No dog should ever be left without a home. The trauma of abandonment leaves long-term consequences, making it really hard to gain their trust again.  Mama, the abandoned Pittie found in the fields of California, was left at the mercy of the wilderness. This skittish girl spent months fending for herself, far away from any … Read more

Unfortunately, dog abandonment seems to have become a trend in some parts of the country. What’s worse, many people no longer hesitate to do it even when they know they are being recorded by surveillance cameras. This time, that was the thinking of one “ticketed passenger” who so casually left his dog tied up in … Read more

Just like us, dogs have certain talents which they want to show to the world. Unfortunately, they can often be overlooked. However, if they find themselves in the right environment with the right owner who will recognize their potential and give them time to show it, dogs can flourish. It was a dog named Penny … Read more

Isn’t it just beautiful how caring most dogs are despite the way many of them are treated horribly?  This especially applies to strays who suffer abuse almost all the time, but still remain kind and sweet. I have always wondered why it is like that and why we can’t learn more from them. In this … Read more

People and organizations involved in rescuing animals experience various situations every day that sometimes leave them speechless. But when they see an abandoned dog that is so neglected that you cannot see where its head and its tail is, that is a completely different level. A rescue organization found just such a dog on the … Read more

Shelter staff know how shelter pups feel while they wait by the kennel door and hope to catch somebody’s attention.  They see the longing in the pups’ eyes. They know just how much the canines wish to find a wonderful home and parents who will give them all the love they lack. Without finding a … Read more

When you believe everything is lost, your luck may still somehow change.  Not every dog is as blessed as Ginger was.  She was down, written off, and facing the eternal sleep list.  Ginger’s life was a mess and she had no bright future. You might wonder: How is that considered to be blessed? Well, turns … Read more

When thinking of words that best characterize the virtues of a dog, I think that the first thing that comes to mind for a lot of people is loyalty. Their unshaking belief in us is almost naive sometimes, but also beautiful, and it’s precisely what makes them man’s best friend.  In this story, we will … Read more

When truck drivers arrived at a sand pit in Crosby, Texas, to pick up some material, they were saddened to find a delightful dog who was abandoned. The dog kept staring in the distance as if she was expecting to see someone. The drivers assumed that she anticipated seeing the face of her owners. She … Read more

When Adri Herron, president of Sanctuary Rescue, based in Midlothian, Virginia, received an email from a breeder with a very interesting subject writing, ‘A newborn pit bull with no nose’, she was very interested in the matter. Because the breeder did not really have any experience with such a puppy before, she handed the 20-hour-old … Read more