Princess Goes Home!
Note: This guest post was written by Misa Martin CPDT-KA, Staff Canine Trainer at Pets Alive Westchester. When I first got hired at PAW, there were about 180 “Legacy dogs” living there – dogs that Pets...
View ArticleLet’s Get This Cowboy Home!
By Jenessa Taylor, Executive Director Pets Alive Westchester We are so incredibly touched and grateful to all of you who have reached out to us in support of Cowboy. When Cowboy showed up on our...
View ArticleLinks, Continued: Socks, Baby Food and a BIG SURPRISE!
Our story from last week continues, once again from Becky Tegze, Pets Alive Cat Manager… The hissing continues… our “broken” Links is still hissing but there is something just a little different –...
View ArticleFrom Broken Spirits to Thriving Lives!
By Erin Small-Guilshan, Shelter Manager Pets Alive Westchester I have heard these words countless times by Pets Alive staff and volunteers, “This is why we do what we do”. We save lives. Give medical...
View ArticleBoomer’s Blog
By Erin Guilshan, Executive Director, Pets Alive Westchester Boomer arrived at Elmsford Animal Shelter in 2008. The two year old Boomer was one of 600 dogs that would only know life in a kennel with...
View ArticleOur Greatest Challenge
By Erin Guilshan, Executive Director, Pets Alive Westchester On March 14th we faced what would begin our greatest challenge in the history of Pets Alive Westchester. What started off as small cracks in...
View ArticleThree Months of Love
Erin Guilshan, Executive Director, Pets Alive Westchester It was a very rainy day when Sammy, a little black Chihuahua arrived at Pets Alive Westchester by someone who found him at the nearby SAM’s...
View ArticlePeyton and Miss Diva Go Home for the Holidays
By Audrey Lodato, Executive Director At Pets Alive we believe that there is a home for every animal, but sometimes finding that home can take some time. We work hard as a team to talk about how long an...
View ArticlePets Alive Westchester – A Year to Remember
By Erin Guilshan, Executive Director Pets Alive Westchester 700 LIVES SAVED As we close out the last chapter of 2014, we reflect upon the year with both joy and gratitude. We saved hundreds of lives...
View ArticleProviding A Life Worth Living
By Audrey Lodato, Executive Director at Pets Alive The definition of sanctuary is “A place where someone is protected or given shelter.” We take the fact that we are a sanctuary very seriously....
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