Columbus Dog Connection

Sweet Rose from the Valentine's litter has found her forever home.

The Valentines litter came to us through a good Samaritan who found a litter of puppies that were not being taken care of, and the owner had separated them from their mom and kept them outside. The owner said he didn't want them, but the Good Samaritan could not keep them either. They came to us.

Rose was actually one of the first to go to her new home. She went to foster care with her sister Ruby, to Kelly, who also fosters sweet Denali. One of Kelly's friends met the girls and fell in love with Rose right away. After the vet reference and home visit, the Montgomery family fostered her until all her preventative care was done, and now she is officially adopted.

The Montgomerys say she is very smart and sweet! She loves to run and play, and like most puppies has gotten into things a time or two that she wasn't supposed to, but has been going to training classes and is turning out to be an A+ student!

Congrats to Rose, now called Blue, and the entire Montgomery clan!

Her sister Val is the last of her litter that needs a forever home. Come see her in person this Saturday at State Street Pride! For event details and tickets, visit our website event page: https://www.columbusdogconnection.com/events

Joins us on Saturday, June 13th as we attend State Street Pride! We will have an information table and foster dogs at this ticketed event from 2 pm - 4 pm. Come see our fosters and learn more about our services, then stay and enjoy the festivities!

Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/state-street-pride-tickets-1988139006287

Overview
A vibrant music and arts pride festival highlighting local columbus artists and national stars. Centering q***r joy + community connection.

ABOUT THE EVENT
State Street Pride returns for its third year as a vibrant celebration of q***r creativity, community, and culture in the heart of Downtown Columbus. This is a full-day, outdoor music and arts festival-style experience designed to feel immersive, high-energy, and intentionally rooted in uplifting local artists, small businesses, and community organizations.

From 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM on June 13th 2026, State Street will transform into a dynamic cultural space featuring live performances, interactive art, and a curated vendor marketplace.

The event is located on State Street at the intersections of High Street and Front Street in Downtown Columbus.

FULL LINEUP TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

WHAT TO EXPECT

🎤 Main Stage Entertainment
A full day of programming featuring nationally recognized talent alongside standout local performers. Expect a mix of live music, drag, dance, and high-energy performances building into headline moments in the evening. Main stage entertainment begins at 3pm.
HEADLINED BY: CAIN CULTO, MARIS, ONYA NURVE, KING MOLASSES, and so many more local superstars based right out of Columbus!

🎨 Artist’s Village
An interactive creative hub featuring live painting, chalk art, installations, and hands-on art experiences. This space is designed for attendees to engage directly with artists and experience creativity in real time. At State Street Pride... we want you to Live ART Loud!

🛍️ Local Vendor Marketplace
A curated selection of local small businesses, artists, and makers offering handmade goods, fashion, art, and more. Every purchase directly supports independent local creators! See a full list of our vendors this year here: https://www.statestreetpride.com/vendors

🤝 Community & Nonprofit Partners
Local nonprofits will be on-site to share resources, connect with attendees, and highlight impactful work happening in the community.

🐾 Dog Adoption
Meet adoptable dogs and connect with a local rescue organization, brought to you by the Columbus Dog Connection and Sponsored by Mr. S Leather!

WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
State Street Pride is intentionally built as an alternative to large, corporate-style Pride events. Our focus is on community impact, accessibility, and opportunity — creating paid platforms for local artists, supporting small businesses, and fostering meaningful connections. Built with love, powered by community.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

This is an outdoor event — plan accordingly for weather, temperatures, walking
Expect a crowds, stage lighting effects, loud music
Food vendors will be available on-site
Re-entry is permitted
Come ready to explore, engage, and spend the day with us!
This is an 18+ event
Street parking

Millie Bobby Brown-

Another trailer park rescue.

A friendly, young, unspayed cat trying to survive. Showing up at the feeding station every day, very hungry.

We trapped her and during her spay it was discovered she was pregnant. Another pregnant cat. We did a spay-abort. We had to and we will continue to do so, every single time. Because this madness must end.

This petite girl is about 1.5 years old and very friendly. She acclimated to the office without any effort. She gets along with all the cats and is just a happy go lucky baby. She looks at you lovingly and will make a great addition to any family.

If interested please email Mirna at:
[email protected]

Learn more about her at: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/millie-bobby-brown-7f929eb1-f111-4576-a4b9-7a4f8e8c9a3d/oh/columbus/columbus-dog-connection-oh123/details/

THIS MADNESS MUST END!!!!

