Bosco is not a dog who likes to see children in danger and that goes for children in danger from Velociraptor dinosaurs. When his mom recently watched Jurassic Park “reliving the scariest scene [in a movie] from my childhood” her dog Bosco leapt to the defence of the children. Tiktokker @bosco.and.the.fam shared the video of…
Recently, Ray went shopping at his local Dollar General when he spotted a small dog running down the aisles. The little dog was very friendly and Ray found out from the staff she just strolled into the store. He went over to the dog and she was jumping and so happy and excited. He learned…
A Siberian Husky rescued from Iran flew 6000 miles to Canada where he got to see snow for the very first time! But when Levi first arrived his new mom, Chloe, grew very concerned. He was very skinny and he wouldn’t eat. All he would do is sleep all day long. Within a few days,…
Maria and Bryan were traveling on the road when a small puppy ran in front of their car. They broke into tears seeing how bad a condition the puppy was in – she was skin and bones. They gave her what food they had and brought her to the vet. But they were shocked by…
While Hugo and Shealyn were on vacation a small black and white dog began to follow them around. She followed them to the beach. She followed them to the restaurant. She began to follow them everywhere so much so that when people asked them if Cookie was their dog to which the couple answered “we’re…
A police officer responding to a call about a dog on the loose ended up helping the dog not once but twice. Last week, Good Samaritans tried to catch a dog running on the streets in South Bend, Indiana. But the dog was too scared of them so they notified the police. When South Bend…
Poptart’s story is a familiar one for Pit Bull rescuers. Caged and used for breeding, the dog ended up discarded by the roadside when she was no longer useful. Poptart had been rescued from the rural highway in Virginia and was taken to the shelter. Vets suspect she was kept in a small cage and…
Just a few weeks ago, Paddy was abandoned in a snowstorm. Now she’s in a place where she gets all the attention she could ask for. The black and white puppy was found on the side of the road by a Hamburg Police Department officer’s mother during a recent snowstorm that hit the New York…
Contrary to her name, Shrimp isn’t a tiny dog. In fact she’s a 93 pound Pittie. But when she was first rescued, she was severely underweight. She was found as a stray but she’s so loving that her mom figures she must have been in a home at one time. When her mom and dad…
Jen had never encountered a cat like Grey in her 15 years of cat rescue. “I never in my life met a scarier cat,” Jen said. When she began to foster him Grey would swat and hiss at her. She was legitimately frightened of him. Grey was found on the streets of Kuwait. Jen says…
A stray dog trapped in a shipping container could easily have ended up shipped overseas but thanks to some observant U.S.Coast Guards she is safe. The U.S. Coast Guard Heartland shared that their team of marine inspectors were randomly inspecting shipping containers at the Port of Houston when they heard barking and scratching from one…
Alisha was a manager at a restaurant when her life took an unexpected turn. A baby squirrel showed up one day begging for food and water. Squirrels were rare in the area but Alisha looked around for the squirrel’s family but he was all alone. Alisha wrapped him up in a towel and brought him…
When Josh Feeney’s friend rescued a pregnant Pit Bull in a Chicago alley Josh knew he wanted to help and took the dog home to foster. Kaia immediately seemed to know right away that she was safe even though it was probably the first time she had been inside a home. Every day, Kaia acted…
Jenny Hazard was in a panic when Bear, her senior Shih Tzu mix, got out of the backyard and disappeared. This past week, she was in the yard with her three dogs and it was getting dark out so she rounded up her pups only to discover Bear had snuck through the gate that was…
A couple in Australia recently got a shock after finishing their online work meetings for the day to discover their Golden Retriever had gotten up to some muddy mischief on the couch. Or, as a dog would reason, made it more comfortable. TikTokker @courtneyandconstruction shared a video of their dog Willow having almost completed her…
Ali Zacarias was enjoying a meal outside a downtown Los Angeles Whole Foods with Onyx, her beloved one-year-old French Bulldog, at her feet when a woman passing by called to Onyx and grabbed Onyx from under the table and ran away. Shocked and stunned, Zacarias thought it was a misunderstanding at first but she saw…
Chelsea came home one day to find a matted stray cat sitting on her apartment’s stairwell asking for help. She immediately picked up the cat and brought him into her bathroom. “Otto” was starving and kept eating and eating. He then curled up in the litter box she left out. That’s where he felt most…
A dog at Walton County Animal Shelter knew something momentous was happening. Luna the dog is perched on a chair next to a woman sitting in another chair in the lobby of the shelter with a stack of papers…Luna’s adoption papers! Yes, the woman next to Luna is Luna’s new mom! The shelter in Monroe,…
Max the Golden Retriever had a favorite step on the staircase of Shari Blivin’s home. It was midway up, the perfect spot to keep an eye on everything and be at eye level if a beloved family member walked by. He loved napping on it so much that he wore away the paint. Max passed…
A rescued ginger Cocker Spaniel named JoJo has the most adorably expressive ears. Her mom, TikTokker @amberlilly11, shared a cute video of her dog’s unusual quirk and wrote, “JoJo has amazing ears.” Whenever JoJo’s mom talks to her and gives her compliments her floppy ears curl up! @amberlilly11 JoJo has amazing ears! Shes so sweet….
