Visiting The Philippine Animal Welfare Society's Rehab Center For Rescued Cats and Dogs

Our Human wanted to help other animals who needed it, so she visited PAWS HQ to get a signing up form. Unfortunately she forgot that PAWS do not hand out forms (we have to print them out ourselves). After an hour of commuting, she didn't want to go empty handed so she took a tour around the shelter.

Our Human likes to tell us about her day, like it or not, we have no choice but to listen. According to her, she was first greeted by a volunteer walking a rescue dog up and down the drive way. Then she spotted a human sized snoopy.

There were cats everywhere! Interesting how they don't stray away, although most are placed in cages (they probably take turns on who gets to roam around). There were a lot of beautiful cats who had their own unique personalities. Some were playful, others were very vocal, all were very tamed and friendly.

Cats in cages in front of PAWS office
under quarantine.

Some of the cats have chipped ears. Not sure if the same applies here, but we remember reading about stray cats in Singapore. It's common in Singapore to see cats with the tip of their ear missing because it serves as a marking that the cat has been spayed/neutered. If a cat has been caught by the local pound, the marking can save the cat from getting euthanized.

Behind the PAWS office, there are different stations for different kinds of rescues; trying to recall there were the usual cats, not yet socialized dogs, sick cats, special needs cats, and socialized dogs. Not the official names of the place, but that's how our human remembers it.

She wanted to get near the dogs, but they were barking like crazy. Playing with the dogs that had a bright red "warning" sign on their cage didn't sound like a good idea anymore, so she moved on to the next kennel, the special needs/disabled cats.

She finally found the kennel of dogs-ready-to-go. They were barking as much as the first doggy kennel but they eventually calmed down when they get to sniff our Human's hand. I guess they were just excited to see another human checking them out.

Each kennel contains a bench inside for visitors and willing adopters to rest on while interacting with the animals.

Right across the dogs was another kennel (or cattery) of ready-to-go-cats. They have their own kitty condo, scratching post, beds, litter box, a tunnel bridge connected to the next cattery, and a comfy looking couch.

  They were all very friendly and laid back. 

Not all rescued animals here are of native breed, our human has reported seeing a dalmatian and two shih tzus. She remembers seeing a husky too.






Our favorite rescue would probably be this guy:

We love scruffy looking macho dogs!

We recently found out that his name is Navy. Checked again,

he's not Navy. But we still love them both!

We're actually not sure if Navy and scruffy macho dog's
the same dog. May be he got himself groomed for the
2013 PAWS calendar which is for sale at the PAWS
Rehab Center, and at any Bow&Wow outlet for only
P150! 100% of the proceeds will go to PAWS.

So... You come here often? Well, you should.