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Relationship trouble comes in all forms, but one man took to Reddit with a rather unusual situation: He was jealous of his girlfriend’s dog.
He to Reddit to get advice on the situation.
The maternal instinct is strong – even amongst animals. So, when one cat lost her kittens, it was a devastating blow for her.
Having a kitten to care for was just what Lulu needed to get over the loss of her litter.
Traditionally, a dog sitter is someone who loves dogs and wants to care for our dog while we are not available. Generally speaking, we would also pay them for their services, even though it is an act of love in many cases.
People can't decide if the tactic is clever or deceitful.
Potato is having a blast!
Potato the corgi moved from California to Colorado where she got to experience snow for the first time in her life.
Everyone celebrates birthdays differently, but when you’re the first child, you probably get a little more than the rest. That’s not just true for people but for our pets as well!
Bella tried to be a helper in the kitchen but her owner, Courtney, did most of the work.
After having to put down our beloved Whitney due to liver failure, it did not take my daughter and I long to realize we needed another dog. A couple of weeks later, we went down to the local animal care and control to look for our new family member. We had agreed to look for a female dog, at least two years of age and not bigger than 35 pounds, as we felt with our living environment, this would be best.
There are always so many wonderful animals at the local public pounds, and it is always hard to walk through and try to pick out one with so many fearful and hopeful faces begging you will pick them. We went through the kennels looking at various dogs, and while there were many that I pray found the right home, we were unable to find one that “spoke” to us.
My daughter and I decided to go through the kennels separately and look over the dogs again. After some time and having a few dogs brought out to interact with us, my daughter came up and handed me a small steel-grey puppy, literally pushed him into my arms and said, “Like this one”. This little puppy snuggled his head into my neck and let out the biggest sigh of relief – and my heart just melted. Instead of a two-year-old female who would be no more than 35 pounds, we ended up adopting a ten-week-old male, (that was found on the streets as a stray) who the pound told us would grow to be around 55 pounds.
Little did we know how difficult this dog would be...
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It was a Saturday morning when I saw on my Facebook’s newsfeed the picture of a beautiful husky. The local dog shelter was begging urgently for a foster home for the weekend because of the heat wave. I didn’t want pets in the house at the time because I had just moved in by myself and I was a bit intimidated by it. But I kept thinking about him, and I kept going back to check the post and see whether he was adopted or fostered. After a while, I decided to call and ask about him.
The girl from the shelter told me they had found him abandoned on the streets.
He was in the shelter for eight months, and after his best friend was adopted, he went into depression and hadn’t eaten properly in weeks...
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Stray animals usually get ignored and even shunned and this boy’s angelic action is making people restore their faith in humanity.
Stray animals usually get ignored and even shunned, and this boy’s angelic action is making people restore their faith in humanity.
Animal cruelty is often an indicator of interpersonal violence such as child abuse, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse.
At least 25% of domestic abuse survivors will go back to an abusive partner because they fear for their pets lives.
Dogs are so adorable. They’re very loyal companions that also provide us with hours of entertainment.
Tucker and Todd are a father and son duo, and their owner has had a lot of fun getting them to participate in the tape challenge.
By the way, Larry’s got a 5-star rating for being the most careful, albeit slow, driver!
In a hurry? I won’t recommend this Uber driver then…
When our 14-year-old Lab Pit mix died, our Aussie mix became despondent. We decided to look for another dog immediately. I searched rescues online for a small, non-shedding, young adult female, and I found one in the entire state. She was 15 miles away. She was a scrawny, blind-in-one-eye, half-shaved Shih Tzu that the rescue group had pulled off of death row at a local kill shelter that week. They were calling called her “Tangles.”
She had been scheduled to be euthanized the day after they pulled her. Seems she had wandered up to some woman’s house a year before and the woman had “let her stay around,” which in this part of the world means she put food outside for her and that’s it. After a year, she took this matted, filthy, 11-pound 3-year-old to a high kill shelter and dropped her off...
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A dog owner went viral for introducing his puppy to a neighborhood cat while out for a walk back in October of 2021.
