How About a Sweet Kitty as Your Next Family Member? Meet Sue!

We have no idea why sweet kitty Sue has been waiting to find her furever home now for over 100 days now, what gives?! She’s perfectly sweet, social, and very adoptable, so we’re hoping this is her week to be adopted!

Sue has been living it up in her foster home in the meantime, and has been an absolutely perfect house guest! She took a little bit of time to settle in, but now she enjoys sunning herself in the window, snuggling up on her foster's lap, and spending her days lazing about and taking naps. She has been a very good kitty sibling to her dog foster sibling, and we can't wait for this pretty girl to find her loving furever home!,

If you’d like to adopt lovely lady Sue, please visit our website at hswestmi.org/adoptablecats

Last week for Bissell Empty The Shelters!

This week will be your last chance to participate in our summer Empty the Shelters event!

HSWM/Bissell Pet Foundation

A huge thanks to BISSELL Pet Foundation and Cathy Bissell for sponsoring adoption costs so until Saturday, July 30th, all of the adult dogs in our care will be just $50 to adopt, adult cats will be $25, rabbits will also be $25, and other small animals will be FEE-WAIVED along with our senior pets!

Please note that puppies and kittens are not eligible for this promotion, but will be available to adopt at regular adoption fees. We’ll see you soon, stop in to meet your new furever friend!

Tito’s Tots & Tails

Join HSWM at the Blue Dog Tavern for our fifth annual Tito's, Tots & Tails event this Thursday, July 28th, from 5-9pm to treat yourself to some delicious tots, and help support the pets in our care!

BLUE DOG TAVERN IN GRAND RAPIDS

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Order a Tito's Handmade Vodka drink and HSWM will receive a donation to help our animals in need. There will also be adoptable dogs attending and giveaways, it's going to be a paw-ty! Save the date, and we’ll see you there!

Help Keep our Pups Cool!

We could really use more supplies to help make frozen enrichment goodies for our pups during this summer heat!

DOGS LOVE COOL TREATS IN SUMMER'S HEAT

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Broth pupsicles are DEFINITELY a kennel favorite during heat waves, so if you can purchase any low sodium or salt-free broth for us--OR if you have any clean, gently used standard muffin trays at home you don't need--we'd be happy to put them to good use!

To make a donation, please drop off items in the donation bin in our entryway, anytime during our open hours, or you can donate through our Amazon or Chewy Wish Lists linked on our website at hswestmi.org/wish-list, and have them mailed to us at 3077 Wilson Drive NW, Grand Rapids.

Why do cats have whiskers? Why do they meow? Why do they nap so much? And answers to 47 other kitty questions:

Why do they meow? Why do they nap so much? Why do they have whiskers? Cats, and their undeniably adorable babies known as kittens, are mysterious creatures. Their larger relatives, after all, are some of the most mystical and lethal animals on the planet. Many questions related to domestic felines, however, have perfectly logical answers. Here’s a look at some of the most common questions related to kittens and cats, and the answers cat lovers are looking for.