A dog was dumped in an abandoned water reservoir on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. She howled and cried and but no one came until Sidewalks Specials was contacted and told about “Sammie’s” plight.
They came and retrieved “Sammie” from the garbage-ridden reservoir and promised they would find her a forever home…
Sammie now has a super loving home with a sibling she adores. Sidewalk Specials expended their thanks, writing: “Thank you to the De Doorns resident who alerted us to Sammie’s plight, to the foster home who took her in, to the donors who covered her vet bills & to the family who gave her the best forever home- it really does take a village!”
It really does take a village of caring people to turn tragedy into a second chance.
Recently, a dog named Rio miraculously survived a dangerous landslide while out on a hike with his human, Dín Medina Torres near their home in Peru. The pair were hiking in the mountains as they regularly love to do. Torres was filming Rio sniffing a tree when he noticed the ground beginning to shift. Torres…
Pibble’s Plantation dog rescue weren’t expecting to rescue three puppies with swimmer puppy syndrome. But within a few short days they got the pups from multiple people who had purchased the puppies from an unscrupulous backyard breeder. First came Gabriel. Someone had bought the pup at just 4 weeks old so they could raise him…
The mother was shaking and her pups riddled with mange when they were brought to a sterilization drive put on by Sidewalk Specials in South Africa. The dogs’ owner had lost his job and couldn’t afford to feed them. “A little box of misery was pulled out of the queue at Steri Drive 8,” Sidewalk…
When it comes to woofing, this Golden Retriever rather grumble than bark. When his mom asks him to “woof” he simply humors his mom with a muffled sound. Or as someone commented, “he’s using his indoor voice.” Viewers couldn’t get enough of the goldie’s attitude. “He’s thinking ‘I’m too dignified to make such a noise’…
Starfish was left on a beach in a cardboard box when she was just 10-weeks-old. The German Shepherd puppy was unable to walk or stand up because she had Swimmer’s Syndrome but at the time the local animal control brought her to the Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS) a vet had misdiagnosed her…
Meet Momma Dog. Hollow Creek Farm Equine and Canine Rescue in South Carolina received an email in late August about a stray dog who was living under an abandoned home. The dog was very clever at evading her rescuers but finally, after weeks of attempts, Hollow Creek Farm managed to catch her. By that point…
