In celebration of Valentine's Day, we want to shower the dogs of The Animal Pad HQ with LOVE!!

As they await a foster and then their furever families, we're giving them a PAWFECT DATE to remember - complete with a day out full of treats, playtime and snuggles with our care team volunteers!

All proceeds raised will go directly towards showering our 30 kennel pups with love and ensuring they have the best day ever with their hooman dates. Dates will include, but are not limited to:

2 hour Sniffspot experience
Custom bandana
New toy
Handmade treats by Urban Skills Center, The Institute For Effective Education
A meal for the hooman (because no date is complete without good food!)

Help us make dates to remember happen today!! 💚

(Dates will be organized with our volunteers following Valentine's Day so we can spread out the love! Keep an eye out on Instagram for date recaps to come!)

MEET OUR SINGLES! 🐾

What We Do

The Animal Pad (TAP) is a non-profit, all breed dog and cat rescue, which focuses on saving animals from high kill shelters and the streets of Mexico.

We get them vet care, place them in foster homes, and then find them loving forever families. TAP focuses much of our attention on the street dogs in Mexico, as there is very little help for them. We have a large rescue network in Baja California and a sister shelter in Ensenada that we pull dogs from whenever funds allow.

Our Mission

…is to form a safe space for dogs and cats experiencing crisis and neglect and to build a community of compassion through education, rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption. Our community of volunteers and fosters strives to ensure that all animals get a fighting chance and believes that no case is too extreme to be helped. This means our rescue is full of perfectly imperfect animals who can't wait to meet you.

Our Vision

…is to build, operate, and maintain a no-kill animal sanctuary. We would love to expand this model into other cities and help others wanting to create similar sanctuaries.

Our TAP Family

The Animal Pad is only able to do what we do through a network of volunteers, fosters, donors, sponsor organizations, and adopters. It truly takes a village, and we are always looking for more help! TAP is seeking new avenues for fundraising, veterinary care, pet supplies, and anything that can assist us in helping these innocent souls.

If you would like to get in touch directly, please email: info@theanimalpad.com

The PAWfect Date

Help us treat our kennel dogs to a day out while they wait for their furevers!