one of the over 1500 participating businesses a portion of your purchase goes to your charity of choice, at no extra cost to you!

Also, if you’re giving a pet this year instead of buying for one, don’t forget to shop your local animal shelters first! Give a pet a second chance at a loving home is just about the best way you can give back to the animal world!

Mobile Apps Easing and Enhancing Pet Ownership

Pet ownership in the era of smart phones brings can be a pretty wonderful thing! Smart phones aid in helping pet owners in everything from researching poisonous plants, finding the closest vet or dog park, to charity apps that let you help raise money for homeless and abused pets! If you’re tech-minded and looking for some great ways to enhance your relationship with your pet while helping other animals, check out our list of mobile apps for the pet owner/animal lover!

Mobile Apps for Pets

  • PetMD’s Dog First Aid – Use this app to check symptoms for potential pet emergencies vs less dangerous situations. Know what you can do to help your pet while seeking professional help!
  • Dog Whistler –  This app lets you turn your smart phone into a dog whistle!  Adjust the frequency of the tone to one that works best for your dog and save it!
  • Puppy Coach  101 –  Helps keep you and your new puppy on a schedule that will ensure training goes smoothly and quickly! It even lets you print out a personalized diploma for your puppy once they pass all the tests! There are lots of other pet training apps out there so find one that suits your needs!
  • Tagg – A two piece mobile app that allows you to place a tracker on your pets collar and track them on your phone. The app lets you set boundaries for your pet and will send you a text when you pet leaves those boundries. Great for keeping track of your pets whereabouts and for preventing lost pets! With apps like this and microchips, never loose a loved pet again!
  • Pet To Give –  This awesome app allows you to “pet” virtual animals on your smart phone and turns those cyber pets into donations of food to animal shelters! Turn the time you spend looking at cute animals into something productive!

Mobile Apps and your pet

Do you have your own favorite app that makes your life easier as a pet owner? Share it with us and we’ll do another feature!