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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.
Rocky needs us - this is what I know: Rocky will hit three years in the rural shelter this September. His kennel mate was recently pulled by a rescue, and Rocky was placed with another dog who attacked him. Since then, he has been moved to a small pop-up kennel where he spends all day. Resources are limited now and he needs help.
He only gets out for a few minutes each day while his kennel is cleaned. He has puppies housed in kennels above him, and waste from the upper kennels drains down into his area. He sleeps in filth. But doesn’t complain and still shows only love. When he was found years ago- he was tied to a tree. Forgotten. And left.
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So now each of you knows exactly what I do. And I hope after reading that you will step up. And help me find a way to help him.
Life is so hard for so many. But it doesn’t have to be for Rocky. We need to ban together and get him a home. A foster, an adopter. A family who cares and is willing to love him.
He is around 7 yrs old. Great with all doggies and people.
He was left tied to a tree and only then
Sent to a shelter- to wait and be overlooked
Forgotten for over 3 years.
Let’s change the path of neglect he is on.
He deserves better.
Who’s ready to step up and help Rocky?!? I need a foster to help save him!
Either a foster for Rocky or one of our other deserving doggies ready for their forever at our locations.
Foster and that opens a space and we can save Rocky!
Let’s do this.
I’m ready - are you?!?
To foster or adopt:
alwaysandfurever.org/donate
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It’s emails and text messages like the one I am about to share that keep me up at night. The sadness, the heart ache, and the stress these animals must feel. And then The other rescue teams that contact me feeling defeated. But still haven’t given up. It’s that One last ask. They pray And yet they feel like it is all hopeless.
Trying to find a plan. Thinking of how to help all the doggies like Rocky. The forgotten ones. It’s heavy.
But it starts by helping one. And when these calls come over - you have a goal to do all you can . Because now you know. And you don’t forget their faces.
I really want to help To Rocky.
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Here is part of the note I received -
Rocky will hit three years in the shelter this September. His kennel mate was recently pulled by a rescue, and Rocky was placed with another dog who attacked him. Since then, he has been moved to a small pop-up kennel where he spends all day. Resources are limited now and he needs help.
He only gets out for a few minutes each day while his kennel is cleaned. He has puppies housed in kennels above him, and waste from the upper kennels drains down into his area. He sleeps in filth. But doesn’t complain and still shows only love. When he was found years ago- he was tied to a tree. Forgotten. And left.
**************************
So now each of you knows exactly what I do. And I hope after reading that you will step up. And help me find a way to help him.
Life is so hard for so many. But it doesn’t have to be for Rocky. We need to ban together and get him a home. A foster, an adopter. A family who cares and is willing to love him.
He is around 7 yrs old. Great with all doggies and people.
He was left tied to a tree and only then
Sent to a shelter- to wait and be overlooked
Forgotten for over 3 years.
Let’s change the path of neglect he is on.
He deserves better.
Who’s ready to step up and help Rocky?!? I need a foster to help save him!
Either a foster for Rocky or one of our other deserving doggies ready for their forever at our locations.
Foster and that opens a space and we can save Rocky!
Let’s do this.
I’m ready - are you?!?
To foster or adopt:
alwaysandfurever.org/donate
alwaysandfurever.org/donate
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Luna, Bella Rue, and Monte are all looking for their furever families! 🏡💕 all of these pups are available to adopt or foster!
Luna 💜
🐾 9 years old
🐾 Akita/ Chow chow mix
🐾 Good with other dogs
🐾 Potty and leash trained
Bella Rue 🩷
🐾 10 years old
🐾 Great Pyrenees mix
🐾 Potty and leash trained
🐾 Great with everyone!
Monte 💙
🐾 10 years old
🐾 Lab mix
🐾 Good with other dogs
🐾 Potty and leash trained
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