Petco Love invests $750,000 in lifesaving work of Dog Is My CoPilot

Petco Love, a national nonprofit working to lead and inspire change for animals, is partnering with Dog Is My CoPilot and shelters across the country for a lifesaving shelter pet transport.

Dog Is My CoPilot has received a $750,000 grant investment from the national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for pets. To celebrate, more than 50 dogs and cats were airlifted from El Paso, Texas, to rescues in Wyoming and Oregon, where they will be adopted into loving homes.

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Thank you Petco Love!

Thank you Petco Love for all your love and support in supporting our mission to save shelter pets nationwide. On behalf of the Dog Is My CoPilot team and our shelter and rescue partners, we are so grateful for our lifesaving partnership.

Dog Is My CoPilot partnered with the Animal Adoption Center in Jackson, Wyoming, which received seven small dogs on this flight. All of them already have foster and adoptive homes waiting. The rest of the pets on board were flown to Portland, Oregon. This flight celebrated the $750,000 grant investment from Petco Love to support Dog Is My CoPilot’s ongoing lifesaving work.

Message from Peter the Pilot

“We are beyond grateful to continue to grow and strengthen our partnership with Petco Love. With Petco Love’s support, we’ve been able to considerably scale up our lifesaving efforts. This investment affirms our work and motivates us to continue to grow our partnerships with animal shelters and adoption centers, saving lives by the thousands!”

Peter E. Rork
CHIEF PILOT & FOUNDER OF DOG IS MY COPILOT

Petco Love

Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested nearly $400 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations — like ours — across North America, with more than 6.9 million pets adopted and counting.

“Our investment in Dog Is My CoPilot is part of more than $15M in investments recently announced by Petco Love to power local organizations across the country as part of our commitment to create a future in which no pet is unnecessarily euthanized. Our local investments are only part of our strategy to empower animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us.”

Susanne Kogut
PRESIDENT OF PETCO LOVE

Meet Dove

Powered by Petco Love, the Big Dog flew over the Tetons and inside the airplane were 65 furry passengers that got the ‘Golden Ticket’ to Jackson Hole! One special passenger was a dog named Dove. Dove found herself at the El Paso Animal Shelter (EPAS), after being abandoned with her puppies. EPAS is a shelter in Texas that has over 500 dogs in their care everyday, many of their kennels are tripled up with dogs. Dove was scared and timid in her kennel looking away and trying to hide when people walked by her kennel. After weeks of waiting, her time was up. But her fate changed when a family here in Jackson saved her life! The rest is history since arriving in Jackson, as Dove is living the good life thanks to our amazing community of animal lovers!

“After tremendous loss, Dove has brought joy and healing back into our lives. Dove arrived in Wyoming literally on a Wing and a Prayer. This terrified little heeler I knew almost nothing about was pulled from EPAS on a gut feeling and undeniable synergy. Dove, who was paralyzed with fear and wouldn’t leave her kennel for more than potty breaks, is a blossoming youngster. She is showing us her true colors daily and has decided that the little kids in the house will always have food falling that needs to be cleaned up after regularly. We have also learned that if our shoes are missing they have been collected in one of her caches under a couch. Not chewed on, just hoarded. Dove now explores the woods, rivers and trails of Wyoming. When she isn’t zoomy’ing around with her dog friends her favorite place is wherever mom is. But the couch is a close second. We found each other at a time where we both really needed a friend. So don’t pass by the shy and cowering, they may just surprise you”

– Krista Lapier, Dove’s mom

BOBS® x Dog is my CoPilot

BOBS from Skechers™ is proud to help animals take to the skies with Dog is My CoPilot – a wonderful organization dedicated to transporting at-risk dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers so that they can reach their forever homes, that has saved more than 23,000 animals. Through this special non-profit, our years-long partnership with Petco Love and our philanthropic BOBS® shoe and apparel offering, we’ve been able to donate $9.3 million to help save and support over 1.7 million shelter dogs and cats—and we continue to support Petco Love’s 4,000+ animal welfare organization network to improve pets’ lives, every day. Join our BOBS® movement and help us make a difference for millions more.

Together We’re Sending Lost Pets Home

Every year, 10 million pets go missing in the U.S., and many never make it back home. Our partners at Petco Love Lost, believe nothing is more important than keeping people and pets together. Whether you’re a pet parent, good neighbor, or animal welfare organization, use Petco Love Lost as the go-to resource should the unthinkable ever happen Learn more about how our friends PetcoLove are leading the charge to find the 10 million lost or stolen pets that go missing each year.

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