A quick-thinking state police officer and a loyal, smart dog came to the rescue of a man who fell through the ice at a frozen Michigan lake. Body camera footage from Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Officer Kammeron Bennetts revealed their heroics in action. Bennetts was responding to the 911 call after locals at Arbutus…
Look no further than to a tiny Chihuahua mix named Sox for the inspiration you might need to stick to your New Year’s resolutions. When Amanda Tull met Sox it was love at first sight. She adopted the 7-year-old dog from San Francisco’s Muttville Senior Dog Rescue but it was only after she adopted her…
A senior dog found shivering in the cold in San Antonio, Texas is on her way to a loving home. Eleanor was saved by San Antonio Animal Care Officer Martinez who “rushed to the rescue after receiving a call about an old pup in dire conditions during the hard freeze,” San Antonio ACS wrote on…
A family is sheltering five Great Pyrenees after the dogs showed up in their backyard. Rebecka Walters shared a TikTok video of a family of the large beige dogs on her property in Upper Lake, California. There were three puppies and one adult female and one adult male. “These babies showed up at our property…
Timothy Snipe may have been in a bathrobe and slippers but there was no way he wasn’t going to save his beloved Chihuahua, Roxie, from a hungry coyote. The South Carolina man was out in his yard with Roxie when the tiny dog began barking furiously and charged at the wild animal. Snipe instantly reacted…
Dog rescuer Kristin Erwin is always patient but persistent with the many stray dogs she saves in Texas. Her dedication to rescuing them has lead her to found her own rescue StreetHeartsTX. But her husband took the lead in saving one of their dogs after the white dog with blue eyes showed up at their…
Meet Peanut. When the Pit Bull mix puppy arrived at an Arizona shelter she was very sick and in desperate need of help. Nadine Sipos Swart was at the Willcox Animal Shelter when Peanut was there and learned the poor puppy would be put down if no one stepped forward to help. Nadine advocates for homeless animals in the Arizona and photographed…
A shivering skinny dog was so relieved that someone noticed him that he immediately walked over to greet them despite being barely able to walk. “He’s so skinny it hurts,” Stray Rescue of St. Louis writes on their YouTube channel. “It felt really good to get him out of the cold and wind. It’s sad…
When David Loop spotted a struck dog on the side of the freeway on Christmas Day he thought the dog had been hit and killed. The founder of Sierra Pacific Furbabies figured he would scan the dog for a microchip so that he might be able to give closure to the dog’s family. But he…
Hammie the Pit Bull’s new dad first saw him on what was the worst day of his life. Hammie’s previous owners drove him to the parking lot of a Dollar General and threw him out of the car and drove off. Hammie’s dad was out shopping and loading groceries into the car when he saw…
Binx the black showed up at the door of Lane Dyer’s home when she was 2 months old. And recently the formerly-stray cat really “showed up” for the family’s dog, Oakley, when she defended the little dog from two coyotes. Layne Dyer said that they had let the 6-year-old Havanese out for a potty break…
A stray Golden Retriever on her last legs has found the perfect family and it all began when a mail carrier in Dayton, Texas reached out for help after seeing the dog in terrible condition on the side of the road. Kristin with StreetHeartsTX answered the call. The dog rescuer drove out to search for…