Simple Ways You Can Help Your Local Animal Shelter

We are starting something new here at Two Little Cavaliers it is our ay to help as many Animal Shelters as possible. We know that you, our readers, followers, and fans, all want to help your local shelter or favorite rescue but you just don’t have room for another animal in your house or can’t foster because you are out of town too often. You also run all around town daily for work, taking your children to after school activities, taking your dog to training classes, and are active in your community that you really don’t have a regular time that you can devote to helping out at your local shelter. Or you feel like the minute you walk in you will want to take all the animals home with you and so you avoid going because you just don’t want to have to say no.

There are so many ways you can help your local shelter without having to step foot inside or at least not past the front desk. Your local shelter and favorite Rescue are always in need of food, treats, toys, bowls, grooming products, and so much more for the animals in their care. You might only see a Facebook post when they are dangerously low on food but that doesn’t mean that your random donation isn’t just as needed. Often we just don’t know what the shelter needs. Or we think 1 of something is not enough to help when the Animal Shelter has over 110 animals in their care. But every item does matter. A stuffed animal for that dog that is depressed in the back of the kennel, a tennis ball for the energetic 1 year old to chase after in the yard, some balls for the kittens to paw around their crate. You are making a difference for that one animal. That animal in tern is happier and when the next adopter walks through the door they see an animal they want to add to their family. 1 small thing can make a difference. And remember your local shelter likely helps out community members that cannot afford to feed their pets for one reason or another and in order to keep them from being turned over to the Animal Shelter they are provided food, treats, and other basic necessities.

We have decided to dedicate our Thursdays to telling you about products available for under or around $5 that you don’t have to run to the store to pick up or remember the next time you dash through the pet store between picking up at ballet and dropping off at football. All of these items are available via Amazon which means they are a few clicks away from your mailbox or a direct shipment to your shelter or rescue of choice. Our thinking is that you can order a few items every so often and then bring a big box of goodies to your shelter once a month or once every few months. I am sure it happens all the time that you go to buy a book via amazon and you are $8 short for super saver shipping but the other book you want is another $20 and you just don’t want to spend that. This way you can add a leash, or bag of treats, or chew toy to your order and start your very own shelter donation box. You get the free shipping and the dogs and cats in your area benefit.

Each week our list will be different so make sure you visit us each week and share the list with your friends via, Facebook, Twitter, Email, so that they can start their shelter donation box as well.

Treats
– Greenies Pill Pockets, Chicken, 7.9 oz., $5.99 with FREE Super Saver shipping

– Feline Greenies Dental Oven Roasted Treats, $3.99 with FREE Super Saver shipping (add on item)

Chew Toys
– Dental Dinosaur Chew Toy, $4.99 with FREE Super Saver shipping (add on item)

– Nylabone Puppy Chew Toy Starter kit, $5.39 with FREE Super Saver shipping

– King Air Dog Squeakair Birthday balls (3 ct.), $3.99 with FREE Super Saver Shipping (add on item)

– Petrageous 3 Pack Camo Medium Tennis Balls, $2.58 with FREE Super Saver Shipping (add on item)

Dog Collars and Leashes
– Guardian Black Camo Dog Collar, $6.81 with FREE Super Saver Shipping

– ESC Sparkle Gemstone 6-8″ Pet Collar (Raspberry), $5.39 with FREE Super Saver Shipping

– Eastside Sparkle Purple Gemstone Dog Leash, $4.59 with FREE Super Saver Shipping

– Zack & Zoey Nylon Chocolate Dog Collar, $2.40 with FREE Super Saver Shipping (add on item)

Grooming
– Master Grooming Tools Stainless Steel Trimmer, Size 30, $2.60 with FREE Super Saver Shipping (add on item)

Bowls
– ProSelect Stainless Steel Bowl, Black , $2.76 with FREE Super Saver Shipping (add on item)

A note about items marked as add-ons since I had a question about them and what it means I figure that you all might have the same question. Include the Add-on Item in an order that includes $25 or more of items shipped by Amazon. You can even create an order containing only Add-on Items that totals to $25 or more. When you include Add-on Items with Amazon Prime orders of $25 or more, you’ll also receive Prime shipping benefits, including FREE Two-Day Shipping. Add-on Items are also eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping.