Connecting People and Pets Since 1999 The Pet Connection, Inc. is a no-kill, non-profit animal rescue & training organization located in the Kansas City metro area, with an additional animal sanctuary & rehabilitation center in Beloit, KS.
It’s our intention to form a no-kill coalition by educating the public, providing pet owner services and to find homes for unwanted and abandoned animals. Our team of highly experienced behavioral trainers and pet advocates provides classes, consults, board and train services, adoption promotion & rehoming support services. and other support to individuals & organizations throughout the KC Metro a
It’s our intention to form a no-kill coalition by educating the public, providing pet owner services and to find homes for unwanted and abandoned animals. Our team of highly experienced behavioral trainers and pet advocates provides classes, consults, board and train services, adoption promotion & rehoming support services. and other support to individuals & organizations throughout the KC Metro a
Operating as usual
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The Pet Connection has adoption services for 40+ animal-related charities, and behavioral and training services to foster care homes, shelters, and low-income persons around the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The first week of puppy classes was awesome! A second group starts this Saturday 😍, back to back room full of puppies 🥰. If you are interested in more information contact The Pet Connection, 913-671-7387.
#thepetconnectionks
#puppies
The first week of puppy classes was awesome! A second group starts this Saturday 😍, back to back room full of puppies 🥰. If you are interested in more information contact The Pet Connection, 913-671-7387.
#thepetconnectionks
#puppies
Great business helped out some cats today!!!!
Only one more day to sign up! Click the link in the post to let us know you’ll be there. ❤️
Click this link to let us know you’ll be there or receive a recording if you can’t attend!
https://www.cognitoforms.com/ThePetConnection1/webinarsignup
*Scholarships available for those who qualify such as low income foster homes or shelter workers.
Photos from The Sanctuary Life by The Pet Connection's post
In January of 2020 we were contacted by a family wanting to find placement for their 3 year old sheepdog/poodle mix who had some behavioral issues. She needed placement right away, and we had no immediate openings so we reached out to our friends at Paws-N-Claws Iowa to try and get her to safety.
They accepted her into their program and placed her with a foster (who also had a sheepdog/poodle mix) and she has THRIVED! They ended up adopting her and yesterday we got this awesome update photo. ❤️🐾
#teamworkmakesthedreamwork
#thepetconnectionks
In January of 2020 we were contacted by a family wanting to find placement for their 3 year old sheepdog/poodle mix who had some behavioral issues. She needed placement right away, and we had no immediate openings so we reached out to our friends at Paws-N-Claws Iowa to try and get her to safety.
They accepted her into their program and placed her with a foster (who also had a sheepdog/poodle mix) and she has THRIVED! They ended up adopting her and yesterday we got this awesome update photo. ❤️🐾
#teamworkmakesthedreamwork
#thepetconnectionks
Click this link to let us know you’ll be there or receive a recording if you can’t attend!
https://www.cognitoforms.com/ThePetConnection1/webinarsignup
*Scholarships available for those who qualify such as low income foster homes or shelter workers.
Click this link to let us know you’ll be there or receive a recording if you can’t attend!
https://www.cognitoforms.com/ThePetConnection1/webinarsignup
*Scholarships available for those who qualify such as low income foster homes or shelter workers.
RESCHEDULED to September 8th at 7pm:
Due to low enrollment, we have decided to reschedule to a weeknight after the “back to school” craziness subsides.
We would love to have you!
*For people who have already enrolled, we will credit you for the next webinar if you cannot make this time or refund your money.
You will receive an email tomorrow morning to clarify which option you’d like to choose. 🙂
Hope to see you there!
Do you have an animal toddler living in your home rent free?!
Does that little fluff ball pick up fun stuff around the house like socks or bags of chips, and you don't know how to stop it?!
Class will teach you how to bond with your puppy and learn their body language so you and your dog can read each other better!
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Puppy classes are back in action!
5 weeks. 5 puppy pals per group.
$125.00 for the whole shabang!
First round starts when we have the right amount of sign ups.
Contact us at 913-671-7387 to get more information or sign up!
#thepetconnectionks
*Must have first 2 rounds of vaccines prior to 1st class
*Discounts available for low income or shelters
Sadly, Fonzi boy here is not available for adoption, but he is a very quick learner!
Do you have an animal toddler living in your home rent free?!
Does that little fluff ball pick up fun stuff around the house like socks or bags of chips, and you don't know how to stop it?!
Class will teach you how to bond with your puppy and learn their body language so you and your dog can read each other better!
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Puppy classes are back in action!
