Your Gently Used Items Helped These Five Northside Cats

Carl and Billie Bean live in separate households, four or five blocks apart here in Manchester on Pittsburgh’s Northside. They are both cats, both female, and both went missing from their homes. We jumped into action when we learned about Carl, lending a heated bed, a trail camera, and related items to Carl’s human. I […]

Giving Your Extra Pet Stuff Saves Lives, Helps Families #GivingTuesday

Ok, so more the spirit of #GivingTuesday Carl and Billie Bean live in separate households, four or five blocks apart here in Manchester on Pittsburgh’s Northside. They are both cats, both female, and both went missing from their homes. We jumped into action when we learned about Carl, lending a heated bed, a trail camera, […]

Donate extra tickets for the caretakers

As you know, the focus of the Dr. John P Ruffing VMD Pet Food Pantry is to support the folx, the people doing this work. Most of the time, we provide supplies and materials for their work. This week, something changed – we received gifts of extra tickets. One set was for a Pirates game […]

COVID How It Is Going

Well, I’m still sick. I could list symptoms, but really – you know the symptoms. I do have a funky rash which seems like a gross thing to share, but could be helpful for someone reading this who says “I have a rash, too.” It is day 7 since my symptoms and day four since […]