EVERY.SINGLE.DAY we receive calls, emails, messenger messages, texts, and people stopping by asking us to take litters of kittens and adult cats. To give you an example: in the last two days alone, we’ve been asked to help a situation with 16 cats and kittens; another call to help the remaining kittens from a location where 3 had already been killed by a dog; a mom and her kittens in a backyard and the caller would wanted “them gone today”; a building overrun with many pregnant cats, and many other requests.

We are CURRENTLY dealing with TWO situations since two weeks ago. We cannot discuss one of them, but we will in the near future because it is one of the worst we have ever seen of neglect and hoarding. It is upsetting beyond words. We are trying to find foster homes for the cats in that situation, as well as exercising sensitivity so the owners do not shut us out completely. WE NEED FOSTER HOMES that will require long term and special care.

The other situation, let's call it the LINDEN LICE situation, is yet again, another situation where the resident is feeding cats in their backyard, not spaying/neutering, lots of kittens being born, with the prior litters now 6-9 months old and feral, and some pregnant or nursing kittens. And to add the cherry to the 💩💩💩 sundae, the cats and kittens are/were infested with LICE. They were shaved and received their first of multiple treatments to be given every two weeks. The cats had upper respiratory infections on top of the lice.

We ended up taking in 9 kittens that we were able to locate (we know there are more in adjoining backyards) amidst the petri-dish of who knows what in that backyard, 3 adults (including a lactating mom) and 4 TNR's so far, there are many more, at least 15 more! Some of these cats are pregnant, and while we were there, there were multiple females in heat and the male cats impregnating them.

To give you and especially the keyboard warriors, an idea of what we deal with, the resident that has been feeding them, has sabotaged every single effort we have attempted to TNR. He feeds them right before we get there. So, we will resort to trying a different approach. He is already in trouble with the department of health, which is how/why we were first contacted. They actually showed up on the first day we were there. He has been given notices by the DOH to clean up the property and do something about the cats. He is making ZERO efforts to do that. He is making very very poor decisions and the cats are suffering as a result.

We know that EVERY SHELTER is confronting the same dilemma. There is no end to the social media posts about kittens in need. And the non-kittens are placed on the back burner. And to our sister rescues and shelters, we say, "We feel for you and appreciate everything you do. We get it. Please know you are not alone"

What are we doing to help?

** Spaying /Neutering as many as possible at our clinics

** Performing spay/aborts - there is no other option. AND to those groups that are letting the pregnant cats have litters - YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! We will not debate this and we will remove your comments. To the community, if you disagree with this, please sign up to take a litter or two or three and then find GOOD HOMES for all of them, after you spay and neuter them of course. We are CHALLENGING you.

** TNR

** Working ungodly hours 7 days a week to take care of and find homes for the cats in our program. WE HAVE 102 CATS in FOSTER homes and at the office. And while some of you may not know or appreciate, we have many special needs, or permanent, or hospice cats that require on-going treatment. And we have ferals too that we have not been able to return to the place where they were trapped for a variety of reasons.

** Constantly, constantly, constantly looking for ways to help these poor community cats that don't deserve the kind of life they have been forced to live.

** Feeding and caring for multiple colonies

** Helping so many residents in the community with the strays in their neighborhood.

How can you help us?

💲 We need funds. Each of the cats from the LINDEN LICE situation will require a minimum of 3 treatments, that is easily about $1,000. The ferals will unfortunately receive only 1 treatment but it will hopefully provide some relief.
💲 Vaccines for both situations, with the kittens receiving a series of 3-4, that is roughly another $2,000
💲 Testing $1,600 for both situations
💲 Spaying and Neutering - we have that covered with a grant that we received and are so very thankful.
💲 Other medications for both situations (barring any serious issue that will require emergency care) - for upper respiratory infections, skin infections, dewormers, illnesses $800

🏠 WE NEED FOSTER HOMES - for both situations. If you are uncomfortable fostering any of the cats from these situations, you could foster one of the office cats that would love to go to foster care and that will open space for the cats in this post.

If interested in fostering, please email Mirna at [email protected]

Thank you for your consideration.

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Stretch, breathe, and give back 🐾

Join us for a heart-centered yoga class supporting Columbus Dog Connection.

This all-levels practice is designed to help you unwind while making a meaningful impact—proceeds will go directly toward caring for animals in need.

Class will be 90 minutes with time at the beginning to hear from Columbus Dog Connection supporters and time to shop vendors and submit tickets for door prizes!

