When you have had a particularly amazing ResQwalk, the App encourages you to share your success story on Facebook and Twitter. Super cool. It’s such a great feeling when you post that you walked long and hard and you get those comments and thumbs up! Even better is having people ask you all about ResQwalk and how they can become a part of the program.

And, not only does the App collect information for donations to Rescues, the user is rewarded at the end of each walk. When you check off that your walk is finished, a coupon for goods and/or services pops up on the screen which you can either dismiss or take full advantage of. 

This is the perfect App for running clubs, bike riders, hikers, mushers, the list goes on! 

From the ResQwalk Facebook page:

Have an animal at your rescue/sanctuary/shelter that needs a little ResQwalk love? Let us help! We'll share your adoptable on our Facebook, Twitter, and Google + pages. Simply fill out this form: http://goo.gl/GNhMBc    

And, check out this amazing stat: “Over the course of September you guys walked 63,489 miles in support of animal rescues! We made a video showcasing many of the photos you took along the way. The music is a bit of a mushy, but that's just how happy we feel thinking about all the great work you're doing for the animals!”




You have to visit and like their page, there are photo entry contests, coupons for treats, special incentives for different kinds of rescues, App fixes, partnership announcements, AMAZING FB page, go now!

Seriously, I can’t say enough good things about ResQWalk, super easy to use, the funds are provided by ResQwalk partners. Shelters, rescues and YOU get rewarded. Huge win all the way around. What are you waiting for?! 

Adopt Don’t Shop is about much much more than a cute little slogan, it is an urgent plea to the public to change the way they bring animals into their homes. 

There are shelters and rescues bursting at the seams with loving and adorable animals in all shapes, sizes and age bracket. Sure, they might be “gently used” but quite honestly you will never find a more satisfying experience than saving the life of an animal in need.

Consider this, when you adopt a (for the purpose of this article I will say dog) dog from a rescue or shelter, that dog comes with a little bit of human exposure which may include training and socialization skills. Add to that the fact that your adoption fee covers in most cases a spay or neuter, immunizations, tattooing and sometimes a bag of food for somewhere in the ball park of $300.

Purchasing a dog from a breeder for anywhere from $800 and up will get you a pure bred but, with that price tag come the additional expenses of the spay/neuter, immunizations and the time investment of training a puppy from the ground up. The reason I most often hear that people want a store bought dog is for the purity of breed or because puppies are so cute.

SIGH. Newsflash, there are puppies in rescue, check them out!

Puppies, ladies and gentlemen, all grow up. And, FYI, not all breeders are reputable. Without getting into horrifying details surrounding puppy mills, some adult dogs are kept strictly confined with zero or next to no care and, bred to death to provide profit to the owner. That isn’t something that makes me feel very good. What are your thoughts?

With so many options to adopt your next family member, for a fraction of the cost, why look any further than your local shelter or rescue organization? Foster families or shelter directors are equipped to advise the temperament, energy level, appetite, snore velocity, intelligence, snuggle factor, of their dogs in care. This is a super upside when deciding on bringing an animal home. Dogs are rated to indicate things like “cat tested” and “prefer a home with no small children” as well as personality and any crazy quirks your future fur baby may have.