A Dog’s Life Rescue & Networking Association

A Dog’s Life Rescue & Networking Association ✨501(c)3 Licesned Non-Profit ✨

🐾Dedicated animal welfare advocates, community based group dedicated to networking and transporting displaced animals🐾

🐱 FELINE HERPESVIRUS (FHV-1): WHAT EVERY CAT OWNER SHOULD KNOW 🐱One of the most common misconceptions in rescue and cat ...
06/01/2026

🐱 FELINE HERPESVIRUS (FHV-1): WHAT EVERY CAT OWNER SHOULD KNOW 🐱

One of the most common misconceptions in rescue and cat ownership is hearing that a cat has “herpes” and assuming it’s something terrible, rare, or highly dangerous.

The truth? Feline Herpesvirus (FHV-1) is extremely common. In fact, experts estimate that a large percentage of cats are exposed to it at some point in their lives, especially those that have spent time in shelters, rescues, colonies, or multi-cat households.

📌 What is Feline Herpesvirus?
Feline Herpesvirus is a virus that primarily affects a cat’s upper respiratory system and eyes. It is not the same as human herpes viruses and cannot be transmitted to people or dogs.

📌 Common Symptoms
🐾 Sneezing
🐾 Runny nose
🐾 Watery or inflamed eyes
🐾 Eye discharge
🐾 Congestion
🐾 Occasional fever
🐾 Reduced appetite during flare-ups

📌 Can It Be Cured?
Unfortunately, no.

Like herpes viruses in many species, once infected, a cat carries the virus for life. However, many cats live completely normal, healthy lives with little to no symptoms.

📌 What Causes Flare-Ups?
The virus often remains dormant until triggered by stress or illness.

Common triggers include:
🏠 Moving to a new home
🐱 Introduction of new pets
🚑 Illness or injury
🩺 Surgery or medical procedures
😿 Stressful environments

📌 How Is It Managed?
Most cats require little to no treatment outside of flare-ups.

Management may include:
✔️ Good nutrition
✔️ Low-stress environments
✔️ Veterinary care when symptoms appear
✔️ Eye medications when needed
✔️ Supportive care during respiratory infections

Many veterinarians also recommend supplements such as L-lysine for some cats, though opinions on its effectiveness vary.

📌 Can Cats With FHV Be Adopted?
Absolutely!

Cats with Feline Herpesvirus deserve loving homes just like any other cat. Many adopters never even notice symptoms beyond an occasional sneeze or watery eye.

📌 The Good News
A diagnosis of Feline Herpesvirus is not a death sentence. It is not a reason for euthanasia, and it does not mean a cat cannot live a long, happy, spoiled-rotten life full of naps, treats, and judging humans from across the room.

Because let’s be honest, cats were already acting like tiny tyrants long before they got diagnosed with anything. 😹❤️

Education saves lives. Understanding FHV helps keep adoptable cats in homes and out of shelters. 🐾💕 Dr

🌭🐾 HOTDOG FEED FUNDRAISER! 🐾🌭Mark your calendars and bring your appetite! 📅 Saturday, June 6th⏰ 11:00 AM until sold out📍...
06/01/2026

🌭🐾 HOTDOG FEED FUNDRAISER! 🐾🌭

Mark your calendars and bring your appetite!

📅 Saturday, June 6th
⏰ 11:00 AM until sold out
📍 205 South 5th Street Lincoln, Kansas

Stop by while you’re out enjoying the City-Wide Garage Sales and grab a bite to eat while helping save lives! ❤️

🌭 Meal Deal - $5
✔️ Hotdog
✔️ Bottled Water
✔️ Bag of Chips

Need a little extra?

🌭 Extra Hotdog - $2.50
💧 Bottled Water - $1.50
🥔 Chips - $1.00

🚚🐶 FREE DELIVERY IN DOGGIE BAGS! 🐶🚚

🐈 All proceeds will go to benefit our cat TNR program!

Come grab lunch, say hello, and help us continue making a difference for the animals in need in our community. We can’t wait to see you there! ❤️🐾

Here we go!! Doing our leg of a transport (Salina, Ks. to York, Ne.) for a lucky fellow going from New Orleans, La all t...
05/30/2026

Here we go!!

Doing our leg of a transport (Salina, Ks. to York, Ne.) for a lucky fellow going from New Orleans, La all the way to Olympia, Wa.!! 🤯🤯 (Map route not accurate, route based on transporter and overnight stay availability)

Happy paws little dude!!

Available dogs!First up we have Piglet!Piglet, Piggle, Pigwig, etc...came to us in need of a rehome! He is neutered and ...
05/30/2026

Available dogs!

First up we have Piglet!
Piglet, Piggle, Pigwig, etc...came to us in need of a rehome! He is neutered and has all of his vaccinations. Part time Opera Performer, full time fluff. In typical Husky fashion, he's pretty independent, but doesn't want to be left alone. Determined. Independent. Don't leave him alone. LOVES ear scritches and massages!

Next up we have these two beautiful girls fostering in Beverly!
Thick as thieves but without the thieving. Gentle girls, love each other and love people, just looking for the right place to call home!

Also, today we're participating in a transport train across America! Stay tuned!

One right click online and somebody found a four legged friend they couldn't live without, so a bunch of people came together to secure transport from New Orleans, La. all the way to Olympia, Wa.!!

