{"id":110557,"date":"2026-01-24T00:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/110557\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T00:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:49:07","slug":"nyc-shelters-seeking-blizzard-buddies-for-their-dogs-ahead-of-snowstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/110557\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC shelters seeking &#8216;blizzard buddies&#8217; for their dogs ahead of snowstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City\u2019s animal shelter system put out an urgent call for help housing their bigger dogs ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/23\/us-news\/heres-when-nyc-will-be-slammed-with-catastrophic-snowstorm-and-how-much-itll-get\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the impending snowstorm<\/a> \u2014 and was inundated with big-hearted pooch lovers wanting to lend a hand.<\/p>\n<p>The Animal Care Center of New York took to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT0p1enD-bq\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">social media<\/a>, pleading with New Yorkers to foster a \u201cblizzard buddy\u201d during the upcoming winter storm that is set to wallop the city over the weekend \u2014 dumping a foot or more of snow \u2014 noting that supplies and travel from the shelter would be covered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38271504\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/locked-kennel-dogs-abandoned-sadness-119552627.jpg\" alt=\"Five dogs in a cage at an animal shelter.\" class=\"wp-image-38271504\"  \/>The Animal Care Center of New York put out an urgent message on social media to help house their big dogs amid the impending arrival of the snowstorm set to hit the Big Apple. celiafoto \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.84504505;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38271506\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/city-shelters-ask-blizzard-buddies-119552629.jpg\" alt=\"The exterior of Animal Care Centers of NYC.\" class=\"wp-image-38271506\"  \/>The animal shelter pleaded to New Yorkers to foster a \u201cblizzard buddy\u201d this weekend as the organization got more than 1,500 emails from city residents who want to enjoy the snowfall with a furry friend. Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>After putting out the call, the ACC was overwhelmed with requests to help \u2014 receiving over 1,500 emails in less than 24 hours from people wanting to enjoy the snowfall with a furry friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cblizzard buddy\u201d program is part of a greater \u201cstraycation\u201d initiative offered by the ACC throughout the year, where dog lovers can foster a pup for a weekend, giving shelter dogs a break from the kennel and a chance to enjoy time in a real home environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStraycations\u201d for shelter dogs help the four-legged pals recharge, shine, and get one step closer to finding their forever homes,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycacc.org\/straycations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according to the ACC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NYCACC\/videos\/-were-over-capacity-and-they-need-youright-now-over-300-dogs-are-in-our-care-tho\/690584823622611\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ACC<\/a>\u00a0New York\u00a0facility can house up to 200 pups at a time, but they were over capacity in April of last year \u2014 with 300 dogs in their care.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving over 1,500 replies for help, the ACC said they won\u2019t be able to get back to new requests over the weekend, but pleaded with New Yorkers that they are always after long and short-term fosters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City\u2019s animal shelter system put out an urgent call for help housing their bigger dogs ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[25297,6530,57,9,56,63,65,64,8555,58],"class_list":["post-110557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-animal-shelters","tag-dogs","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-snow","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}