05/29/2026
🚨 FOXTAIL DANGER: What Every Dog Parent Needs to Know This Spring & Summer 🌾
As the weather warms up here in Utah, a hidden danger is lurking along our trails, sidewalks, and open fields: Foxtails.
These barbed seed heads from grassy weeds are shaped like tiny arrows. Because of their design, they are meant to dig into the ground—but if they get caught in a dog's fur, they move in only one direction: forward. They can easily pierce a dog's skin, migrate deep inside the body, and cause severe damage, severe pain, and dangerous infections.
💔 Meet Our Recent Rescue
We recently welcomed a sweet girl into the UAAF family who experienced the terrifying reality of these weeds firsthand. Moira was found heavily matted, but beneath the tangled fur lay a much more painful truth!!
Several foxtails had embedded themselves deep into her skin, completely hidden from view. Because they were left untreated, they created deep, painful pockets of infection that required immediate veterinary medical intervention to drain and treat. Thanks to her amazing foster home and our network of veterinarians, she is finally safe, comfortable, and on the mend—but her story is an urgent reminder to all of us.
✨ It’s Giving Friday! ✨
Medical rescues like hers are only possible because of this incredible community. Today, we are asking for your help to keep our medical fund ready for the next pup who needs us.
For the price of a morning coffee and a pastry, your $10 donation directly funds the antibiotics, surgeries, and rehabilitation that give senior, medical, and special-needs dogs a second chance at a loving forever home.
Could you spare just $10 this Friday!?
Venmo: (Verification code: 8610)
Every single dollar stays right here in Utah to save lives. Thank you for always standing by our rescues! 🐾❤️