Ted and the orange tabby cat both put their paws up in defense, but it didn't take long for either to realize the other wasn't a threat.
My husband and I have always had shelter dogs. Over three years ago, we went to a shelter to get a dog. It had been a while since we’d lost our last one, and it was time for a dog in the house. We were going for a lap dog that was older and had lost its home. Older ones don’t get adopted as easily as the others.
t this shelter, they all barked except one. She just stood and watched us. As we walked around looking at them, we passed her kennel. She stood and looked at us, and I remarked about how beautiful she was, but she was too big for us. We went out onto their patio, and they asked who we’d like to see. I told him a name and they brought the dog out, and he walked around and never came near us. So they asked who we wanted to see next, and I don’t know why I said Quill. She walked up to me and laid her head in my lap and I was in love. I looked up at my husband and he said okay, so we adopted our beautiful Doberman (not quite a lap dog).
She was 7-years-old and her owner had died. We only had her for 3.5 years...
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According to some fairly recent figures, an estimated 1 million dogs in the U.S. have been named as the primary beneficiaries in their owners’ wills.
According to some recent figures, an estimated 1 million dogs in the U.S. have been named as the primary beneficiaries in their owners' wills.
He used the instructions laid out in the Bible to create the Ark
He used the instructions laid out in the Bible to create the ark.
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Jaen in Spain, who collated data from 300 female university students.
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Animals can feel as much anguish as humans after a tragic loss of offspring, but they also know how to remain strong for those young ones who manage to survive.
I have to admit, I think that kittens are the most adorable things on the face of the planet.
The second eye sits just over the cat's right eye.
This is Gidget. We didn’t want another dog. After all, we’ve already been chosen by several outdoor cats, who we’ve had fixed, and who we love and take care of. We also have one indoor kitty, two rescued Guinea pigs, and a chocolate lab (her first family offered her to us when they had to move and couldn’t keep her).
It is, however, “winter” in south Texas, and Gidget found our back porch door on a night that dipped to about 30 degrees F. You see, people dump their unwanted animals on our road all the time, like trash. It breaks my heart every time I see a new dog or cat, skin and bones, just looking for a bite to eat.
When I saw this poor girl, skinny, cowering, and frightened on my back porch, I knew she had chosen us. I reached out to pet her, and she flinched. I knew then that whoever had dumped her had also abused her...
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Life as a stray dog on the streets is tough enough as is, but things are even harder when the weather turns for the worst.
Things could've been grim for the pup, but a man passing by noticed and stepped in to help!
On a Thursday in September 2014, Special Agent Jill Brenny was assigned to an enforcement sweep of gang offenders and was accompanied by two additional Special Agents in the Gang Unit of Homeland Security Investigations, along with Clearlake Police officers and a Lake County Probation agent.
The group came upon a trash-filled lot with a filthy and forlorn female pit bull that was chained to a fire-charred and dilapidated RV. Her eyes were crusted with infection, and open sores that appeared to be burn marks covered her ears and neck. Her head hung low, though she stirred when she heard voices.
“There was no way I was leaving that dog there,” stated Agent Brenny. Little did she realize that she would put in motion a rescue effort that would span four states...
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A bear casually walked inside a convenience store and shopped for some candies. The cashier was so shocked that he could not even ask for payment or if he needed a bag to secure the items.
Wilson was found wandering, and I was asked to take him in. The shelter thought he only had a few days left.
He was lethargic and frail, but very sweet considering life didn't look like it had been kind to him. He was missing his lower jaw, as well.
I gave him love, snuggles, good food, treats, and vet care and hoped for the best.
What happened next is nothing short of extraordinary...
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They say dogs are man’s best friend and there’s a reason for that. There’s just something irreplaceable about the bond that forms between dogs and humans.
The dog intuitively knew she should accompany her young human to the bus stop, and the girl was more than happy to have the company.
Being in the dog rescue space is challenging. Not only is it hard to actually do the rescue operations and care for the dogs, but seeing the distress the animals are put through is enough to move most people to tears.
