• January 2025 Growth Report

    January 2025 Growth Report

    Joybound Shelter to Service (Formerly ARF Pets & Vets) Thank you! Your visionary support for the ARF Pets & Vets campaign laid the foundation for Joybound’s Shelter to Service Program’s achievements today. Thanks to your investment in our training headquarters, …

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  • Joybound’s LA Fire Relief Efforts

    Joybound’s LA Fire Relief Efforts

    The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County has been devastating for local communities — including our partner shelters. Our hearts are with all those affected by the fires. If you or someone you know needs evacuation shelter location information in the Los Angeles …

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  • Impact Report 2023-2024

    Impact Report 2023-2024

    Love Unleashed Click here to download our Impact Report as a PDF. From Our CEO Joybound People & Pets is so much more than a new name. It’s a commitment to the joy-producing, health-boosting bond companion animals and humans share. …

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  • Joy Online – Fall 2024

    Joy Online – Fall 2024

    Joy is the quarterly magazine for Joybound People & Pets. With a gift of just $25 to Joybound, you can be added to our mailing list and receive Joy in your mailbox for one year! Inside This Issue From Our …

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  • Better Together: Strategic Plan 2023-2027

    Better Together: Strategic Plan 2023-2027

    Forming, Supporting, Elevating, & Celebrating the Bond Between People & Pets. Click here to download our Strategic Plan as a PDF. From Our CEO Better Together is more than a slogan; it’s a way of life and a reflection of …

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  • Your Cat’s Not Broken if it Can’t Catch Mice (via USA Today)

    Your Cat’s Not Broken if it Can’t Catch Mice (via USA Today)

    If your pet cat isn’t a little predator, that’s perfectly okay! Joybound’s Dr. Wailani Sung was recently interviewed by USA Today about feline instincts and what they mean for a cat’s personality. Check it out! Your Cat’s Not Broken if …

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  • Coming Winter 2024: Solo’s Play Yard Will Have Tails Wagging 

    Coming Winter 2024: Solo’s Play Yard Will Have Tails Wagging 

    About Solo’s Play Yard In a few short months, Joybound’s canine guests will have a place to romp under the redwoods and spread joy to all who enter our main building. Thanks to a generous supporter, this space will be …

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  • Do Cats Really Hate Water (via Scientific American)

    Do Cats Really Hate Water (via Scientific American)

    Of all the stereotypes about cats, their dislike of water is one of the most common. But why is that? Dr. Wailani Sung, Joybound’s Senior Director of Training and Enrichment, was interviewed by Scientific American about this misconception. Check it …

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  • Five Questions with Susan Lee Vick (via APPA)

    Five Questions with Susan Lee Vick (via APPA)

    What is Joybound’s Shelter to Service? Five Questions with Susan Lee Vick, CEO of Joybound People & Pets APPA Team In honor of September being Service Dog Awareness Month, we sat down with the CEO of Joybound People & Pets, …

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  • Miguel Abi-hassan Joins Joybound as Chief Programs Officer 

    Miguel Abi-hassan Joins Joybound as Chief Programs Officer 

    WALNUT CREEK, CA, August 19, 2024 – Joybound People & Pets welcomes Miguel Abi-hassan as its next chief programs officer (CPO). In this role, Miguel will oversee Joybound’s animal and human wellbeing programs, expanding its beneficial impact on pets, their guardians, …

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  • Joybound Assists with Park Fire Animals

    Joybound Assists with Park Fire Animals

    42 Dogs and Cats Make their Way to Safety Joybound’s disaster relief team dove into action this week to assist Tehama County Animal Services, a partner shelter that was impacted by Northern California’s Park Fire. Sending a caravan of vehicles …

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