When a stray dog arrived at the shelter, she wouldn’t let anyone close to her. She was so “aggressive” that the pound decided she had to the end of the day to leave the kennel or be put down.
That’s when Martha arrived to take her away. But ‘Mulan’ (as she was named) was so scared it took Martha 2.5 hours to earn her trust. She was just so nervous.
The dog had never lived inside a home and the moment Martha stepped out of the room Mulan destroyed it. Martha chose to ignore the mess and give her food instead of punishment. And that worked!
It didn’t take long for Mulan to soften and she softened even more when she took cues from Martha’s dogs. Now Mulan has a whole new life ahead of her.
This dog’s dream comes true when a local tennis instructor delivers 300 used tennis balls to his home. Needless to say when one tennis ball drops in front of him he gets very excited, but when the hundreds fall in front of him – heaven!
A small stray dog with a huge mass under her belly is living a happy life now thanks to an accidental sighting. The tiny stray had been wandering the streets for two years in a village before a Good Samaritan snapped a photo. Ermioni Giannakou, with DAR Animal Rescue in Greece, wrote, “Someone who accidentally…
Tonka the dog and Sarah the cat were best friends and took care of each other. Julie Nelson shared the story behind their special relationship with DogHeirs and wrote: “Tonka is 9 ½ years old, and has the sweetest, most gentle soul. Tonka and Sarah became best friends shortly after we got him in 2004.”…
New York Police Department officer Michael Pascale was out on patrol when he drove by a public park and spotted a small dog chained up to a fence and shivering in the rain. The dog was surrounded by used needles and broken beer bottles and his eyes looked at him in despair. “He was just…
A poor little puppy got chewed up and then dumped on a woman’s property with a bag of dog food. The woman saw the puppy being dumped and ran out to assist him, finding him “with swollen, infected bite wounds all over all of his legs,” Stray Rescue of St. Louis shared. When Donna came…
There’s something so lovable and goofy about a dog upside down, that you can’t help but smile. That’s what photographer Serena Hodson thought and decided to take a whole series of photos of upside down dogs! The Australian photographer explains how her concept originated saying, “Upside Down Dogs began with a simple idea – to…
