Paul Flynn was taking his dog Daisy for a walk through Durham city centre when the sheepdog in training stopped in her tracks. There, in front of her, was a 25 foot tall sheep. What’s a poor sheepdog to do? Stand up bravely and try to herd it of course. Flynn says the giant sheep…
There are dogs who love snow and will break down the door to get outside and play in it, and then there’s Lulu the Yorkshire Terrier. On this particular morning, she’s ready to go out to take care of her business. She’s wearing her cute winter coat and standing at the door and is ready…
A Pit bull who loves Santa and Christmas couldn’t contain his excitement after his mom surprised him with a visit from Santa “Paws”. Kristin explains that her Christmas tradition with her dog Fenway began in 2017 after Fenway was diagnosed with blastomycosis and she wasn’t sure he would survive. He fought so hard to survive,…
A shelter dog will be home for the holidays after waiting 456 days to be adopted. Olive, a bulldog mix, has been a long term resident at Lake Norman Humane shelter in Mooresville, North Carolina. She arrived in September 2022 after she was surrendered to animal control with three puppies. The shelter wrote on their…
Families in Inhuma, Brazil enjoy taking in the Nativity Scene set up in the city square. But when Nadia Rosângela and her family walked by it in early December they spotted something in the manger that wasn’t part of the original decorations. It was a puppy curled up and sleeping! “When we went to see…
Fin was the last of 4000 beagles to be rescued from Envigo’s mass breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia in the summer of 2022. The facility had received multiple Animal Welfare Act violations for issues such as inadequate veterinary care and insufficient food, according to the Humane Society of the United States. Many of the dogs…
Indigo, a Great Pyrenees puppy, has a flair for the dramatic. To demonstrate how much Indigo’s mom, Rhiannon Kostecki, shared a hilarious video of the puppy with her face in an empty water bowl with her tongue hanging out. It’s not that there’s a shortage of water around, Rhiannon explains, it’s that Indigo “is the…
Jaylen Ellis thought he would go for a hike in the Colorado mountains but when he pulled into the parking lot his plans immediately changed when he spotted a “random dog” running around. Two seconds later, a little kitten walked out of nowhere. When Jaylen looked around there wasn’t another person or car in sight….
Santa Paws has arrived at Dogs Trust Ireland and the reactions of the dogs in the shelter are ones of pure joy. Santa Paws Day, the dog shelter explains, “is the day where the dogs in our care get to choose a toy (or two!) of their own.” Toys are lined up on the floor…
It’s Home Alone, Beagle Edition. Suzy the Beagle was secretly filmed by her family when she was home alone because her humans wanted to see what she would get up to. Jeremy Carrol, Suzy’s dad, writes, “We let our beagle Suzy have the living room to herself after we left and wanted to see what…
A homeless dog at Niagara SPCA made the most adorable jailbreak recently after her kennel door popped open because of a mechanical error at the shelter. The dog named Bugsy was in complete disbelief at the turn of events which security camera footage recorded. Her kennel door was open but she could get out even…
A little puppy in desperate need of medical attention has landed in the “safe haven” of Stray Rescue of St. Louis. Bauble was brought to the shelter in pitiful shape. Stray Rescue of St. Louis revealed on their Facebook page that the poor pup’s “leg is broken and his head is so swollen.” The injured…