A dog on death row gave her fosterer a big surprise when she turned up at his home very pregnant! It all began when Nicholas agreed to foster a dog his friend had spotted a dog at a shelter in Charlotte, North Carolina. The female dog named “Emma” was scheduled to be euthanized and time…
Cookie Dough the Shar Pei was rescued by Vet Ranch after the dog was left at a shelter in very poor shape. The dog had a skin infection and ulcers in her eyes and she had been used as a breeding dog at a puppy mill. Cookie Dough couldn’t see and was likely blind her…
A puppy living on the streets of India was in tremendous pain after his ear was damaged and nearly torn off. But rescuers from Animal Aid Unlimited were about to make his pain go away. They write, “We got a call to rescue a puppy whose ear was almost completely torn off. He was screaming…
Hope For Paws received a call about a gentle giant wandering the streets and were surprised to find a Newfoundland. He was very skinny for a dog his size and was exhausted from living on the streets. He also had “many embedded foxtails in his body, and we had to remove them one by one.”…
A Pit Bull with multiple growths and tumors on his belly was scheduled to be put down at a shelter, but it was Vet Ranch to the rescue. Dr. Matt wasn’t sure if McDougall’s largest growth was a tumor or a hernia at first, but was relieved to diagnose it as a hernia. A few…
A dumped pregnant one-year-old Pit Bull and her puppies are safe thanks to a kind Good Samaritan who spotted the dog hiding in the thorn bushes at the side of a road in Lemoore, California. At first the woman couldn’t find the dog’s puppies, but she called Kings SPCA Halfway Home for help, and with…
Hope For Paws got a call from the supervisor of a shipyard that a dog had recently given birth to puppies. At first, the security guard there wasn’t happy to see them, but when they reassured him they would find the puppies homes, he let them in. The puppies were only three weeks old and…
Under all the dirt and grime, he was a beautiful color. Under all the mistreatment and abuse he suffered, he was a gentle soul. Hope For Paws received a call about Duncan after the senior, blind Pit Bull, after he crawled into a junkyard and a Good Samaritan was concerned the owner was going to…
A starving Husky waiting to die has made an amazing recovery thanks to a man who spotted her lying in the streets. Eduardo Lozano rescues a lot of dogs in his home town of Monterrey, Mexico, but he nearly missed rescuing Luna because he thought the Husky was a coyote at first. Eduardo told DogHeirs,…
When Valia first saw Bono, the puppy was begging for some food and some love. She rescued the 5-month-old pup and brought him to a local shelter in Greece who she worked with because at the time it was impossible for him to foster him for personal reasons. Valia of The Orphan Pet says at…
Hope For Paws were called about a homeless young poodle wandering the streets of Los Angeles. Matted and grey with dirt, Paddington was scared and reluctant to be rescued. But the moment they leash him, he seems to know he’ll be safe from now on. Watch his heartwarming rescue in the video below.
A male dog was signed over to a kill shelter only had a few hours left to live because his owner claimed that he is gay. The former owner said his dog was seen “hunched over” another male dog. Due to the dog’s mounting behavior, the man discarded the dog at Jackson Rabies Control because…