Nature and Animals

Layla The Pet Cottage Launches Quest for a Forever Sanctuary Home       Local Sanctuary Seeks Permanent Home to Keep Its Forever Promise to Pets The Pet Cottage, a Jupiter Farms-based sanctuary that provides lifelong care for pets who lose their human due to death, disability, or deployment, is embarking on an urgent and determined quest […]

Keeping the Promise: Marlee, Miles, and Maks By Wendy Derhak, Founder & Executive Director, The Pet Cottage       If you were at our Gratitude Luncheon earlier this month, you felt it: the hum of belonging that happens when a community shows up for pets and the people who love them. That same spirit is carrying […]

The Heart Of Belonging: Love In Every Season         When Poppy and Auggie, two beautiful Cocker Spaniels, came to The Pet Cottage after their mom passed away, we hoped they might stay together forever. While searching for the best Forever Guardians for each of them, we met a family of Cocker Spaniel lovers who […]

The Heart of Belonging: Life’s Sweetest Season, Shared At 91 years old, Norma could have been told, “You’re too old for a dog.” But at The Pet Cottage, we believe in something different.       We believe that love has no age limit—and that the deep companionship between a senior person and a senior pet is […]

The Pet Cottage, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing lifelong guardianship for pets whose humans can no longer care for them, has been awarded a $25,000 grant from The Grey Muzzle Foundation. This funding will directly support veterinary care, medications, and preventatives for senior dogs living at the sanctuary and in forever guardian homes.       […]

Freedom Found: A Golden Journey of Love and Belonging       Freedom.       It’s something we celebrate each July, often with flags, fireworks, and fanfare. But at The Pet Cottage, we witness a quieter, deeper kind of freedom — one found in safety, in companionship, and in the sacred promise that no pet will be left […]