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Category: Blog
Blog posts from OHS staff and volunteers
A Dog’s Day at Work
Did you know that OHS Humane Educators visit local classrooms—often with a canine work partner? Follow along with one of the canines as she goes about a day on the job, teaching students […]
Little Dogs Reunion
The little dogs were large and in charge on Sunday, May 29, when they and their families attended the Rainier/Columbia County Rescue Little Dogs reunion at OHS. Five dogs from […]
Home Is Where the Pets Are
Bill & Roberta Ramirez: Friends Forever Story By Kristin Anderson For Bill and Roberta Ramirez, “home” is not a static place—home is where their pets are. Bill and Roberta spent […]
OHS Volunteers in Action
Assisting with ASPCA Emergency Animal Rescue in North Carolina Who do you call when you need help caring for hundreds of neglected animals? Well, if you are the ASPCA and […]
Aloha Dogs
It was a dark and stormy night…okay, it wasn’t really stormy, just a typical chilly Portland spring drizzle. But it was 10:45 pm at the Portland airport (PDX), and two […]
Earth Day Cleanup
On Saturday, April 23, the OHS Dog Path Crew welcomed the help of four volunteers from SOLVE for an Earth Day project on our dog-walking path. The team was small, […]
Training with the OHS Technical Animal Rescue Team
On a recent Saturday, I show up at Rocky Butte at 9 am, coffee in hand. I’m there with my OHS Technical Animal Rescue teammates to practice high-angle rescue. We […]
Fostering Healing
We’ve all seen those Who Rescued Who? bumper stickers, right? and You’ve probably also heard that having a pet has health benefits like lowering blood pressure and helping us live […]
The “Taming” of Tate: Helping an Over-the-Top Excitable Dog Become a Better Pet
Some shelter animals need extra time and training before they find a new home. The Behavior Modification Program (BMP) at the Oregon Humane Society was designed to help these pets, […]