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Welcome to APS-FH!
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Why adopt?
Looking for a new friend? Make an appointment to come meet our incredible pets awaiting their forever homes.
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You had us at meow.
Each year about 90 kittens find their way to forever homes with your help. Thank you!
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We can’t do this alone, can you help?
There’s many ways you can support our efforts in the care and adoption of our sweet shelter pets.
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Providing compassionate care and brighter futures for homeless animals.

Search for your new friend here.

There are many places to acquire a dog or a cat, but our shelter provides adoption matchmaking services that help you find the right pet for your family and household. Before you adopt your companion animal from us, the Animal Protection Society will:

  • Treat the pet for internal and external parasites
  • Give them all initial vaccinations
  • Spay or neuter the pet
  • Test all cats for Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) and Leukemia Virus (FeLV)

Beyond all that, animals at the shelter are lovingly cared for, socialized, and observed for all possible behavioral and health problems. We care about our friends, and it shows! Learn more.

How You Can Help

Donate

Outright donations help us feed and take care of the shelter pets. They also help us maintain our facilities and keep the lights on. Make a one-time donation or a monthly donation of any amount.

Volunteer

Volunteer opportunities are many, just to name a few: walking dogs, trapping feral cats, general shelter cleaning, medical clinic support, fostering pets, and volunteering at our Treasure Hounds store.

Treasure Hounds

Shopping at our upscale retail thrift store is another way to support us, so is donating gently used household furnishings, home goods & decor to Treasure Hounds.

Latest Shelter News

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😍 We couldn’t wrap up the week without featuring some of the cute photos we snapped throughout it. Swipe through to see the adorableness for yourself 🥹…

💗👏🏻 Some of the animals photographed here have ended the week adopted, and getting to go home! While others are still waiting in our shelter for their person(s) to come find them🤞🏻💖

⬇️ If you are interested in meeting and/or adopting one of our ⬇️…

🐶 DOG(S): We do not allow drop-in meets and greets, but if you’d like to schedule a meet and greet with any of our dogs, please fill out and submit our Canine Adoption Application from our website:

www.apsfh.com/adoption-program/canine-application/

One of our Adoption Team Members will be in touch with you for scheduling shortly after receiving your application.🐶

🐱CAT(S): We have an open door policy for visiting our cats, meaning that during our regular business hours, you can drop-in at the shelter for a visit with any of the cats! You can also fill out and submit our Feline Adoption Application on our website:

www.apfh.com/adoption-program/feline-application/

One of our Adoption Team Members will be in touch with you shortly after receiving your application.🐱
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😍 We couldn’t wrap up the week without featuring some of the cute photos we snapped throughout it. Swipe through to see the adorableness for yourself 🥹…

💗👏🏻 Some of the animals photographed here have ended the week adopted, and getting to go home! While others are still waiting in our shelter for their person(s) to come find them🤞🏻💖

⬇️ If you are interested in meeting and/or adopting one of our ⬇️…

🐶 DOG(S): We do not allow drop-in meets and greets, but if you’d like to schedule a meet and greet with any of our dogs, please fill out and submit our Canine Adoption Application from our website: 

https://www.apsfh.com/adoption-program/canine-application/ 

One of our Adoption Team Members will be in touch with you for scheduling shortly after receiving your application.🐶

🐱CAT(S): We have an open door policy for visiting our cats, meaning that during our regular business hours, you can drop-in at the shelter for a visit with any of the cats!  You can also fill out and submit our Feline Adoption Application on our website: 

https://www.apfh.com/adoption-program/feline-application/ 

One of our Adoption Team Members will be in touch with you shortly after receiving your application.🐱Image attachmentImage attachment+7Image attachment

~ PET OF THE WEEK ~

Daisy

Age: ~3.5 years old

Sex: Female

Breed: Pitbull Mix

Origin: Oroville, WA

Weight: 68 lbs

Personality: Patient, Popular, Playful

Energy Level: Medium

Likes: Perfume, Pie Eating Contests, Positivity

Dislikes: Plastic Bags, Pollen, Pyramid Schemes

Hi, it’s me Daisy! You may remember me from the last time I was Pet of the Week. My first POW feature was last fall, and now spring has sprung. The days are getting warmer, our time playing out on the turf yards is getting longer, there is grass for eating on our walks, and the smells on the property change with the seasons. All this to say that there are good things sprinkled throughout my days at the shelter, the staff & volunteers try their best to make it fun. But what’s not fun is how long I have lived here; from fall to spring, that’s 24 weeks and counting. The other dogs who were transferred here with me have since been adopted. The staff here thought I would go fast too, but that hasn’t exactly been the case for me.

It’s not easy for any rescue animal to get adopted these days, let alone one like me. That’s because as much as I try to rise above it, and try to tell myself it doesn’t matter, people tend to think they know me just because of my breed. I’m a pitbull and I’m proud of that, but sometimes people make it really hard to be so sure of myself and my worth. They make mean and untrue assumptions about me without realizing just how damaging that can be. Not only to my self-esteem, but to my well-being in this life. And it’s not just to me, it’s to all of us bully breeds.

