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Clear The Shelters continues in South Florida and across the country, where NBC and Telemundo stations have helped find new homes for more than 550,000 animals over the last five years. This year, instead of one big day, Clear The Shelters is four weeks long. There are adoption centers from Key West all the way up to Broward. Animal Care…...

This summer, Baxter, a golden retriever, will be attending doggie boot camp. “Boot camp is a place where a puppy or a dog can get a jumpstart on leadership and a high level of socialization so a dog can find itself.” Nathaniel Silver is a canine behaviorist. At just five months old, Baxter is in the most impressionable stage of…...

Dr. Ian Kupkee from Sabal Chase Animal Clinic has explained to NBC 6 the pros and cons of teenage puppies. “There’s a popular meme that often circulates on social media. It depicts the three stages of canine development,” Dr. Kupkee said. “Stage 1: birth to four months – puppy! Stage 2: four to twenty-four months – vel...

Animal shelters in South Florida and across the country are once again teaming up with NBC and Telemundo stations to find loving homes for pets in need with our Clear the Shelters pet adoption and donation campaign.

Whether you’re picking which movie you want to watch or deciding what to make for dinner, some decisions don’t require much consideration. But, the decision to adopt a pet certainly does. National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day is April 30 and what better way to celebrate than by saving a life and gaining a new best friend? If you’re......

As NBC 6 continues to Clear the Shelters, NBC 6’s Roxanne Vargas shares the story of two fur-babies that were adopted by a local police department and making a difference in the community.

Meteorologist Steve MacLaughlin caught up with one happy family who adopted their dog during Clear the Shelters.

NBC and Telemundo stations across the country are helping to ‘Clear The Shelters’ and finding pets a new home. This week we are focusing on cats and visited the Broward County Animal Care and Adoption fir tips on how to choose the ‘purr’fect cat for your family.

NBC 6’s Steve MacLaughlin shows you the do’s and do not’s when you bring home that forever family member.

Meet Grizzly, an adorable pup that is looking for his forever home.

As our country slowly returns to normal, Americans continue to add pets to their households. And as the status of pets continues to rise from that of animals to family members, demand has grown for modern, state of the art diagnostics and veterinary care. In some cases, however, pet parents are turning to a modality that has been used to…...

NBC 6’s Steve Maclaughlin caught up with Dr. Ian Kupkee to discuss his thoughts on providing acupuncture for your pets.

Across the country thousands of animals are finding forever homes. Watch some of these lucky pets as they meet their new families for the very first time.