Some dogs are just like kids when it comes to meeting Santa Claus—they each have their own unique reactions! Kya the Shiba Inu completely freaked out (in the most adorable way), while Fenway, a resilient pup who overcame illness, was overjoyed when Santa came to his door. Now, we can add Akira, a sweet black…
Meet Peanut. When the Pit Bull mix puppy arrived at an Arizona shelter she was very sick and in desperate need of help. Nadine Sipos Swart was at the Willcox Animal Shelter when Peanut was there and learned the poor puppy would be put down if no one stepped forward to help. Nadine advocates for homeless animals in the Arizona and photographed…
After a Pit Bull was abandoned by her former owner in an apartment in New York she was taken to a shelter. The dog named Cathy had been used for breeding and been badly abused. Although her future looked bleak, she was rescued and recovered thanks to her new family. Her new guardian wrote this…
When Bullit the white Pit Bull hears a “fart” noise he doesn’t like it…or does he? Bullit is minding his own business when his human makes a fart sound. Immediately his ears perk up. What was that sound his human just made? Was it a fart? At first he looks almost upset and sad that…
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…
This sweet Pit Bull goes into panic mode when her dad unexpectedly dives into a lake. But what she did in response garnered over 1.5 million views on YouTube. While at the lake, the Pit Bull and her family are at a ledge and when her dad dives into the water, the dog is immediately…
A stray Pit Bull peered down from the top floor of an old, abandoned house at his rescuers from Stray Rescue of St. Louis. Trapped for two weeks, the only way in and out of the boarded-up home was through a basement window with no stairs. No doubt the dog had sought refuge but was…
A dog who was found severely beaten and abused was likely the victim of a gang initiation rescuers say. The young Pit Bull was found tied to a fence with electrical cord in an alley in Los Angeles, suffering horrific injuries. Rescuers at the Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation were called to pick up the…
Maisy is a rescued dog who just can’t stop woo-wooing at how wonderful life is. She does it whenever she is happy or excited – which is a lot now that she has found a loving home! Maisy spent many years locked up in a backyard fenced kennel. Her former owners wanted to use her…
An abandoned dog chained to a tree isn’t a new sight for rescuers, but this Pit Bull’s predicament was a new low. The dog, now named Max, was so tightly secured to a tree that he could not even move his head. Thankfully, the dog caught several people’s attention and they knew exactly who to…
“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….
When Eldad Hagar Hope For Paws got a call about a black Pit Bull puppy limping near a highway on ramp he arrived alone and discovered the dog definitely wasn’t a puppy. As he approached she snarled and bared her teeth at him. “I admit I was scared on this rescue,” Eldad wrote on YouTube….