Giving Tuesday 2022

Giving Tuesday 2022 Shelter Pet Safety Net will once again be participating in Giving Tuesday this year.  The Tuesday after Thanksgiving has been a recognized “giving day” for charities for many years now, and encourages people to think about those in need after...

Good Reading

Good Reading The books we read growing up help shape our attitudes and compassion for the animals around us.  The folks at Texas Humane Network have put together a list of some good reading material about animals for kids of various ages.  You can check it out here:...

We Don’t Just Help Dogs!

We Don't Just Help Dogs! We dispense a lot of dog-centric information but that doesn’t mean we only help dogs.  Dogs just seem to get into more trouble.    Eight of our 22 medical cases this year have been cats and two of these involved entire litters of kittens.  Eye...

Dressing up your pet for Halloween?

Dressing up your pet for Halloween? Dressing up your pet for Halloween?  You are not alone.  If you want to be unique…you might want to review this list of the most popular pet costumes in 2021: #1 Pumpkin. #2 Hot Dog #3 Superhero #4 Bumblebee #5 Ghost. #6 Bat #7 Lion...

Elgin Hogeye Festival

Elgin Hogeye Festival Tomorrow is the Elgin Hogeye Festival, a long-time Bastrop County tradition….and Shelter Pet Safety Net will be there again!  This year we are sponsoring a pet adoption booth for the Bastrop County Animal Shelter. We’ll also have some great SPSN...

Heartworm Treatment for Dogs

Heartworm Treatment for Dogs This week we want to highlight a few of our Heartworm Treatment dogs from the shelter.  We added Heartworm Treatments to our Medical funding this year to help out eligible dogs in foster care who came in with heartworms. We treat them...