Dog Rescued From Breeders Had Never Learned to Do Dog Things, But Family Helps Her Learn
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! We lost our beloved Oscar, a 15-year-old dachshund that we had since he was 8-weeks-old, and we were heartsick with grief. After three months, I began looking on Petfinder and found Pepper, a 6-year-old long haired dappled dachshund. She was a breeder dog in a large puppy mill in Wisconsin that operates “just above the line” that would shut them down. When they’re...
Shelter Dog Gets Treated To A Weekend Away In A Cozy Cottage
Being a shelter dog is a tough life. It’s not easy being stuck inside a cage, waiting for a forever family to pick you and adopt you. Sadly, some dogs have to wait longer than others for their happily ever after to come along. It is understandable that a life of constant waiting would get rather depressing and routine. Poor Meatball is one such pooch who desperately needed a break from his shelter routine. Photo: TikTok/@stephaniemunro7 Luckily, one of the shelter’s workers, Stephanie Munro, noticed Meatball struggling with the...
Need Assistance Around the House? Put Your Dog to Work!
Always losing your keys? Tired of picking up after your pets? Maybe you wish your newspaper got left on the front porch rather than always ending up at the end of the driveway. Put Fido to work helping around the house! It’s not as outlandish as you think. How many times have you seen a funny video where some guy sitting in a barcalounger tells his dog to fetch him a beer, and the dog accommodates him by trotting to the fridge, pulling open the door with a towel tied to the handle, and then delivering it to his pleased human? Working...
Pumpkin The Cat Attempts To Hide Under Bath Mats And Bags To Spy On His Family
Cats are such cute animals, but they’re more than just adorable faces and tiny toe beans. They also possess quite impressive skills such as agility and stealth. But that isn’t exactly every cat’s forte. Some cats are clumsy, while others are not as covert as they think they’re being. Photo: flickr/Chiara Coetzee One adorable orange kitty named Pumpkin is definitely in the latter category. This fine feline thinks he’s the master of secrecy, but he’s not. Still, his owners love him anyways – especially...
Cat Miscalculates Jump By Pool And It Ends In Disaster
Cats have many reputations, but they’re not always as graceful as people might think. They’re thought to be aloof and independent, but they’re also thought to be very agile, and believed to never miss a jump or always land on their feet. However, that isn’t always the case. In fact, many people with cats might also know the rather clumsy side of felines. Granted, cats keep their klutzy ways well hidden most of the time, but sometimes it comes out. Photo: TikTok/@tohcoutinho Cat videos are all over the internet these...
Man Walks Through Shelter With No Intention To Adopt But Then He Sees A Tiny Kitten
When you are driving around town, you might see bumper stickers that say “Who rescued who?” Those of us who have rescued animals realize the truthfulness of that saying and exactly what it means to have a rescue animal in our life. Photo: TikTok/@bigtugg In many cases, we tend to fall into those situations in ways that we could not possibly imagine at first. In the end, however, we have a beautiful animal in our life that is more than a pet, they are part of the family. One person who knows this all too well is Tucker Lindgren....
Watch Cats Face-Off In Intense Cat Cup Competition
If you haven’t had an opportunity to watch the Kittisaurus games, you really are missing out on something wonderful in life. In fact, you don’t even have to be a “cat person” to appreciate what they bring to the world of sports. The Kittisaurus cats, of which there are 10, have YouTube videos with almost 600 million views. People around the world are absolutely falling in love with these adorable cats and their amazing personalities. Photo: YouTube/Kittisaurus In order to get things going, obstacles are set up around...
Goat Trapped In 250-Foot Irrigation Pipe Gets Saved Just In The Nick Of Time
When you are involved in rescuing animals, you never quite know what you are going to run into from one day to the next. Some days may start out fairly normally but others take a turn that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Somebody who knows this very well is Andy Gallo. He works with the Arizona Humane Society as an emergency animal technician. Sometimes, he gets the most unusual calls to help with an animal that needs it in the worst way and that is what happened in the case of a billy goat. Photo: Facebook/Arizona Humane...
Study Finds Dogs Can Smell When Their Humans Are Stressed
Have you ever noticed that your dog seems to react when you are stressed out? Even if you don’t think you are acting any differently, it seems as if your dog is able to pick up on your emotions. As it turns out, you may be closer to the truth than you ever realized. Photo: Unsplash/Elisa Ventur A new study has been published that shows that when you are stressed out, you smell differently. Humans may not be able to pick up on it but the dogs in the study were able to determine whether someone was stressed out or relaxed 93.75% of the...
Senior Dog Waits To Greet His Walking Human Friend Every Morning
If you’ve ever had a golden retriever in your life, you realize that they have a lot to offer. It isn’t just the companionship that makes them awesome, it is the love that they seem to ooze out of every pore. Photo: TikTok/@mspeelhmb This is something that is known all too well by Tiktokker @mspeelhmb. He happens to have a senior golden retriever in his life, and her name is Maisy. That wonderful dog has managed to strike up a friendship with an older man that walks by the house every day and it’s heartwarming to see. Photo:...
