This rescue dog has found his joy! He’s the lead dog in a dog sled race and can’t wait to run. He’s so excited you can hear him bark “Run, Run, Run”!
O’Riley is just one of the sled dogs – all rescues – known as Racey’s Rescues. Jim Lynch and Sally Hedges founded the shelter Racey’s Rescue. And every year Jim races at the Apostle Island Dog Sled Race in Bayfield, Wisconsin with his dogsled team. The dogs race both Saturday and Sunday, with half of the total race distance completed each day. Go O’Riley, go!
Dog rescuers revisited an abandoned warehouse they had been using as a shelter to save a stray puppy. A young man who spotted the puppy running in the garbage-strewn area gave DAR Animal Rescue a call. The Greek rescue knew the place well. It was the location of their former shelter, which was recently destroyed…
A stray dog changed his life when he spotted an open car and jumped inside. Lena was packing up her car late one night and had the garage door open when she spotted a “little creature” walk by. All of a sudden the furry animal jumped right into the passenger seat of her car. She…
“Pit Bulls are some of the most misunderstood dogs out there. Unfortunately, they usually end up in the hands of the wrong people, and wrong people mistreat them, abuse them and eventually abandon them or get rid of them one way or the other,” writes Valia Orfanidou of Orphan Pet. Matilda is one such dog….
Stella the German Shepherd loves to chase squirrels. That’s not too uncommon for a dog and neither is her whining at the bottom of the tree when the dexterous rodent makes for the high branches. But it’s what she does to try and catch it that takes her family completely by surprise! Watch this German…
It’s not every dog who can safely sniff out a bee nest, but that’s exactly what Gerty, the German Shorthaired Pointer, is trained to do. She’s a bird dog turned bee dog! Gerty works with Jacqueline Staab, a bee researcher and founder of Darwin’s Bee Dogs, to track down bumblebees in Texas as part of…
Animal shelters can be a noisy place. Dogs often barking in fear and confusion, sometimes barking as they eagerly await a “fur-ever” home. That’s why animal shelter volunteer Jeff Molenda wanted to do something to help relax and destress the animals. He began a fundraiser to get a sound system installed at the shelter. Studies…
