Matilda is one of the beloved rescue dogs who lives at The Asher House. This sweet girl has cerebellar hypoplasia, a condition caused by an underdeveloped cerebellum—the part of the brain responsible for coordinating movement. As a result, she wobbles when she walks. She showed up at a shelter and Lee Asher made sure to…
Driving home from the airport at 5 a.m. one morning, Carrie stopped at a red light when a stressed-looking dog ran across the intersection. It took her 20 minutes to coax the dog into her car. She took him to a vet to check for a microchip, only to discover that his previous owner had…
After receiving several alerts on her phone from a security camera in her son’s room, Emily noticed her rescue dog doing something so sweet she had to share it. In the video footage, her dog, Kendall, is seen approaching baby Austin’s bed and checking in on him. Not only that, Emily’s husband, Davy, observed that…
A little stray dog earned herself a home thousands of miles away by chasing after a man in the Gobi desert. This amazing adoption story began when the British ultrarunner Dion Leonard participated in a gruelling 155-mile (250 km) race known as the 4 Deserts Race. The race took place in China’s Gobi desert. As…
When Eliane saw something moving on the side of the road in Bali she first assumed it was a rock. But it turned out to be a scared puppy around 6 months old. Eli named the puppy Theo. She brought Theo to the vet. Eliane was in the process of setting up an animal sanctuary (Street Paws)…
A stray German Shepherd with a wounded leg was rescued from the desert heat thanks to a dog-loving home owner and animal rescuers. Shawn who lives in Yucca, California, saw the wounded dog on his front porch Ring camera who would show up at night. He tried to befriend him, but the shepherd wouldn’t let…
When Kern County Animal Services got a call about a dog stuck in an irrigation ditch they were surprised to find two dogs close to death. The two dogs were dangerously malnourished, dehydrated, and weak. The filthy water in the ditch was the only thing that had kept them alive and the pair of dogs…
A dog abandoned to die on a road is now safe and loved. When Milan with Dog Shelter Rescue, Serbia, got a call about Albert, they were told he was running back and forth across the road in search of food. He was very skittish and unsure of Milan and barked when he got close….
A sweet senior dog is miraculously alive and safe thanks to a group of spelunkers who found her in a cave in Narrows near Pearisburg, Virginia. Jesse Rochette and his friends were planning on teaching a group about cave safety when one of the people found a dog 50 feet down in the cave. “It…
He wanted something to keep her from digging up the garden too. Hot weather prompted this pet parent to make his dog a DIY air-conditioned bed to not only keep her cool but also to save his garden. Will explains that his house doesn’t have air conditioning so when his very sweet 13-year-old dog, Kamakazi,…
Earlier in the year, Pedro Martinez’ dad had heard about golden doodles and would jokingly ask about getting one. Little did he know that his family had planned a special surprise for him. Pedro writes, “So for this Christmas, we decided we would crank the holiday spirit up to 10, and make my dad go…
Jonathon was out driving when he saw a puppy wandering in circles in the dark outside a truck stop. As soon as he stopped to check on her, the puppy jumped right into his vehicle as if she had been waiting for someone, anyone to open their door and their heart to her. Jonathon knew…