When Susan took Hope home to foster, she soon realized the dog had never been inside a house before. Hope was very reluctant to come inside or walk anywhere in the house.
Susan could see that Hope wanted to make a connection with her foster family but something was holding her back. That’s when someone suggested that maybe Hope was afraid of the hardwood floors. And that was it.
Susan knew she had to do her best to get Hope more comfortable with flooring before she went to a new home. She decided to lay out every towel, every mat and every covering she could find over her hallways and rooms. Learning not to be scared to walk on the floor would prove to be Hope’s biggest challenge, but one that she was determined to overcome.
After dropping her kids off at school, Leilani Slocumb headed back home expecting the morning to be like every other one. Instead, she ended up rescuing a fur kid desperately in need of help. As she approached her front porch, she noticed a shape lying on her doormat. The shape lifted its head when she…
It’s Home Alone, Beagle Edition. Suzy the Beagle was secretly filmed by her family when she was home alone because her humans wanted to see what she would get up to. Jeremy Carrol, Suzy’s dad, writes, “We let our beagle Suzy have the living room to herself after we left and wanted to see what…
A stray dog was living in a street scrounging for food when Hope For Paws received a call. They learned that “Blondie” belonged to a family in the neighborhood who no longer wanted her. Blondie’s mum was hit by a car and her siblings disappeared, so it is no wonder that Blondie was distrustful of…
Bruno the dog is recovering after fifteen Good Samaritans came together to rescue him off of a New Hampshire mountain. Bruno had been out for a hike with his family on Mount Jefferson when he collapsed. His paws got badly cut up on the “hot” and “jagged” granite rocks along the trail and he could…
Lady was completely shut down and had given up on life when the animal shelter reached out to The Asher House. The Australian Shepherd is only 6 months old but she was so timid and afraid that her previous fosters couldn’t do anything to help her. The dog was so scared she would just press…
Rescuers with Animal Aid Unlimited in India are not strangers to finding puppies in desperate circumstances, and puppy Ray was no exception. Riddled with mange, Ray was desperately suffering from mange – a deadly parasite that causes continual torment from itching and infection. But a few weeks after treating him, puppy Ray surprised them. They…
