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10/21/2026

**VET TECH APPRECIATION WEEK**

It is National Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week! We have a team of 15 amazing veterinary technicians who assist our doctors every day with examinations, holding animals for various procedures, handling medical data entry, administering medication, and occasionally grooming and even fostering pets in need.

Just this past fiscal year, this incredible hard working group helped facilitate the following:
- 10,579 vet exams
- 6,278 tech procedures
- 8,193 spay/neuter surgeries

People do not realize just how demanding the job of a veterinary technician can be. It requires the ability to juggle multiple tasks while effectively communicating with other staff and veterinarians. It requires patience, people skills, the ability and willingness to learn new techniques and think on your feet, and an absolutely unshakable love of animals. Vet techs don't do it for the money. They do it because they love the job.

10/20/2026

Last week we posted about our partnerships with other local shelters, and how beneficial it has been for our dogs. Our amazing friends at Seminole County Animal Services came to visit us today, and they fell in love with a lot of our dogs. They wanted to take them all, but they eventually decided to take six of them back to their shelter. Six of our dogs that had been struggling here, with the hopes that a change of community might help them get adopted. And we are incredibly happy and grateful.

We all have our fingers crossed for Ace, Peanut, Ivy, Baconator, Susan, and Rip.

We know having the option to exchange dogs with a neighboring shelter can more than double the chances of adoption for some of these animals. Shelters working together like this can and will make all the difference for them. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with our friends at Seminole, and we will help them in every way that we can.

And we also hope to reach out to more shelters, to see how we can all help each other.

Because working together is how we can get them all seen, and get them all home.

10/19/2026

This is Lenora (A606283). She was brought in as a stray, and she is blind in one eye. But Lenora isn’t a regular stray. It’s clear at some point she knew a person’s love. But we don’t know what happened to her, or why she wound up on the streets. We don’t know what her life looked like before she ended up here. All we do know is that somewhere along the way, this little girl was left behind. And we will never know why.

Lenora is timid. She’s gentle. And beneath that uncertainty, there’s a lost little girl who seems to be longing for the very thing every animal in our shelter deserves: love.

Try and Imagine not knowing what tomorrow holds, not understanding why your world has changed, finding yourself somewhere unfamiliar. Every day must be terrifying for Lenora, surrounded by strange sounds and strange faces. Yet, despite it all, she still yearns for attention. She still wants affection. Somewhere inside that timid heart, there’s a desire to trust, to feel safe, and to know what it means to belong.

Lenora shouldn’t have to spend her days waiting for someone to see past her imperfections. She’s only 5. She has so much life left to live, so many quiet moments of love left to experience, and so much affection to give to someone willing to be patient with her.

We can’t change her past. We can’t undo whatever happened to her eye.

But someone out there can change her future.

Let’s get sweet Lenora seen.
Let’s get her home.

**PEANUT A605804**This big head and muscular body belong to Peanut, a sweet but tough looking dog that everyone seems to...
10/16/2026

**PEANUT A605804**

This big head and muscular body belong to Peanut, a sweet but tough looking dog that everyone seems to be afraid of. Peanut is strong, intelligent, athletic, and 60lbs of sweet mush. Peanut looks intimidating, and a lot of people walk past him in his kennel, afraid of that huge mouth. They fail to see that beneath all that scary looking exterior beats a big goofy heart.

Peanut is here because his owner was arrested. It’s been a month, and sadly for Peanut, he has been struggling here at the shelter. He’s great with other dogs, and really good with people. But he does not like being locked up inside the kennel, day after day. He scares some people, because he can be so rough and tumble outside. Peanut loves to run and jump, loves to chew on all the toys in the yard, including the doggy pools. He can jump extremely high, and for treats, you can get him to do some pretty cool tricks. Peanut is definitely not a dog for the stay at home pet owners. Peanut wants to run, explore, meet new people and play with other dogs. He is confident and he throws his size around pretty well. But he also loves attention, and after a good amount of playing, he just wants to be loved on. Peanut melts with every touch; he will lay down, close his eyes, and just surrender to love.

