“Stella was a special girl. I have rescued over 100 dogs but Stella’s name is tattooed on my shoulder. To me there is no other word that can describe strength like Stella,” said France Turcotte, founder of Valley Boxer & Mastiff Rescue told DogHeirs. Stella the Neapolitan Mastiff came to France and her husband, Gil,…
Kelly Benzel first saw Rocco, a white Pit Bull mix, for sale on Facebook. He looked sweet but sad and uncared for, so she decided to buy him from his owners and bring him home to her family in time for Christmas. But Kelly didn’t realize how uncared for he really was until she picked…
Kesha the dog became the family hero after helping her guardian find her one-year-old daughter who had been placed in a drum with water during a robbery in Cuiabá, Brazil. According to G1, armed robbers snatched the baby from her mother’s arms after the girl began crying. Angered by the baby’s crying, the thieves allegedly…
Chance follows his dad, Vietnam veteran Billy Collins, wherever he goes. It’s been that way for 10 years, ever since Billy brought the Boxer Pit Bull mix as a puppy. It was when they were alone and Billy had a terrible accident that Chance showed what a loyal dog he really is. Billy slipped and…
This video from Animal Humane New Mexico has a simple but important message for the holidays. In the video, we see a shelter dog being selected by a new family. He gets a round of a applause as he exits the shelter and he’s on to a wonderful new life filled with happy memories –…
Hope For Paws got a call just before Christmas that a father and son needed rescuing. The mom had been struck by a car and killed and the two dogs were holed up at an apartment complex. When they arrived, the son was friendly, but his dad was frightened. He watches tentatively as his son…
This touching story from Chicago’s Trio Animal Foundation shows the devastating losses and lucky new beginnings shelter dogs experience when someone is willing to open their homes and hearts to abandoned animals! On October 29, a Pit Bull named Mira was handed over by her owner to the shelter. Trio Animal Foundation shared Mira’s story…
Beauty is one tenacious dog, who refused to give up, despite nine long years at a shelter. But it hasn’t been an easy journey for her. Found abandoned as a puppy in Mani, Greece, Beauty was taken in by a local charity. There, she lived with 150 other dogs. Fortune did not smile on her…
Dogs who are rescued never forget the humans who saved them. We are highlighting heartwarming stories of dogs saved from dire situations and then cherished as invaluable family members. This is the story of Cenour, rescued from a high skill shelter and sick and traumatized by his past. But he was about to meet the…
A puppy was suffering from extreme mange and she was so badly wounded that she wouldn’t have survived much longer if rescuers had not come to her aid. But “Mikki” was afraid and ran away and Animal Aid Unlimited gave chase. She hid under a boat which gave them a chance to catch her –…
A tiny Cavalier King Charles Spaniel cross named Honey was picked up from the side of a highway in England, and rescued by DogHeirs member Joanne Logan. Joanne had no way of knowing at the time that when she agreed to rescue the one dog, she would eventually end up saving three. Joanne shares her…
Olive, Peach and Kiwi got an amazing surprise when DogHeirs community member, Nikki Cawley, and her husband, Jerome (who has active duty in the US Army) got the idea to buy 60 tennis balls for them to play with. Nikki told DogHeirs, the idea came to them when they were shopping at Costco. “There was…