Please help! SHOUT OUT for dog food! ARTBAR is in urgent need of grain-free canned dog food. We have four brands listed at the top of our Amazon wish list: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3LKLV7XILME8U/ref=cm_wl_huc_view Two of them are on chewy.com on a buy one/get one free sale when I put up this blog post. Thanks for any you…

It’s #GivingTuesday! This is the BIGGEST fundraising day of the year. This year ARTBAR is especially excited to be participating in the Facebook + PayPal matching donations fundraiser. These two companies have partnered for GivingTuesday and will match up to $7 million donated to US-based non-profits starting on Tuesday 11/27 at 8:00 am eastern time….

Penn came to his forever home September 29th and if I’m honest with myself, I knew he would never leave. He was semi feral, wild eyed, and uncoordinated from his brain injury but he had learned and was still learning what it was to be loved. He left a changed dog, no longer eager to…

SHEEBA’S SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT: Sheeba made the front cover of a magazine!!! She will also be a special guest at the Pet Expo in Altoona, PA on October 28!!! Shane Snyder (Sheeba’s dad)

I saw moms face and my heart broke  This family was brought to the shelter today She has nine newborns and look at her. This kills me . I have committed to them . I don’t have the money . I don’t have the space but I have to make a way. PLEASE DONATE!!!!!!! http://www.artbar-wv.org/donate

Hey, can y’all help us out by liking and sharing our Facebook page? Thanks bunches! https://www.facebook.com/artbarwv/ We also have a Facebook group you can join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AReasonToBelieve/

Penn came to us a few days ago and is very sick. He’s staggered around, front paws don’t work well, couldn’t see well, and was possibly having seizures. After a few days at the vet and multiple tests run, the vet feels he’s had a traumatic brain injury. A few days in, his sight came…

It turned out Holt wasn’t a fan of the adopter’s other dog. No love connection. So he’s back in his foster home and has now started to play with the smaller dogs and pups there. It seems Holt prefers to be the big dog in his forever home. Naptime after playtime:

I got an update on Mia today  not only does she love laying on the couch she has to be in her bed while laying on the couch  I love these updates. 

An Ode to Holt and fostering, written by his foster mom, Alissa Rife. Rescuing dogs has driven me insane but I’ve found my soul doing this, I think you just have to be born with a passion for this to do it. It isn’t for everyone and everyone shouldn’t do it. I’ve been at this…