All Dog Adoption Event Oct 30th

All dogs large to small will be waiting to meet their fans at the Petco in Richfield this Saturday October 30th from 10-12. Darvin Is a 3-5 year old springer. He has a family coming to visit with him.

Susie is ready for her forever home. She came from a puppy mill and has made great strides learning about how fun life can be out of a cage.

Tug an 8 year old beagle will do anything for a treat. He will be there along with many of our other adoptable dogs. Check here for a list of our available dogs.

August 7th Adoption Events

Lola an 8 year old lab mix will be waiting to meet you on Saturday August 7th at the Eden Prairie Petco 8020 Glen Lane from 10-12.





Small dog adoption event will be on Saturday August 7th at the Chuck & Don's Wayzata-1147 Wayzata Blvd. E-from 10-12.

July 3rd Adoption Events

Adoption events are this Saturday July 3rd. Come out and meet our pups before you head out to that family picnic. Large dogs will be at the Petco in Minnetonka, 13691 Ridgedale Drive from 10-12. Little Romeo is a 14 week old springer/beagle mix that is making his adoption day debut along with his brother Buster.

Susie the poodle will be attending the small dog adoption event at the Chunk & Don' Wayzata, 1147 Wayzata Blvd. E, from 10-12. Have a safe holiday everyone!

Adoption Day May 29th-Richfield

Pet Haven's next adoption day is tomorrow, May 29th, at the Richfield Petco from 10-12.It is a special all dog event with dogs from 10lbs to 80lbs. Radar the Papillon will be making his Pet Haven debut.

Chica has been practicing her welcome techniques at one of our boarding partners Pampered Pooch Playground. She is a German shep mix about 3 years old.

Phoebe the collie/hound mix will be waiting to say hello. Her foster mom says she is quite a character.

Susie is looking for her forever family. She would love to meet you tomorrow. Click here for more info on all of the Pet Haven dogs.

The continued progress of the Puppy Mill Girls

Daisy, the Shih Tzu  and Susie the Poodle continue to adapt and adjust in their foster home.  Their foster mom has sent me an update, which you can read below.  These two little dogs came to us from a puppy mill with a myriad of health problems and an evident lack of socialization with humans.  They're making progress and looking great.

Daisy is afraid of new people, she will run to her kennel and won't come out until the people are gone. These are people she sees 5 times a week. Last night after much coaxing I was able to call her out, but she belly crawled over to me. Hey it's start, the people were still here.

Susie will not go to anyone else but me but she will stay out of her pen and sit on a dog bed out of everyone's way. I think she will adjust fine to people.

Daisy is such a jokester. She loves to run, chew and do whatever is fun. I cant really blame her. Sunday morning I told them we were sleeping in until 9, Daisy had other ideas. When I got up at 7:30 she had the bathroom rug in the living room, my slippers, shoes, and she tried for the kitchen rug but I think it was to heavy for her to drag. She doesn't chew on them or if she does, she doesn't cause any damage. I try to distract her with appropriate toys for chewing.

Daisy's eyes are really looking good. (Daisy has 'dry eye' -- her eyes do not produce tears.) We started new medicine that only needs to be applied twice a day. No longer look dried up and dead.

Susie ear infection I think is really gone for good this time. She has had 4 baths with the special shampoo and her coat looks good for about 3 days, than she needs another bath, hopefully in a month she won't need baths weekly.

House training is not progressing as fast as I would hope. I take them out 3 times a day, sometimes I have luck with them going and other days I don't. They both are getting much more comfortable with outside, so maybe it will click all at once.

I still hope to place the two together. I think it is so neat that they had each other when they were in the hell hole. At the very least another dog for them to bond with is a must.

Progress Report: Puppy Mill Girls

Susie and Daisy continue to do well in their foster home.  The two are inseparable.  Our 'pipe dream' is that they could be adopted together, but when they are ready for their forever homes they will likely need to go their separate ways.

For now, they are enjoying life together and keeping each other warm in this seemingly endless winter.

Pet Haven Rescues Two Puppy Mill Dogs

Daisy and Susie came to us via the Animal Humane Society.   Here is what AHS posted on their website:

"Animal Humane Society was recently called in by authorities to assist in ceasing operations of a commercial breeding facility in a rural Minnesota county. The request for assistance came after authorities there responded to three different calls about the operation.

At this facility, a high number of dogs of various breeds were found living in deplorable conditions. They were housed three to a cage in small kennels that didn’t allow for them to move or turn around; each kennel was covered in feces that contributed to painful mattes in the dogs’ fur. They were not provided exercise and experienced little to no human contact leaving them unsocialized and scared of the outside world.

Pet Haven is fortunate to have an experienced foster home willing to take two of these dogs and work with them to make them adoptable little dogs.  Here is what she has shared with us so far.

Both little girls are shy with very sweet temperaments. Susie is coming out of her shell faster than

an Daisy is. They do not show affection yet, and Daisy tries to avoid being picked up, but both can be handled without a problem. They have started following their foster mom around the house. Both love treats and get along fine with other dogs. They clearly know each other. They had not yet been together in their foster home, but when they were let out of their kennels in the exam room at Plymouth Heights Pet Hospital, Susie got all excited and started trying to play with Daisy and both had wagging tails.

Susie is a 6 - 8 year old black and silver poodle. She is underweight at 8.6 lbs and had to have 18 teeth extracted this week. She was already missing 12 teeth, so there are not many left. She loves the canned and homemade food her foster mom feeds her. She was also spayed and had a couple of mammary tumors removed this week. Susie was covered in mats and had to be shaved. She is missing all of the hair on the top of her nose and a couple of spots on her hips where she is particularly bony, but hopefully some good food and loving attention will help it to grow back.

Daisy is a 5 - 6 year old lhasa (or maybe a shih tzu or maybe a mix of the two - hard to tell). She weighs 13.5 lbs and is light tan with some black on her face. Daisy had surgery and dental work done last week. She was spayed and had mammary tumors removed as well. She also had to be shaved to remove her matted coat, but the hair on her face was able to be trimmed and she is adorable. Daisy has dry eye and produces no tears in either eye. Because this condition went untreated, she lost a significant amount of vision in both eyes. We are hoping that the drops she is now receiving will help to bring some of it back. Daisy also has bad knees - her kneecaps in both back legs are permanently dislocated. She seems to get around fine and the vet concluded that they appear to not be causing her any pain. 

Both of these wonderful little survivors will soon be available for adoption. We have no doubt that they will learn to be loving companions. Since they have spent their lives until now in crates, they do not have a clue about housetraining and are used to eliminating where they live and sleep. Now that they have the space they need they are figuring out that does not have to be the case any longer. They are being trained to use puppy pads in their foster home and Susie is starting to catch on. Daisy still has to figure out this weird practice. They are taken outside, but the cold weather and the strange feel of the outdoors just causes them to be motionless. Once they are more comfortable in their foster home and it warms up a bit outside, they will be transitioned from puppy pads to pottying outdoors.