When Jessie Shaw, cofounder of Fetch Dog Rescue in Westport, Connecticut, opened a message from her partners at Roadside Rescue Network in Mississippi, she wasn’t expecting to have her heart…
When veterinary technician Kel Izumine first held the tiny, 5-ounce pit bull puppy in her hands, she couldn’t believe anyone would want to end her life. The puppy’s front leg…
When Stewie arrived at a California shelter earlier this month, the 1-year-old pup was completely overwhelmed. The noises, the new smells, the unfamiliar people — everything terrified him. Even the…
When Beau’s parents first told him a baby was on the way, he didn’t really understand what it meant. He wagged through the gender reveal, “helped” pick the name, and…
When residents of a quiet Los Angeles neighborhood stepped outside one morning, they couldn’t believe what they saw. Nestled among a pile of discarded furniture were two tiny, matted dogs…
On a quiet street corner in Southern California, two dogs huddled together day after day, waiting for someone to notice them. The pit bull and her tiny Yorkie-mix friend had…
At 13 years old, Bruiser the dog knows what he likes — and more importantly, what he doesn’t.Routine is everything to this big, stubborn sweetheart from upstate New York. “Bruiser…
For as long as Keandra McNeil has had her dog, Gus, she’s tried everything to ease his separation anxiety — calming treats, music, toys, even training. But no matter what…
When Deja first arrived at Patty Baker Humane Society Naples in 2022, she was already a two-time shelter dog. She’d come from Gulf Coast Humane, where no one had chosen…
For more than two and a half years, Tracy waited. Day after day, the energetic, goofy pup watched other dogs leave PAWS Chicago with their new families. She’d wag her…
For over eight months, volunteer Dharma Lorenz visited a sweet pup named Satchi, building a quiet bond with him during their time together at the shelter. Then one day, she…
Just days after the Fourth of July, a brown-eyed dog named Ricky was dropped off at a Los Angeles shelter. The person who brought him in claimed he was a…
When Aubrey Fette’s phone buzzed with a message from her husband, she wasn’t expecting it to come via their robot vacuum. “I think it’s absolutely absurd that our electronic devices…
At 7 years old, Peanut had already seen more than her fair share of change. The sweet, gray-faced pit bull arrived at the Humane Society of Broward County (HSBC) after…
Andy the Weimaraner is a curious, playful pup with a big heart — and, sometimes, a little too much curiosity for his own good. Recently, while exploring his backyard, Andy…
When Scott Newton arrived to clean out a rental property after a tenant’s eviction, he expected to find the usual mess — furniture, trash, forgotten odds and ends. But amid…
In Hemet, California, a police officer is turning to the public to help protect his most loyal partner — a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois named Barry. Officer Vera, recently promoted to…
For 12 long years, Lenore lived outdoors — crowded in a pen with other dogs, exposed to the elements, and forgotten by the world. She’d never known a soft bed,…
When Nathan Timmel woke up one quiet morning in Iowa, he never expected to walk in on a full-blown heist in progress. But there it was — an intruder in…
It was an ordinary August afternoon in Missouri when a call came into Stray Rescue of St. Louis (SRSL) — someone had spotted a small, fluffy figure hiding dangerously close…
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