Visit the Best Friends Pet Resource Center!
Our animal companions are an integral part of our family, and the pet resource center was designed with that in mind. It’s a place for the entire community to connect with pets — a place to adopt your next dog or cat, explore resources for guidance or support with current pets, or simply to gather with and enjoy family and friends.
Since opening its doors in March of 2023, the Best Friends Pet Resource Center has found loving homes for more than 5,000 dogs and cats! Read our second-year anniversary report for more information about the impact of the center in Arkansas.
Take a 360-degree look at the Best Friends Pet Resource Center!
This 360-degree tour was created for Best Friends NWA by students at Helen Tyson Middle School in Springdale, Arkansas.
Connecting pets and people of Northwest Arkansas
The Best Friends Pet Resource Center is more than just a place to adopt a pet. It is a first-of-its-kind, fully reimagined shelter that offers resources and services for both people and pets.
It’s a place where people can spend time with adoptable animals, take an adoptable dog out to explore Bentonville for the day, stop into our volunteer space to make toys for pets, find a pet to foster, and so much more.
Our veterinary clinic also provides vital veterinary care to the adoptable animals in our care and in the care of our community partner organizations, as well as to community cats from around the region.
Meet awesome pets, find your people
Don’t miss these great events.
Start your week with a little creativity and a lot of good company!
The biggest pet adoption event of the year is just around the corner!
The biggest pet adoption event of the year is just around the corner! Best Friends' Super Adoption will showcase hundreds of adoptable dogs and cats from rescues and shelters all across the region.
This year's Super Adoption, scheduled for Saturday, November 14, from 10 am to 5 pm, is a single-day extravaganza of lifesaving. It will take place at the Campus Plaza on the beautiful grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and will feature local vendors, prizes, food, music, and of course, lots of adorable, adoptable pets who are looking for homes just like yours.
Last year's Super Adoption helped more than 230 pets find homes, including every cat at the event.
Let us know you're planning to attend, and we'll send you reminders before the event so you don't miss out on any of the fun. Plus, we’ll keep you in the loop with heartwarming rescue stories, fun events, and other ways to get involved.
The biggest pet adoption event of the year is just around the corner!
Unroll your mat and find your flow alongside an adoptable pet!
Your dog deserves the very best, so why not learn to create an appealing, safe, and delicious "Barkuterie" board for your beloved pooch?
Join us for a unique evening of creativity and compassion at our "Paint a Pet" night, where art meets heart!
Join us for a unique evening of creativity and compassion at our "Paint a Pet" night, where art meets heart! This event is tailored for adults and is perfect for both seasoned artists and beginners alike. All supplies will be provided. Paint with Purpose: You’ll have the opportunity to paint one of the bright faces of our adoptable animals looking for a home! Any artist level is encouraged to come and paint a portrait of any of our adoptable animals that will go home with their future adopter. BYOB!: Feel free to bring a drink or snacks to enjoy as you paint, we'll have limited options to drink for attendees. Don't forget to bring a friend to enjoy the food and fun with! Meet the Models: Get to know the pets you’ll be painting! Before we begin, you’ll have the chance to meet and learn about the furry friends who will be featured in your artwork. Tickets: This event is FREE, but spaces are limited, so be sure to reserve your spot early. Let’s paint a brighter future for our pets, one brushstroke at a time.
Step into a world where magic meets compassion at Cat’s Eye: Metaphysical Fair, a unique community event hosted at Best Friends Pet Resource Center!
Step into a world where magic meets compassion at Cat’s Eye: Metaphysical Fair, a unique community event hosted at Best Friends Pet Resource Center!
Join us for a day of mystical discovery, healing energy, and heart-centered connection — all in support of our furry friends waiting to find their loving homes.
Join Best Friends Animal Society for Kitty Bingo: a meow-velous twist on a classic game!
Peek inside the Best Friends Pet Resource Center
The space features open areas perfect for getting to know adoptable dogs and cats, fun activities for humans of all ages, a DIY dog-bathing center, a café where guests can hang out with cats and kittens, a pet food and supplies pantry, and much more.
Sheltering without kennels: The model of the future
There are no long-term kennels or cages at the pet resource center, just one of the ways we’re redefining what it means to care for homeless dogs and cats.
Bright skies for homeless pets, thanks to caring donors
Contributors to our pet resource center aren’t simply animal lovers or donors — they’re life changers and history makers.
We offer our most profound gratitude to every individual, foundation and company for your gift to the center and for your shared vision that together, we can Save Them All.
Our community giving tree
Created by a local artist, the 6-foot-tall tree features a shimmering canopy of inscribed pet tags as its leaves — each one a symbol of generosity, compassion and kindness to the animals.
Be part of the future of animal sheltering
Check out all the ways to get involved and help save the lives of homeless pets in Northwest Arkansas.
Visit us!
Location and parking
Best Friends Pet Resource Center in NW Arkansas
1312 Melissa Dr
Bentonville, AR 72712
The pet resource center is in the heart of the Bentonville greenspace that will become the 8th Street Gateway Park. Parking is available at the center.
Pet resource center hours
11 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week
Phone
(479) 974-1363
