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Over 3,700 lives saved and counting!
Happy Tails Holiday Wish List
Any of the things on our wish list would make our holidays happy! Thank you for anything you can do to help us! Download Happy Tails Holiday Wish List
You can now volunteer on-line!
We need more helping paws than ever, at the shelter, at our adoption events, and at our Adoption Center at Northland Mall. Please consider becoming one of Happy Tails' amazing volunteers!
Learn more
Apply to be a Happy Tails volunteer
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Paw It Forward
The classic Pay It Forward concept inspires us to look for ways to help someone else, then ask that person to pay it forward. So it is with Paw It Forward but here the objective is rescuing animals! Learn more
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Meet Your Match
Happy Tails can help you find the best dog or cat for your preferences and lifestyle. The Meet Your MatchTM program assesses an animal's behavior and places him or her in one of three color-coded categories along with one of three sub-categories that further describes the animal's personality. Adopters complete a survey and based on the answers to some basic questions, are given a purple, orange, or green card. The adopters can then find which animals are a match for them.
More about Meet Your Match (ASPCA web site)
View video clip and take adopter survey
About Us
Happy Tails operates Whiteside County's only animal shelter. We are a limited-intake, no-kill facility that shelters and cares for stray and abandoned dogs and cats until they are adopted into loving, permanent homes. We promote pet adoption and humane education. Happy Tails is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
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Winter 2013 Newsletter
Looking for the perfect holiday gift? Consider a Happy Tails gift card. Donate to Happy Tails in the name of a friend or family member. The cards are available at the shelter and at the Northland Mall Adoption Center. The cost? Whatever donation you can provide! See available card designs
Stop by our Adoption Center at Northland Mall!
Open weekends 11 am-6 pm
Open weekdays 3-7 pm
Beginning December 11, our shelter will be closed to the public on Wednesday and Thursday evenings so that our volunteers can be at the Adoption Center at the mall.
Humane Society Names Happy Tails a Model Shelter!
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) recently visited Happy Tails to see how we do things. They said we are a model shelter on the way to longevity! News release
Shown in the photo above are Happy Tails volunteers Tami Sigel and Allison Furr, HSUS Shelter Services Coordinator Suzanne D'Alonzo, Happy Tails President Mark Razo and Site Administrator Donald Czyzyk, volunteer Brittany Mitchell, and Board of Directors member John Mowrey.
Winter 2013 Newsletter
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Looking for the perfect holiday gift? Consider a Happy Tails gift card. Donate to Happy Tails in the name of a friend or family member. The cards are available at the shelter and at the Northland Mall Adoption Center. The cost? Whatever donation you can provide! See available card designs_______________________________________
Stop by our Adoption Center at Northland Mall!
Open weekends 11 am-6 pm
Open weekdays 3-7 pm
Beginning December 11, our shelter will be closed to the public on Wednesday and Thursday evenings so that our volunteers can be at the Adoption Center at the mall.
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Humane Society Names Happy Tails a Model Shelter!
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) recently visited Happy Tails to see how we do things. They said we are a model shelter on the way to longevity! News release
Shown in the photo above are Happy Tails volunteers Tami Sigel and Allison Furr, HSUS Shelter Services Coordinator Suzanne D'Alonzo, Happy Tails President Mark Razo and Site Administrator Donald Czyzyk, volunteer Brittany Mitchell, and Board of Directors member John Mowrey.
Clarence had to wipe away a kitty tear when he read all the great "Home for the Holidays" stories in our winter newsletter. You can read it now!
Winter 2013 Newsletter
Fall 2013 Newsletter Special 25-Year Anniversary Issue
Summer 2013 Newsletter
Spring 2013 Newsletter
Winter 2012 Newsletter
Hours Open to the Public
Tuesday through Sunday 8:00 a.m. to noon
Wednesday 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Thursday, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Closed Monday
Teens for Happy Tails meets Wednesdays, 4:30-6:00
Wednesday 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Thursday, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Closed Monday
Teens for Happy Tails meets Wednesdays, 4:30-6:00
