Food for Dogs & Cats

Instead of bringing in a bag of food, please consider making a $10, $20 or $30 donation to our Full Bellies Food Fund. Our partnership with Hill's Food, Shelter & Love program and Oxbow allows us to purchase food for the shelter in bulk, which means every dollar goes further.

For Dogs

• Nylabones - large and XL
• Benebones - large and XL
• Whipped Cream
• Hot dogs
• Calming Supplements
• Adaptil
• Adaptil collars
• Dog Treats
• Easy Cheese (in a can)
• Peanut butter (creamy, no xylitol please)
• Chicken broth and Beef broth (low-sodium, for making pupsicles)
• Bath towels (full-size)
• Rope toys
• Blankets
• Dog crates, 42" and 48" (this is the exact item we need)
• Canned pumpkin
• Applesauce
• Puppy Milk Replacer
• Dog kennels (all sizes)
• Slip leads (6 ft.)
• Slip leads (10 ft.)
• Chain leads
• Flea and tick treatment
• Joint Supplement
• Lick Mats
• Frisbees
• Quart food storage bags (for holding dog treats)
• Freeze dried beef liver
• Freeze dried chicken
• Freeze dried lamb liver
• Dog bubbles (used for enrichment)
• Wobble Wag Giggle Ball
• KONG Balls - large
• KONG Wobblers
• Boomer Balls — 6" or larger
• Plastic containers with lids (yoghurt containers or similar) - for making pupsicles 
• Ice cube trays for making pupsicles (bone shape and paw shape)
• Easy Walk Harnesses (XL)
• Easy Walk Harnesses (L)
• Easy Walk Harnesses (medium)
• Easy Walk Harnesses (small)
• Poop bags 
• Poop scoopers
• Stainless steel food/water bowls 
• Flat bedsheets (no fitted sheets, please)

For Cats

• Canned Tuna 
• Cat Carriers 
• Churu lickable cat treats 
• Baby Food 
• Water bowls
• Heating Pads
• Totes to make neonate kits for foster homes (this is the exact item we need)
• Kitten Milk Replacer 
• Miracle Nipples
• Nursing bottles 
• Snuggle Kitties and Snuggle Puppies
• Kitten Wipes
• Blender bottles 920 oz. (new or used)
• Nutri-cal for kittens
• Pedialyte (unflavored)
• Rescue Wipes
• Stainless steel food/water bowls
• Glitter balls 
• Jingle balls and pingpong balls 
• Fuzzy mice 
• Vaseline
• Back Scratchers
• Cat Carrier
• Flea Combs
• Flea and Tick Spray
• Stainless steel litter pans, full-size (this is the exact item we need)
• Cat scratchers (13-pack is best for our kennels)
• Lick Mats
• Paper sacks
• Community Cat Houses
• Kitty Casas
• Feliway
• Feliway diffuser
• Large litterboxes for foster homes 
• Calming collars
• Calming Supplements
• Stools
• Moist cat treats (no catnip, please) 
• Crunchy cat treats (no catnip please) 
• Cat Litter (non-clumping, unscented)
• Da Bird cat toy
• Da Bird cat toy refills 
• Plastic treat balls 
• Cat scales (this is the exact item we need)
• Heating blankets 

For Small Animals

• Timothy hay
• Rabbit litter
• Untreated wooden blocks for small animals
• Water bottles
• Kaytee Perfect Chew toys for rabbits and small animals
• Small animal treats 
• Hanging toys for birds 
• Small wooden ladders for birds 
• Pumice or rope perches for birds
• Fruit (Bananas, blackberries, raspberries, watermelon, pumpkin)
• Vegetables (Romaine lettuce, celery, collard greens, arugula, bell peppers, broccoli, bok choy, cabbage, kale, watercress)

For Barn Animals

• Lead rope
• First aid items (Fly repellent ointment, rash cream, bandages, veterinary thermometer, wound care spray, wound ointment)
• Chicken scratch grains
• Horse feed (Amplify Supplement or Purina Enrich)
• Senior horse feed (Purina, Triple Crown or Nutrena)
• Horse spray-on fly protection
• Sweet feed and alfalfa pellets (used for training)
• Black rubber horse feed pans
• Muck forks
• Muck buckets