Lena was packing up her car when her life was about to change. She had her garage door all the way open when she saw a “little creature” walk by and then suddenly jump into her car. There, in her passenger seat, was a stray dog. Lena tried to coax the dog out telling him…
A 65-year-old man who fell through the ice at Arbutus Lake in Grand Traverse County, Michigan was rescued thanks in large part to his dog Ruby. At 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Officer Kammeron Bennetts responded to a 911 call after bystanders noticed the man fall through the ice. When Officer…
Roxy the dog had spent 1,752 days in the shelter and then she found the perfect family. But there was just one obstacle keeping the welcome adoption from being a success. Her new home needed a fence. Melanie and Jeff live eight hours away from Grand Strand Humane Society in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina but…
When Hadley brings her passenger into the car she struggles to squeeze him in. That’s because her passenger is a giant stuffed teddy bear that’s bigger than she is! But the Bernese Mountain dog refuses to leave the plush toy behind, after all it’s a gift from grandma. Hadley’s mom, Holly says that one day…
A stray cat named Nooch was so shy around people it made it difficult to find a forever home for him. But that all changed when he met a dog. Last winter Nootch showed up in a woman’s yard. She started feeding him but when three feet of snow was predicted, she knew she had…
A touching moment unfolded on the streets of a Dutch town when two horses met. The two horses happen to be brothers who hadn’t seen each other for many years. In the video, the two horse brothers instantly recognize each other and touch heads and nuzzle one another in a loving moment of recognition. The…
A Washington County K9 has become a social media star for his snack breaks with his handler. 10-year-old Radar is trained to track down suspects. But when he’s not taking a “bite out of crime” he’s taking a bite of whatever his handler, Sergeant Eamon O’Reilly, is eating in the patrol car. The simple snack…
When Sarah Ames heard about two German Shepherds abandoned in a home a few weeks before the holidays she knew she had to help. When she arrived she couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Sarah says, “When I got to the house and I looked inside, it was honestly like something from a horror film.”…
For four years, this dog had been running in circles. When Jessica first saw a video of Boomer he was spinning in circles in his kennel at a shelter in Florida. Jessica knew then that she had to help the homeless dog and guessed that he was a dog who needed an outlet for all…
A cat raised by dogs thinks he’s one of the pack. When Caroline Jarvis and Mack Hopkins got Marlin as a kitten he immediately bonded with the couple’s four dogs – Buxton, Hattie, Shady and Buoy. Soon Marlin was copying everything the dogs do. One thing Marlin’s family quickly learned was to not leave Marlin…
Sydney Hoffman first thought the malnourished puppy on her surveillance cameras was a coyote. She had just moved into her new home in Canada when the freshly-installed security cameras caught the pup on film in the evening. It was clear the puppy was very malnourished and skittish. But the dog was too scared to approach…
Never in a million years did Caolaidhe Keelor think that she would befriend a wild crow and that crow would befriend her cat and dog. Keelor, who is a wildlife educator and bird of prey enthusiast in Canada, was out for a walk with her rescued Border Collie, Sam, when they found a fledgling crow….
An abandoned puppy’s frightened howls have turned to contented snorts after his amazing rescue. When Bowie was first seen by his rescuers, he was huddled against a pole and shivering from the cold and from injuries. He screamed in fear as Donna from Stray Rescue of St. Louis approached him. His cries “completely broke our…
When home renovators and interior designers Danica and Chris decided to build the stray cat that showed up in their garden a cabin for winter they didn’t know it would have an unexpected outcome. The black cat they named “Fat Billy” began appearing in their yard but he didn’t want to come inside or be…
A severely abused dog who spent nearly 500 days in a shelter has finally found a forever home. A Pit Bull mix named Neo suffered a terrible past. He ended up in an Arkansas shelter but after spending nearly 2 years there, the shelter staff reached out to Best Friends for help. Ali Paepke, at…
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