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8,000+
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7+
Locations & Counting
100+
New volunteers each year
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Providing Love Is Our Paw-ssion
Even a single act of kindness can save an animal’s life.
Always & Furever advocates not just for the lives of pets, but for the quality of their lives. We go beyond most shelters, offering our rescues a chance to experience kindness, comfort, and joy while they wait for their furever home to find them.
From critical medical care to daily moments of comfort and love, every animal in our care is treated with dignity while they wait for their furever home.
Whether you adopt, volunteer, or give, your compassion becomes their second chance.
Providing Love Is Our Paw-ssion
Even a single act of kindness can save an animal’s life.
Always & Furever advocates not just for the lives of pets, but for the quality of their lives. We go beyond most shelters, offering our rescues a chance to experience kindness, comfort, and joy while they wait for their furever home to find them.
From critical medical care to daily moments of comfort and love, every animal in our care is treated with dignity while they wait for their furever home.
Whether you adopt, volunteer, or give, your compassion becomes their second chance.
What Makes Us Special
Patience
Unlike other shelters, we refuse to give up on any of the animals that enter our doors. No matter what, our team devotes as much of our time, energy, and funding as possible to keep our animals healthy and safe.
Protection
Even after our animals find their furever homes, we vow to help you take care of them, if necessary. We conduct frequent follow ups and can help connect you to resources as needed. One day, we hope to reduce barriers between adopters and essential pet care, including veterinary costs and food purchases.
Positivity
Plans change and mistakes happen, but it’s our job to persevere and to learn. What began in Spring Hill, Kansas, has grown into a life-saving mission serving animals across Osawatomie, Kansas City, Wichita, and beyond. We’re here to be the model of forgiveness that these animals need, which helps us become better, kinder people.
Adoption Process
If you’re ready to join our community of adopters, we’re glad to have you! Before you bring your furry friend home, though, there are a few steps you’ll need to follow. Start by filling out an application and then we will begin:
- Reference Checks – This helps us understand you as a pet owner. If this is your first pet, don’t worry—this step helps us match you with the right animal.
- Virtual Home Check – The size of your home isn’t important, as long as it meets your pet’s needs.
- Background check – We need this information to check for any past animal-related incidents. All animals deserve secure, happy homes.
- Medical Team Consultation – Ensuring the health of you, your new friend, and any current pets you have is essential.
- Meet-and-Greets – We’ll repeat this step as necessary to verify that you and your desired companion are compatible.
Future Plans at the Homestead
A fortunate turn of events led Always & Furever to purchase 40 acres next to our original Little Red Barn. What began as a simple letter to the landowners is now a dream come true! Our main focus will be on building smaller facilities for puppies, cats, reactive animals, and on-site medical care. Then, we can shift focus to hosting community-centered activities on the property that encourage kind humans to adopt animals in need. This could include puppy yoga, pancake breakfasts with dogs, bingo nights with cats, and more.
Our mission continues to grow. Today, we proudly serve pets and people across the region, with key locations in Wichita, Osawatomie, and our soon-to-be Homestead East in Kansas City, MO.
💤Goodnight from Lars and I at the LWB🩷
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‼️Please make sure you have signed our new Volunteer Waiver so you can cuddle with our adoptable pus and cats! 😊🐾 Link: www.alwaysandfurever.org/volunteer-waiver
🛍️ Amazon wishlist:
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1D43SCM8DZ2QS?ref_=list_d_wl_ys_list_1
🌎Website: alwaysandfurever.org/donate
💰Venmo: @AlwaysAndFurever (charity only)
💰PayPal: alwaysandfurever@yahoo.com
💰Zelle: Zelle@alwaysandfurever.org
📬 Wichita Mail: 4090 N Hoover Rd Suite #250, Wichita, KS 67205
📈Other Ways to Help:
IRA QCDs: - Taz-free giving for 70 1/2+
Stock Donations - Avoid capital gains
Coorporate Matching - Many employers will double your gift!
🐾Link for all forms/volunteer waiver:
www.alwaysandfurever.org/forms/
🐾 Volunteer Opportunities
alwaysandfurever.simplybook.me/v2/
🐾Book a time to volunteer: alwaysandfurever.simplybook.me/v2/
🐾 Adoption form link:
Adoption link for website: www.alwaysandfurever.org/our-dogs/
🐾🩶 Become a Golden Guardian for our Senior Pups at the Little Wichita Barn! Learn more by clicking this link!
goldenguardians.auctria.events
🚑Interested in helping transport our seniors and cats to vet appointments and events? Here is the link to our separate Facebook page! 😊 🐾 Link to Wichita Transport Page: Always & Furever Wichita Drivers (Vet Appointments & Events) ... See MoreSee Less
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Goodnight Sweet Stanley! Sleep well pumpkin!
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💰 PayPal: alwaysandfurever@yahoo.com
💰 Zelle: Zelle@alwaysandfurever.org
📬 Mail: 23595 W. 223rd Street, Spring Hill, KS 66083
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💙🐾 A HUGE LITTLE WICHITA BARN THANK YOU! 🐾💙
🫂We have SO many people to thank after a crazy week last week, and we hope you know just how much we appreciate every single person who continues to show up for The Little Wichita Barn and the sweet cats and dogs in our care.
