Best Hero Dog Times Two!
One day, I stepped out of the house barefoot and immediately heard it: The deadly buzz of an angry rattler. Instantly, I froze. Desperately I scanned our yard to see where the intruder was located but the yard was empty. The unmistakable sound increased. PHOTO: PEXELS As I started to move, Reba snapped at my ankle and I saw the snake bite her twice on the face as I leapt back to the safety of the house. We rushed her to the emergency vet. Antivenom cost $600 a dose and she needed three or more. There was no way I could afford over $2,000....
From Dog Food To Sarajevo
While buying cat food at Petco the first Saturday in December 2011, a family came in with a pathetic looking kitten. The little girl was crying and the boy just looked down at his feet while the parents spoke to the rescue group. I could tell the woman running the rescue was very angry while the kitten looked over her shoulder and I swear, every time I looked up she gave me the “silent meow”. PHOTO: SUSAN ANDERSN After I finished checking out, I went back into the store. By that time the family had left and I asked what the story...
Shelter Dogs Pick Their Own Christmas Present From Room Full Of Donated Toys
Christmas has come early for shelter dogs at Dogs Trust Ireland. Thanks to generous donations, the shelter was able to give each dog in their care a new toy for Christmas. But instead of choosing one for each dog, they lined them up in a room and allowed each dog to pick their own. As you can imagine, the dogs went wild when they entered the room and immediately started to sniff each toy. Their tails never stopped wagging and many started to race around the room with excitement. Screenshot: Facebook/Dogs Trust Ireland Thankfully, the staff...
Selfless Volunteer Create Charity to Help Neighborhood Dogs
Often times, we see injustices and people or animals in need, and we’re not sure how to help. We know we want to make a difference, but it can be a daunting task to tackle. Jennifer Gallagher thought the same thing, and that’s when she founded Chick n’ Pups Canine Crusade. Gallagher worked for three years as the director of the Bullock County Animal Shelter. She loved volunteering and helping animals in need. However, when she retired and thought her animal care days were behind her, she noticed that her own neighborhood...
GreaterGood Has Donated More Than 2 Million Masks to Frontline Workers and Others in Need
As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, GreaterGood has been working hard to do its part to bring masks and other personal protective equipment to frontline workers and essential employees in the U.S. and across the globe. Our original goal was to donate one million masks to those who need them most. Not only did we meet and surpass that goal within a few short months, but now we’ve also reached our follow-up goal to donate two million masks, with over one million of those masks going to healthcare workers. “A year ago,...
Woman Transforms Dog Crate Into Impressive Gingerbread Doghouse And Shares DIY Video
While most people transform their homes into winter wonderlands for the holidays, not many decorate their dog’s crate. But many more are giving it a try after a woman shared a DIY video on how she turned a dog crate into an impressive gingerbread doghouse. Sarah, the proud mom to two beautiful German Shepherds – Stormi and Wolfie, took holiday decorating to a whole new level with her gingerbread doghouse. She posted a short DIY video on her TikTok page, which has already received over 500k views. Photo: Instagram/stormiloveswolfie...
Corgi Adopts 4 Orphaned Labrador Puppies After Giving Birth To A Litter Of Her Own
Two-year-old Corgi Angela was pregnant when she arrived at Lone Star Dog Ranch & Dog Ranch Rescue. A few weeks after giving birth to five puppies, she became a mother to four more. A quartet of Labrador puppies were orphaned when their mother, named Autumn Dove, died after giving birth. This would have ordinarily put pressure on rescue staff to care for the young puppies until they could be weaned. “We thought we were going to be bottle feeding around the clock,” Renee Eden from Dog Ranch Rescue told Fox 4. Source:...
Thrown Out On Highway
As I was driving home one evening I came upon a deceased puppy laying in the road and it broke my heart, but out of the corner of my eye I saw the tip of a dogs tail go under the guardrail. PHOTO: MARYLEE SCHANEN I rushed home and got my husband and we drove back to the area and he removed the deceased puppy to the side of the road while I looked for the other pup. We looked for a couple of hours, but couldn’t find him. As I went back to the truck, he howled, he could see me but was to frightened to come out of woods. We went home. I...
Virginia Police Chief Offers To Pay Adoption Fees For Remaining Dogs At Local Shelter
The holiday season is all about giving to those in need, and Chesterfield, Virginia, Police Chief, Col. Jeffrey S. Katz, is helping shelter dogs in need. A few years ago, Katz impersonated Santa for a fundraising event for Chesterfield County Animal Services, but this year decided to help shelter pets in a different way. Photo: Facebook/Chesterfield County Police Chief, Col. Jeffrey S. Katz Chesterfield County Animal Services has found homes for nearly all of their homeless dogs and cats, with just three dogs remaining – Sugarplum,...
Dogs Are Helping Rid The Florida Everglades Of Invasive Pythons
The Florida Everglades are being invaded by a slithering menace. Hundreds of thousands of non-native pythons now threaten this critical habitat, devouring mammals, birds and even small alligators. State wildlife officials have been trying to eliminate the pythons for years, seemingly stifled by the fact that the snakes have no natural predators. No other animal has the instincts to hunt down these pythons. Until now. Source: YouTube/GeoBeats ScienceTruman, a black Labrador Retriever, hunts down a python. According to the Associated Press, the...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Calling Return to Owner something else, new Challenge and more!
