Category: Dog Rescue Stories

Some dogs survive unimaginable cruelty and spend the rest of their lives showing just how much can still be possible when they’re finally treated with kindness. Van Gogh was one of those dogs, and the beloved…

Firefighters are trained to respond when someone is trapped and every second matters, but one recent emergency in Maryland came with four paws and a wagging tail. Highway, a Terrier with an unfortunate sense of curiosity,…

When devastating floodwaters came rushing toward communities in Nepal, one family knew they needed to get to safety. There was just one heartbreaking problem: their deaf dog, Sweetie, could not hear them calling her. Sweetie’s family…

Even experienced animal shelter workers encounter moments that leave them wondering how a puppy ended up in such an unusual situation. That happened at the County of Los Angeles Lancaster Animal Care Center when a young…

Peanut had been left in a place where no puppy should ever have to struggle for survival. When 85-year-old Karl Korff learned that the young dog had been abandoned on an ant hill in Clovis, New…

Copper had no way of seeing the danger surrounding him when he was left alone in the Arizona desert. The sweet dog is blind, and after apparently being abandoned near someone else’s property outside Buckeye, he…

Marshall was dressed in his bow tie, his belongings were packed, and the people who loved him were preparing themselves for one of the happiest goodbyes a shelter can experience. After spending so much time waiting…

Pickles had every reason to be afraid of the world, but somewhere beneath the uncertainty was a dog still willing to trust. Before she ever knew the comfort of a soft bed or the security of…

Miller cannot see the person walking toward him, but that has never stopped him from assuming they are probably about to become friends. At 2 years old, the affectionate rescue dog is playful, rambunctious, endlessly curious,…