Katelyn Harding wasn’t expecting to welcome a new dog into her family when she went to visit a friend, especially a rescued Pit Bull who was “scared to death of everything and everyone.” But that’s exactly what happened when she met Sage for the first time. Here’s the rescue story she shared with DogHeirs.com: “This…
When Meredith and her friend adopted dogs from a Korean shelter they ended up getting an unexpected surprise. A few weeks after they brought their dogs home, Meredith’s friend’s dog gave birth to four puppies! Instead of having rescued two dogs, they ended up rescuing six. Each of the puppies look totally different from one…
Welcoming a newborn baby into the home is always a joyous occasion. And for many couples, because their dog is their first baby, they make sure to provide extra love and reassurance to their pet so that they will bond with their new little brothers or sisters! For John and Morgan Powell they knew their…
A young fox’s private life was revealed to a woman when she kept tabs on what he got up to in her garden. The fox took up residence in Jen’s backyard last March, much to her delight. And this week, he appeared to have a new friend…a girlfriend. Jen lives in England and said the…
A stray dog helped firefighters in Turkey save her puppies after they became stuck in a drainage canal in the town of Bodrum in the Turkish province of Muğla. A local named Erhan Erol called the firefighters after he noticed the puppies stuck in the hole, which was slowly filling with sea water. The firefighters…
Galgos del Sol Animal Rescue comes to the rescue of galagos – Spanish hunting greyhounds – dogs who are abandoned or killed by the thousands each year at the end of hunting season in Spain. The dogs are not seen as potential pets so they end up either in kill shelters or more often dumped…
Rescuers found Scooch under an abandoned home at the end of a gravel road surrounded by other abandoned houses. It was pitch black but they could see the tan Pit Bull with their flashlight. He was crouched in a corner and as Donna with Stray Rescue of St. Louis crawled over to him he let…
It’s a rainy day in Scotland but that doesn’t deter Motorbike Milly and her dad from going for a ride on his motorcycle. A video of Milly the dog’s owner getting her ready for a ride on his bike is going viral. The Bichon Frise is doted on by her family, and especially by her…
A street musician captivated spectators thanks in part to his unusual musical partner – a stray dog. Sergei Ivanovich was playing the clarinet in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, when he says the dog simply joined in. “[He’s] not mine, he just came up when I sat down and began to play the first note,” Sergei told a…
Staff with the Richmond SPCA in Virginia are calling it one of the “most appalling” neglect cases they’ve seen in decades. A dog, kept under a bed for two years, could barely walk or eat, when he was surrendered by his owners three months ago. “The owner told us he had Lionheart under a bed…
Amelie the Italian Greyhound really loves to cuddle! Amelie was adopted and her dad said the family’s two other Italian Greyhounds (all under a year old) are rescues. Sitting on her mom’s lap, Amelie almost looks like she’s smiling as she leans into her mom to get her attention. Her parents wrote, “This is why…
From the DogHeirs.com archive comes this sweet marriage proposal, aided by none other than an adorable German Shepherd puppy. When Gavin wanted to ask his girlfriend to marry he wasn’t sure if he wanted to get her a puppy first or a ring. But with help from his friend (and photographer), Kyle, he decided on…