05/01/2026
Mankato Man just informed social media world that today is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day! 🤷♀️🐾
We didn’t fact-check… but honestly, we don’t need an excuse to celebrate all our amazing animals 💁♀️💛
So let’s make it fun!
Drop a photo of your babies in the comments—fur, feathers, scales… all are welcome❣️😺🐶🐥🐢
If they came from a shelter or rescue, tag them so we can show some love (but non-shelter pets are absolutely invited too—we adore them all 🥹)
Let’s see those sweet faces! 🐾👇
We’ll start…meet the Care4Paws team….
💙🐈⬛ Jack, about 17-18 years old, adopted from Apple Valley Humane Society by Eric before I met him!
🩷🐕 Ruby, will be 16 years old and is a Husky mix adopted from Homeward Bound Dog Rescue
🩷🐈 Beatrix will be 11 years old, adopted from Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society
💙🐈 Griffin will be 10 years old, adopted from Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society
💙🐈 Puckett is 9 years old, adopted from Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society
💙🐈 Phoenix is 8 years old, adopted from Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society
💙🐈 Mayo is 7 years old, I can’t remember right now what the rescue was that he came from
🩷 🐈Olive Bean is 6 years old, and came from the same one that Mayo came from. She is a 3 legged cat. She is a try COVID time keeps
🩷🐕Cupcake (CiCi) is a 5 1/2 year old deaf, boxer/bull terrier/corgi mix, rescued through Across America Boxer Rescue (AABR)
💙🐈 Timber is 3 and was rescued through Martin County Humane Society, while we were caring for cat condos at PetCo in Mankato
💙 🐈⬛ Hrbek will be 1 soon. He found us through the cat distribution system and chose us!
💙🐈⬛ Pebbles will be 1 soon, also. He found us through the cat distribution system just two days after Hrbek!