5 weeks. 5 puppy pals per group.
$125.00 for the whole shabang!
First round starts when we have the right amount of sign ups.
Contact us at 913-671-7387 to get more information or sign up!
#thepetconnectionks
*Must have first 2 rounds of vaccines prior to 1st class
*Discounts available for low income or shelters
Sadly, Fonzi boy here is not available for adoption, but he is a very quick learner!
The Pet Connection (Official) updated their phone number.
“It’s not an R. On my world, it means hope.”
You’d think after being found chained next to a deceased dog, then ending up still homeless a couple years later you would start to lose all hope. Lucky for us, our buddy Ray was found to be blind, so his other senses have SUPER strength!
Superman once said there’s a superhero in all of us, you just need to put on the cape.
Ray’s foster family finally got him the cape he’s been needing and the hope he was losing has started to come back! He now has the strength and courage to find the absolute best forever home!
All you need is a little red cape and some wonderful humans. ❤️
If you’d like to know more about Ray, you can find that here: https://www.facebook.com/1530760160273192/posts/3639369956078858/?d=n or simply contact The Pet Connection at 913-671-7387!
You have the chance to learn from trainers with a combined 60 years experience in animal behavior!
Scholarships available to those who qualify.
Hope to see you there!
Late this morning The Pet Connection received a call about 3 domestic kittens and their momma wandering around a park in Kansas City, KS. The finder believes they were dumped.
Mama and kittens were quite literally climbing all over the finders lap and trying to get into passing cars. The Pet Connection's team sprung into action to find placement for these cats that were very clearly socialized. We begged and pleaded.
Within a couple hours, we had a promise from Friends of Kansas City, Kansas Animal Services to take in the SUPER friendly kittens on Monday, and thanks to a temporary foster and the finder they will now go to KCKAS on Monday.
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone involved today that made this happen. Rescues that work as a team truly make a massive impact. And as for the furry friends that were rescued today, they're now safe and will be up for adoption soon!
New space = puppy classes are back!
5 weeks
5 puppies per group
$125.00 (discount for low income and shelters)
First round will start when we have enough sign ups.
Must have first 2 rounds of vaccines prior to 1st class
Contact us at 913-671-7387 to get more information or sign up!
#thepetconnectionks
New space = puppy classes are back!
5 weeks
5 puppies per group
$125.00 (discount for low income and shelters)
First round will start when we have enough sign ups.
Must have first 2 rounds of vaccines prior to 1st class
Contact us at 913-671-7387 to get more information or sign up!
#thepetconnectionks
Join us at 7 p.m. on Saturday,
August 21, 2021, for a Zoom Seminar.
There will be time for Q&A at the end.
$15 Fee*
How to Introduce Dogs Safely
Experienced Pet Connection trainers
Jamie Williams-Stewart and Melody Huff will be
teaching how to properly introduce dogs. The way
two dogs meet has a lasting impact on their relationship.
Melody Huff
Founding Director at
The Pet Connection
The Pet Connection
Connecting People and Pets Since 1999
Jamie Williams-Stewart
Behavior Specialist and
Trainer at The Pet Connection
thepetconnection.org
913-671-7387
[email protected]
*Payment for the seminar can be made online at thepetconnection.org or through Paypal at
[email protected]. Notify us you are paying for the webinar so we can
send you the zoom link and a reminder. Scholarships available for those that qualify,
such as shelter workers and foster homes with low income. Contact us for details.
We are able to record the seminar and send it to you for the $15 fee.
Please specify this option when registering.
Join us at 7 p.m. on Saturday,
August 21, 2021, for a Zoom Seminar.
There will be time for Q&A at the end.
$15 Fee*
How to Introduce Dogs Safely
Experienced Pet Connection trainers
Jamie Williams-Stewart and Melody Huff will be
teaching how to properly introduce dogs. The way
two dogs meet has a lasting impact on their relationship.
Melody Huff
Founding Director at
The Pet Connection
The Pet Connection
Connecting People and Pets Since 1999
Jamie Williams-Stewart
Behavior Specialist and
Trainer at The Pet Connection
thepetconnection.org
913-671-7387
[email protected]
*Payment for the seminar can be made online at thepetconnection.org or through Paypal at
[email protected]. Notify us you are paying for the webinar so we can
send you the zoom link and a reminder. Scholarships available for those that qualify,
such as shelter workers and foster homes with low income. Contact us for details.
We are able to record the seminar and send it to you for the $15 fee.
Please specify this option when registering.
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
The Pet Connection's new training space needs some items to be more functional. This is not shared space like we have done recently so there are no shared items.
