Canelo is seven years old. He has three legs. And we know those two facts may make finding his adopter a little harder.

There will always be younger dogs. Dogs without a medical history. Dogs whose photos are easier to look at and immediately imagine fitting into your life. But choosing a dog isn’t supposed to be about finding the one with the fewest complications on paper. It’s about finding the one you want beside you when you wake up in the morning. The one whose face you look for when you walk through the door. The one who becomes so thoroughly woven into your everyday life that eventually you can’t remember what the house felt like without him.

That dog could be Canelo. He is a happy, friendly, active Doberman at our Santa Maria Campus who has adapted beautifully to life on three legs. He has lived with another dog before, enjoys companionship, and still has so much life to live. He doesn’t need someone to overlook his age or his missing leg. He needs someone who can look at the whole dog standing in front of them and realize those things don’t make him less worthy of choosing.

We can tell you all of that, but ultimately, Canelo needs one person to do something much more important than feel for him. He needs someone to come meet him.

Because the best thing that could happen to Canelo isn’t for thousands of people to read his story and think he deserves a home. It’s for one person to decide that home will be theirs.

Canelo is available for adoption at our Santa Maria Campus. We are open for adoptions from 12 to 4:30 PM every day except Wednesdays at both campuses.

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There are days when the world feels like a lot. And then there are days when you look at Penelope’s tiny orange face and remember that the universe is also making kittens. So, you know. Maybe we’re going to be okay.

Penelope is a two-month-old orange tabby at our Santa Maria Campus, and and at a whopping 1.87 pounds, she is basically a fun-size serving of joy. She has been socialized with other cats, is curious about the world, and has an entire lifetime ahead of her to investigate sunbeams, discover the mysterious allure of cardboard boxes, sprint down a hallway for reasons known only to Penelope, and eventually become extremely particular about which chair in your house belongs exclusively to her.

Right now, though, she is just at the very beginning. Everything is new. Everything is interesting. There are windows she hasn’t looked out of yet, toys she hasn’t chased, naps she hasn’t taken in wildly inconvenient locations, and people she hasn’t gotten to love. We think that’s a pretty wonderful thing to get to be part of.

Penelope is here. The sun is shining. Kittens exist. Hope persists.

We are open for adoptions from 12 to 4:30 PM every day except Wednesdays.

#Kitten #KittenAdoption #AdoptableKitten #OrangeKitten #HopeInKittenForm #ChooseJoyChoosePenelope #SantaMariaCA #SBHumane

Dine for a Cause at Mendocino Farms!

Join us on Wednesday, September 30, from 2:00 p.m. until close at Mendocino Farms in Santa Barbara and help support animals in need at Santa Barbara Humane!

Mendocino Farms will donate 50% of qualifying sales to Santa Barbara Humane when you participate in the fundraiser.

Here’s how to participate:
• Dine in or order at 3851 State Street and show the fundraiser flyer at the register.
• Order online at Mendocino Farms and use promo code GIVEBACK.
• Orders must be placed on September 30 between 2:00 p.m. and close. Scheduled orders are not eligible.

Bring your friends, family, and fellow animal lovers, grab a delicious meal, and make a difference for animals in our community!

Mendocino Farms
3851 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Gift card sales, catering orders, tax, tips, and delivery fees are excluded.

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Cookie has a podcast now. We begged her not to.

It’s called The Crumbcast, and each episode is three hours long. Cookie has no cohost, no guests, and nothing in particular she would like to discuss. Last week’s episode, “Something I’ve Been Thinking About,” consisted primarily of Cookie breathing near the microphone. It currently has a 4.9 on Spotify.

We are concerned that success has come too quickly. Cookie is only nine months old. She is a sweet, playful, affectionate Bulldog/Staffy mix at our Santa Barbara Campus, and now she keeps saying things like “my audience” and “we’ll unpack that on Patreon.” Yesterday she announced a live tour. There is no tour.

Cookie is available for adoption at our Santa Barbara Campus. Microphone not included. We are open for adoptions from 12 to 4:30 PM every day except Wednesdays.

#AdoptableDog #DogAdoption #Bulldog #StaffordshireTerrier #ShelterDog #SweetDog #DogPodcast #TheCrumbcast #SantaBarbara #SBHumane

Jade Marie was there. She was there in 1674 when a cat first knocked a glass off a table, looked directly at the person who owned the glass, and changed the course of feline history forever. She was there for the Great Cardboard Box Discovery of 1911. She was in the room at the 1927 International Conference on Sitting Directly on the Thing You Are Trying to Read. She knew all the famous cats before they got big: Garfield, Smudge, Keyboard Cat, Spaghetti Cat.

Jade Marie was there when cats discovered that a closed door is an injustice but an open door is not necessarily something they want to walk through. She witnessed the first successful 3 AM Hallway Sprint. She was part of the original research team that proved a laptop becomes a heated cat bed precisely three seconds before you need to use it. She was there when the first cat climbed into a paper grocery bag and immediately became furious that the bag had sides. She saw the whole thing.

She was there when cats invented staring at a completely empty corner of the ceiling. She knew the first orange cat to get the brain cell. She was invited to the premiere of the red laser dot, but she thought it had already gotten too commercial. And yes, Jade Marie was at LCD Soundsystem’s first show. That has nothing to do with cat history. She just needs you to know.

These days, Jade Marie is a loving, curious, playful two-year-old cat at our Santa Maria Campus who loves affection and being held. She has also been known to enjoy a small bit of watermelon as an occasional treat, although she would like the record to show that she was eating watermelon before cats eating watermelon sold out.

Jade Marie isn’t losing her edge. She was there. She’s still here. And now she’s available for adoption.

We are open for adoptions from 12 to 4:30 PM every day except Wednesdays.

#Cat #CatAdoption #AdoptableCat #ShelterCat #IWasThere #JadeKnowsWhatYouReallyWantAndItsToAdoptACat #LCDMeowSystem #SantaMariaCA #SBHumane