A lot of rescue pups are scared and unsure, but this group of dogs was just grateful to be moving on in life!
Scent training for dogs combines a competitive sport with bonding time for you and your pet.
To break it down, scent training teaches canines to detect various smells and then notify their handler that they've identified the odor they were trained to root out.
As an animal control officer in 2009, I was patrolling a local park when I came across a cardboard box left on a picnic table. As I approached the box, I could hear small shallow whimpering. I opened the box and to my horror found eight frail little bodies inside. The puppies were cold, scared, malnourished and confused – and wet and shivering. I immediately grabbed the box and rushed them to the vet.
I knew they would be surely put down if I brought them to County (as I should have done per protocol).
The vet didn’t think the puppies couldn’t be any older than 5 weeks – nor did he think any of them would survive the night...
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Dogs can behave like spoiled children when jealous!
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 "done" with these dogs, they give them to the local shelter to find them homes.
Well, this is where we came in! We adopted her and never once would have thought that it would be the hard job that it turned out to be. There were so many times that I asked myself what in the world I had gotten myself into...
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Sometimes we can all use a helping hand, and no one knows this better Jennifer Adleman, who was able to lend a helping hand to a baby fox that was in quite a spot of trouble.
It wasn't easy, but Adleman was determined to save the tiny fox no matter what obstacles she faced.
I adopted Callie from Gail’s Second Chance Pets in Oakdale, Arkansas.
Callie was shot in the head and left to die in the woods in Arkansas by what we presume was her first owner. Fortunately, someone found her and rushed her to the emergency vet. Her life was saved by this person but she was not without scars. She’s missing her right eye, part of her ear and skull on the same side.
You can feel the path the bullet took. In fact, she still has bullet fragments in her skull. (We learned this here in Wisconsin after she needed some x-rays for her teeth.) Unfortunately, the wonderful person that saved her...
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One time, I was outside enjoying a lazy Sunday spring morning. I had my vanilla latte from my favorite coffee shop, plus a brand new book, and was just enjoying the calm.
The woman couldn't get the bird out of her hair and had to ask someone for help!
It’s always fun to take out your dogs and engage them in activities you know they’ll enjoy. But this pet parent had a different activity in mind, one she knew all her dogs would appreciate.
Grieving over the recent loss of his dog, a man chooses to help a rescue beagle by giving it hope and a new forever home.
His broken heart did not stop this man, who just lost his beloved dog and best friend, from giving a rescue beagle a chance at a much happier life.
I have worked with a rescue for ten years. I got a call about a dog in the attic of an abandoned home in Detroit and was asked to come take a look. Long story short, the owner went to prison and there was someone coming by with a gallon of water and food once a week. The house was condemned and no one was allowed in.
I spent forever tossing bits of hot dog until FINALLY she came to the door. After another 30 minutes...
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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.
Tucker didn't plan to bring an animal home, but the tiny kitten had other plans.
On March 22, 2008 I said goodbye to Thunder, my black lab of 15yrs. It left a huge hole in my heart.
December 25th, 2009 I am on my way to work in my patrol vehicle when I observe a vehicle stopped on the freeway by a bridge. An amazing young woman had stopped because she thought she saw an animal in distress. She was was right. It was a black lab. He looked like Thunder.
When he was found in the ditch he had spent the night after being hit. There was a small blood trail where he had dragged himself about 4 or 5 feet.
I knelt down next to him His body was ice cold.
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The police department in Union County received an emergency call. A poor animal was in need of rescue from a man who was torturing it.
The deputies were quick to arrive at the residence of Tyler Austin Jerdo, who was apparently high on some dangerous chemicals. Jerdo had himself and his five-month-old puppy locked inside the bathroom.
It took some time to open the bathroom door, which Jerdo had secured with his weightlifting equipment and other heavy stuff. Then, when the officers tried to arrest him, he head-butted one of them as he tried to escape with illegal methamphetamine in his possession.
Inside the bathroom, the rescuers were horrified to find Jerdo’s puppy hanging on the door by its front paws...
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