Foster Care

700 days. For 700 days Remy has been in our care looking for her forever home. Remy has officially become our longest resident ever here at SafeHaven.

Every day our staff hold out hope that this spunky, sweet, amazing girl will find her happily-ever-after with her forever family. To be perfectly honest, Remy isn’t the dog for everyone. Once she is comfortable with you, she is your best friend, but Remy has only known stability here at the shelter and the unknown scares her. She takes time to warm up to new people and situations. She won’t be a dog you meet once and go home with the same day.

Remy will need someone willing to continue to work with her. She most likely will need to be the only animal in the home and would thrive with adults and older children. Despite her challenges, Remy is amazing. She has accepted the staff as part of her family. She sees them coming and immediately wags her tail and knows she is going to get attention. She would spend hours playing in the yard (although she’s not the biggest fan of the rain) and nothing makes her happier than playing ball. Remy holds a little piece of all of our hearts and we hope that someday the right person comes around for her. Learn more about Remy on our website and please help spread Remy’s story.

You asked and we heard you! SafeHaven is now offering Foster Care Orientations! These will be held twice a month to learn about fostering, how to care for bottle baby kittens, how to market fosters for adoption, and more!

Join us if you have ever had an interest in becoming a foster parent or just want to learn more about what fostering with SafeHaven is like. Orientation is encouraged, but not required, for new foster parents.

Have you ever been curious about fostering a pet?

Visit our website to see upcoming foster care orientation dates at www.safehavenhumane.org/adopt/foster.

This is just one example of the many stories of cats and kittens affected by kitten season. At the end of April, we got a call that six young kittens were found in a taped up box on the side of the road. A good Samaritan brought them to us. When our medical team examined them, they appeared to be healthy, so we then found a loving foster home to look after the kittens as they grew. The foster parent let us know that the kittens transitioned from a syringe to bottle feeding on the first day and were such good eaters!

We are receiving calls about pregnant cats and young kittens almost daily. If you'd like to help our dedicated team of foster parents who help us care for our tiniest friends, our most needed supplies at this time are dry kitten food (Purina if possible), KMR kitten formula, and Miracle Nipples. And of course, foster parents.

Email fostercare@safehavenhumane.com to learn more about becoming a foster parent and ways to get involved.

After being postponed for two years, the annual Strawberry Festival was back this year. The Lebanon Strawberry Festival is a community wide celebration held each year during the first full weekend in June. This year, Johnny, Twiggy, Olga, and Inga joined us as we participated in the parade. Despite the gray skies and that good ol' Oregon rainfall, we had a great time seeing all the friendly faces in Lebanon for this wonderful event. Thanks to our dedicated volunteers!

Just a few years ago, our good friends at Hendrix Heating and Air announced they were moving and, lucky for us, just down the road from our shelter!

On Thursday, May 26th, Hendrix Heating and Air hosted an Open House and we were excited to join! Along with an ice cream truck, games, a bounce house, and live music, SafeHaven was there with furry friends available for adoption. Two fun-loving puppies, Mentis and Wrigley, charmed everyone who visited. Since this day, both puppies have found forever homes!