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Maggie
A soft-hearted senior who loves outdoor exploring, treats, and comforting snuggles.
Read Maggie's profileHelping dogs since 2010. Welcoming cats in 2026.
A home for senior dogs and cats who need it most.
Providing comfort, care, and second chances: Bob's House gives older and special-needs pets a softer place to land, whether they are headed toward adoption, permanent residency, or dignified end-of-life care.
Some pets move on to adoptive homes. Others stay as permanent residents or hospice patients, with the same steady routines, medical follow-through, and calm daily care either way.
No kennels, just couches, cozy beds, and soft blankets.
Built for senior and special-needs pets who need a real home, not another holding place.Helping dogs since 2010
Built around senior and special-needs dogs from day one, with the same homelike care model expanding to cats in 2026.
Welcoming cats in 2026
The mission now includes senior and special-needs cats without changing the house-first standard of care.
Cage-free, homelike care
Comfort, cuddles, medical follow-through, and clear routines instead of kennel stress.
Three clear ways to help
Understand the mission fast, then pick the next step.
Adopt a pet
See the current animals in our care, read their bios, and move straight to the application process when the fit feels right.
Go to adopt a petDonate
Support food, medication, vet care, and all the comforts of home for the animals in our care.
Go to donateVolunteer
Help with chores, transport, events, and the day-to-day work that keeps the house calm, clean, and welcoming.
Go to volunteerWhat makes Bob's House different
Three care standards shape every day at Bob's House.
Cage-free routines, steady medical follow-through, and permanent residency make it easier to understand what sets Bob's House apart.
Cage-free living
No kennels, just couches, cozy beds, soft blankets, and a homelike routine built around calm instead of confinement.
Medical follow-through
Senior and special-needs pets receive the medication, monitoring, grooming, and daily consistency they need to keep feeling steady.
Permanent residency
When adoption is not the right ending, Bob's House provides a permanent home and compassionate care through every stage.
Meet the pets
Meet the pets in care and get a feel for which program fits them best.
Story spotlight
Lucky
Meet Lucky, a dapper 3 1/2-year-old Teddy Bear mix being fostered for Chippewa Humane Association. Lucky can be shy when meeting new people, but once he feels secure he becomes his happy, smiley self. Squeaky toys, belly rubs, and treats are just a few of his favorite things, and he loves supervising the house moms as they move through their daily routines.
Maggie
A soft-hearted senior who loves outdoor exploring, treats, and comforting snuggles.
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Your questions. Our answers.
Put the biggest answers where people can actually find them.
The most common calls are about surrenders, appointments, and how adoption works. Those answers should be easy to scan before anyone picks up the phone.
How is Bob's House different from a shelter?
Bob's House offers a cage-free, homelike environment where senior and special-needs pets can relax, play, and receive personal attention instead of living in small kennels.
Can I surrender my pet to Bob's House?
No. Bob's House fosters pets for area shelters and rescues and dogs rescued from puppy mills that need extra support for senior and special-needs cases. We don't take private surrenders.
How is Bob's House funded?
Bob's House operates on bequests, donations, fundraisers, and grant awards. It does not receive funding from the shelters or rescues it supports.
Donation highlight
Gifts support real care, real routines, and a real house for animals who need it most.
Giving covers food, treats, blankets, toys, medication, supplements, grooming, dental care, after-care, and the long-term needs of permanent residents and hospice patients.
Helps cover food, treats, blankets, toys, and the everyday comforts pets use right away.
Helps offset medication, supplements, grooming, and dental or veterinary follow-up for senior pets.
Helps support after-care, long-term medical needs, hospice support, and permanent residents who need ongoing help.