New Year's Resolutions We Know You Can Keep

Because they are for your best friend

Everyone takes time to reflect on the past year and think about plans to do better for the New Year. The Oregon Humane Society encourages you to make some resolutions that include your four-legged friends and will better the lives of homeless pets in this community.  

Repeat after us: This year, I resolve to show my love for my four-legged
companion. Here's how:

• get my pet spayed or neutered
• encourage friends, family, co-workers, and acquaintances to have their pets spayed or neutered
• make sure my pet is wearing a collar with tags at all times or better yet, get a microchip id and register it with 24PetWatch
• give up smoking because second hand smoke puts my pet at high risk of developing life threatening cancer
• pack a disaster kit for my pet
• schedule my pet's annual veterinarian appointment
• get exercise by walking my dog every day
• find out where the nearest official off-leash park is for me and my dog to visit
• play with my cat every day
• sign up for training classes for me and my canine companion
• remembering to keep my pet fit and trim and refrain from using food as love - use play time instead
• get some new toys for my cat or dog (and I'll buy them at the Oregon Humane Society's pet supply store where 100 percent of the proceeds
  help homeless animals)
• keep my cat's litter box clean and fresh every day
• if appropriate, adopt a friend for my pet (a second dog or cat only
  adds more joy and fun)
• make a donation to the Oregon Humane Society in honor of my pet
• take a photograph of my pet to use in case he gets lost
• keep my cat indoors 24 / 7 where she will be safe and live a long
  healthy happy life