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8,000+
Pets rescued to date
7+
Locations & Counting
100+
New volunteers each year
Our Past Rescues
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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.
Good girl, Slate is a 7 years old and 63 pounds who is still waiting for someone to her see the beautiful soul she is. She it's a gorgeous black Retriever, Black Labrador / Mixed Breed (Medium) with a beautiful heart. She loves her balls, gets very excited for treats, and has so much love left to give. 🎾🦴💕
Slate is currently waiting at the Little Red Barn, hoping that her person will finally walk through the door and choose her. Hoping for a family who will give her a soft place to sleep, a yard to enjoy, toys to play with, treats to savor, and a heart to call home. 🏡❤️
She has waited long enough. She deserves to know what it feels like to be someone’s girl… to be loved, cherished, and never left wondering if her forever family is coming. 💔🐾
Please don’t let Slate spend another day waiting.
🐶 You can find more info on her at Alwaysandfurever.org!
Her forever family is out there. Maybe it’s you!? ❤️
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Girly Isadora 💗🐾
This beautiful 10-year-old girl has been waiting and waiting for someone to see just how special she truly is. 🥺💔 At 59 pounds, Isadora is a gorgeous Vizsla, Smooth Haired/Mixed Breed who has so much love to give.
She deserves to spend her golden years surrounded by love, comfort, and a family who will cherish her every single day. She deserves a soft bed to call her own, a family to love her, and most importantly, a place where she can finally say, “I’m home.” 🏡❤️
📍 Location: Little Red Barn
🐾 Breed: Vizsla, Smooth Haired/Mixed Breed
🎀 Sex: Female
⚖️ Weight: 59 lbs
🎂 Age: 10 years old
Isadora is still waiting for her forever family. Please help us make sure her wait doesn’t last any longer.
🌟LINK TO ADOPT OR FOSTER:
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🔷️Venmo: @AlwaysAndFurever (charity
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💙PayPal: alwaysandfurever@yahoo.com
💜Zelle: Zelle@alwaysandfurever.org
📈Stock Donations - Avoid capital gains
📇Corporate Matching - Many employers will double your gift!
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💰click here to donate: www.alwaysandfurever.org/donate/
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🏠Hotel Getaways
www.alwaysandfurever.org/hotel-
getaways/
💙Barn Wishlist
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/29PPGWQQQ88YX?ref_=list_d_wl_ys_list_2&filter=all&sort=date-added&v...
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Our Spottie sisters sunbathing on this beautiful day ☀️. As much as they love our yards, they’d love to have their own…
Come meet them and fall in love!! They each are so special and have strong personalities that are GUARANTEED to bring you smiles! 💖☺️💖
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✨Upcoming events✨:
Wednesday, August 26th - Dine to Donate at Bubba’s 33 – 5-9pm Wichita, KS
Wednesday, August 26th – Wet Nose Wednesday – 5:30pm – Wichita Wind Surge baseball game - Wichita, KS
Saturday, September 5th – Creature Keepers community market – 12-6pm - 300 W 77th St N, Valley Center, KS 67147
Sunday, September 6th - 5k9 5k and Family Fun Run – 8am – 8850 Sunflower Rd., DeSoto, KS 66018
De Soto Days 5K-9 and Family Fun Run
Sunday, September 13th - The Pawmazing Race at Mixed Mutt & Co. - 10am to 2pm - 108 S. Liberty St., Independence, MO
Friday, September 25th - Tee up for Tails golf tournament – Osawatomie
Tee up for Tails Golf Tournament Fall 26
Saturday, October 17th – Honk N Howl @ MCC Maple Woods – 11am to 2pm 2601 NE Barry Rd., Kansas City, MO (pending, have not signed up yet but need to ASAP)
Sunday, October 18th - Dogtoberfest – 10am to 4pm – Kemper Outdoor Education Center – 8201 S. Jasper Bell Rd., Blue Springs, MO (pending, have not signed up yet but need to ASAP)
Friday Nov. 6 – Sat, Nov 7th - KC Pet Fest at the American Royal - American Royal Center, 1701 American Royal Ct, Kansas City, MO 64102 – www.kcpetfest.com (pending, have not signed up yet but needs to ASAP)
Save the date:
August 30th - Volunteer event at OZ
Oct 3rd & 10th – HOLD for David’s Day
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