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It’s always heartbreaking when a pet goes missing, but it’s important to not lose hope. Sometimes pets return to us months or even years after they disappeared. When one woman’s chihuahua went missing, she never gave up looking — then, 9 years later, she got the call she had been waiting for… Gizmo, a chihuahua,…

Sometimes the right dog comes together with the right owner and some may call it luck while others call it fate. That’s exactly what happened when Jackson, Michigan resident Brandon Boyers walked into an animal shelter recently. Brandon went to the Jackson County Animal Shelter to look at two chickens he considered adopting, but fate…

Cara had often seen the stray dog wandering near her home, and one day, it walked toward her, wagging its tail in a way that seemed to indicate it needed something. This was no ordinary encounter. Cara had fed the dog many times before, but this time, there was something different. The last time she…

In every corner of our world, there are stray dogs with sorrowful eyes, roaming the streets in search of love and compassion. Today, we share the poignant story of a weary homeless puppy who wandered from door to door, desperately seeking food and shelter. Unfortunately, the kind souls she approached were few and far between,…

One morning, on his usual walk to school, a young boy named Ibrahim came across two stray dogs on the street. Unlike most people who might have passed by without a second thought, Ibrahim’s compassion led him to stop and offer them something truly special—love and comfort. He bent down to give the lonely dogs…

Jessica Williams and her boyfriend, Jared, had just moved into their pet-friendly apartment. But she just couldn’t wait a few more months until her birthday to get a dog — she had to have one now. And it was even easier to justify that when she saw the saddest little face of a dog who…

They say 80% of success is about showing up and no one knows that more than this ‘pawfessional’ pooch. Originally, just a lonely stray who scoured the streets of Brazil, Tucson seems not only to have found his forever home but his dream job. Image credits: tucson_prime It all started early this year when staff at a…

As the USA women’s gymnastics team racked up gold medals at this summer’s Olympics in Paris, the world learned all about an unlikely but crucial member of their team: a golden retriever named Beacon, USA Gymnastics’ first-ever therapy dog. Now, Beacon’s owner is asking fans to send thoughts and prayers as the beloved dog is…

Singer-songwriter Lily Allen has been receiving backlash after revealing that she gave up her adopted puppy after it tore up her family’s passports. The decision hasn’t sat well with many fans and dog lovers, but Allen issued a statement defending her choice. Allen, the British musician whose songs include “Smile” and “Not Fair,” said on…

“This has been a five-year battle to try and convince the federal government that what we do every day is valuable and helps veterans,” Rory Diamond, CEO of K9s for Warriors, “They’re finally agreeing and we’re getting a big breakthrough here.” In August, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that was for veterans with mental…