Gift Cards and Other Supplies

• Pre-paid gasoline cards (for animal transport vehicles)
• Gift cards to pet supply stores, Hy-Vee, and Walmart
• Duct tape
• Zip Ties
• 10x13 Mailing envelopes
• Batteries - AAA, AA, C, D, 9V
• Label-maker tape - white 
• Sticky notes/Post-it notes
• Carabiners
• Pens 
• Dry Erase Markers 
• Command strips 
• Paper - multicolor, cardstock for laser printer 
• Paper - white, letter or cardstock for laser printer 
• Exam gloves (large, XL or medium)
• Trash bags - 60 gallon or larger 
• Wild bird food 
• Acrylic yarn or cotton yarn (no wool blends, chunky yarns or fun-fur yarn, please)
• Tape rolls
• Binder clips
• Scissors (this is the exact item we need)
• Screwdrivers
• Can openers
• Pill bottles

Des Moines

ARL Main
5452 NE 22nd Street (map)

ARL Des Moines Animal Services
1441 Harriet St (map)

Bomgaars
5049 NE 14th Street (map)

Hiking Dog Co
3800 Merle Hay Rd #1235A (map)

Blue Pearl Pet Hospital
4631 Merle Hay Rd (map)

All Pets Hospital
1330 2nd Ave (map)

Franklin Plaza Family Dentistry P.C.
4944 Franklin Ave. Suite A (map)

Bone-A-Patreat
4110 University Ave (map)

Dough Co.
2330 University Ave (map)

Confluence Brewing
1235 Thomas Beck Rd (map)

Clive

Zoom Room
13101 University Ave Suite 4 (map) 

Des Moines Cosmetic Dentistry Center
2375 Berkshire Pkwy (map) 

Urbandale

Bone-A-Patreat
3735 86th St (map)

Johnston

Rocket Carwash
6035 Merle Hay Rd (map)

Waukee

Rocket Carwash
1400 SE University Ave (map)

Grimes

Bomgaars
2151 SE 11th St (map)

Starbucks
2255 E 1st St (map)

Rocket Carwash
301 NE Cypress Dr (map)

Ames

Greater Iowa Credit Union

801 Lincoln Way (map)

Greater Iowa Credit Union

2623 Northridge Pkwy (map)

Greater Iowa Credit Union

200 Airport Rd (map)

West Des Moines

ARL West
Inside Iowa Pet Foods & Seascapes
1500 22nd Street (map)

ARL Club WDM
Inside Canine Country Club
2150 Delavan Dr Suite 1 (map)

Coffee Cats
312 5th St (map)

Motion Lab 
2700 University Ave Suite 332 (map)

Camp Bow Wow 
2900 University Ave Suite 250 (map)

Animal Doctors
4800 Mills Civic Pkwy (map)

Petco
6805 Mills Civic Pkwy Ste 140 (map)

LaFleur Chiropractic 
5465 Mills Civic Pkwy #230 (map)

Bone-A-Patreat
9250 University Ave Suite 103 (map)

Ankeny

Ankeny Animal & Avian Clinic 
742 S Ankeny Blvd (map) 

Zoom Room 
1875 N Ankeny Blvd Suite 105 (map) 

Dough Co. 
2405 SW White Birch Dr Ste 100 (map)

Uptown Garage
305 SW Walnut St (map)

Stewart Sport and Spine Physical Therapy
502 N Ankeny Blvd Suite 4 (map)

Rocket Carwash
3301 N Ankeny Blvd (map)

Denny Elwell Company 
2401 SE Tones Dr #17 (map) 

Ankeny Art Center 
1520 SW Ordnance Rd (map)

On With Life Neuro Rehab Center 
715 SW Ankeny Rd (map)  

Altoona

Bone-A-Patreat

550 36th Ave SW Suite Q (map)

Pet Supplies Plus

120 8th St SE (map)

Rocket Carwash
737 34th Ave SW (map)