Animals R Family

05/28/2026

🎉 DONE AND DUSTED! Another "Free Spay & Neuter Day for Pit Bulls" is in the books! 🎉

Including today's clinic, we have spayed and neutered 86 dogs so far in 2026 and an incredible 268 dogs since launching this program in April 2024.

🐶 A heartfelt thank you to  for partnering with us and performing these life-saving surgeries. Their team is exceptionally skilled, professional, and among the kindest, most compassionate people we have ever had the privilege of working with.

🎉🎉🎉 A million thanks to our clinic sponsor: The Tortorello Family Foundation (). Your generosity makes this work possible. 🎉🎉🎉

Spay and neuter is not glamorous work. It doesn't go viral. It doesn't make headlines. But it is, without question, the most important work we — and any rescue organization — can do.

We are facing an animal overpopulation crisis unlike anything seen before. Shelters are overflowing, dogs are being abandoned and dumped, and far too many are killed simply because there are not enough homes.

We cannot rescue and adopt our way out of this crisis.

If we are serious about reducing suffering and saving lives, we must address the root cause: overpopulation. That means spaying and neutering. We have to go upstream and turn off the faucet.

Every dog at today's clinic received, completely FREE to their owner:

✔️ Spay/neuter surgery
✔️ Rabies vaccine
✔️ DA2PP (distemper/parvo) vaccine
✔️ Microchip
✔️ Nail trim
✔️ Recovery cone
✔️ Trazodone (take-home calming medication)
✔️ Meloxicam (take-home pain medication)

Each surgery prevents countless unwanted litters and helps reduce the number of dogs entering shelters. The impact of this program will be felt for years to come.

If you would like to sponsor a clinic and help save thousands of lives, please email [email protected].

Together, we are creating real, lasting change — one dog at a time. ❤️🐾

05/28/2026

💥 HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!  Free Spay & Neuter Day for Pit Bulls! 💥

Right now, all these incredible house hippos are being spayed and neutered. Thank you to their responsible, loving owners who brought the dogs in and are committed to preventing pet overpopulation.

These dogs will never contribute to the heartbreaking overpopulation cycle that leaves millions of dogs abandoned in the woods, dumped on the side of the road, or killed in overcrowded shelters each year.

This is how we save lives — not just today, but for years to come.

Million thanks to our amazing, generous sponsor:

🎉 Clinic sponsored in full by the Tortorello Family Foundation  🎉

Heartfelt thanks to the incredible team at for performing these lifesaving procedures.

Every dog is receiving completely FREE to their owner:

🐶Spay/neuter surgery

🐶Rabies vaccine

🐶DA2PP (distemper/parvo) vaccine

🐶Microchip

🐶Nail trim

🐶Recovery cone

🐶Trazodone (take-home calming medication)

🐶Meloxicam (take-home pain medication)

If you would like to sponsor a future clinic and help save thousands of lives, please email [email protected].

05/27/2026

Happening Tomorrow -  “Free Spay and Neuter Day for Pit Bulls”

We are fixing a total of 17 dogs tomorrow morning.

Thank you very much to our amazing, generous, compassionate superstar sponsors who make this happen:

💥 15 surgeries – sponsored by the Tortorello Family Foundation 💥

💥 2 surgeries – sponsored by Anonymous 💥

This is how we save lives!

This is how we end the abuse, torture, neglect, and abandonment of dogs.

This is how we reduce shelter intake numbers.

This is how we reduce shelter killing.

The US is in an unprecedented crisis. We can NOT rescue - or adopt - our way out of this.

Millions of dogs are being slaughtered every year.

We must “fix” the problem at the source. We must go upstream and turn off the faucet and that means spay and neuter.

Every dog receives completely FREE to their owner:

👉 Spay/neuter surgery

👉 Rabies vaccine

👉 DA2PP (distemper/parvo) vaccine

👉 Microchip

👉 Nail trim

👉 Recovery cone

👉 Trazodone (take-home calming medication)

👉 Meloxicam (take-home pain medication)

05/25/2026

05/24/2026

✨ CURATED FINDS CHARITY TAG SALE ✨

Shop amazing high-end home décor, furniture, art, and interior design treasures — all while helping save dogs’ lives. 🐾

📅 Saturday, June 13, 2026

⏰ 10AM–2PM

📍 The Depot
25 Heights Road
Darien, CT 06820

All items have been generously donated by talented local interior designers and shops.

The bake sale goodies are generously donated by The Stamford Diner. 🧁

Every dollar raised supports our “Free Spay & Neuter Days for Pit Bulls” program — helping prevent unwanted litters and saving lives.

We are incredibly grateful to the local designers, businesses, and community members who donated such beautiful pieces and delicious treats to make this event possible. ❤️

🐶 Plus — meet adorable dogs available for adoption from and

Come shop, eat, adopt, and support a lifesaving cause.

Please share! 🙏

05/22/2026

Happening Next Week - our next “Free Spay and Neuter Day for Pit Bulls” - Thursday May 28!

We will be fixing a total of 17 dogs. Thank you very much to our amazing, generous, compassionate superstar sponsors who make this happen:

🎉 15 surgeries – sponsored by the Tortorello Family Foundation  🎉

 🎉 2 surgeries – sponsored by Anonymous 🎉

All spots are filled!

This is how we save lives!

This is how we end the abuse, torture, neglect, and abandonment of dogs.

