Posted on March 23, 2016 at 8:54 AM by Victoria Mulherin
Today is National Puppy Day!
National Puppy Day was created to celebrate the magic and unconditional love that puppies bring to our lives. National Puppy Day is also a day to bring awareness to the need for care of and homes for orphaned puppies as well as to educate people about the horrors of puppy mills across the country. National Puppy Day was founded in 2006 by Pet Lifestyle Expert, Animal Behaviorist and Author, Colleen Paige. Paige is also the founder of National Dog Day and National Cat Day.
Here’s a few ways to celebrate National Puppy Day!
- Adopt a puppy from your local shelter, rescue or pure breed rescue organization.
- Are you prepared for puppy parenting? Start off on the right paw! Hire a professional that can help you.
- Donate money, food and toys to your local shelter.
- Have a puppy party and invite all your friends and their puppies!
- Join a fun, dog friendly community online and post pictures of your puppy for the world to see!
- Host a community event to raise money for your local animal shelter.
- Volunteer at your local shelter and offer to walk a puppy or play with a puppy, clean cages or anything else they need help with.
- Microchip & I.D. Tag your puppy so the shelter can locate you if he gets lost.
Come out and visit our local Burlington County Animal Shelter today for National Puppy Day! Burlington County Animal Shelter creates an environment where all animals receive appropriate care, love, and attention at all times. By working with committed volunteers and rescues, over a thousand animal’s lives are saved each year.
At our shelter they strive to ensure our animals are placed in loving, responsible, committed permanent homes, following a comprehensive adoption processes which includes taking considerable care in finding good matches for prospective adopters. Animals in our care are spayed or neutered, and receive veterinary care while they await placement into their forever homes. Additionally, the Burlington County Animal Shelter also provides the essential services for reuniting lost pets with their owners such as low-cost microchipping.
For more information on the Burlington County Animal Shelter and their services offered, please call 609-265-5073 or CLICK HERE