January 22nd – January 26th, all adoption fees will be covered by Park Rapids’ own Justin Clack!
Call the Headwaters Animal Shelter at (218) 237-7100 to discuss which pet you’d like to adopt.
You must have a pre-adoption application filled out and the animal of your choice on hold prior to this event! We are giving priority to the best suitable home, not FCFS!
Dog Pre-Adoption Form – A fillable PDF form, fill out the information using your device, save and print, and bring to the shelter.
Cat Pre-Adoption Form – A fillable PDF form, fill out the information using your device, save and print, and bring to the shelter.
We hope for success and the ability to find placements for most, if not ALL of the shelter residents!
We are hosting yet another coloring contest this year and the image below has been selected. All ages are welcome to participate, prizes will be given out for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. (Placing will be chosen by staff members at the shelter). If you or your children would like to participate, either print off a sheet and mail it to us (901 Western Avenue S, Park Rapids, MN 56470) or stop by and pick up a sheet! Please make sure to add age, first and last name, and a phone number on the back of the form! Coloring pages are due by May 17th, 2023!
Back by popular demand, we are hosting yet another Yoga with Cats class! This event is planned for 6/6/23 at 6:00pm with our amazing instructor, Rachel! There is a limited amount of spots available, if you would like to register give the shelter a call at 218-237-7100!
Do you remember Ollie? The big, deaf, American Bulldog/mix with no manners or social skills? Adopted early March of 2021? This boy is absolutely amazing, so smart and loved so much!! I hope everyone that read his profile and passed him up due to being deaf reads this:
Training a deaf dog isn’t any harder than any other dog, just different. Ollie had been in shelters on/off most of his life, adopted/returned over again (who knows what happened in between).There were no records of him being deaf until Headwaters & their vet picked up on it (thank God they did). No wonder he kept being surrendered!! If you could have seen how happy he was when he understood the first request (it was only sit), it would have made you cry. From that second forward, he knew we were communicating and changed from an unruly, misunderstood beast to the most sweet, kind-hearted, loving pup. He looks forward to learning everyday. And everyday I receive endless love, kisses, appreciation and the warmest/heaviest blanket I ever imagined at night! Ollie, his brother and sister (who are also deaf) have given me so much more than I’ll ever be able to give back to them!! Oh, by the way…. They’re not afraid of thunderstorms, fireworks or the vacuum cleaner!!!
Thank you so much for everything you do and helping bring my baby boy, Ollie, to his forever home.
