Starting in August Flexcin International, the makers of FlexPet with CM8, will be making a donation of $25 to Best Friends Animal Society for FlexPet direct purchases. FlexPet is an all-natural supplement providing joint pain relief for dogs and cats. FlexPet customers will get the gift of a Best Friends Animal Society membership which helps provide a year of quality care for an animal at the sanctuary. It also entitles members to the following:

• A subscription to Best Friends magazine, the most popular general interest companion animal magazine in the nation.

• Quarterly newsletters.

• Special members-only rates for area accommodations should you or your gift recipient like to visit Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

• A donation made in their name.

If you already bought FlexPet and got our gift of a one year Best Friends Membership, we want to thank for your purchase and for helping us support such a great organization. Please leave a comment below and tell us a little about yourself, your pet and why you decided to join Best Friends!

Best Friends is working with their members – and with humane groups all across the country – to bring about a time when there are No More Homeless Pets.

The sanctuary at Angel Canyon, in the Golden Circle of southern Utah, is home, on any given day, to about 2,000 dogs, cats, and other animals from all over the country. Many of them need just a few weeks of special care before they’re ready to go to good new homes. Others, who are older or sicker, or who have suffered extra trauma, find a home and a haven here, and are given loving care for the rest of their lives.

Through the Best Friends Network, Best Friends reaches across the nation and around the world, helping local communities to rescue animals in distress and to set up spay/neuter, shelter, foster, and adoption programs in their own neighborhoods, cities and states.

And their rapid response team brings rescue and relief to people and pets in times of crisis and disaster.

The work of Best Friends is supported entirely through the donations of members, who help to ensure that animals who come into the care of Best Friends will never again be alone, hungry, sick, afraid, or in pain.

If you are interested in buying FlexPet and getting a gift of a Best Friends Membership, buy online or please call 1-800-END-PAIN (800-363-7246).

This is one interesting story that we came a cross on the internet. Maricopa County, in Arizona, was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said okay.

The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who’d like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dogs off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.

The best part? His budget for the entire department is now under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa Countyshelter two years ago. He was neutered, and current on all shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78. The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.