Better Together Animal Alliance | Enhancing the lives of dogs, cats, and the people who love them.

Better Together Animal Alliance is dedicated to serving the animals of northern Idaho. Our programs are focused on keeping families together and, though sheltering is still part of our services, we want sheltering to be a small part of what we do because our work keeps families together.

HELPLINE

Need help with your pet?Phone: 208-265-7297 ext. 107
Email: helpline@BTAnimalAlliance.org

Animal Care Center: 208-265-7297
Thrift Store: 208-263-0706
870 Kootenai Cut-off Road, Ponderay, ID, 83852
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10-4:30 p.m.
Thrift Store Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
Thrift Donations: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily

LOST AND FOUND

PET RESOURCES

When a pet goes missing, it is stressful and it can be overwhelming. Click the button below to access some resources and steps to take to help bring your beloved pet home. In addition, if you have found a lost animal click below to see what to do next.

First, check out our lost and found page to post a photo of your lost pet, or to see if the animal is already posted there.

Here are more resources to help locate your pet or help someone else’s pet, including a list of local microchip scanner locations.

WHAT DRIVES US

OUR

MISSION

BETTER TOGETHER ANIMAL ALLIANCE:

Our mission is to create and support meaningful connections
by enhancing the lives of dogs, cats and the people in our community who love them.

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REUNITE

LOST AND FOUND

Quick action and a caring community are key components of helping get a pet back home. Click here to find our lost and found directory and steps to take for a quick reunification when your pet goes missing.

SHOW UP

GET INVOLVED

Volunteers make a difference at Better Together Animal Alliance. Fill out an application, attend orientation, and get more information by clicking below:

SPREAD THE WORD

EVENTS

We’re always planning something.

Upcoming events can be found below.

HOME TO HOME

Home To Home helps pets stay out of shelters. It’s a unique, direct-to-adopter program for pet owners looking to rehome their pets. In just a few simple steps, pets can find a loving new home without ever seeing the inside of a shelter. It’s free to use for pet owners and adopters, and gives animals needing a new home the best of both worlds: their current owner can find the best fit, and their adopter can learn all about their personality and preferences first-hand.

Adopt a pet, or find your pet a new home by visiting:

THRIFT STORE

Better Together Animal Alliance Thrift Store offers the community quality resale clothing, housewares, electronics, furniture and more at very affordable prices.

The store is located next to the animal care center at
870 Kootenai Cutoff Road, Ponderay
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. (7 days )
Phone: 208-263-0706

Click below for more information about the store:

OUR

PHILOSOPHY

We believe in the power of the human-animal bond and that people and their pets are better together. In everything we do, we seek to support people and their pets so that only animals with no other options will need to come to the shelter. We believe that animal shelters should be resource centers that support all members of the community and we believe in adopting innovative programs and best practices for animal welfare organizations because it leads to life-saving and preserves resources for the animals who need them most.

ANNUAL

IMPACT

8,000+

ANIMALS SERVED

1,200+

ADOPTIONS

95K+ LBS

PET FOOD DISTRIBUTED

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