Aug 30, 2017 | Adoptable Pets, Adoption Updates, Adoption Updates, Animal adoption, Animal behavior, Blogpost, Cat Care, Dog care, Dog Training, Education, fun with your cat, fun with your dog, In the news, Opportunities, pet adoption, rescue, seen on tv, Uncategorized, wayside waifs, YouTube
Our thoughts are with the victims of Hurricane Harvey, both humans and animals! With that being said, please welcome our Waifs of the Week; Ying Yang, Carter, and Shelby. This is Ying Yang, a stunning four-year-old Border Collie mix. He was transferred to Wayside when...
Aug 18, 2017 | Adoptable Pets, Adoption Updates, Adoption Updates, Animal adoption, Animal behavior, Blogpost, Cat Care, Dog care, Education, Foster Homes, fun with your cat, fun with your dog, In the news, Opportunities, pet adoption, rescue, seen on tv, Uncategorized, wayside waifs, YouTube
It’s that time again for a monthly segment of our long-term residents. A long-term resident is someone who has been here at least thirty days or longer, and I try to narrow it down to some who have been here even longer. Last month we featured Dutch, and I have some...
Aug 4, 2017 | Animal behavior, Blogpost, Cat Care, Cat training tips, Dog care, Dog Training, Education, fun with your cat, fun with your dog, In the news, Opportunities, pet health, pet safety, rescue, seen on tv, Uncategorized, wayside waifs
When August comes around, we start thinking about school. Either the back-to-school sale, school supplies list, making sure everything’s ready, or just dreading the upcoming semester. What we might not always think about is how our furry friends in the home...
Jul 14, 2017 | Adoption Updates, Adoption Updates, Animal adoption, Animal behavior, Blogpost, Cat Care, Education, Foster Homes, fun with your cat, Opportunities, pet health, rescue, Uncategorized, wayside waifs
Being employed with Wayside Waifs is a very rewarding experience, and volunteers have the same feeling. Sometimes you get those special cases with cats or dogs and you cannot help but root for them. Poe is one of those cases. Pictured above is the day Poe came in,...
Jul 7, 2017 | Adoptable Pets, Animal adoption, Animal behavior, Blogpost, Cat Care, Education, fun with your cat, In the news, pet adoption, pet health, pet safety, rescue, Uncategorized, wayside waifs
I have worked at Wayside for almost three years now, and something I’ve noticed is whenever I speak to the general public about working here, they are interested in the animals, but they are also curious about the inside jobs of staff and volunteers. Today,...
Jun 30, 2017 | Animal behavior, Blogpost, Cat Care, Dog care, Education, fun with your cat, fun with your dog, In the news, pet health, pet safety, seen on tv, Uncategorized, wayside waifs
While we are having a grim end to the month of June, July, as usual, promises to be the hottest month of the year for Kansas City. Our summers are hot, muggy, and wet, while our winters are chilly, dry, and windy. Being in the midwest, you get a little bit of...
Jun 23, 2017 | Animal behavior, Blogpost, Cat Care, Dog care, Education, Events, fun with your cat, fun with your dog, In the news, pet health, pet safety, Uncategorized, wayside waifs
It’s the time of year to celebrate Independence Day! It is an annual Federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and registering as a country, the United States of America. We typically celebrate with family, friends, fireworks,...
Jun 16, 2017 | Adoptable Pets, Adoption Updates, Animal adoption, Animal behavior, Blogpost, Education, Opportunities, pet adoption, pet health, rescue, wayside waifs, YouTube
Wayside Waifs typically cares for 5,400+ animals per year, but some of our residents stay longer than what is expected. Sometimes the animals get extra medical treatment for maybe an upper respiratory infection, to something as severe as pneumonia. That can extend the...