So if someone has anything sitting around or see at a yard/estate sale please let us know.
Several non rolling reception like chairs or sturdy folding chairs
2 lidded trash cans
1 bathroom trash can - covered
Microwave - covered
1 or 2 freezers (chest or upright)
A few dishes and silverware
Other needs-
Cutting board
Knives & kitchen sheers
Bike
Wheel chair
Scooter
Other stuff we will need for volunteer projects -
Zip lock bags (all sizes includibg snack size)
Hot dogs
Cheese (sliced/string/canned/cream/shredded/block)
Peanut butter
Lunch meat
For pick up or to schedule a drop off please comment here or text 913-671-7387.
The Pet Connection (Official) updated their address.
We would like to officially announce our new location for The Pet Connection's behavioral and basic training classes.
Effective Friday, July 23, 2021!
7912 Floyd St
Overland Park KS, 66204
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FPeMpbEx1RaNztMv8
Please stay tuned for updates and contact us at 913-671-7387 if you have any questions.
We would like to officially announce our new location for The Pet Connection's behavioral and basic training classes.
Effective Friday, July 23, 2021!
7912 Floyd St
Overland Park KS, 66204
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FPeMpbEx1RaNztMv8
Please stay tuned for updates and contact us at 913-671-7387 if you have any questions.
Some days the time it takes to organize everyone, prep the equipment & supplies, and drive there is way more than the time to locate and capture.
No clue exactly vs 16 mins*
*This is the time from the text saying we are going in and the one saying Sugar is loaded in car.
Oh sweet victory 😉
Good luck in your new life handsome boy, you may not know it yet but life just got better. 😘
Look at these cuties! Could our friends share them for us, please? They'd like a home of their own 💗
Charlie needs your help!
Thank you to Treats Unleashed for their generosity. Remember that supporting local/regional businesses like Treats Unleashed also helps our local rescue groups.
Our donation groups for July include Pet's Second Chance - Corgi Rescue, The Feral Companion, Central Missouri Humane Society, and The Pet Connection (Official). Learn a little bit more about each group in today's blog!
https://treats-unleashed.com/2021/07/keeping-cool-with-4-local-rescue-donation-groups-in-july/
On sale now at Costco
This treat is very popular with the dogs in boarding.
Please grab a bag for them if you can
On sale now at Costco
This treat is very popular with the dogs in boarding.
Please grab a bag for them if you can
Hi Pet Connection friends:
We know some of you saw Melody's post yesterday.
We know this because we have one generous supporter who will match donations up to $7,200 getting us closer and closer to our goal without a loan!!!! This is huge, doing the work without a loan will of course save even more money.
If you want to donate for the sanctuary new building you can do so at www.thepetconnection.net
Melody, is our director, she has been working for free or pennies for humane societies since 1997.
She has the opportunity to get a big chunk of the work done on our property in a couple of weeks. It will end up saving us about $25,000 over a 2 year period plus have our place done faster, which means we can have additional program revenue sooner. Score!!! However she need to borrow $20,000 for up front costs to make it happen it has to have it in the next couple of weeks.
Banks are not her friend but a loan may still be necessary to make this project happen. So if you or someone you know does these type of loans, please let Melody know. (We would have paperwork drawn up)
During covid many of our clients who are mostly rescuers and other humane societies...left dogs at our facilities and some were no longer able to fund them. We have cared for all of them and accepted responsibility for these critters. Unfortunately we rely on the sponsorships for operational costs and she had to re think her program.
Part of that re thinking was to delay the second building a bit but this opportunity is so great....because we have the help (reduced skilled labor) available sooner and we have to have the supplies necessary to get the job done.
Pm her if you think you could assist. Space at our facility is an asset.
Here is one of our finished areas at the new building....
Bubba with Saving Deathrow Dogs thinks it's pretty great!!!!
We don't just help dogs, we help cats too.
#thepetconnectionks
We love it when people make us a part of their celebration!!!! And more animals can be helped.