Come move, relax, and be part of something good… because every downward dog can help a real one find a home.

Class is free with a suggested donation of $30 accepted at the door via cash or card.

Vendors will be on-site sharing their animal-centric goodies!

To register, go to the following link:

https://www.wellnessliving.com/rs/event/theyogafactory?k_class=955370&k_class_tab=57074

Or use the QR CODE in flyer.

From the Municipal Court docket, ANIMAL ABUSER, Davon Deshawn Jones, pled guilty to original charges of :

*Prohibitions Concerning Companion Animals - Torture, a first degree misdemeanor (prohibits acts of cruelty, torture, and serious physical harm against companion animals); and

*Prohibitions Concerning Companion Animals, a second degree misdemeanor (deprivation of sustenance and shelter for companion animals)

He was ordered to pay fines and fees of $1,253.12 by 9/9/26.

He was sentenced to 180 days in Franklin County Jail with 177 days suspended pending successful completion of probation term of 5 years. He will serve 3 days in jail beginning July 10, 2026.

We are not certain of the conditions of probation and the docket does not list them, but they are very likely the "anger management classes" he’s been ordered to attend and the stipulation that he cannot own another pet for a period of 5 years.

That is the only information we have.

Three days for beating a pitbull for the 2 years he was in his possession and also neglecting him by having him living in a cage in the garage. SHAMEFUL!!

Sullivan is still looking for his forever home.

Sully is a really nice dog! He came to us as a stray in really rough shape- almost completely hairless and covered with skin infection and crusting, overgrown toenails with swollen paw pads and toes, and a huge mass on his back which we later determined was just a cyst! After antibiotics, medicated baths and time in a clean environment he has thrived.

At first we thought he was hypothyroid, but after his skin had cleared up were tested and found that he was not! His fur and skin are still a little patchy, which makes us believe he has Color Dilution Alopecia and now that he is getting good quality food and lives in a clean home he has not had any skin issues. (read more about this condition here: https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/color-dilution-alopecia-in-dogs)

Sullivan is basically the perfect dog. Sweet and mostly quiet. Will bark occasionally, mostly if you are not throwing the ball for him, and he has a raspy sort of smokers-bark that is super cute. He loves playing fetch with tennis balls the most, but seems to constantly have a toy in his mouth as well. He is great with other dogs and has been wonderful to help teach some of our young fosters how to play nicely. He walks well on a leash and is well-mannered at adoption events. He loves curling up in a bed and snuggling with, or without you. I really cannot say enough things about how nice this boy is.

We believe Sullivan is around 5 years old- but he really is a hard one to guess because his poor skin condition could have made him look older prematurely. He definitely plays like a younger dog! Sullivan is around 45 lbs and our best guess is some sort of pitbull-type breed.

Sullivan will be attending several of our upcoming adoption events, including this weekend at State Street Pride. Please visit our website for more information on events. If you are interested in meeting Sullivan, please send an email to [email protected]
https://www.columbusdogconnection.com/events

We need a feeder for Saturdays!

The heart wants what the heart wants!

For Burrnard and Biscotti, it was each other. And after 15 months together in foster care, they have found their happily ever after in their forever home, TOGETHER!

Burnarrd was living at a homeless encampment, living in pain. Biscotti was rescued as an 8 week old kitten all alone a couple of months later. They did not know each other but they both ended at the same foster home. When Burrnard met Biscotti, he became a totally different cat. He came out of his shell, he had a reason for living. He took Biscotti under his wing and they were inseparable. The foster mom was not about to separate them to get them adopted, she couldn't do that to this bonded pair. And boy, did we have inquiries for one or the other.

Then their people came along. This lovely couple met 3 of our bonded pairs and decided to adopt Burrnard and Biscotti. Their foster mom was thrilled and sad at the same time. But once we did the homevisit, she knew they were going to the best home. We are happy to report that they are doing great and have the best life they deserve - TOGETHER!

This happy ending happened because….
….Their foster mom loved them so much that she wanted to foster them until their people found them, no matter how long it took. THANK YOU BRANDY!!
….Another volunteer rescued Burrnard from a homeless encampment at the request of his owners because Burrnard was injured, so thin, and had horrendous dental disease. Thank you Linda!....Because a good sam reached out for help for Biscotti when she was found as a baby in someone's yard
….Supporters donated for Burrnard's dental surgery

It takes a cat community and we are so very grateful for everyone that played a part!

We love you Burrnard and Biscotti!