[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pzsZSP0Nro] Spaying or neutering is one of the most important things you can do for your pet. There are many health, behavioral and other benefits to having your pet sterilized such as: Health benefits. Spaying females before...

Six months ago, we started on a mission to make the lives of 2,000 area cats safer. How did we do it? With microchips! A microchip is a permanent form of pet ID. It is about the size of a grain of rice, and injected beneath the surface of your pet’s skin between the...

Check out the Michigan Humane Society blog on Wednesdays to see common pet behavior questions answered by our Senior Director of Operations and pet behavior expert, CJ Bentley. If you have an immediate behavior concern with your pet, please call a qualified trainer or...

Each month in 2015, we will be celebrating the pit bull! MHS adopts out hundreds of pit bulls a year and love to show people how great dogs of this breed type can be. We will be featuring a different “famous” pit bull from history each month. Buster Brown, a comic...

There's no better way to celebrate Earth Day than by "recycling" in the best way - adopting a homeless pet! There are dozens of animals awaiting their forever homes at MHS - you can see them HERE! Of course, we know that not everyone is in the position to adopt a pet...

While you may be looking forward to the warmer weather, for many animal shelters around the country, the spring season brings a bit of dread. With warmer weather comes "kitten season," the time of the year when stray cats are breeding and litters of homeless kittens...

Inspired by these fabulous images from the Humane Society of Utah, MHS put a few dogs in the photo studio and snapped away! Conrad and Beaula are available for adoption at our Detroit Center for Animal Care. Beaula is an eight year old terrier mix who does not act her...

Check out the Michigan Humane Society blog on Wednesdays to see common pet behavior questions answered by our Senior Director of Operations and pet behavior expert, CJ Bentley. If you have an immediate behavior concern with your pet, please call a qualified trainer or...

Right now, pets across Michigan are competing to be dubbed "Michigan's most adorable pet." Your pet can participate as well, by clicking here. We think all the pets are pretty darn cute... here are just a handful that are really rocking this contest!

Check out the Michigan Humane Society blog on Wednesdays to see common pet behavior questions answered by our Senior Director of Operations and pet behavior expert, CJ Bentley. If you have an immediate behavior concern with your pet, please call a qualified trainer or...