Purr Pumpkins Fest 2025 is Here! Looking for a new cat or small critter best friend? Look no further! Our annual fee-waived cat and small critter adoption event will be here soon, so mark your calendars! Starting Oct. 1st through Oct. 31st, cat and small critter adoption fees are waived thanks to a generous

  Board of Directors Position Pets Come First is seeking passionate and skilled leaders to join our Board of Directors. Located just 10 miles from State College and Penn State University, Pets Come First was founded in 2005 and is dedicated to placing animals into forever homes. Last year alone, we successfully adopted out more

  Curious about what PCF has been up to? August was a busy month for us. We had an amazing 51 adoptions! 29 dogs, 20 cats, and 2 rabbits. We’re so excited to see the small critters getting homes for two months in a row, keep it up! One adoption this month was extra special

  Dog Training Classes through Mt. Nittany Dog Training Club   Are you in need of dog training? The Mt. Nittany Dog Training Club has released their schedule for Fall 2025! They offer the following classes: Obedience Kindergarten / KPT -- Designed for puppies under 4 months at the start of class. Emphasis on early

Pets Come First is looking for mission driven individual to serve as our full time Director of Development to help us move our shelter into the future. This position, reporting to the Pets Come First Board of Directors, will be a key member of our shelter leadership team. The Director of Development will be responsible

Great news for our TNR program! Thanks to a generous $1500 grant from Pennsylvania Skill Charitable Giving, we are able to sell a limited number of TNR (trap, neuter, release) vouchers again. Covering the difference in cost between what is paid for our vouchers and what we are charged for the surgeries puts a strain

Curious about what PCF has been up to? This past July we had 44 adoptions: 28 dogs/puppies, 14 cats/kittens, 1 rabbit, and 1 guinea pig. One of our highlights was getting Abby, a 12 year old husky, a home. She was a humane case through the Centre County Humane officer back in January, used to

Curious about what PCF has been up to?   This past June we adopted out 48 animals – an even split of 24 cats/kittens and 24 dogs/puppies! Some highlights include several semi-feral cats who had been here for nearly a year and are now happily working as barn cats, and two bonded senior male dogs