Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary, Middletown, NY, Hudson Valley

Pets Alive is a no-kill animal shelter, located in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, about 1 1/2 hours from New York City. Our mission is to improve the lives of companion animals everywhere by any means possible, including rescue, adoption, advocacy, collaboration, intervention and education.

Animals at the sanctuary range from dogs and cats to farm animals, exotic birds, and many others. Many of the animals at Pets Alive are older, have special needs or require special care. Read our full story here.

Join Our Mailing List

We have an on-line newsletter! Be sure to sign up so we can keep you informed of all our latest news, needs and updates. We usually send out just one mailing a month and do not EVER give your email address to other organizations. Please help us to keep in touch or beg for help as needed!

2012 Pets Alive Calendar

The 2012 calendar is now available for purchase. This is one of our biggest fund raisers of the year and we hope you will support us by purchasing a calendar. They make great gifts for the animal lover in your life or for someone you want to let know more about Pets Alive!

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Special Needs

Biggest need right now is for 3-lb paper trays! We could also always use large black garbage bags (yard size), paper towels, Libman wonder mopheads, High Efficiency laundry detergent, dog toys, Panacur dewormer (the big bottles of equine liquid has been working well for us!), Advantixx or Frontline for dogs, Panacur Dewormer, Ivermectin, disinfectant wet wipes, bleach, and Slip leads. Thank you for your kind consideration on these items!

Support Our Sponsors

Pets Alive Credit Card!

Show your support with every purchase you make!
As one of our valued supporters, you are invited to apply for our special Visa Platinum credit card through Capital One Card Lab Connect. Use the custom card designs to show your support and your rewards will be automatically donated to our organization!

Use Goodsearch or iGive

Help Pets Alive every time you shop online and search the web by downloading the GoodSearch Pets Alive toolbar or use the iGive toolbar. We get 2 cents for every search you make.

Adoptable Cats

Felix! We have many adoptable cats at Pets Alive! Cats of all sizes and colors and temperaments. If you have space in your home, come on by and visit. Find a friend!
Take a look at all our available cats!

The Dogs!

Nemo! Dogs, dogs, dogs. All of our dogs would love to be in a happy home with people to greet each day! Can you make room for one of our canines? We're ready to meet you!

Gift Cards

Looking for the perfect gift? Give Pets Alive for all your occasions. Make a donation to Pets Alive in someone's name and we'll send them a card that you can personalize. We currently have six cards (dogs, cats,a mouse, and a horse) to choose from, and six different occasions (Birthday, Celebration, Sympathy, etc). Click here to see all our cards and send one today! You can also add a personal message to your card.

Volunteer!

Your help is most welcome! Pets Alive welcomes the support of the community in caring for the animals. Volunteers, adopters, and donations are needed! For more information on how you can help, email us at: volunteers@petsalive.com or visit the volunteer page and for information on volunteer opportunities and please sign up on the mailing list there. We have a separate mailing list for volunteers - are you on it?

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Recently Pets Alive saved a cat off of death row at the NYC ACC. We pulled her, five other cats and a pit bull to our sanctuary.

Thanks to John Sibley who went down to the CACC waited THREE and a half hours for the animals, and finally was able to get them to us in the late afternoon. The next day Janet, our vet tech noted that Gloria didn't eat. She monitored her throughout the morning and in the afternoon felt something wasn't right and took her down to our vet. It turns our Gloria has a broken leg. The leg is so badly crushed and fractured that it can not be repaired and Gloria has her leg amputated this week. Please consider a donation to our medical emergency fund so that when crisis like these happen, we can afford to help these animals!

HOST A PETS ALIVE PARTY!

You've all heard of Mary Kay, Pampered Chef parties, tupperware parties and various wine and food parties? Well we are making it possible for you to host a Pets Alive Party!

A Party for Pets Alive is a fun and easy way to share your passion for rescue with friends while fundraising to help support us and the animals we rescue. For more information or to sign up to host a party, visit our Parties For Pets Alive page.

Pets Alive Rescues 100 dogs!
The call came in. A no kill rescue in Arkansas was going under. 100+ dogs on the property. No where for them to go. Could Pets Alive help? This was very reminiscent of what we had gone through right here, five years ago when the founder of Pets Alive was dying. It seemed that it had come full circle and it was fate. Yes, we agreed to help. Between Pets Alive Middletown and Pets Alive Westchester, we will be bringing all the dogs to safety. Read more from our blog, and please consider helping us to commit to them: Pets Alive Pays it Forward.

We can't let these dogs down. They were discarded once, found safety, and now that safety is jeopardized again. Once they come into our shelter, through our doors and into our arms, they will be safe forever. We promise them that, and we need your help and support to make it happen. Thank you for all you do for us, but more importantly - thank you for all you do for THEM.

Gabby - dog of the month Gabby
Ears? What ears? Oh THOSE ears! This cute, fun-loving, young, energetic girl is looking for some love! Meet 2 year old Gabrielle! She was found abandoned outside of a firehouse, then faced with euthanasia at another shelter. Thankfully Pets Alive came to her rescue just in time! Gabby is selective with her canine companions and a formal dog introduction would be necessary if there is a current dog in the home. We feel she may be best around larger dogs, but she may simply be happiest as the only dog in the home, but who could blame her?! She DESERVES all eyes on HER! She is so gentle with children, such a good girl! With her cute smile and warm eyes, she will win your heart immediately...not to mention her outgoing personality! She deserves a happy, warm, compassionate home, perhaps yours is the one! Read all about that here! After all that, how can you NOT want to adopt this wonderful girl? Please fill out an adoption application and we will get you right in to meet her!

Agway Adoption Event - Saturday, January 21st, 11-3pm - Pets Alive will have adorable, adoptable Cats & Dogs at Agway in Pine Bush.

Quinnz Pinz Bowl-A-Thon - Sunday Jan 29th, 5-7pm - Bring your friends and family...have fun and raise money for animals!

Winter 2011 Newsletter Winter Newsletter

Did you get a copy of our Winter newsletter? It was just mailed out (1st week of December)! If not, you can click here to download it.

To view our spring newsletter, click here. Please let us know if you would like a copy mailed to your home.