Rescue Dog Warms Heart of His Grieving Human When He Picks Up Habit of Her Old Dog
This story is a finalist in the Fur-Ever Family Photo & Story Contest. Voting runs through December 31. Three grand prize winners will each receive $500 in cash and $2,000 in cash and supplies for their favorite shelter. See all the entrants and finalists here! Banjo was adopted on March 10, 2017, about a month after I lost my dog Bonnie. DOG. PHOTO: PIXABAY / FERNANDO LATORRE I wasn’t going to get another dog. Bonnie was a special girl and had seen me through the hardest times of my life: Cancer and the loss of my husband to...
Woman Taking Dog For A Walk Accidentally Leads Police Raid
What started as a normal day for Taylor Lumpkin quickly turned into a morning she’s unlikely to forget. Taylor (TikTok user @tayylumpp) shared about the morning, explaining that she woke early before work to take her dog, Gracie, out to potty like usual. Photo: TikTok/@tayylumpp What started as a typical doggy potty walk, though, turned into her leading 15-20 armed officers dressed in tactical gear in a raid! “Never a dull moment living in good ole MKE,” she captioned her video. @tayylumpp Never a dull moment living in good...
Cat Lost On Cross-Country Road Trip Returns Home In Christmas Miracle
Losing a pet can be devastating and we do our best to search high and low for our furry friends when they disappear. Sometimes, though, it can prove quite difficult – like if a pet goes missing in an unfamiliar city. It’s a scenario Jamie McCall found herself in while taking a cross-country road trip from Florida to Michigan. Photo: YouTube/WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7 According to WXYZ Detroit, McCall was moving up to Michigan with her 3-year-old cat named Tucker. Sadly, the cat escaped from her hotel room in Cleveland, Tennessee....
A Pretty Name For An Equally Pretty Fish – The Rose-Veiled Fairy Wrasse
A beautiful new species of fish was just discovered in the Maldives. The rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa) is equally as pretty as its name. Finifenmaa is Dhivehi, the Maldivian language, for rose, and it refers to the species’ wonderful coloration. And to add more meaning to its name, the national flower of the Maldives is the Pink Rose, or Fiyatoshi Finifenmaa. PHOTO: Pixabay/David Mark Technically, the species isn’t exactly new to researchers. Although it’s newly discovered, a specimen has been sighted...
Horse Gallops Across Field To Greet Friendly Cat
It’s true that love knows no bounds, and Champy and Morris are doing their part to prove it! The unusual friends first met back in 2013 when a woman named Jennifer went to the shelter and adopted a black cat, Morris. She wasn’t sure how Morris would fit into her home life at first, but it wasn’t long before all her fears disappeared. Not only did Morris make himself at home but he quickly befriended the family horse, Champy! Despite being such different sizes and breeds, the two became BFFs and virtually inseparable. Champy...
Friendly Squirrel Leaves Christmas Cookie For Her Neighbor
You never know what you’re going to see when you have a doorbell camera set up. Sometimes, they help solve mysteries we’d never come close to guessing without them! That recently happened to Hannah (TikTok user @southernupnorth) when she found a random cookie left by her front door. Photo: TikTok/@southernupnorth At first, Hannah thought a child had left the cookie for her but then she reviewed her doorbell camera footage and couldn’t believe her eyes! It wasn’t a child at all, but a squirrel who left the cookie....
How To Wrap A Rescue Dog For Christmas
With Christmas right around the corner, many parents are working on putting presents together for their children. While it’s never recommended to gift someone a purchased pet, deciding to adopt a rescue pet for your family can be a fun and rewarding surprise for kids. If you decide to welcome a rescue pup into your home around Christmas time, you may be wondering an important question: How do you wrap a rescue dog? Photo: YouTube/ViralHog Deanna from Papillion, Nebraska is here to answer that along with her two models, Shiloh and Abu....
Playful Cat Caught Frolicking In The Snow
Cats and water are notorious enemies. Felines tend to avoid the wet stuff and don’t typically enjoy swimming or splashing around. Most cats also have a disdain for snow. After all, it’s basically like water but colder and crunchier! When winter time rolls around, many cats can be found seeking refuge and hiding out in warm, dry spaces. Photo: Pexels/Dave Haas However, not all cats are the same, and some enjoy the white powdery stuff. Some cats even find it a lot of fun to play in! Kayleigh Keen (TikTok user @snaileighh) lives in...
Couple Adopts and Spoils Two ‘Wobbly’ Cats with Cerebellar Hypoplasia
Gulliver and Twerk are a little wobbly, a little clumsy, and a whole lot of personality. The two cats were brought to Dumb Friends League, a Denver-based shelter, and upon intake, one of the employees thought they were acting weird. That’s when another employee, Brooklyn Nielsen, had a look and was pretty sure she knew what was going on. PHOTO: BROOKLYN NIELSEN Nielsen says, “I went down there and I was like, ‘I think these cats have CH.’ So the vet upstairs looked at them and they needed to go to a foster home right...
Peppy Cat Believes its Her Job to Cheer Her Family Up
This story is a finalist in the Fur-Ever Family Photo & Story Contest. Voting runs through December 31. Three grand prize winners will each receive $500 in cash and $2,000 in cash and supplies for their favorite shelter. See all the entrants and finalists here! We rescued Chloe from the Elmore SPCA in 2012 and she joined our other cat Matty. Chloe was full of energy and made every day a new experience. She had her own special personality and was quite independent. PHOTO: DEBBIE RHEOME In 2019, Matty died and it was devastating to the...
