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Best Friends Fur-ever!

In September, Cheeto (FKA Spice) and her siblings came to Seattle Humane through our friends at Underground Community Cat Rescue. She had an upper respiratory infection and needed a little more time than her siblings in a foster home. Mochi (FKA Rocket Jr.) also came to us in the late summer from The Good Cat Network in Hawaii and we quickly spotted the telltale signs of ringworm, which delayed his adoption for a month while he was treated for that persistent fungal infection. It just so happened that Mochi was cleared for adoption at the time Cheeto’s family was searching Seattle Humane for a kitty companion for her. Adopted two days apart, Cheeto and Mochi have spent the past three months developing a beautiful bond with each other and their new humans.

“They spend a lot of time every day chasing one another around, wrestling and hunting for toys,” their mom says. “Mochi is the cuddliest kitten I have ever met, and spends each night curled up next to my shoulders purring away. He loves to chase Cheeto and find places to hide his spring toys. Best of all, both Cheeto and Mochi love to be around people and greet every person who comes through the door with purrs and cuddles. They are extremely personable, friendly and comfortable around new people.”

Thank you to Cheeto and Mochi’s family for capturing these cuddly moments and for giving these two purrfect kitties a loving home!

If you'd like to support the care of other pets like Cheeto and Mochi while they await their new homes, you can do so by clicking ‘'donate to my care” on each pet’s profile!

Featured Pet: Maximus

Maximus is a very handsome shelter cat who just celebrated his third birthday at Seattle Humane, where he’s been looking for a family since last May. Maximus is very playful and enjoys receiving pets, though like most cats, on his terms. He will even play fetch! Maximus will do best in a family with lots of cat experience and who can read his body language to know when he’s getting overstimulated or uncomfortable. He will also benefit from his own private space inside his new home where he can decompress. Anyone wanting to adopt Maximus should understand that it will take time for him to settle into his new home environment. His new family can name his adoption fee!

You can help by sharing his posts on Facebook or Instagram!

Let's Come Together to Celebrate Pets & the People Who Love Them!

Join us for a fur-tastic night at Fremont Studios for Seattle Humane’s Tuxes & Tails gala on Saturday, May 17, 2025. It’s the can’t-miss paw-ty of the year—full of adorable animals, dinner with friends and a chance to raise your paddle during our famous pet runway show. Tickets and tables go on sale March 1.

Learn more at TuxesandTails.org or contact our events team at events@seattlehumane.org with questions. We look forward to seeing you there!

Together, we are caring for pets, their people and each other!

More than a Shelter: Tackling Pet Overpopulation

February is World Spay Month and Seattle Humane is again participating in a collective effort regionally to provide services to the community and highlight the importance of spay & neuter! Visit the World Spay Month webpage hosted by our partners at Pasado’s Safe Haven to learn more about this tremendous effort by 14 partners across the region to complete more than 4,600 spay & neuter surgeries this month. Seattle Humane’s goal is to complete 800 of those surgeries for shelter and community pets. Check out our website to learn more about our Spay & Neuter Clinic and the crucial services we offer year-round through the Schuler Family Medical Center.

Foster Spotlight: Renee B.

With fostering, "goodbye is the goal." We want our foster pets to reach the stage where they’re ready to move on from their foster home to their adoptive home. It can be hard to say goodbye to a foster pet when you’ve put weeks and sometimes months into caring for them. Thankfully, Seattle Humane foster parent Renee B. knows every new foster will become her favorite in no time!

Our February Foster Spotlight grew up with a zeal to heal that started with animals, but Renee ended up pursuing a career in human medicine.

“I’ve loved and been drawn to animals my whole life,” she says. “I was that kid who brought home injured birds, squirrels and rabbits and tried to nurse them back to health. I also grew up with dogs and had a pony. If I hadn’t become a human doctor, I would probably have become a veterinarian.”

Read more about Renee B.’s foster journey here!

Upcoming Events

The following classes and workshops are all held at Seattle Humane, 13212 SE Eastgate Way, Bellevue, WA. Check out our website for details and sign up fast before they fill!

Special Event: Preventing Surrender & Keeping Families Together

Monday, February 24 | 10 – 11:30 a.m.
Seattle Humane goes beyond traditional shelter care by offering a wide range of services to support pets and their people when they encounter emergencies or hard times. The Pet Resource Center offers temporary care, financial support, pet food and supplies to help prevent pets from entering the shelter. Learn more about how Seattle Humane is having an impact beyond our four walls. RSVP to brendat@seattlehumane.org to attend. Space is limited.

Dog Training Classes

You can explore our full suite of courses through our Dog Training Center on our website, or register for one of our featured classes below!

Shy Dog Manners 

This class covers basic manners in a setting designed for dogs who are fearful of new people, dogs and/or certain environments. We will also teach you some skills to help your dog feel more confident and relaxed. It’s a safe space for your dog to learn at their own pace. This class is six weeks long and each weekly session is one hour long. Sign up here.

Reactive Rover

The primary goal of our Reactive Rover classes is to help improve the behavior of dogs who bark, lunge and growl at other dogs while on leash. We offer a Reactive Rover 1 class, and a new Reactive Rover 1.5: Building Skills class designed to provide a controlled and supportive environment for dogs who have completed our Reactive Rover 1 class. Learn more and sign up here!

Puppy Play Skills 2 (for smaller dogs)

We recognize that properly socializing young puppies is imperative to their future wellbeing. Because of this we offer a comprehensive puppy program that includes Puppy Play Skills sessions for puppies between the ages of 8 and 24 weeks of age. These sessions have been carefully curated to support young puppies while they learn important communication and life skills. Sessions are 45-minutes long. Sign up here!

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Fur-ever yours 🐾❤️

Roses are red, violets are blue, life would be ruff

without people like you!

To our staff and volunteers, thank you for giving pets the care they need and love they deserve each and every day.

To every adopter and foster parent, thank you for making space in your homes.

To our generous donors, thank you for making room in your heart for pets in need.

With Love,

Your Pals (human and furry) at Seattle Humane

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No matter your Valentine's Day mood, you can still brighten a shelter pet’s day. Pick your mood and donation level below to show your love!

XOXO

Give a Valentine’s Day gift that gives back! For $5 or more, share your paw-doration of a special someone with a Valentine’s Day e-card featuring shelter pets, or give a purr-fectly sweet gift from our online store, now featuring sweetheart-themed merch!

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Candygram!

Donate $10 and you can gift a sweet Valentine’s Day treat to a shelter pet! Visit our social media pages on Valentine’s Day to see photos of our furry residents enjoying all the love and support from all their secret admirers!

Give a Treat

Love Stinks!

Make a donation of $15 and we'll put a paper heart with a name of your choosing in a litter box and let our shelter kitties deposit a #2 on your former #1! Your mood will improve knowing our furry residents will shower them with karma this Valentine's Day!

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Crappy Ex?

Make a donation of $25 or more and we’ll write the name of your ex on a doggie poop bag before we toss it in the trash. You’ll close the lid on that relationship AND help a pet in need at the same time!

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