Lee Asher of The Asher House is known for his universal love of dogs but there’s one breed of dog he’s always wanted to adopt but hasn’t until now. The grey Shar Pei arrived at one of the highest kill shelters in California before Pei People Rescue pulled him. That’s when Lee found out about…
Kelsey had never seen a Golden Retriever in such a bad state. But when she met Birdie, the dog came right up to her so she immediately decided to take Birdie home. Very skinny and mange-ridden, Birdie was a wreck. “She was clearly dumped or got loose but no one looked for her,” said Kelsey….
This rescuer pulled out all the stops to make sure this abandoned pittie didn’t spend one night alone on the streets. When Yasmin first spotted Mia, the Pit bull was tied to a fence and it was the middle of the night in Newark, New Jersey. Yasmin had needed to rent a U-Haul to get…
When Katie and Alex with Hope For Paws received a call about a husky abandoned at a construction site they could immediately tell the dog was pregnant. How pregnant would take the rescuers by surprise. As they approached the husky, she turned away and led the two women over to her makeshift den where she…
A street dog in India has been reunited with the family she chose after 10 months of waiting. Jalebi’s epic journey began when her adoptive mom and dad, who are from New Zealand and live in Australia, were in India and one morning went for a walk. When they came back Jalebi was under a…
Koda the Bernese Mountain dog Great Pyrenees mix decided her newborn puppies needed a stuffed toy in their “crib.” Koda’s sweet gesture was first noticed after her mom, Kate McNeil, kept finding Koda’s stuffed toy rabbit in the dog bed with the 13 puppies instead of the desk in the spare room where it usually…
Thunder the Husky likes to complain when he gets a bath. When he’s getting bathed by Rita the Groomer he voices his complaints…a lot! His guardian writes, “Every time Thunder gets a bath we hear this!!! LOL The neighbors think he’s being tortured!!!!” What’s odd, though, is that Thunder is eager to see Rita. His…
The love in a rescued dog’s eyes when she is taken out of the shelter where she was staying melted our hearts. It is a rescue day for The Asher House and they are visiting Marion County Animal Shelter and one of the first dogs Lee Asher greets is a one year old Pomeranian. The…
A tiny puppy was found lost in the rain but thankfully Yannick spotted him and rescued him. As soon as he brought “Peanut” home, he gave the soaked pup a proper bath, dried him and gave him some food. Yannick moved from Germany to Ukraine in 2022 to help rescue animals and establish Koda’s Mission….
When it comes to delivering the mail, this dog works in tandem with the mail carrier in his neighborhood. He’ll run up to meet the mailman as he pulls up his truck and hands him the letters that need to be brought back inside. The mail carrier can’t help but tell the dog’s guardian, “the…
When Bella the Boxer’s family brought home their newborn baby, Malina, they were surprised and delighted by the dog’s response. “When we brought our first daughter home from the hospital we weren’t sure how the dog would react,” they wrote. “Would she be jealous? Protective? We knew she would be a great family dog but…
Trigger, a 9-year-old Golden Retriever, has been a very busy dog in his role as “stud dog” for Guide Dogs, a charity organization in the UK. Nicknamed “the Dogfather”, Trigger has the legacy of having fathered 323 puppies. Trigger fathered 39 litters with one record-breaking litter of 16 puppies in 2021 and his final litter…