HeartsforPaws

05/31/2026

If it feels like caring for your pet has gotten a lot more expensive lately, you’re not alone: the cost of dog and pet parenthood has risen 15% over the past year. MORE BELOW⬇️

05/28/2026

🐾 Calling All Goldendoodle Lovers — We Need Foster Homes!

Do you have room in your home (and heart) for a fluffy shadow with long legs, expressive eyes, and just a tiny bit of doodle chaos?

As Good as Gold is in need of foster homes for incoming Goldendoodles and doodle mixes. These dogs are often affectionate, intelligent, energetic, goofy, and incredibly people-oriented — and many simply need a safe place to land while they wait for their forever families.

Fostering is one of the most important ways you can help rescue. AGaG provides support, guidance, and veterinary care while you provide love, patience, structure, and a temporary home.

Why foster a doodle?
✨ Endless love and companionship
✨ Lots of personality (and usually a little comedy)
✨ The joy of helping a dog transition into a happy new life
✨ Temporary commitment — lifelong impact

Some doodles may need:
🐾 Basic manners and training
🐾 Time to decompress and learn routines
🐾 Exercise, enrichment, and patience
🐾 A family willing to help them become the best version of themselves

And yes… there may be a little counter surfing, selective listening, or dramatic storytelling involved. That’s part of the doodle charm. 😄

If you’ve ever thought about fostering, now is a wonderful time to step forward and help us say “yes” to more dogs in need.

Interested in learning more? (see link in first comment)

05/24/2026

The kittens are rolling in and we always get some friendly adults in the process of trapping. We can't go out into the community and try to save more cats and kittens unless we have the necessary space to see them through until adoption. Foster homes play a crucial part in the process. Once we assess and initially work with cats and kittens in our building's CIT program, they then move to foster homes throughout DuPage County. Kittens and cats get strong and healthy and learn how to live in a home so they are ready for adoption. If you have some space and love in your heart, we provide the supplies...and of course the feline friends! It is an incredibly rewarding experience. If you are interested in learning more, please check out our foster information page on our website and fill out an application.
https://www.feralfixers.org/want-to-foster

05/22/2026

Just got off a productive call with the USDA where I learned Ridglan Farms has been told to surrender their federal breeding license by July 1 or the USDA would take official action.

They also gave us an official answer on how many dogs are left at Ridglan: 650. Even though Ridglan is losing their state (and potentially federal) licenses, it doesn't stop the on-site research they're conducting. I'll continue to work with the USDA and NIH to shut down the entire facility and find homes for the 650 remaining dogs!

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04/03/2026

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03/20/2026

Awful!

700 dogs, cats being rescued after search warrant served at property. it may be the largest case ever in the country.