🚨🐾 WE NEED CAT KENNELS & SMALL CAT CARRIERS! 🐾🚨Thanks to an incredibly gracious donor and funding support, we are offici...
05/20/2026

🚨🐾 WE NEED CAT KENNELS & SMALL CAT CARRIERS! 🐾🚨

Thanks to an incredibly gracious donor and funding support, we are officially able to begin our TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) program! That means real progress is finally possible. But to keep the funding focused on what matters most, MEDICAL CARE, we desperately need help with supplies like:

🐱 Cat kennels
🐱 Small cat carriers
🐱 Humane trapping supplies
🐱 Towels & blankets
🐱 Cleaning supplies

Right now our focus will be on Sylvan, as our donors are Sylvan locals who specifically asked for these funds to help address the local cat population issue. We are more than happy to honor that request and honestly excited to finally tackle a problem the community has dealt with for decades.

And this issue is bigger than “just cats.”

📌 One unspayed female cat and her offspring can produce hundreds, even thousands of cats over several years.

📌 Free-roaming domestic cats are responsible for the deaths of billions of birds and small wildlife annually in the United States. They are considered one of the largest human-linked threats to native wildlife populations.

📌 Outdoor cat colonies also face horrible conditions themselves:
🚗 hit by cars
🦝 attacked by wildlife
🥶 exposed to harsh weather
🤒 disease & parasites
🐾 starvation and injury

📌 Unmanaged outdoor cats commonly suffer from:
🪱 intestinal parasites
🦟 fleas & ticks
🫁 upper respiratory infections
🦠 feline leukemia (FeLV)
🦠 feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)
👁 untreated eye infections and injuries

📌 Tick-borne illnesses are also a growing concern in Kansas and surrounding states. Diseases like Cytauxzoonosis, often called “bobcat fever,” are extremely deadly to domestic cats and spread through tick bites. Many infected cats die within days without treatment.

📌 Parasite infestations in feral colonies can become severe quickly, especially in kittens, causing malnutrition, anemia, dehydration, and painful deaths that are entirely preventable with intervention.

TNR helps stop the cycle humanely. Fewer kittens suffering. Fewer sick and injured cats. Fewer overwhelmed shelters. Fewer calls about colonies multiplying behind every abandoned building and grain bin in rural Kansas.

Our HOPE is that prior to release, we can find homes, fosters, rescues, or placement options for as many friendly cats as possible. Every cat safely placed means one less life surviving outside.

Once we build enough community support in Lincoln, we will begin expanding there as well.

This only works if the community stands behind it. We cannot fix a decades-long issue overnight, but we can start making measurable change right now.

If you have kennels, carriers, supplies, or would like to donate toward the program, please reach out.

If you cannot donate, sharing this post matters more than you think.

⏰ Time is NOT on our side! We just work quickly!

Let’s make this happen. 🖤🐾

Hey friends! It's been a couple weeks and nobody has claimed these poor girls! 😭They're still safe and comfortable in Be...
05/16/2026

Hey friends!

It's been a couple weeks and nobody has claimed these poor girls! 😭

They're still safe and comfortable in Beverly but they're available and ready for adoption!! 🎉🎉

Message us to schedule a time to meet them or if you're interested!! 🐕🐕‍🦺👀🦴

💜💜UPDATE💜💜 - ADOPTED Ladies and gentlemen, guys and gals, fur-friend afficiandos and four legged friend lovers!! We have...
05/13/2026

💜💜UPDATE💜💜 - ADOPTED

Ladies and gentlemen, guys and gals, fur-friend afficiandos and four legged friend lovers!!

We have another one!! 🤯

This pretty, beautiful sweet girl wandered up to a property about a mile west of Beverly, Ks. who reached out to us trying to find her owners!!

Might be from Tescott? Maybe Minneapolis? Beverly perhaps? If you know ANYTHING at all please reach out to us!

She won't be able to stay out there where she is and it's getting HOT during the day!

🙏🙏🙏 Please please please help us find her home!!

Posting these girls again! Looking for their owners! 👀 🐶🐩🐾They both appear to have been spayed so wondering if they aren...
05/13/2026

Posting these girls again! Looking for their owners! 👀 🐶🐩🐾

They both appear to have been spayed so wondering if they aren't a case of snuck out/broke out and got lost. ⛓️‍💥🏡

🏞️They came up out of the river near Monroe /Kansas Ave in Beverly on the southwest side of town.

☎️📞Call your neighbors, share with friends! I think these beautiful girls are missing their home and somebody misses them!

Message us with any questions or if you know where they belong!!

Hey friends!! 🐕🦴Posting for the local animal pound in Lincoln where this little miss Brownie(?) is hanging out, wonderin...
05/12/2026

Hey friends!! 🐕🦴Posting for the local animal pound in Lincoln where this little miss Brownie(?) is hanging out, wondering where her people are?? 👀

She must've taken a wrong turn! (or saw a squirrel, who knows🤷)

If you recognize her let someone know! Unless she's yours, then you can call city hall to secure her freedom!

Attached is a picture of the collar she had on when she was found around the 700 block of E North St.

Thanks! 🐾🐕🐶🐩🐕‍🦺

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Lincoln, KS

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