Gilbert Realtor Joe Palazzolo who also owns Modern Design Painting and volunteers for Lost Our Home Pet Foundation, has donated about 50 hours to help renovate a 1,500 square-foot home in northeast Phoenix that will be used for a halfway house for abandoned pets. The home is scheduled to be open in about two weeks.East [...]

Amelia is a ten-month-old puppy. She is a happy dog that adores people with the tremendous amount of love she shows; so much so, she hides the pain that she is in. Ameilia was born with a condition known as hip dysplasia. She was rescued from a home that was foreclosed. Her former owners had [...]

When life got bad for Rocky’s owners, it got even worse for the 12-year-old Queensland heeler

The people he had lived with for 10 years moved from a Chandler house they could no longer afford into a small apartment that did not allow pets.
Rocky was abandoned in the back yard. .Rescue groups said the same [...]

CHANDLER, AZ — The story of pets being left behind when homeowners have to leave is all too common these days.
So when a family in one Chandler neighborhood left their dog “Rocky” behind, neighbors stepped in to help Rocky out.
“The dog is innocent, the dog just is here and he needs help,” said Richard [...]

Since January, members of the Lost Our Home Pet Foundation said there has been an increase in the number of pets left behind at abandoned homes. The group’s aim is to get them into ones that are occupied where they can be cared for.

The foundation said calls reporting pets in need have averaged about 140 a month since January — up about 20 a month compared with calls in 2008. About half of those calls involve foreclosures, said Jodi Polanski, a mortgage lender who is the president and founder of Lost Our Home Pet Foundation. Most of the pet abandonment is throughout the East Valley, she said.

PHOENIX, AZ — The Lost Our Home Pet Foundation is known for rescuing pets that have been left behind in foreclosed homes that have been abandoned.
With Phoenix being among the leaders in foreclosures, the number of animals being left behind is almost more than they can handle.
The foundation has come up with a unique way [...]

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Scott Craven from The Arizona Republic wrote a wonderful piece on the foundation of Lost Our Home. Click here to learn about our early beginnings and whats to come for Lost Our Home Pet Foundation

Channel 12 news ran a segment discussing animal abandonment during the summer months. Animal shelters in the valley are already overwhelmed by the influx of pets due to the economic crisis, but it is feared the issue will only get worse throughout the summer. Check out the article featuring Lost Our Home here.

ABC ran another story on Lost Our Home. This segment specifically featured our Furry Friends Food Bank program. Check the story out here

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