Below is a brief round-up of new blog posts and resources we’ve added over the past week. We will be taking a brief break for the rest of the year, but look for brand new blog posts (and a challenge!) in January. We hope you’re able to take some time and recharge after all of your incredible work this year. Thank you for all that you’ve accomplished in helping to keep people and pets together. Happy holidays from all of us at Maddie’s Fund®! What if we call Return to Owner something else?On a recent Community...
Crouton – Out Of The Fire
Crouton was only 4 weeks old when the house he was living in was destroyed by a devastating fire. PHOTO: SU WOLFE His other 3 litter mates were carried out of the house by their mother but Crouton was left behind. He was found the next day by fire investigators clinging to a piece of furniture in the flooded basement and handed over to the BCSPCA. The first vet he was taken to wanted to euthanize him immediately because of his injuries but luckily the constable refused, he’d survived the night, let’s give him a chance. Article...
Chris Pratt Partners with GreaterGood to Support Food Banks and Feed the Hungry
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused thousands of people to lose jobs or experience other financial struggles that have led to food instability. For many people, this is the first time they’ve had to wonder where their next meal was coming from. The need for meals at food banks and other charities is greater than ever before—but at the same time, there has been a decline in donations to these organizations that are helping those in need. These people lining up at food pantries and soup kitchens are our friends and neighbors. They need...
Woman Reunites With Her Dog Almost 3 Years After He Was Stolen From Her House
Losing your pet is one of the worst experiences that can befall a dog owner. If that happens, dog owners will do whatever they can in order to get them back. This usually includes posting flyers, spreading the word on social media, calling the local animal shelter, and spending endless hours combing the streets for any signs of the beloved pooch. Most of the time dog owners will eventually find their beloved pet after a few hours, days, or weeks of endless searching. Sadly, this isn’t anyways the case for some dog owners. In some cases,...
The Last Two Animals From The ‘World’s Worst Zoo’ Get Rescued
The Marghazar Zoo in Pakistan has been called the “world’s worst zoo.” After years of campaigning to get it to shut down, animal rights activists were glad to see that finally happen. Since its closure, activists have been busy trying to get the animals out of their awful enclosures and on to better lives. Recently, the zoo made news when the 36-year-old elephant, Kaavan, finally was relocated to a brighter future in the Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary in Siem Reap. The lonely elephant had been on his own for years but since his...
Woman Discovers A Stray Puppy Napping In The Nativity Scene Manger
It’s the holiday season which means that many people have put out decorations, including nativity scenes. Whether you’re religious or not, you know what a nativity scene consists of Mary, Joseph, the Three Wise Men, shepherds, animals, etc. Of course, in the very middle of it all, there is the baby Jesus lying in a manger. For Nádia Rosângella, one nativity scene in particular really stood out to her. As she was passing a nativity display in her hometown in Brazil, she ended up doing a double-take. Rather than the...
Brave Dogs Are Using Their Noses (And Risking Their Lives) To Save Florida’s Everglades From Pythons
It’s really amazing everything dogs can do. They can find missing people. They can smell cancer, low blood sugar, and Covid-19. And now, a pair of detection dogs in Florida are using their noses to find invasive Burmese pythons in Florida’s Everglades National Park. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Truman (a black Labrador) and Eleanor (a point setter) have demonstrated a talent for sniffing out wild pythons, which have forever altered this region’s unique eco-system by decimating...
More Than 100 Abused Animals Were Seized and Now Live on a Rescue Farm
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office received a community tip about a property holding over 100 animals in abysmal conditions. The animals were languishing, with it reported than many were near death. The property was littered with trash and debris, and the animals had limited access to food and fresh water. Photo: Facebook/Feel Better Farm – Equine and Farm Animal Rescue The deputies planned to raid the property and seize as many animals as they could, calling in four animal rescue organizations for help. This included a call to...
A Rescue With A Difference
It was late at night and I was at work with my dog when I realized something was wrong. My dog was pacing and unsettled. I let her out the back, but she returned having done nothing, and began circling again and started retching. PHOTO: ANGIE I called my emergency vets who said I could bring her in, but I was miles away from home, at almost 10 pm at night. ‘You need to find me somewhere closer’ I said ‘now’. They filtered off the lists of emergency vets near me. My work was in the middle of the country and I had a good...
Bonded Shelter Dogs Sport Matching Jammies During Sleepover To Capture Attention And Hearts Of Adopters
What goes together better than peanut butter and jelly? Niles and Frasier. The two bonded brothers arrived at City Dogs Cleveland, an animal shelter in Cleveland, Ohio, and it was clear the boys would need to find a home together. The shelter wrote, “Niles and Frasier are both very good boys who are clearly meant to be together. They so obviously love each other’s company and get along great!” Photo: Facebook/City Dogs Cleveland Since bonded dogs are harder to adopt, two volunteers decided to draw attention to the handsome...