This is how we reduce shelter intake numbers. This is how we reduce shelter killing.

The US is in an unprecedented crisis. We can NOT rescue - or adopt - our way out of this. Millions of dogs are being slaughtered every year.

We must “fix” the problem at the source. We must go upstream and turn off the faucet and that means spay and neuter. Get involved wherever you are. It is the single most important thing you can do.

Video is from previous clinic.

05/19/2026

Adopt Samson! 🐾

Are you looking for a roommate who sleeps 19 hours a day, complains when dinner is 4 minutes late, and enjoys lying dramatically in patches of grass? Great news Samson is available!

Samson is 14 years old and has fully retired from all unnecessary activities. His daily schedule includes:

• Pottering around the yard
• Supervising squirrels
• Napping on the deck
• Napping in the grass
• Napping after his nap

He is the perfect dog for people who consider “going out” to mean sitting on the porch in sweatpants.

Samson does not believe in cardio. He believes in snacks, soft beds, and minding his business.

Samson is sweet, gentle, low-key, and easier to live with than most humans.

Please share this adorable senior potato and help us find him the cozy retirement home he deserves. ❤️

05/18/2026

🎉 Free Spay & Neuter Days for Pit Bulls 🎉

Over the next few months, we will be spaying and neutering 97 dogs and we have already fixed 73 dogs so far this year!

Every spot is already full, and we currently have more than 700 people on our waitlist. That alone shows how desperately these services are needed.

Vet care has become unaffordable for dog owners. Corporate buyouts and private equity have driven veterinary costs through the roof, while rent, utilities, gas, and groceries continue to climb. Many people want to do the right thing and fix their dogs, but simply cannot afford the cost.

Spaying and neutering saves lives. Just one unaltered female dog and her offspring can produce up to 67,000 puppies in only six years!

At one of our previous clinics, a single male dog had already fathered five litters, totaling more than 50 puppies. Those puppies then go on to reproduce, creating thousands more dogs in just a few years. The scale of the problem is overwhelming.

This is why free spay and neuter programs are the most important thing any rescue can do. One surgery can prevent the suffering of countless animals and literally save tens of thousands of lives.

There is a crisis happening in shelters across the US. Dogs are being killed at unprecedented levels, and we cannot rescue or adopt our way out of this crisis. The only solution is prevention.

Please get involved in your community. Sponsor a surgery, support a clinic, volunteer, donate, or simply help spread the message: spay and neuter saves lives.

05/17/2026

Winnie the Brindle Gremlin 💕

Winnie arrived on transport and headed straight to her foster-to-adopt home yesterday.

Somehow this tiny brindle goblin is acting like she has been living there forever. She slept through the night with zero accidents, then proudly marched outside first thing in the morning to p*e and p**p like a perfect little lady. Pretty impressive for a puppy who had been living 24/7 in a crowded southern shelter kennel where dogs are forced to sleep, eat, and go toilet in the same tiny space… and after surviving a 24-hour transport ride to New York.

Winnie clearly knows she is finally safe. She is already showing everyone what a good girl she is. She even has two human brothers to grow up with. There is nothing better than kids and dogs growing up together.

Winnie is cuddly, funny, adorable, and full of personality. But Winnie was also dangerously close to being killed, simply because shelters across the South are overflowing with unwanted puppies. Thousands of puppies, yes puppies, are killed every single day because of pet overpopulation.

Winnie got lucky. Previous adopters of ours, whose beloved dog died last year, were looking to open their hearts to another puppy and Winnie was the perfect match.

Now Winnie is home. Warm bed. Loving family. Full belly. Safe forever.

Her three littermates were taken in by two other New York rescues, so this entire litter made it out alive. Most do not.

Please always adopt, never shop, and SPAY/NEUTER your pets.

If you would like to help, please consider donating toward Winnie’s rescue costs. We also covered transport expenses for all four puppies from the South to Westchester, NY.

Thank you for giving these puppies a second chance at life. 🐾

Ways to Donate:

👉On this page

👉Venmo:  

👉PayPal: paypal.me/AnimalsRFamily

👉Zelle: [email protected]

👉Checks:
Animals-R-Family
PO Box 2444
Stamford, CT 06906

05/16/2026

Welcome Winnie The Brindle Gremlin

We do not understand why people like puppies. They are basically tiny baby land sharks with zero impulse control and the bladder capacity of a teaspoon. But apparently people LOVE them. Weird.😃🤪

We were contacted by previous adopters who adopted a puppy named Kali from us way back in 2015. Sadly, Kali passed away from lymphoma late last year, and the family recently decided they were ready to open their hearts to another puppy.

Enter Winnie: a perfect little brindle gremlin from one of our shelter partners. She is foster-to-adopt while we take care of her vet care. Please consider donating towards her vet care. 

Winnie is one of four siblings, and there was no way we were taking the cute brindle one and leaving the other three behind to be killed.  Because, yes, shelters across the country are beyond overflowing, and puppies are being killed every single day simply to make room for the non stop flood of unwanted dogs. Millions of puppies die in shelters every year in the U.S. Get your dogs fixed.

Thankfully, two amazing rescues stepped up to help save the rest of the litter, and we are SO grateful.

The stunning red puppy is now safe with , and the adorable black puppies are with . All three were transported to their respective rescues today and are sweet, hilarious, snuggly little maniacs who love other dogs. Please adopt them!