Morning – Pet Connection

Pet Connection: Meet Summer

Summer lovin,' comin' up.

We know the calendar and the outdoor temps show that summer’s on its way out soon. But you can hang on to Summer forever with this week’s Pet Connection. Literally, as it turns out. She even walks on a leash, so she’s much easier to hang on to. Summer was rescued once as a newly-delivered mama by the rescue workers…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Peekaboo

Surprise! It's a chinchilla.

You may not realize this, but Kritter Krazy Reptile and Exotic Rescue covers pretty much every animal out there. In addition to their ever-expanding assortment of homeless and abandoned tortoises, iguanas, ball pythons and Nile monitors, they also handle some pretty fluffy characters too. When it comes to care for pets, turns out “exotics” means pretty much anything that isn’t…

Worth The Wait: Rescued Macaw Finds A Home After More Than A Year

Paco Was Rescued From A Life Of Neglect In 2019

  We have an extra special Pet Connection success story, one that is more than a year in the making. CAARE Bird Rescue saved a group of parrots from a life of neglect. They actually paid for the birds just to get them to safety. We featured two of them on Pet Connection in June of 2019, including Paco the…

Pet Connection: Meet the Baby Corn Snakes

No, that's not a colorful shoelace you're looking at.

They say you can never have too much of a good thing. That is only partly true when it comes to rescue animals. Especially when they have litters of babies that all need homes at once. Not only do many kinds of snakes have several of eggs at once, one mama snake who came into a local rescue already pregnant…

Pet Connection: Meet Bauer

Bauer Is A Goldendoodle Dressed To Impress

  This week’s pet is from one of the most popular breeds of recent years. And he’s got the adorable look and good temperament that would fit right in with a lot of families. Meet Bauer! He joins us this week from the Uffda Fund for Animals Rescue in Cando, North Dakota. He’s a 4-year-old neutered male Goldendoodle. He has…

Pet Connection: Meet Jinxy

Jinxy Can Fit In Almost Any Home

  Here’s a pet that comes with a very high recommendation this morning. Shelby from the Humane Society of the Lakes in Detroit Lakes sent in this week’s video, and she says she wishes she could adopt the kitty we’re about to meet herself, if only her current cat wasn’t such a diva. But her loss could be your gain….

Pet Connection: Meet Elm

A dog whose spirit is as big as her namesake.

Here in the Fargo metro area, we love our beautiful elm tree canopy that graces the city’s oldest boulevards and walkways. And Elm is a dog who’s just as beautiful as they are. She comes to this week’s Pet Connection from the wonderful volunteers at 4 Luv of Dog rescue. She’s a little over a year old, a pit bull…

Pet Connection: Meet Phantom

Plus, Support Homeward Animal Shelter At Their 30th Annual Paws Walk

  Meet Phantom! He’s a 9-year-old German Shepard. He’s a laid back older fella, but he still has a playful streak in him and loves a tennis ball or two. Phantom is also available for the senior-to-senior adoption program since he’s an older dog. His adoption fee would be waived if he’s adopted by someone 65 or older. Homeward Animal…

Pet Connection: Meet Gami

Gami Is A Looker Looking For A Home To Call His Own

  We have a cat with a big personality who loves to be the center of attention. So let’s give him some attention right now. Meet Gami from Journey Home Animal Rescue in Grand Forks. Gami is a three-year-old make cat. He has a beautiful black and white coat. He would love to be the only cat in your home….

Pet Connection: Meet Louis And Alfredo

Chinchillas Are Perhaps The Fluffiest Animals You'll Meet

  These might be the fluffiest pets you can get. And a lively pair of them are looking for a home. We’ve got a first-time animal rescue and an animal we’ve never seen before on Pet Connection this morning. Prepare to squee when you meet Louis and Alfredo the chinchillas. Louis and Alfredo came to Hawkes Homestead in New Rockford…