A young Vizsla named Haarlem was caught “red handed” trying to escape her kennel at a doggy daycare much to the surprise of her human and caregiver. Andrew Koehler’s wife took a photo of the moment and it was posted to Reddit with the caption, “Went to pick up dog from kennel and found her…
From the DogHeirs.com archives comes this heartwarming rescue story of a Weimaraner who survived not only a life-threatening tumor but also a high-kill shelter thanks to a group of kind rescuers determined to save him. When Tickled Pink Weimaraner Rescue was called about a Weimaraner on death-row at a high-kill shelter, they immediately went to…
A tourist visiting a small resort town in Romania was prompted to act when she spotted a stray dog she kept seeing on the street. Knowing the animal rescue Howl Of A Dog often assisted street dogs in the country, she contacted them about the dog. The rescue made the two hour drive out to…
Every year the Kennel Club of the United Kingdom holds a Dog Photographer of the Year contest. And every year the photographs astound and delight. You don’t have to be a dog lover to appreciate these beautiful photographs, but if you are, the photos take on an extra layer of emotion. In this the fourteenth…
A stray dog barked furiously out front of a woman’s home, scaring her. But just days later, she was showing a softer side thanks to a caring animal rescuer and two puppies. A woman called Takis, an experienced Greek dog rescuer who founded and runs Takes Shelter. She told him the aggressive dog was barking…
“A picture is worth a thousand words … and Ritter’s is no different…Ritter’s negative reaction to the shelter was immediate and heartbreaking.” That’s how The Humane Society for Hamilton County in Indiana introduced the heartbreaking photo of the dog when he was left at a shelter. Ritter was dropped off at the shelter because his…
An animal control officer shared her dismay on social media after finding a puppy starving to death on an arm chair dumped by the side of a road. Sharon Norton of Brookhaven Animal Control picked the puppy up after a woman spotted a truck dumping furniture and the dog on Gaston Trail in Brookhaven, Mississippi….
A 19-year-old Utah woman is facing a felony animal cruelty charge after allegedly putting a hair tie around her puppy’s mouth to keep the pup from barking. Alexis Marie Callen allegedly admitted to keeping the tie on the black Labrador retriever-German shepherd mix’s mouth for 48 hours. The puppy, Shadow, is now in the care…
A dog’s family is “feeling blessed that he is home safe and well” after he was stolen and then dropped in a canal with a block of concrete chained to him. Sinead Duffy’s family were devastated when their Samoyed, Snowy, was snatched from their garden in their Coalisland home in Northern Ireland on Friday June…
When Stray Rescue of St. Louis spotted a dog with an injured foot they set about to rescue her. But when they noticed she had milk, Donna and her team of rescuers headed straight into the underbrush where she was living to find her puppies. Scrambling through the branches Donna crawled through the bushes until…
Joe Dunn regularly explores the wilderness in Florida but last weekend he came across a lost dog “trapped down in a cave” in the Withlacoochee State Forest. He discovered the dog after hearing her desperate cries. “It’s sound you don’t like to hear,” Joe Dunn told WFLA. “Really disturbing, makes you really sad to hear.”…
Dogs may protect children from childhood anxiety, according to recent research published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A study by researchers from Bassett Medical Center in New York wanted to see if dogs helped children maintain healthy weights and benefited their mental health. The study looked at 643 children aged 4 to…
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