Nurse Amber Streid was among the Good Samaritans who stopped to try and save a puppy running on a Los Angeles freeway recently. In harrowing video, the dog is dashing down the highway. One pickup truck slows down on the shoulder to try and get a hold of the dog and another car pulls up…
A six-month-old puppy is one lucky dog after she jumped out of the family’s car and into the path of an oncoming semi truck! The accident occurred when Ryan Cramer and his family were driving on a Los Angeles freeway and their puppy, Sophie, was sitting in the front seat. He rolled the window to…
Meet Ollie, a stray dog rescued in Greece that loves ever person he meets. The young dog lived among a pack of strays by the seaside in a Greek village when Valia with the Orphan Pet first laid eyes on him. He ran over to her with a big grin on his face and his…
A stray puppy being chased by two large dogs fled to a hiding place that got her into a different kind of trouble. According to the Arizona Humane Society (AHS), a 14-week-old-puppy was trying to escape the dogs and “wedged her way on top of the rear axle of the undercarriage of a car.” AHS…
Gwen the Springer Spaniel is safely home with her family thanks to a jogger who heard muffled barks coming from under a large pile of breakwater rocks. The runner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach went to investigate and found a dog peering up at him from a crevice among the rocks. The person called San…
When Valia of The Orphan Pet saw the dog in person he looked so much worse than his photo. Somewhere under the mound of dirt and feces saturated fur was a dog. He used to live with an elderly woman and when she died, someone cleared out her apartment and just left him on the…
They’ve been partners for nearly 6 years and gotten through several dangerous scrapes together so there was no way that Officer Joel Nitchman was going to leave his K9 partner out in a dangerous storm. Officer Joel Nitchman ran into a tornado in Deer Park, Texas to rescue his police dog, Roni, from their patrol…
After three months at the animal shelter, staff of Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) have learned there’s one thing Pit Bull Waffle Sizzli can’t be without – her stuffed toys. The adorable Pit Bull arrived at RACC in November 2022. Waffle quickly became a staff favorite and her love of stuffies became clear when…
A feral dog has a chance at a bright future thanks to a rescue coming to her aid. A message coming from a shelter volunteer put out a desperate plea to animal rescues to help them with two feral dogs seized by animal control. They were concerned because they felt the dogs had little chance…
Luna has been waiting a long time for her freedom walk. Humane Society Broward County shared that the 2-year-old Boxer mix has been an “underdog” at their shelter for almost 110 days. But she doesn’t have to wait in her kennel any longer! The humane society shared Luna’s happy freedom walk on TikTok recently and…
A woman forced to give up her dog has been reunited with her thanks to an animal shelter determined to keep the family together. Lilo the dog was found wandering around Chattanooga in Tennessee recently with a heartbreaking note attached to her collar. The note read: “Please keep my name. My name is Lilo. Please…
A Golden Retriever was saved from an icy demise thanks to firefighters who came to her rescue. Wellesley emergency workers raced to save Crosby the Golden Retriever after she fell through the ice on Charles River, Massachusetts. Her owner called 911 for help and dispatchers immediately enabled the GPS on the caller’s phone in order…