Hope For Paws received a call about a gentle giant wandering the streets and were surprised to find a Newfoundland. He was very skinny for a dog his size and was exhausted from living on the streets. He also had “many embedded foxtails in his body, and we had to remove them one by one.”…
Forty-six dogs and puppies have been seized from a rural property after rescuers received a call from a concerned member of the public. The dogs were living north of Williams Lake in British, Columbia, Canada but appear to have not ever been properly trained or socialized with people. Many of the dogs huddled in corners…
A Puerto Rican rescue dog can’t contain his excitement when he sees snow for the first time. Yoda, a two-year-old chihuahua-dachshund mix, was a street dog in Dorado, Puerto Rico, before he was adopted and relocated to Phoenix, Maryland, in March 2017 thanks to the work of the Love of Satos animal rescue charity. His…
A white Pit bull mix named Ghost was languishing in a pound in Florida and deemed “unadoptable” because he is deaf. But he was saved by Swamp Haven Rescue and moved to Port Angeles, Washington, where he was spotted by Barb Davenport, who is a long time dog trainer and K-9 Program Manager for the…
Rogue the black Labrador Retriever loves catching the baby carrot snacks offered to her. But it’s keeping them in her mouth that’s the problem. After Rogue attempts to chew them, the carrots slip out of her mouth onto the floor, which her friend Storm happily snatches up for her. Even after multiple attempts, Rogue just…
Night after night a female dog stands on the same platform in front of the same carriage at Kanjurmarg Station in India searching for someone in vain. The dog waits for the 11pm train to arrive and then appears to be waiting for someone to disembark. When the person she’s looking for doesn’t come, the…
Wildlife researchers and photographers are coming up with many new and innovative ways to observe animals including life-like robots! In this clip from BBC’s Spy in the Wild, an animatronic wolf cub with a miniature camera in its eye is placed near a wolf den. Soon, the wolf mother comes over to the lifelike “spycam”…
A Pit Bull with multiple growths and tumors on his belly was scheduled to be put down at a shelter, but it was Vet Ranch to the rescue. Dr. Matt wasn’t sure if McDougall’s largest growth was a tumor or a hernia at first, but was relieved to diagnose it as a hernia. A few…
This is Marco. He is blind and deaf, the result of merle/merle breeding. But his disability doesn’t prevent him from enjoying life. “He is a wonderful and happy dog, most people don’t recognize his ‘disability’ unless I tell them,” his guardian told DogHeirs. He also loves cats and cats adore him. He regularly plays with…
Taylor Lautner is mourning the loss of his best friend. The 26-year-old actor best known for his role in Twilight, posted that his 13.5-year-old dog, Roxy, had passed away. He shared a photo of Roxy with the following caption on Instagram: “Roxy, my family surprised me with you on the set of sharkboy and lavagirl…
A dumped pregnant one-year-old Pit Bull and her puppies are safe thanks to a kind Good Samaritan who spotted the dog hiding in the thorn bushes at the side of a road in Lemoore, California. At first the woman couldn’t find the dog’s puppies, but she called Kings SPCA Halfway Home for help, and with…
Hope For Paws got a call from the supervisor of a shipyard that a dog had recently given birth to puppies. At first, the security guard there wasn’t happy to see them, but when they reassured him they would find the puppies homes, he let them in. The puppies were only three weeks old and…