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HAVE A HEART PET SHELTER This week we want to write about the importance of teaching your children how to be a good pet owner. We were so happy to see the number of families at our booth at Christmas on the Square last week. We enjoyed helping the children (of all ages) make a […]

Happy Fall everyone! This week we want to talk a bit about the need for folks to stop breeding pit bulls. These dogs (and pit bull mixes) are the most at-risk dogs in animal shelters all across the country. They are difficult to adopt and out-of-state rescues we regularly send dogs to, for the most

It’s recently been brought to our attention that a few members of our community are spreading false information about Have A Heart. In our continuing efforts to be completely transparent, we would like to give you some facts about the shelter so you can rest assured that your support is not misguided. 1. We are

Things have really been hopping at the Shelter lately! As many of you know, Have A Heart Pet Shelter is holding weekly low-cost spay and neuter clinics in our surgical suite. These clinics are supported by the Bissell Pet Foundation’s “Fix the Future” initiative. The cost for the spay or neuter procedure and rabies vaccination

Have A Heart Pet Shelter in Yellville received an American Rescue Act Plan (ARPA) grant last year to purchase surgical equipment to outfit a wet prep room and surgical suite onsite at the Shelter. The Shelter did its first surgeries last summer when the military Innovative Readiness Training team performed surgeries for nine days at

Greetings from everyone at Have A Heart Pet Shelter! Instead of featuring individual “Pets of the Week” today, we would like to help the people of our community (as well as those outside our community) have a better idea of what they should do if they find a stray dog and want to help. If

Greetings animal lovers! Last week, Have A Heart Pet Shelter once again hosted a three-day Volunteer Low Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic. Approximately 120 dogs and cats were sterilized, meaning that 120 dogs and cats will not be producing unwanted litters and contributing to the pet overpopulation problem that plagues our community. The Shelter will

2023 – A Year for the Books Have A Heart Pet Shelter opened in the Spring of 2016 and has had amazing growth in its seven years of operation. The first year, we took in 134 animals. We have continued growth each year, except for 2021, when our intake dipped from 689 to 640. Even