Souris Valley Animal Shelter

09/06/2026

Tomorrow’s the day!💙❤️🩵

SVAS is proud to be participating in ND Raise for Rescues, and our fundraising link goes LIVE tomorrow.

Get ready to help us turn one day of giving into a whole lot of second chances!

09/06/2026

🚗🐾 It’s Pedal Car Auction Day!

Today, these one-of-a-kind cars hit the auction floor, and every dollar raised comes back to help the animals at SVAS. 💚

We’re so excited to see these incredible designs in action and beyond grateful to everyone who helped make this happen.

If you’re heading to Motor Magic today, stop by at 11:00AM, check them out, and help us cheer on a pretty amazing community effort for shelter animals!!!!! 🐶🐱

09/06/2026

👀A little sneak peek… SVAS is participating in ND Raise for Rescues!

We’re excited to be part of this statewide effort supporting animal rescues across North Dakota. More details coming Monday...but mark your calendars and get ready to help us make an impact! 💙🩵❤️

09/05/2026

Phew... Alfie’s face and body language demonstrates exactly how we’ve been feeling lately. 😅
When it rains, it pours and the past few weeks have stretched us very thin.

We’ve had some wonderful animal care staff relocate, we’ve been buried in important behind-the-scenes growth and planning, and somewhere in the middle of all of that… our fun community updates fell way too far behind. We hate that. Truly.

We never want you to feel out of the loop, so we’re putting some new strategies in place to help us stay more consistent. Will we still miss things sometimes? Probably. We’re human. But we’ll keep doing our best.

Thank you for sticking with us through the chaos, the growth, the growing pains, and all the in-between. We appreciate your patience more than you know.

09/05/2026

🚗🐾 Tomorrow’s the day!!!!!!

Our animals are the sole beneficiaries!
The Motor Magic Pedal Car Auction kicks off Sunday, September 6 at 11 AM at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds, with all pedal car proceeds going directly to Souris Valley Animal Shelter.

Thanks almost entirely to the incredible efforts of George Masters, we were able to get 13 pedal cars sponsored and ready for auction, and we cannot wait to see what they raise for the animals in our care. A huge thank-you to George, everyone who donated a car, and the businesses that stepped up to participate: Sonic, Western Insurance Agency, First Western Bank & Trust/Master Restorations, Ardahl State Farm Insurance, Keller Paving & Landscaping, Maverick Law, Badlands, Halliburton, and Dakota Cruisers.

We also want to give an extra HUGE shoutout to Rose Schmidt for all the graphics, lettering, and trim that helped bring these pedal car designs to life!

Come out tomorrow, check out these one-of-a-kind cars, and help us turn a whole lot of horsepower... well, pedal power.... into lifesaving support for shelter animals. 🐶🐱

09/05/2026

What do you think Clover is daydreaming about in this photo?

A.) snacks 😋
B.) long walks outside 🚶‍♂️
C.) playing with a squeaky toy 🧸
D.) finding a forever home 🏠

Tell us your answer in the comments below!

09/05/2026

Better late than never… right? 😅🐾

We’re officially about a month behind, but we could NOT let these incredible 5K memories live in our camera roll forever. 🌈

Thank you again to everyone who ran, walked, volunteered, sponsored, cheered, brought a pup, or simply showed up to support our animals. This day meant so much to us, and we’re so excited to finally share the photos!

Huge SHOUTOUT TO Sadie Lynn Media for the amazing photography and wonderfully generous non-profit discount!!!!

📸 Full album:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/yhd4RtwrMNFeot449

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09/05/2026

👀Look at all these amazing pedal cars! We are so excited for the action tomorrow. You can take one of these amazing cars home and all proceeds of the pedal car auction benefit SVAS!

Details-
When: Sunday, September 6 @ 11 am
Where: Magic Place Room, All Seasons Arena on the North Dakota State Fairgrounds

❤️Thank you to George and Masters Auction for putting this event on again this year!

💚Thank you to the local businesses that sponsored a pedal car:
First Western Bank
Sonic Drive-in
Badlands Restaurant & Bar
Haliburton
Maverick Law Group
Keller Paving
Nelson Autoworks
Pioneer Insurance
Jessica Aardahl State Farm Insurance
Dakota Cruisers Car Club

09/05/2026

We’ve missed you since last Saturday! 🥹

Join us today at Runnings Stores from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm! Rodger can’t wait to see you there! 👀

08/31/2026

It’s finally time for the moment we’ve all been waiting for… highlight of the week from the shelter! 🥳

This week at SVAS, 12 pets made their way to their forever homes! Among these fur babies, sweet Bellatrix has finally found her forever hooman after 562 days with us! We are so happy for you, Bellatrix! 🥰