We watch people react to him, and it saddens us that they don’t see what we see. A big and absolutely gorgeous dog with a huge smile and an even bigger heart.

To us he isn’t just a number on a kennel card.
None of our animals are.

To us he is Peanut, a little rough around the edges, tough, strong, and incredibly affectionate.

His story is a sad one, but it doesn’t have to end here.
We know that for Peanut, there is a perfect someone out there who just hasn’t met him yet.

Let’s share Peanut’s story.
Let’s get him seen.
Let’s get him home.

10/15/2026

We are extremely grateful for the partnerships we have built over the years with other shelters. This week especially, we wanted to shout out to our friends at Seminole County Animal Services for all the help they have given us. We visited their shelter, and we pulled four amazing dogs to our shelter, hopefully to be seen in a different way by a different community. Sometimes, something as simple as a change of scenery for hard to adopt dogs is all that is needed to get them adopted.

In turn, our friends at Seminole County will be taking four of our long residents, to see if the change of scenery will help them get adopted as well. Four dogs may not seem like a lot of animals, but for shelters that are themselves often overwhelmed by the numbers, it’s a huge deal. And helping each other out whenever we can, simply put, can and does save hundreds of lives. These are eight dogs that have been in the same shelter for months, with little to no interest or interactions. And maybe, just maybe, that one person that is looking for that one very specific dog lives just one county away.

Pet overpopulation is a serious problem that affects us all, not just the shelters. We want to remind our communities that we will do everything we can to save our animals, but we cannot do it without your help.

Adopt, foster, volunteer, donate, and share.
Share these stories, these pictures, and these posts.

And remember, if you can’t find the animal you are looking for here, it may be at another shelter, just a short drive away.

Let’s clear all the shelters.

Let’s get them all seen.
Let’s get them all home.

Free Pet Vaccinations & Microchips! Our Next Arm Your Pet Events Are Coming!Orange County Animal Services is hosting two...
10/15/2026

Free Pet Vaccinations & Microchips! Our Next Arm Your Pet Events Are Coming!

Orange County Animal Services is hosting two free Arm Your Pet events at Barnett Park. Thanks to a generous vaccine grant from Petco Love, we're helping Orange County residents protect their pets from preventable diseases.

CAT WELLNESS DAY
• Wednesday, November 4, 2026
• 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Free rabies and FVRCP vaccines, plus microchipping

DOG WELLNESS DAY
• Wednesday, November 18, 2026
• 7 a.m. – 11 a.m.
• Free rabies, DAPP and Bordetella vaccines, plus microchipping

Both events are open to Orange County residents on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. There is a limit of two pets per household. Cats must be in individual carriers, and dogs must be leashed.

For safety reasons, pets with current medical conditions, previous vaccine reactions or those unable to be safely handled may be refused service. Dogs displaying aggression toward people or other pets cannot participate.

A big thank you to Petco Love for helping us make these important services available to our community! Questions? Email [email protected].

10/14/2026

**FRANKIE A604679**

Frankie lost his home when his owner was evicted, and now he’s trying to make sense of life in a shelter. At ten years old, he is a senior, and has only known one home. He doesn’t know why he’s here. He doesn’t know where his owner went. He doesn’t know why he is behind a cage door. All he knows is that he’s not happy, and every time that door closes, he is all alone.

Frankie’s kennel presence can be intimidating. Behind those bars, he barks and growls, and it’s easy to walk past him without a second thought. Without knowing his story. Without knowing why he barks and growls.

All we can do is ask, please, don’t let that first impression be his last chance. Because outside that kennel, Frankie is a completely different dog. He is affectionate, sweet, playful, and just wants the chance to show someone love.

