Healthy Paws Pet Insurance & Foundation was born nearly 11 years ago on one guiding principle: to help pets, whether homed or not. The foundation has grown each year along with the pet insurance business and has now distributed a total of over $1.37 million since the foundation started, helping 370 animal welfare charities. In… Read More

The paws have landed! A flight that arrived at Boeing Field in Seattle last Thursday may just have been the cutest ever, and certainly the furriest. A Hercules C-130 cargo plane landed with more than 600 cats and dogs brought from overwhelmed shelters on four of the Hawaiian Islands. All pets arrived safe and healthy,… Read More

Even by 2020 standards, August and September were rough months. On the East Coast, Hurricane Laura slammed into Louisiana on Aug. 27, bringing winds up to 150 miles per hour, widespread flooding, and killing at least 42 people. It was the strongest hurricane since 1856 to ever make landfall in the state. In mid-August, lightning… Read More

While it may be unthinkable to dog and cat lovers who live in the U.S. and other Western countries, the custom of raising animals we consider to be pets and family members to be sold as meat is still a sad reality in some Asian countries such as China and South Korea. When animal lovers… Read More

Multiple times per year, we run a campaign called the Rescue Race during which shelters and rescue organizations can earn grants from the Healthy Paws Foundation. Our most recent Rescue Race concluded in July, and many deserving animal rescues and shelters received grant money from the Healthy Paws Foundation to support their organizations in helping… Read More

Saturday, August 17th is a nationwide pet adoption drive called Clear the Shelters, in which rescue organizations across the country rally to get as many pets adopted as possible. To Healthy Paws, this day goes beyond adoption; it’s also about the collective efforts that go into rescuing homeless pets, rehabilitating them, and helping them find… Read More

 At Healthy Paws, we seek out like-minded companies and projects that focus on helping animals, either by finding homeless pets fur-ever homes or strengthening the human-animal bond. Recently, we had the pleasure of getting to know the team behind Canine Companions for Independence (CCI). Since 1975, the organization has provided highly trained assistance dogs… Read More

Animals find themselves in shelters for any number of reasons. For example, some animals may have come in as strays. Others may have been surrendered by their families due to tight finances or “bad” behavior. Whatever the reason, shelter animals need and deserve the same level of veterinary care that adopted pets receive at private… Read More

As Healthy Paws has committed to supporting the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, we also want to spread the word about their organization. Created to honor the life of Catherine Violet Hubbard, the nonprofit focuses on her gentle spirit and mission of kindness (find out more about their organization here). Through local rescue support, outreach,… Read More

While puppies and sprightly younger dogs have an easy time getting adopted, other dogs often go overlooked, many of them with illness or old age docking their potential for placement. Some people don’t realize that there are others who take in and adopt these dogs to give them a happy, safe, home to live out… Read More

SAVE THE DATE! On Saturday, June 8th, the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary will be throwing their annual “Butterfly Party,” a free festival with pet adoption event in Newtown, Connecticut. It will feature hundreds of adoptable pets as well as have food trucks and vendors, live music, kids’ activities, and more. What: Catherine’s Butterfly Party… Read More