NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for the 2020/21 The Mutt-i-grees® National Student Ambassador Program. A service learning, leadership opportunity. Application Deadline: October 30, 2020.
August 26: National Dog Day
In honor of National Dog Day on August 26, teach students how to raise awareness for the voiceless and most vulnerable beginning with shelter pets. Students will learn why it’s important to adopt a pet from your local shelter and not purchase a pet from a pet store. They will begin to understand the - Read more
10 Ways You Can Help Mutt-i-grees
Wish you could volunteer at an animal shelter, but you can’t do it in person? Not to worry. You can help shelter animals without ever leaving your home!
Student Ambassador, Animal Advocate
Paul G. Blazer High School, Ashland, KY Abby M. is not letting this time of social isolation stop her from taking action! As a Mutt-i-grees National Ambassador, Abby continues to mentor a group of peers, at her own school as well as other local schools, to help raise awareness and - Read more
A Special Grant Brings Mutt-i-grees to 24 Arkansas Classrooms
Child Care Aware of Northcentral Arkansas (CCANA) is a resource and referral agency serving 14 counties in Northcentral Arkansas. CCANA provides professional development to early child care educators and is always looking for quality, researched based classroom tools to share with the teachers. Consistently our number one request for assistance in - Read more
You Have a Rescue Dog, Now What? Tips for Schools with a Mutt-i-grees Dog – Part 2 of 3
Mutt-i-grees School Dog Lessons Curriculum Target: Achieving Awareness Understanding and Helping Ourselves and Others: Working together to take positive action and create win-wins for everyone! Students will learn about the plight of shelter dogs and understand how they can help homeless animals and themselves by working with their - Read more
Keep Your Resolutions this Year
Research says that only 8 percent of even the most determined Americans keep their New Year’s resolutions. Think about it: The salad has barely wilted … and we’re ordering french fries. Why? There are lots of reasons, but experts agree that chief among them is a lack of social support. Going it alone almost - Read more
Meet them in St. Louis Purina joins Mutt-i-grees® Ambassador Tyler Saal to make a lifesaving difference
As the director of Paws On Wellness, a St. Louis-based pet therapy program, Marion Endress has always known that animals have a lot to teach us. So when she discovered the Mutt-i-grees Curriculum, she felt right at home. Coordinating her efforts with our friends at Purina, she brought the Curriculum to Hancock Place Elementary - Read more
Inside an Animal Shelter
It's always busy inside an animal shelter. At North Shore Animal League America, their trainers, rescue associates and adoption counselors are hard at work everyday making sure that the pets are receiving the necessary attention and care until they are matched with the right family for adoption.
Beautiful Mutt-i-grees
Animal shelters have beautiful Mutt-i-grees just like these.
