OHS found homes for more than 5,500 cats last year, but not all of them had an easy time adjusting to their stay at OHS. We work hard to make […]
Category: Blog
Blog posts from OHS staff and volunteers
Meet the Dog Path Crew!
Candace and Bill Bailey are two exceptional OHS volunteers who donate many hours of their time each month to helping the shelter animals. One of their many contributions is starting […]
The Rewards of Patience
Two OHS volunteers share their story of adopting an adult cat who needed some time to settle in and show her true purrsonality. Patience has its rewards! I first saw […]
Pokemon GO at OHS
The game for mobile smartphones, Pokémon GO, is making waves all over – including OHS and other animal shelters! You may have seen information about a shelter in Muncie, Indiana […]
A Dog’s Day at Work
Did you know that OHS Humane Educators visit local classrooms—often with a canine work partner? Follow along with one of the canines as she goes about a day on the job, teaching students […]
Little Dogs Reunion
The little dogs were large and in charge on Sunday, May 29, when they and their families attended the Rainier/Columbia County Rescue Little Dogs reunion at OHS. Five dogs from […]
Home Is Where the Pets Are
Bill & Roberta Ramirez: Friends Forever Story By Kristin Anderson For Bill and Roberta Ramirez, “home” is not a static place—home is where their pets are. Bill and Roberta spent […]
OHS Volunteers in Action
Assisting with ASPCA Emergency Animal Rescue in North Carolina Who do you call when you need help caring for hundreds of neglected animals? Well, if you are the ASPCA and […]
Aloha Dogs
It was a dark and stormy night…okay, it wasn’t really stormy, just a typical chilly Portland spring drizzle. But it was 10:45 pm at the Portland airport (PDX), and two […]
Earth Day Cleanup
On Saturday, April 23, the OHS Dog Path Crew welcomed the help of four volunteers from SOLVE for an Earth Day project on our dog-walking path. The team was small, […]
