Home for the Holidays: Shada's Best Friend

Shada Whalley has loved cats and dogs all her life but never had a pet of her own. That is, until PetSmart Charities of Canada’s November National Adoption Weekend. The shy, soft-spoken, 11-year-old came into her local PetSmart the store with her mom...

Home for the Holidays: Cudi's Journey Home

*/ Cudi was just one of several puppies available for adoption during PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend. But, something about his fun-loving personality helped him stand out from the pack and captured the hearts of newlyweds, Bri and David. The...

Celebrate Adopt a Shelter Dog Month

We're kicking off Adopt a Shelter Dog Month with an SPCA Tampa Bay partner spotlight! Video of Partner Spotlight: SPCA Tampa Bay With a mission to create a community where every pet matters, SPCA Tampa Bay is committed to serving all pets within their...

Red Paw Emergency Relief Team

When she was 10 years old, PetSmart Store Leader #1617 Krista Guogas and her family experienced the unimaginable – their family home tragically burned down. Having only lived in the home for three months, her family not only worried about their personal...

No Dog Gets Left Behind

For members of the Military who are deployed overseas, it is common for them to find and befriend local stray dogs in the field. Those dogs are often malnourished and anxious around humans. “I’ve worked with stray and abandoned dogs before. I could tell...

How You Can Help in Times of Crisis

“Breaking News” is apparently a notification on my iPhone that comes as a default setting. I haven’t intentionally set it up as a function nor have I invested the effort in turning it off – so it continues to remind me of some big version of news that is...

Emergency Relief + PetSmart Charities: How We Help

The “Go Bag” There’s that one section in every closet that remains nearly untouched. The section where we can’t bear to clean it out, donate the clothes, or even pack the clothes up in a box to move to the attic for storage, because every time we walk in...

Save a Life, Adopt a Shelter Pet

Three adopters share their stories and hope to inspire yours Sydney always knew she wanted a four-legged friend of her very own. But, as a busy college student and athlete, she planned on waiting until after college graduation before taking on the big...

2017 Year in Review

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An Update on Hurricane Harvey from our COO, Deb Turcott

To our partners, donors and friends, Thank you for the outpouring of support you are providing to the relief efforts in Texas and Louisiana. Here at PetSmart Charities, we’ve received many phone calls, emails, and inquiries on social media about how people...