Fetch! Pet Care featured on Life With Dogs

Fetch! Pet Care was recently featured on Life With Dogs in a blog post titled, "Mugsy's Legacy: Adopted Dog Provides 10,000 Meals For His Rescue Shelter." The feature details the story of Kathy Hicky and Ryan Henderlong, who, after losing their Newfoundland named Gus, decided to adopt Mugsy through Big Dogs Huge Paws. Kathy and Ryan quickly grow a close bond with Mugsy and decided to submit their story to Fetch! Pet Care's "Rescue Who Rescued Me" Facebook search to donate 10,000 meals from Freekibble.com to Mugsy's adoption center. Mugsy's story won the contest, however, a day later, Kathy and Ryan had to say goodbye to Mugsy - they later learned he had extensive damage from bb's, trauma from a possible car accident, and osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. Even though the story is a sad one, it calls out the need for older pets to be adopted and loved. Click here to view the entire post.


Mugsy's Legacy: Adopted Dog Provides 10,000 Meals For His Rescue Shelter 

In September 2011, after the sudden and unexpected loss of their beloved Newfoundland, Gus, Kathy Hickey and her boyfriend, Ryan Henderlong, were left with a 175 pound hole in their lives.As lovers of big dogs, they decided to adopt a giant breed through Big Dogs Huge Paws (BDHP), a rescue they found near their house in Colorado. After looking through the available dogs, they decided on an 18-month old Mastiff and sent in their adoption application. Sitting at her computer, Kathy continued to look through the rescue site and a thumbnail image of an older nine-and-a-half year-old Fila Brasilero, Mugsy, caught her eye.

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Fetch! Pet Care featured in Bark Magazine

Fetch! Pet Care was recently featured in Bark's "Spotlight" section for the Rescue Who Rescued Me contest. The Spotlight details the story of Mugsy and Mugsy’s owners Kathy Hickey and Ryan Henderlong. The piece goes on to outline the 5,204 votes Mugsy received, allowing Mugsy to donate 10,000 Halo Spot’s Stew meals to the rescue of their choice. Please view the spotlight below.
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Fetch! Pet Care featured in The San Francisco Examiner

Fetch! Pet Care was recently featured in The San Francisco Examiner in an article titled, "CEO of Fetch! Pet Care is looking for the best pet-rescue story." Fetch! Pet Care CEO Paul Mann discusses the mission of the best pet-rescue story search, which is to bring awareness to the pets that need homes. Paul also talks about the ways in which 10,000 meals can significantly help an animal shelter. Paul's personal experience as an animal rescuer displays his passion for homeless animals and also reinforces the point that pets can rescue their owners as well. Click here to read the full article.


CEO of Fetch! Pet Care is looking for the best pet-rescue story
By: Alexis Terrazas

Paul Mann the CEO of Fetch! Pet Care, the nation’s largest dog walking and pet-sitting franchise, is looking for the best pet-rescue story. The winner will get to donate 10,000 free meals to the shelter of their choice. The deadline is Sunday. 


What is your mission? My big mission is really to promote awareness for pets who need homes.

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Charitable Holiday Season Brings A New Chance for Sammy

Fetch! Pet Care franchisee, Regina Cheung, was recently involved in an amazing pet rescue story about a Yorkie named Sammy.  Her “Rescue That Rescued Me” story is an inspirational story about a search for a new pet parent willing to adopt an elderly dog that outlived its parents.

Sammy, a 10-year old blind Yorkie, has known his entire life with his mom and dad.  But then last year Sammy’s dad passed away and he went to live with his mom in an assisted living facility.  Sammy was everything to his mom especially after his dad passed away.  But in the nursing home facility, Sammy had to wear a muzzle because he had bitten other people while there.  Then some time later, tragedy struck again and Beverly passed away from surgery complications leaving Sammy with few options for a new home.  During Sammy’s stay at the assisted living facility, Fetch! Pet Care dog sitter, Nancy, would come and walk Sammy twice a day so when Beverly passed, Nancy took in Sammy as a dog of her own for the time being.  Sammy had to learn how to live with Nancy’s other two dogs and they quickly became best friends, but Nancy couldn’t keep Sammy forever so left without other options, Rick, Beverly’s son, had little choice but consider putting Sammy up for adoption at the shelter. 

Regina Cheung, owner of Fetch! Pet Care in Southern California, asked Nancy to care for Sammy for one more week.  Knowing that Sammy would be hard to adopt because of his age and condition, Regina made it her mission to find Sammy a new home.  She took videos and pictures of his sweet face to post on all the rescue websites as well as sent out an email blast to local rescuers.  One of the local rescuers posted a Facebook message about it and pet rescuer, Pat Chambers, all the way in Louisiana responded to that message that day saying that she and her husband had 6 small dogs and cats and a big house with a yard.  She also had experience with elderly dogs and was interested in giving Sammy a new home.  Sammy took a red eye flight with an animal transport service Regina found to Louisiana and he arrived to his new home with Pat, a part-time social worker, and her retired husband, just before Thanksgiving this year.


Regina rescued Sammy when he was most in need of a new home. This a great story that we at Fetch! wanted to share with our fans. Stories like this need to be brought to light and shared with everyone. They are so heart-felt and bring a smile to everyone's face. If you have a "Rescue Who Rescued Me" story you would like to share, enter it into our nation-wide search. We, along with our partners, Bark Magazine, Halo Purely for Pets, and FreeKibble.com, are on a search to find the best pet rescue. They winner with the best story, picture or video will be able to choose the shelter of their choice for FreeKibble to donate 10,000 free meals. Submissions end December 18th and voting starts December 19th. 

Want to be a Superhero?

Rescue a Shelter Dog... and Get a Loyal Sidekick for All of Life's Adventures

You can save the day for a homeless dog -- and find a faithful companion who will be at your side for all of life's adventures -- by adopting a dog from your local shelter or breed-rescue group during American Humane's Adopt-A-Dog Month® in October.

Adopting a dog is a heroic feat that's easy to perform, and animal shelters and breed-rescue groups are filled with amazing dogs: large, small, mixed breeds, even purebreds. In fact, millions of loyal, lovable dogs are surrendered to our nation's animal welfare organizations every year because their owners simply couldn't take care of them anymore. Now they're homeless -- and just waiting for a hero like you!

During Adopt-A-Dog Month, we encourage you to visit your local shelter or breed-rescue group, meet potential sidekicks and discover the many super-size benefits of having a dog: happiness, companionship, improved physical and emotional health, and devoted love. Dogs also encourage people to exercise, enhance family and social relationships, promote laughter and act as a nonjudgmental audience and sounding board. No that's super!

American Humane works year-round to support animal welfare organizations, promote adoptions and enhance the bond that people share with their companion animals. And each year during Adopt-A-Dog Month, we give shelters tools and resources to continue fostering connections between people and pets.

If you're ready to find your very own faithful canine companion, check out American Humane's resources to learn about the adoption centers, shelter and rescue groups, and adoption stories.