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My family said goodbye to our beloved dog this weekend. At 15, Dixie had been part of our pack for well over a decade. She was my daughters’ first dog, who they ecstatically adopted from the OHS in grade school. Dixie was some kind of Shih Tzu crossed with something bigger and scruffier, and she saw the girls through tough days at high school and kept them company during COVID years.
We are only halfway through 2026, and your compassion and advocacy have already helped secure major victories for animals across Ontario, proving that when people raise their voices for animals, meaningful change follows.
The Ottawa Humane Society is an open-admission animal shelter, which means we never turn away an animal in need, regardless of age, injury, illness or behavioural challenges.
When we talk about protecting animals, it’s easy to focus on compassion – and rightly so. But compassion alone isn’t enough. Without clear, consistent standards for animal care, even well-intentioned efforts can fall short. That’s why accreditation in animal welfare is so critical: because without it, animals’ lives are at stake.
As I write this, I can’t stop thinking about how close some pets are to losing a home where they are loved.
At the OHS, we help people who are doing everything they can to take care of their pet. They are stretching dollars, skipping meals and making devastating choices just to keep their pets safe and cared for.
You always hear about the first robin of spring, but I prefer measuring the change of seasons by the swell of people out in the community with their dogs. I’m definitely enjoying the spring with my pups, Reggie and Winston, and it reminds me of something I’m always so grateful for: Ottawa is a pet-friendly city.
As Ottawa’s local animal shelter, it’s not uncommon for people to assume that taking in animals, caring for them, and finding them new homes is all the OHS does. Don’t get me wrong, that work alone is an enormous task, but we’re up to a lot more, and the impact it has for the animals is staggering.
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