It breaks our hearts to think that this senior boy could be overlooked simply because people never get to see the dog he truly is. He’s already lost his home through no fault of his own. He shouldn’t have to lose his chance at a new one, too.

We know his person is out there; someone who will look beyond the barking, beyond the fear. Someone who will give Frankie a chance outside his kennel. Frankie has lost enough.

Let’s help him find a family with whom he can finally feel safe, wanted, and loved.

Let’s get him seen.
Let’s get him home.

10/13/2026

Our gates have opened up, and once more the shelter is taking in stray, surrendered, and abandoned pets.

Behind every single kennel is a sad story.
None of these animals know why they are here. They don’t know why their lives have changed so suddenly. All they know is they were once loved, and they long to be loved again.

Starting tomorrow, October 14th and through Sunday, October 18th, all adoptions for all animals (four months and older) will be just $5.

We know how some people feel about the low adoption fees. We get it. But to us, it’s not because these animals are worth any less, and it certainly doesn’t mean we’re lowering our standards for adopters.
We’re simply hoping to remove one more barrier between these deserving animals and the loving homes they have been waiting for.

In a time when every penny counts, we want to set these families up for success. Every dollar saved on an adoption fee can go towards food, toys, a new bed.

There is no better time than now to adopt. Every day we receive more and more animals. And every day most of them are adopted. But sometimes, all that keeps an animal from happiness is an adoption fee.

Let’s make this week their week.

Let’s get them all seen.
Let’s get them all home.

18 dogs. 14 adopted. 4 still waiting.Meet Rocky Top, Mr. Zigglesworth, Budrick Robert and Mr. Bingles. These four dogs c...
10/12/2026

18 dogs. 14 adopted. 4 still waiting.

Meet Rocky Top, Mr. Zigglesworth, Budrick Robert and Mr. Bingles. These four dogs came to Orange County Animal Services from a situation that unfortunately became overwhelming for their owner.

It started with just a few dogs, a manageable number. But without spaying and neutering, those dogs continued to reproduce, eventually growing to more than 18. With so many animals to care for, providing individual attention, training and proper supervision became increasingly difficult. The dogs were frequently loose, prompting complaints from neighbors about their behavior.

When Animal Services intervened, we found someone who had simply gotten in over their head. The owner agreed to surrender the dogs so they could have an opportunity to find new homes.

This was a preventable situation, and we'd like to take this opportunity to remind pet owners of the importance of spaying and neutering. Taking a proactive approach to preventing unwanted litters can help avoid situations like this, where the number of animals grows beyond what an owner can reasonably manage. Spaying and neutering isn't just about preventing puppies and kittens; it's also about ensuring the pets already in our homes receive the attention and care they deserve.

Thankfully, 14 of these dogs have already been adopted! But four remain, and we're struggling to find them homes.

Rocky Top (A606384) – 1.5-year-old, 33 lbs.

Mr. Zigglesworth (A606385) – 1.5-year-old, 25 lbs.

Budrick Robert (A606387) – 5-year-old, 23 lbs.

Mr. Bingles (A606389) – 5-year-old, 16 lbs.

These boys get along wonderfully with other dogs, but people are a different story. Not because they're aggressive, but because they've had so little experience receiving individual attention. They're shy, unsure and don't necessarily make the best first impression in a shelter setting.

What they need is someone willing to look beyond that initial shyness. Someone patient who understands that trust takes time, and that these dogs have simply never had the opportunity to experience what it means to be someone's special companion.

We believe they can make wonderful pets with time, patience and consistency. But that progress is unlikely to happen here, where they're sharing our staff's attention with nearly 150 other dogs.

If you've ever considered giving a shy dog a chance, please come meet Rocky Top, Mr. Zigglesworth, Budrick Robert or Mr. Bingles today. Four dogs are still waiting for the opportunity the other 14 have already received.

Let's get them seen. Let's get them home.

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2769 Conroy Road
Orlando, FL
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