DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — This week’s Pet Connection pet appears on the Morning Show via video from the Humane Society of Lakes, on Highway 59 in Detroit Lakes, with the help of shelter worker Jaycee Voigt. Lewy is a black lab crossed with shepherd who’s about two years old, and as you’ll see in the video, he’s very playful and…
POLK CO., Minn. — We’ve had some cuddly cuties on Pet Connection before, but Courtney might be the most affectionate of the cats so far. And that’s saying something, because she follows last week’s beautiful Benedict, who got adopted in just 24 hours. Courtney is continuing the roll we’ve been on lately on the Morning Show; she’s the third black…
FARGO — Benedict, a big black beauty, comes to us from Homeward Animal Shelter. He’s about 15 pounds of shiny, solid black gorgeousness. Not fat, just solid muscle and fur with a huge head, big feet with all their claws that he was very careful not to use on us, and an incredibly sweet and patient disposition. He was doing…
FARGO — He’s one of the most famous names in country music, and he’s penned and sung some of the greatest songs in American musical history. And now, Willie Nelson’s namesake, Willie the horse, is looking for his forever home. The handsome, reddish gelding comes to Pet Connection with the help of Pride and Joy founder Robert Faulkner. He’s a…
FARGO — We’ve been to Pride and Joy Rescue several times before for Pet Connection, meeting their beautiful adoptable horses, donkeys and goats. But this time, we’re featuring a much smaller adoptable animal. In fact, he might be one of the smallest creatures who lives there at the facility north of Fargo. At seven weeks old, this tiny puppy is…
FARGO — It’s a good thing all of us on the Morning Show have microphones, because talky Tennis the pit bull has a lot to say and boy does he have the voice to say it with. He’s a handsome pit bull mix who comes to Pet Connection from 4 Luv of Dog shelter, courtesy of volunteer dog handler Abby…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. — He started life just about as sick as any horse they’ve ever seen, a tiny little thing of only about 3 months old, in a kill pen in Peabody, Kansas. But after his time at Pride and Joy Rescue just north of the city of Fargo, Coltie has left his frightening past long behind and he’s…
FARGO — Are you ready for a little spot of sunshine in your life? Kiwi’s the sun conure’s ready to bring it. As you can see, sun conures are beautiful birds with affectionate, gentle personalities. CAARE Avian Rescue volunteers aren’t sure whether Kiwi is a boy or a girl, and to determine sex would require a blood draw, so for…
FARGO — it’s one of the toughest diagnoses a cat can get, and little Hermes has been living with it since he was just a tiny kitten. Like a lot of cats in the united states, Hermes was exposed to another cat with feline leukemia and wasn’t vaccinated as a kitten. The incurable feline virus is one that could wind…
FARGO — Clementine’s story is a long and winding one, but fortunately, unlike her namesake song, she’s no longer “lost and gone forever,” but found right here in the metro at Homeward Animal Shelter and looking for her furever home. She’s a three-and-a-half-year-old pitbull whose story starts in Texas with a family there, and who somehow wound up in the…
