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8,000+
Pets rescued to date
7+
Locations & Counting
100+
New volunteers each year
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Providing Love Is Our Paw-ssion
Even a single act of kindness can save an animal’s life.
Always & Furever advocates not just for the lives of pets, but for the quality of their lives. We go beyond most shelters, offering our rescues a chance to experience kindness, comfort, and joy while they wait for their furever home to find them.
From critical medical care to daily moments of comfort and love, every animal in our care is treated with dignity while they wait for their furever home.
Whether you adopt, volunteer, or give, your compassion becomes their second chance.
Providing Love Is Our Paw-ssion
Even a single act of kindness can save an animal’s life.
Always & Furever advocates not just for the lives of pets, but for the quality of their lives. We go beyond most shelters, offering our rescues a chance to experience kindness, comfort, and joy while they wait for their furever home to find them.
From critical medical care to daily moments of comfort and love, every animal in our care is treated with dignity while they wait for their furever home.
Whether you adopt, volunteer, or give, your compassion becomes their second chance.
What Makes Us Special
Patience
Unlike other shelters, we refuse to give up on any of the animals that enter our doors. No matter what, our team devotes as much of our time, energy, and funding as possible to keep our animals healthy and safe.
Protection
Even after our animals find their furever homes, we vow to help you take care of them, if necessary. We conduct frequent follow ups and can help connect you to resources as needed. One day, we hope to reduce barriers between adopters and essential pet care, including veterinary costs and food purchases.
Positivity
Plans change and mistakes happen, but it’s our job to persevere and to learn. What began in Spring Hill, Kansas, has grown into a life-saving mission serving animals across Osawatomie, Kansas City, Wichita, and beyond. We’re here to be the model of forgiveness that these animals need, which helps us become better, kinder people.
Adoption Process
If you’re ready to join our community of adopters, we’re glad to have you! Before you bring your furry friend home, though, there are a few steps you’ll need to follow. Start by filling out an application and then we will begin:
- Reference Checks – This helps us understand you as a pet owner. If this is your first pet, don’t worry—this step helps us match you with the right animal.
- Virtual Home Check – The size of your home isn’t important, as long as it meets your pet’s needs.
- Background check – We need this information to check for any past animal-related incidents. All animals deserve secure, happy homes.
- Medical Team Consultation – Ensuring the health of you, your new friend, and any current pets you have is essential.
- Meet-and-Greets – We’ll repeat this step as necessary to verify that you and your desired companion are compatible.
Future Plans at the Homestead
A fortunate turn of events led Always & Furever to purchase 40 acres next to our original Little Red Barn. What began as a simple letter to the landowners is now a dream come true! Our main focus will be on building smaller facilities for puppies, cats, reactive animals, and on-site medical care. Then, we can shift focus to hosting community-centered activities on the property that encourage kind humans to adopt animals in need. This could include puppy yoga, pancake breakfasts with dogs, bingo nights with cats, and more.
Our mission continues to grow. Today, we proudly serve pets and people across the region, with key locations in Wichita, Osawatomie, and our soon-to-be Homestead East in Kansas City, MO.
It’s been big day for Mike Wazowski so far, shoutout to our awesome volunteers for taking him out for a walk and a Pupcup through our Doggy Date program! Mike & all of us here really appreciate the love shared & advertisement of Mike while out! Please check out www.alwaysandfurever.org for info about Volunteer Opportunities & Events, as well as for more information on Mike Wazowski, our 8 year old healthy Pug/Boxer mix! Looking for his Furever home, or Foster home, TODAY! Don’t miss out on Mike 🙂 ... See MoreSee Less
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💔 HIS TIME IS UP.
HE’S TERRIFIED. 💔
Some dogs enter a shelter and somehow adjust.
Some don’t.
This sweet boy was found as a stray and brought into a large, crowded municipal shelter. And he is completely overwhelmed.
He shutters in the corner.
He cowers.
He shakes.
He is scared, fearful, and painfully timid.
And honestly… can you blame him?
If you have ever walked into a large municipal shelter, you know.
The barking is deafening.
Dogs crying.
Doors slamming.
Strange voices.
Strange smells.
Strange faces.
People coming and going.
There is nothing familiar. Nothing comforting. Nothing that tells a frightened dog, “You are safe here.”
For this little guy, the fear has completely consumed him. 💔
And now, instead of giving him time to decompress and learn that he is safe, his time is up.
Euthanasia is knocking at his door.
😭 But we believe there is another door he should be walking through.
The door to a foster home.
The door to a forever home.
The door to a quiet room, a soft bed, a gentle voice and someone who will simply sit beside him and say…
“You’re safe now.”
We want to wash away the fear.
We want the shelter to become a distant memory.
We want to show him that life isn't always loud and frightening. That hands can be gentle. That people can be kind. That a home can be peaceful. That someone will protect him instead of letting him face the world alone.
He doesn't need someone to expect him to be perfect on day one.
He needs someone willing to give him a chance.
HE’s NOT WITH US YET- help us get him. 8 yrs old. Sweet and needs help!
🙏 HE NEEDS A FOSTER.
🏡 HE NEEDS AN ADOPTER.
❤️ HE NEEDS SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN HIM. His time is now up.
Please don't let the most frightened dog in the room become the dog nobody saves.
His fear is not a death sentence. ... See MoreSee Less
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Today we are grateful. Grateful for every person who has stopped to hear one of these stories, shared a post, made a donation, told a friend or simply believed with us that rescue can be different. Because We Have a Dream is not really about 100 days or even $1.4 million. It is about what becomes possible when enough people decide that animals deserve more than survival. They deserve safety, joy, dignity, medical care, room to heal and a future.
That is what Rescue Reimagined means to me. It means building places where the animals who are old, scared, sick, overlooked or simply need more time still get to belong. It means creating something that can save thousands more lives long after these 100 days are over.
And here is the part I keep coming back to: we do not need one person to give $1.4 million. We need 5,600 people willing to believe enough to give $250. Some will give $25. Some will give $2,500. Some will share this with the person who changes everything. Every single act matters.
Big dreams are almost never built in one giant moment. They are built one person, one gift, one share and one act of faith at a time.
So tonight, if this mission has ever made you smile, cry, hope, believe or think maybe rescue really can be different, I’m asking you to be part of building what comes next.
Help us turn this dream into a place animals can actually live in. We are only 7 days in. There are 93 days left. And I believe with everything in me that if enough of us choose to believe together, this dream is possible. ... See MoreSee Less
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