Meet Laika (pronounced
Laika (LIE-kuh) ) — a stunning 5-month-old fluffy black beauty with a playful personality and so much love to give. 🖤🐾 Laika is crate trained, sleeps through the night like a…

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Laika (LIE-kuh) ) — a stunning 5-month-old fluffy black beauty with a playful personality and so much love to give. 🖤🐾 Laika is crate trained, sleeps through the night like a…
nd the sweetest personality. 💜 Juniper is already kennel trained and doing an excellent job learning house training. She listens well, is eager to please, and works hard every…
ngs and a fun personality! You can see by the updates below, Apple has had a tumultuous time since coming to PAWS. Not her fault! From surprise babies to a surprise emergent s…
🐱 Pâté Style Cat Food Our cats and kittens are going through wet food quickly, and pâté style is the easiest for many of them to eat — especially the babies and seniors. Any br…