Horus was abandoned when he was young because he is a deaf dog. Seen as unruly and untrainable, he spent his first few months of life in a drug den and was eventually brought to a rescue where he languished prior to being adopted. Under the loving care of his guardian, Rosie Gibbs, the clever…
When Jasmine Dustin met Charles Gilliam on the streets of Santa Monica on April 30, 2013, Charles was handing out a veterinarian’s card and asking for donations to help save his dog Big. Big was very sick and a veterinarian had told Charles a few months earlier that Big had intestinal tumors and that he…
A woman who struck up a friendship with a man at a dog park is now trying to find his dog a new family after he revealed he was dying. Mona Ahmed noticed Harold was not coming around the dog park where he had been bringing his dog, Rowdy, for 8 years. She says she…
Seven out of every 10 women in the United States say they are unable to escape abusive relationships in part because the abuser threatens to harm the family pet. Two out of five women say they don’t leave because they worry about what will happen to their dog. That’s why this story of a heroic…
Have dogs evolved so they can determine human emotions? Do they have empathy for people, even strangers? Researchers in Britain ran an experiment to see if dogs have evolved empathy to respond to humans in distress and the results are fascinating. In the video below, they demonstrate a few of the techniques they use to…
If there’s a cautionary story about leaving your dog in the care of someone you don’t know very, very well, this is it. A young woman left her dog in the care of a friend and less than two hours later, she says she discovered he had done something horrific to him. Recently, Sara Durbin…
A stray dog is catching everyone’s attention for his uncanny resemblance to a bear. In fact, when the dog named “Potapich, was first spotted wandering out of the forest, locals thought he might just be a strange-looking bear. Or was he a dog? They weren’t sure. The animal was seen in the woods in the…
Matt was in a rural town in north Florida for three days supervising drilling for his work when he spotted a puppy. He noticed the puppy was emaciated and tethered to a tree next to a mobile home. She only had about 7 feet of room to move about. He did not notice anyone come…
Kyle’s son Mason and dog Bailey are best friends. The moment Mason was brought home, the Labrador Retriever loved him. Since then, their two-and-a-half years of friendship has been caught on camera. Kyle told DogHeirs, “Bailey has loved Mason since the day we brought him home. They are best friends and she is very protective…
An emaciated dog who was found curled up in the snow at a nature reserve, was so weak that she could not stand up and didn’t even have the energy to lift her head. A passerby noticed the poor dog and rescuers were alerted to the dog’s desperate situation. https://www.facebook.com/309341556434/photos/ms.c.eJwzNDA0NTO0NDU2NDG2MDQxNtUzRIiYGpmhiZgboakxN7VAU2NhYABSAwAigBHX.bps.a.10156195314301435.1073741908.309341556434/10156195314526435/?type=3&theater “Every year Jennie Dhanjal from…
Richmond Police Officer Karen Spencer-Boyles slammed on her breaks when she saw a dog in the middle of a busy road sitting next to another dog, who had been hit and killed by a car. The dog was obviously upset at the loss of his friend and refused to leave his fallen companion’s side. Fearing…
Hope For Paws was called to an apartment complex to rescue an injured dog scrounging to survive. As soon as they arrived they could see the the little dog was in horrible shape – she had matted fur, was starving and had a very bad limp. They named her Sparrow and although she was a…
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