
Food and supplies
Our pet food pantry, dog houses, straw for winter, cooling blankets for summer, cable tie-outs and help with fences.

Community Pets Program
Money gets tight, a fence breaks, winter shows up early. Our Community Pets Program helps Cass County families keep their dogs and cats at home, where they belong.

Our pet food pantry, dog houses, straw for winter, cooling blankets for summer, cable tie-outs and help with fences.

We don’t do surgery ourselves. We help pay for it through our vet partners, because fixing pets is the surest way to fewer homeless animals.

Help paying for vaccines, deworming, flea and tick prevention and microchips. If a pet ever gets lost, a chip can be what gets them home.

Potty training, fence jumping, nipping, or something more serious. We work with local trainers and can point you to one that fits your dog and your budget.

Our Junior Volunteer Program and Reading to Animals Program teach kids to care for animals and help shy dogs warm up to people.
Youth programs
Thinking about adopting? Tell us about your home and we’ll suggest dogs who fit it, so the match lasts.
Ask for a matchOur whole reason for being is fewer unwanted pets. So if you’re asking for help with vet care and your pet isn’t fixed, we’d love to help address that at the same visit.
Families in Cass County, Missouri who are struggling to care for a pet they want to keep. Dogs and cats both count.
The program runs entirely on donations and fundraisers. It covers food, vet care, supplies and, when we can, emergency vet bills for pets with owners in Cass County.
Request helpWant to keep this going? Donate or send something from our wish lists.
Vet visits, vaccines, heartworm treatment, food, the occasional emergency. ARF runs on donations and fundraisers. That’s what pays for all of it.
