Dogs Is My Life

07/11/2025

Days, weeks, months, and years passed without anyone even paying attention to Lily.

The rescuers saved the dog from her owner, who mercilessly abused her. Unfortunately, even after three years, she is still in the shelter.

07/09/2025

The puppies were found huddled together on the sidewalk, refusing to leave the spot where they last saw their family.

Three dogs were abandoned in Southern California, but even after they were dumped out of a car, they stuck together, waiting for their owners to return.

07/07/2025

❤️+❤️

07/06/2025

For 173 days, Max waited.

He watched families walk past his kennel, tail wagging with quiet hope. Each time the door creaked open, his ears perked up. Maybe this time. Maybe today.

But the puppies got the attention. The smaller dogs got the smiles. And Max? He was always “too big,” “too old,” “too quiet.”

Slowly, the light in his eyes began to fade. He stopped rushing to the front of the kennel. Stopped wagging as much. He spent most of his days curled into the corner on a worn blanket, holding onto hope the only way he knew how — by not giving up entirely.

Then, on day 173, something changed.

A woman came in and didn’t look at the puppies. She didn’t ask for the youngest or the easiest. She walked straight past them all and knelt in front of Max.

“You’ve waited long enough, haven’t you?” she whispered.

Max tilted his head, unsure. But when the shelter staff opened his kennel and led him toward the car, he didn’t resist. He had never been on a real car ride before. He looked out the window, watching the world blur by. Then his tail started to wag. Slowly at first. Then faster.

Halfway through the ride, he leaned his head against the seat and glanced at his person — not with fear, but with wonder. As if asking, “Is this real? Am I really going home?”

Yes, Max. You are.

This wasn’t just a ride to a new place.

It was the end of being overlooked.

The end of lonely days and silent nights.

The end of waiting.

And the beginning of everything he had been hoping for.

A home. A family.

Love.

07/05/2025

The best therapy has four legs and a wagging tail ❤️

07/05/2025

🚨 Un SDF vivait depuis 1 an devant le magasin Ikea de Vénissieux, l’enseigne lui propose un emploi.

Installé depuis plus d’un an devant le magasin Ikea de Vénissieux après la saisie de son camping-car, Jean-Pierre, un sexagénaire sans domicile fixe, vient de recevoir une proposition d’emploi de la part de l’enseigne suédoise.

Il a accepté ce poste de magasinier, mais souhaite d’abord trouver un logement pour mettre sa chienne à l’abri. Si les services sociaux peinent encore à lui fournir une solution rapide, Ikea l’aide dans ses démarches. 👏 (via BFM Lyon)

07/04/2025

This will always be the truth

07/04/2025

It's always better to have loved and lost a senior dog, than to let one die alone in the shelter.

07/04/2025

100 %

07/03/2025

An old tired-looking dog wanders into a guy's yard. He examines the dog's collar and feels his well-fed belly and knows the dog has a home.
The dog follows him into the house, goes down the hall, jumps on the couch, gets comfortable and falls asleep. The man thinks its rather odd, but lets him sleep. After about an hour the dog wakes up, walks to the door and the guy lets him out. The dog wags his tale and leaves.
The next day the dog comes back and scratches at the door. The guy opens the door, the dog comes in, goes down the hall, jumps on the couch, gets comfortable and falls asleep again. The man lets him sleep. After about an hour the dog wakes up, walks to the door and the guy lets him out. The dog wags his tale and leaves.
This goes on for days. The guy grows really curious, so he pins a note on the dog's collar: "Your dog has been taking a nap at my house every day."
The next day the dog arrives with another note pinned to his collar: "He lives in a home with four children -- he's trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?'

07/03/2025

“He was just a ranch dog…
Today, he’s a legend for finding a child lost seven miles from home.” 🐾🌵

My name is Heather Wake, and I’m the mother of Boden Allen, a two-year-old boy who went missing on April 14, 2025, near Seligman, Arizona.

That night, Boden wandered off without anyone noticing… and disappeared into the desert.
For over 16 hours, we searched through brush, rocks, and terrifying silence — fearing mountain lions in the dark and the cold.

And then came Buford.

Not a trained search dog.
Not a rescue unit.
Just our ranch dog — an Anatolian Shepherd who always watched over us.

We released him, hoping maybe — just maybe — he’d catch Boden’s scent.
He didn’t hesitate.
He trotted off into the desert, steady and silent.

At hour 16, Buford returned.
In his mouth… was Boden’s shirt.

We ran.

And there he was — my baby — curled beneath a tree, cold, exhausted… but alive.
Buford stood over him quietly. Didn’t bark. Didn’t whimper.
He just waited — like a guardian, holding the line.

And when we reached them, he pressed into us both.
I knew in that moment: Buford hadn’t just saved my child.
He saved our hope.

The sheriff’s deputies told us: without Buford, we’d have searched into the next morning — or worse.

But Buford led us. In time. In faith. In silence.

Today, our loyal ranch dog has become something more.
He’s being honored across the county.
Locals now call him “the hero of the prairie.”

He didn’t wear a vest.
He didn’t have a badge.
But he had heart. And instinct. And loyalty.

And that made all the difference.

— Heather Wake, forever grateful mom of Boden

07/03/2025