May’s donation is going to this amazing organization! If you haven’t heard of The Pet Connection you need to check them out! Not only do they take in homeless pets in the Kansas City area but they also offer training and so much more! They are often a shelter pets last hope before being euthanized. They need all of the support they can get. We are happy to send them a check for $417! The Pet Connection (Official)
Sassy was a Melissa's Second Chances Rescue dog who started in foster care and then was boarded at Man's Best Friend while she worked with The Pet Connection trainers and volunteers. She then went to a TPC trainer for several months of board & train. She can be dog and people reactive (but the biggest love bug to people in her circle), and she needed just the right home so she could thrive. Melissa's and TPC's staff, as well as Hallmark, promoted her so we could find the right match. Melissa's and TPC's adoption teams coordinated with vetting potential adopters, and she had 7 sessions with her adopters under TPC trainer supervision before she went to her new home where she is an emotional support animal for a teen. We just got a report on Sassy (now Ripley) from her mom. She’s doing great in her home and loves sunbathing on the balcony. Sometimes it takes a village. Thank you to everyone who helped get her there. #thepetconnectionks #StrongerTogether
Get busy cleaning our your closet, garage, shed...
The Pet Connection is having a garage sale Sunday May 16th 1615 E 173rd St
Belton, MO 64012
Drop off - Sat May 15th 10a-12p
Set up - Sun May 16th 7a-9a
Sale hours - Sun May 17th 9a-3p
Pick up of leftovers - Sun May 17th 3p-4p all items must leave the sale space on Sunday. (clothing and shoes excluded as we have another event we can use them at)
It will be a donation sale, no pricing except on larger or special items. All proceeds will be used to fund boarding & care of Robo, Molly and other dogs we are helping get a second chance.
We also need tables, tents and volunteers to help all weekend.
Please contact Monica at 913-485-9110 if you have any questions or are available to volunteer
7912 Floyd St
Overland Park, KS
66204
We currently hold private training classes on Saturdays and Sundays in Shawnee, KS and are available for private class bookings, phone consults, and consults on location throughout the week. Adoption events, fundraisers, and public training classes are scheduled and announced. If you are interested in finding out about adoptable pets, training classes or have something to donate, please give us a call and we can schedule an appointment or make arrangements. Training Consults: By appointment. Call/text 913-671-7387 to schedule a time.
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Thanking our donors for providing us with all the essentials! #thepetconnection
Tours of our new building for the pooches!
This live feed didnt start right away so you missed the intro. Today we gave Moose from KCPP a grand tour of the new space. He bought a ladder while visiting. Lol. We are going to give a new dog a tour every day since we can give no tours to the public. ;)
Business as usual at The Pet Connection sanctuary!
Happy birthday Bernie!!! (yesterday) Bernie, our friend for adoption from The Rescue Project has a foster extraordinaire...Robyn Burky. She gave Bernie a day training session with animal behaviorist Jamie Williams-Stewart with The Pet Connection....
Moose and Houston have an exciting announcement! The boys have gone home -- together!! This is no ordinary adoption, mind you. Houston (the shorter-haired pooch in the video) was a staff and volunteer favorite at KC Pet Project, but he had problems in a foster home and needed more than could be given in a shelter environment. So, The Pet Connection pulled him at the last minute and off to The Sanctuary he went! Moose was in classes at The Pet Connection with his humans, working really hard on being his very best self. But then he got away from his humans and bit someone. While he was on bite hold, he got kicked out of the vet's office after they said he was too much to handle. So, Moose headed to The Sanctuary for some behavioral work while his humans found a new place to live where Moose could happily join them. To help defray the cost of having Moose at The Sanctuary, Moose's humans offered to take Houston into their home as a foster for The Pet Connection. Want to guess what happened next? Yep! Moose's kind humans fell in love with Houston and decided that when they got their new home both dogs would be coming with them! During this transition, Houston came back to The Sanctuary for a few weeks so The Pet Connection could make sure the boys got along famously before sending them off as a pair. And boy howdy do they! Of course, The Pet Connection will always be just a phone call away should additional guidance be needed for the boys. The Moose and Houston story is about more than two dogs finding a home. It is the story about dedicated organizations and people working together and coming up with creative solutions to save the lives of two wonderful pooches. 💗 Kudos and congratulations to Moose and Houston's humans! Have a wonderful life, boys! 🐶🐾🐕 #thepetconnection #tpc #sanctuarylife #foreverandfosterhomes #adoptdontshop #MooseandHouston #HoustonandMoose #theboysarehome #savealife #savetwolives
When I saw Nonie for the first time she was very reactive to other dogs walking even 50 yards away on the other side of the parking lot. She’s only had 4 classes. When people talk about correction and other techniques that “work” and choose to pop and jerk, yell, dominate and scare their dogs, It’s a reminder that there is a better way. A reminder that the fundamentals of training are the same across all species and done appropriately will work for for a 400 gram bird or a 14,000 lb elephant. I love seeing the progress these dogs make and love being able to help facilitate the training that only promotes a happier more emotionally balanced life for these babies.
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