Putting negative bully-breed stereotypes aside, what you should actually know about ME, the pitbull mix named Daisy, is that: I am a social, silly, and supportive girl. I like outside time, couch time, and of course, cuddle time. I’m looking for a place to call my own, filled with the kind of person(s) & energy that makes it a home. And in return, I’ll give you a best friend for life, who is attentive, intelligent, laid back, loving, up for adventure, and more!

If you are interested in adopting, and would like to make an appointment for a meet and greet, please fill out and submit our Canine Adoption Application from our website:

www.apsfh.com/adoption-program/canine-application/
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~ PET OF THE WEEK ~

Daisy

Age: ~3.5 years old 

Sex: Female

Breed: Pitbull Mix 

Origin: Oroville, WA

Weight: 68 lbs

Personality: Patient, Popular, Playful

Energy Level: Medium 

Likes: Perfume, Pie Eating Contests, Positivity

Dislikes: Plastic Bags, Pollen, Pyramid Schemes

Hi, it’s me Daisy! You may remember me from the last time I was Pet of the Week. My first POW feature was last fall, and now spring has sprung. The days are getting warmer, our time playing out on the turf yards is getting longer, there is grass for eating on our walks, and the smells on the property change with the seasons. All this to say that there are good things sprinkled throughout my days at the shelter, the staff & volunteers try their best to make it fun. But what’s not fun is how long I have lived here; from fall to spring, that’s 24 weeks and counting. The other dogs who were transferred here with me have since been adopted. The staff here thought I would go fast too, but that hasn’t exactly been the case for me. 

It’s not easy for any rescue animal to get adopted these days, let alone one like me. That’s because as much as I try to rise above it, and try to tell myself it doesn’t matter, people tend to think they know me just because of my breed. I’m a pitbull and I’m proud of that, but sometimes people make it really hard to be so sure of myself and my worth. They make mean and untrue assumptions about me without realizing just how damaging that can be. Not only to my self-esteem, but to my well-being in this life. And it’s not just to me, it’s to all of us bully breeds. 

Putting negative bully-breed stereotypes aside, what you should actually know about ME, the pitbull mix named Daisy, is that: I am a social, silly, and supportive girl. I like outside time, couch time, and of course, cuddle time. I’m looking for a place to call my own, filled with the kind of person(s) & energy that makes it a home. And in return, I’ll give you a best friend for life, who is attentive, intelligent, laid back, loving, up for adventure, and more! 

If you are interested in adopting, and would like to make an appointment for a meet and greet, please fill out and submit our Canine Adoption Application from our website:

https://www.apsfh.com/adoption-program/canine-application/

📣 Have you heard? We have puppies!! 📣

🐶 River & Sprout are two, ~11 week old, female, Great Pyrenees/Cattle Dog Mix puppies who are currently looking for their happily ever after in the form of adoption! 💞

✨If you are interested in meeting or adopting, and would like to make an appointment for a meet and greet, please fill out and submit our Canine Adoption Application from our website:

www.apsfh.com/adoption-program/canine-application/

An Adoption Team Member will get back to you for scheduling after your application is submitted✨

🐾 Scroll through to see..

1-4: short video clips of River & Sprout
5: River & Sprout photo
6. Sprout photo
7. River photo 🐾
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📣 Have you heard? We have puppies!! 📣

🐶 River & Sprout are two, ~11 week old, female, Great Pyrenees/Cattle Dog Mix puppies who are currently looking for their happily ever after in the form of adoption! 💞

✨If you are interested in meeting or adopting, and would like to make an appointment for a meet and greet, please fill out and submit our Canine Adoption Application from our website:

https://www.apsfh.com/adoption-program/canine-application/ 

An Adoption Team Member will get back to you for scheduling after your application is submitted✨

🐾 Scroll through to see.. 

1-4: short video clips of River & Sprout 
5: River & Sprout photo 
6. Sprout photo 
7. River photo  🐾Image attachmentImage attachment+4Image attachment

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Happily Home Stories

Senior Dogs at APS-FH Fetch Grant

Friday Harbor –Old dogs have something to wag about this summer, as The Grey Muzzle Organization announces the recipients of its annual grants, and dogs at the Animal Protection Society-Friday…
Princess

Happily Home “Princess”

If you visited our shelter in February 2023, it was very likely that you met senior dog, Princess.
Gizmo Happily Home

Happily Home “Gizmo”

Gizmo had been with us for ~1.5 years, and in that time had amassed quite the fan base.
Tazzy

Happily Home “Tazzy”

You found yourself a fantastic family that will love and care for you for the rest of your years!

Happily Home “Smudge”

Another great ‘Senior to Senior’ adoption!