Littlepaws Pet Resort

08/27/2024

The last pool day of 2024! The wind tried to change our minds.... but we made it happen for our furry friends. 💗

08/26/2024

Today is national Dog day! To celebrate, post pictures of you furry friends 🧡

08/13/2024

Pool fun!

08/06/2024

Bigs group 2

08/06/2024

The bigs group 1

08/06/2024

We had a really fun group for pool day today. Lots of pictures!

First up the littles!

07/16/2024

Pool days!

07/02/2024

First pool day of the year is in the books! It was a blast!

06/25/2024

It's pool time of the year again!
Tuesday July 2nd will be our first pool day.

This sign will be on the counter the days we are offering pool time. Just let us know at drop off if you would like your dog to participate.

06/21/2024

OUR POWER IS OUT!

It's out in areas all over yakima, due to a fire I am hearing off of keys rd. There is no estimated time for it to come back on yet.

Please have patience with us If you are trying to call, or email we have no way to respond right now. You can message us and we will respond as soon as we can.

Thank you for understanding!

05/31/2024

OUR POWER IS OUT!

It's out in areas all over yakima, due to a fire I am hearing off of marsh road. There is no estimated time for it to come back on yet.

Please have patience with us If you are trying to call, or email we have no way to respond right now. You can message us and we will respond as soon as we can.

Thank you for understanding!

05/21/2024

ANNOUNCING . . . Valley Spay and Neuter, a low cost spay/neuter clinic by YVPR.

We are so excited to have the opportunity to open this clinic in the Yakima Valley and provide another resource for residents of Yakima County to obtain spay/neuter procedure for their pets.

Valley Spay and Neuter Clinic will be located in Harrah, WA at the former Harrah Veterinary Clinic. The clinic will operate 3 days each month with appointments available for both dogs and cats.

We’ve put together a list of items needed to help us get ready for our next clinic dates in June. The Amazon list is comprised in order with things we need most at the top. You can order directly from the Amazon list or if you are local and want to pick items up from another retailer that works too. Email [email protected] for a drop off address.

Amazon List: https://a.co/72Hdblz

We are a small rescue, fully comprised of volunteers. We work with a community who is in dire need of our help with rehoming their animals and/or altering them. This leaves us underfunded and overworked, as most of us are throughout any type of animal welfare group.

We see the need, we hear your calls for help, but we can’t do this alone. We have taken a huge leap opening this clinic. We need continued support from our community locally and throughout WA to be able to run this low cost clinic each month. We have the capability of altering upwards of 100 animals each month. This will be SO impactful over time!

If you cannot help financially, consider volunteering your time at our clinic. Using volunteer power helps us keep the prices low as possible for the community.

Keep your eye on the YVPR FB page as appointments for the next clinic June 12-14 will be available soon!

04/18/2024

Little Paws Pet Resort is taking applications for the position of Dog Handler. This is a part time position (25-30 hours per week) with occasional full time hours if needed. Must be at least 18...

03/29/2024

Nice spring morning outside!

01/04/2024

We are coming to the end of our 12th annual food drive for homeless pets! You have from now through tomorrow 1/5/2024 at 6:30 pm to drop off donations for Yakima Valley Pet Rescue ! Thank you to all who have donated already, we really do have the best customers around!

12/11/2023

Donations are coming in for Yakima Valley Pet Rescue! You have until January 5th to get those donations in for all the dogs and cats in need.

12/11/2023

12/04/2023

This is an excellent explanation from a Veterinarian in Spokane, Of the new respiratory illness going around.

𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 – 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞?
So you’ve seen the stories on the news or your friend posted something on Facebook about this scary new respiratory disease that is spreading across the US. Sound familiar? We’re getting lots of questions about these stories, so here’s our take, along with a link to help those who want more.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝?
There are pockets of reported respiratory infections around the country over the last year. While most start out looking like a “simple” case of kennel cough, some pets develop severe cases of pneumonia and some dogs have died.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰?
Unfortunately, nothing. Sadly, as is often the case, a very low number of these dogs had diagnostic tests sent out prior to starting treatment which can complicate interpreting results. The tests that have been sent out have not given us a diagnosis to explain what is happening beyond the usual suspects.

Upper respiratory infections come in the form of viruses or bacteria (and sometimes both at the same time), causing mild to severe coughing in dogs that usually gets better over one to three weeks. Rarely, it can progress into pneumonia (an infection in the lungs). Some of the common culprits have effective vaccines to prevent or lesson the severity of symptoms.

𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲?
There has been an outbreak of an upper respiratory infection at SpokAnimal; however, the tests so far have not given a definitive culprit and all we know is that the severity of the symptoms has been much improved after treating with antibiotics (indicating part of the problem likely was bacterial, although there is likely some other undetermined infection as well).

Our veterinarians 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 seen an increase in respiratory infections in our clients’ dogs in the local area.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨?
First, don’t panic!

Second, make sure your pet is up to date for the vaccines your veterinarian recommends, and make sure you get your pets vaccinated at a veterinarian’s office or veterinarian led vaccine clinic. Unfortunately, it’s hard to assess the safety and efficacy of vaccines from in person and online stores as storage at both too cold and too warm of temperatures can damage the vaccine at any point from manufacturer, to warehouse, to delivery truck, to the store’s display, to your house (giving the shot is the easy part).

Third, consider your dog’s overall health and make good decisions related to their risk. This means that dogs that have asthma, cancer, or any other medical condition causing a weakened immune system should probably be cautious about exposure to dogs of unknown health status.

If your dog is likely to consume everything including the kitchen sink resulting in emergency surgery, and your only outlet for their energy is a trip to the dog park or doggy daycare, then it is likely reasonable to continue these outings.

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞?
See this link (https://www.wormsandgermsblog.com/2023/11/articles/animals/dogs/new-weird-canine-respiratory-pathogen-what-do-we-know/) where Dr. Weese explains what information is available. Dr. Weese is a veterinary epidemiologist – a veterinarian who specializes in disease spread – and does a great job going through what we know, what we think we might know, and his take on how to proceed.

12/01/2023

We are having our 12th annual food drive for homeless pets! All proceeds this year are going to Yakima Valley Pet Rescue ! You have from now until January 5th to drop off donations. If you bring in a donation you will get your pets name on an ornament on our giving tree. Donations can be dropped off at 1314 Gordon RD. Yakima, WA. 98901. Below is a list of items we are collecting. If you have any questions feel free to ask, and share the post. Let's make this our biggest year yet!

11/09/2023

Winners of the costume contest....

In 3rd place is Mo with 24 votes
In 2nd place is Charlie with 47 votes
In 1st place is major with 85 votes!

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our annual Halloween party and costume contest. Everyone looked great and had a blast.

10/31/2023

Costume contest pictures! You have until Tuesday November 7th to vote. Winners will be announced Wednesday November 8th.

Make sure You click like on the pictures you want to vote for. Likes on the whole post don't count. So please open the post and like each picture. If you share the post make sure your friends like the pictures on the original post, or I can't see the votes and we can't count them.

I can't wait to see who wins this year! We have allot of fantastic costumes!

10/31/2023

10/27/2023

Just a reminder Tuesday October 31st is our annual Halloween party and costume contest. Fun starts at 10:00am! We can't wait to see all of this year's costumes!

08/22/2023

For some reason the private message function on Facebook won't let me see or respond to any messages. Please call 509-453-0059 with any questions. So sorry for the inconvenience.

07/13/2023

Pool days

06/09/2023

Photo dump

04/11/2023

Today is national pet day! Flood this post with pictures of your pets! Here are my pups to start it off!