Whether you are right here in our community or supporting us from miles away, YOU are a part of what makes all of this possible. Every donation, every supply, every volunteer hour, every share, and every little act of kindness helps us continue caring for these animals. We truly could not do it without you. ❤️
First, a very special THANK YOU to PetSmart for their generous donation this past week! We are so grateful for your continued support of the animals who are waiting for their forever homes. 🐾
And speaking of support when we REALLY needed it… if you missed our update post, we are happy to share again that OUR AC WAS BACK UP AND RUNNING the next day! 🎉❄️
To everyone who donated, dropped off fans, shared our plea, picked up a pup for a night, or simply worried alongside us when our AC unit went out, THANK YOU! The summer heat has been brutal, and getting our AC back up and running was so important for our animals. We cannot thank everyone enough for helping us get the repairs and supplies we needed. You all came through for us in such a big way, and we will never take that for granted. 🥹❤️
🫂🩷We also have some very special thank-yous to give:
🐾 Lucy and her family — Thank you for purchasing and dropping off indoor fly traps and canned pumpkin for our pups! Both have already come in handy and are being put to great use. We appreciate you thinking of our animals!
🐾 Lori S. — Thank you SO much for donating items to help us organize our medication cabinet! Having things organized and easy to find makes such a difference, and this was a huge help. We are incredibly grateful! 💊❤️
🐾 Perry Bliss and his wife — Thank you for opening your home to Rowdy and Ruckus for a weekend getaway! They had SO much fun being spoiled and getting all that extra love. 🥰🐶🐶 Thank you also for donating items so we can make canned chicken and rice for our pups who sometimes need a little extra encouragement when it comes to eating. We always want to make sure our picky eaters have something yummy and nutritious to help get them eating!
🐾 Christina Nava — Thank you for taking our sweet adoptable Calliope home for a couple of days for a little sleepover! She absolutely deserved some extra attention, a change of scenery, and lots of love. Thank you for giving her that opportunity and making her feel extra special. ❤️
🐾 Janette and Melinda 🫶🏻 — Thank you for setting up a shaded tent in one of our yards! The pups haven't been able to enjoy it much yet because this heat has been absolutely ridiculous, but we are SO excited for the weather to cool down so they can finally take advantage of their new little shaded hangout! ⛺️🐶☀️
🐾 And to our AMAZING Facebook supporters who sent treats and balls from our recent plea post, THANK YOU! You guys never cease to amaze us. ❤️ Dr. Seuss is absolutely LOVING his durable squeaky ball, and Esmeralda is loving hers too! Watching them enjoy the things you send is one of our favorite parts. 🥹🎾
🐾 And one more very special THANK YOU to Lori Schall! In addition to helping us with our medication cabinet organization, thank you for donating dishwasher pods, snacks, drinks, and bottled water. These may seem like little things, but they are the everyday necessities that keep everything running here, and we appreciate them more than you know! 🫶🏻
From the bottom of our hearts… THANK YOU. ❤️
Thank you for donating.
Thank you for volunteering.
Thank you for sending supplies.
Thank you for opening your homes.
Thank you for sharing our posts.
Thank you for checking on us.
Thank you for loving these animals right alongside us. 🐾
We really, truly could not do what we do without YOU.
Because of your support, we are able to keep showing up every day for the cats and dogs who need us, keeping them safe, comfortable, loved, spoiled, and working toward the forever homes they deserve. 🐶🐱❤️
We are so incredibly grateful for our Little Wichita Barn family. Thank you for continuing to believe in us, support us, and most importantly, support THEM.
We appreciate you guys more than words can say. 🥹❤️🐾THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
— The Little Wichita Barn Family 🐾💙
#avalibleforadoption #wichitaks #animalrescue #adopt #foster #notyouraverageshelter #nokillshelter #adoptdontshop #adoptasenior
‼️Please make sure you have signed our new Volunteer Waiver so you can cuddle with our adoptable pus and cats! 😊🐾 Link: www.alwaysandfurever.org/volunteer-waiver
🛍️ Amazon wishlist:
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1D43SCM8DZ2QS?ref_=list_d_wl_ys_list_1
🌎Website: alwaysandfurever.org/donate
💰Venmo: @AlwaysAndFurever (charity only)
💰PayPal: alwaysandfurever@yahoo.com
💰Zelle: Zelle@alwaysandfurever.org
📬 Wichita Mail: 4090 N Hoover Rd Suite #250, Wichita, KS 67205
📈Other Ways to Help:
IRA QCDs: - Taz-free giving for 70 1/2+
Stock Donations - Avoid capital gains
Coorporate Matching - Many employers will double your gift!
🐾Link for all forms/volunteer waiver:
www.alwaysandfurever.org/forms/
🐾 Volunteer Opportunities
alwaysandfurever.simplybook.me/v2/
🐾Book a time to volunteer: alwaysandfurever.simplybook.me/v2/
🐾 Adoption form link:
Adoption link for website: www.alwaysandfurever.org/our-dogs/
🐾🩶 Become a Golden Guardian for our Senior Pups at the Little Wichita Barn! Learn more by clicking this link!
goldenguardians.auctria.events
🚑Interested in helping transport our seniors and cats to vet appointments and events? Here is the link to our separate Facebook page! 😊 🐾 Link to Wichita Transport Page: www.facebook.com/share/g/17USaErCv4/?mibextid=wwXIfr ... See MoreSee Less
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