Pet Quote of the Month: A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat...

April 2025 "Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms." - George Eliot   March...

March 2025 Quote of the Month: “Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much larger and better in every...

Tiger and Hootie: neither is lonely anymore!! The sweetest news this week is that Sid's permanent sanctuary FeLV-positive kittie, Hootie,...

MONDAY & TUESDAY Monday started out with Sid dropping off 9 animals to get fixed at Minnkota PAAWS in Fargo. 2 local cats that were...

Ok, so a shorter update this week, but that just means we were too busy working on other stuff to write much here! This past week: Sid is...

What a (mostly!) Great Week! Ok, so I am starting to write this on Tuesday morning - but I already have so much GOOD NEWS to share!!!...

Hello! Thank you for visiting our blog! I have been 'wanting' to get weekly blog posts out for months and months - well instead of...

The dog facility is BUILT! I would say 'done' - but there are a few finishing touches needed (permanent electrical fixtures, a large...

and then I met Sid, our founder and director. She gets more done in a day than I thought humanly possible. I am convinced Sid can do this...

Morgan is the perfect reminder that every cat deserves a chance. The day she came to us, she was in such bad shape that Sid thought the...

We could all use a little (or a lot) of therapy couldn't we? A sweet furry little live-in therapist is a good start I think! Maybe I am...

So, we got this in the mail the other day! But unfortunately we can't quite figure out who sent it! Please help us by looking carefully...

Colin is the biggest love. All he wants is to snuggle with you and get head scratches. He is so calm and easygoing and is ready to love...

Do you enjoy cat bellies? Then have we got the kitty for you! This is Kelso, he HAS to show you his belly. All the time. It means he...

Hi guys! I am excited to be writing Blog posts for Smiley's! Sid and I were looking at the analytics for the newsletter today - and we...

Oops! I (Adriane!) somehow didn't get this image (below) in the newsletter! We are now in full-on fundraising mode for this building....

Jack and Hal are extremely sweet, and we are hoping to get them adopted TOGETHER before Halloween! It would be just silly for them to not...

Welcome, everyone! This week is our first week of having open hours at the rescue! We still do by appointment if these times don't work...