October is National Adopt-a-Dog month!
October is national Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog month. We typically have an average of 35 - 40 available dogs. We have dogs of all ages, shapes, sizes, colors, and all personalities. We are sure to have a perfect match for you!
To help promote adoption of Heartland's dogs, we are holding a raffle! Receive a raffle ticket for each dog, 5 months old and older, adopted during the month of October. The prize is a $50 Petco Gift Card! Drawing will be held on November 15th!
Hurry to Heartland to meet the dog or puppy of your dreams and help us celebrate by adopting your new best friend! Click here to see our available pets!
I'm Blade
I'm Arlo
I'm Papa Bear
10 Fun Dog Facts collected from various sources:
1) 80 percent of dog owners buy their dog a present for holidays and birthdays!
2) 94 percent of dog owners say their dog makes them smile more than once a day!
3) A dog can run up to nineteen miles per hour when running at full speed, but the members of the greyhound family are the fastest - they can run up to 42 miles per hour!
4) A dog’s nose print helps investigators identify dogs. It works like a human finger print!
5) Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible!
6) The United States and France have the most pet dogs - almost one in three families in these countries own a dog!
7) The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court!
8) Some experts estimate that some dogs sense of smelling is as high as 1 million times greater than ours!
9) The tallest dogs are the Great Dane and the Irish Wolfhound!
10) It has been established that people who own pets live longer, have less stress, and have fewer heart attacks!!!
I'm Bronx
I'm Sprinkles
I'm Sonic