When driving on a remote road on the small island of Kerrera near Oban, Scotland, Donald McGregor overturned his car on a remote road in the middle of the night. Badly hurt, the sixty-two year old suffered a punctured lung, fractured vertebrae and broken ribs.   Thankfully Zulu, his faithful terrier, was unhurt in the car crash and knew there was help nearby. The dog raced to Donald’s daughter Shiela’s home, a half mile away...

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Alzheimer Scotland recently challenged the Glasgow School of Art to suggest ways to improve the lives of dementia sufferers. In response, four students came up with the idea to train guide dogs to help care for people afflicted with dementia. The dogs could be taught to assist people struggling with memory loss. Their idea received funding by government health agencies and is being backed by the guide dog charities Dogs For The Disabled and Guide...

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Next time a dog's noisy barking keeps you up late at night, keep this story in mind. A man in Ayrshire Scotland turned the annoyance into a £5 million winning jackpot. Unable to fall back to sleep when awoken by a noisy neighbor's dog, a young man went online to play an internet slot machine game.  A friend recounted how the man won: "He was woken up one night last week by the sound of a...

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Scotland's "saddest dog" has finally found a forever family. The Scottish SPCA dubbed a two-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier as the "saddest dog in Scotland" because of the extraordinary length of time the dog had spent with them. The dog named Scooby had been living in kennels for over 15 months, longer than any other animal that they looked after, and over half his life. Staff at the Aberdeenshire Rehoming and Rescue Centre feared he was...

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A heroic stranger risked his own life to save a dog from a car just seconds before it burst into flames. Ciara Hartley was returning from an outing at Beecraigs Country Park in Scotland with her baby daughter and her Jack Russell Izzy, when the brakes in her car failed. Smoke started to come from the engine and into the car through the vents. "I managed to stop the car and get Amber out and...

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  A fox cub who was trapped inside a pipe was rescued thanks to a dog who sniffed him out.  The baby fox is recovering at the Scottish SPCA after his frightening ordeal. Rover, an 11-year-old collie cross Labrador Retriever sniffed out the distressed baby animal when he was out for a walk with his guardian. Steven Miller was walking Rover at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France on Thursday, when his dog...

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Cara adopted five orphaned goslings soon after being adopted herself. Cara lives at Lunan Bay Farm on the East Coast of Scotland. She was rescued from Help for Abandoned Animal's shelter by Bonnie and her boyfriend Scott just before the goslings were born, who run a farm.  Bonnie says: "She [Cara] was brought into the rescue centre as she was found wandering the streets. She is quite a placid dog and makes friends easily." All...

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A white boxer dog had a one-in-a-million encounter, but lost his ball in the process. The dog got quite a surprise when he went into the sea to get his ball back. The dog was a few feet from shore on the coast of Scotland when a curious baby seal popped up to say 'hello'. Lynne Morris was walking along the beach with her husband in Fife, Scotland last April, when she watched as the...

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A heroic guide dog was hit by a car while saving his blind guardian's life. Kent, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever was crossing the road with Robert Ferguson on a busy road in Ayr, Scotland. Robert, 54, was returning from shops near his home when he stopped at the corner before crossing. Listening carefully, he did not hear any vehicles so gave Kent the signal to lead him across. They were almost to the other side...

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In a heartbreaking story, a loyal dog was found just hours from death after he was discovered by the side of his deceased guardian in her rural home in Scotland. It's thought the devoted 9-year-old Jack Russell cross named Jack, had remained by her side for eight days without food or water. Jack and the elderly woman's body were found after worried friends raised the alarm. Much like Greyfriars Bobby, a dog who guarded the...

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Horus was abandoned when he was young because he is a deaf dog. Seen as unruly and untrainable, he spent his first few months of life in a drug den and was eventually brought to a rescue where he languished prior to being adopted. Under the loving care of his guardian, Rosie Gibbs, the clever dog has excelled at learning sign language and now knows over 50 commands. Horus was taken in by the Dog...

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It is a Christmas miracle for Scott Walker when he was reunited with his missing dog days after burying a another dog he believed to be his beloved Jimmy. Jimmy had gone missing after he ran after a deer on a lunchtime walk in the Pentland Hills, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott searched frantically for his Border Terrier and he and his girlfriend Cathy Herse, looked for Jimmy for a week but could not find any...

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When Constable John Gray of the Edinburgh Police passed away, he was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard. Soon after, the church gardener found the deceased man's Skye Terrier sitting on the grave. The gardener drove the dog away, because dogs were forbidden in the churchyard. But the small dog named Bobby refused to go and sneaked back in. The gardener finally relented and began to feed the faithful dog and allowed him to stay at Greyfriars....

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A man will spend 8 months in jail for operating illegal puppy mill and running an unlicensed pet shop. Charles Swan, 67, has been also been banned from having any contact with animals for 10 years and cannot own any pet shops for 5 years. *** WARNING graphic images below may be distressing to some *** Swan was sentenced at Falkirk Sherrif Court in Scotland on Thursday. He had pleaded guilty earlier to operating an...

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A Border Collie who was missing for a week in freezing temperatures was rescued by a herd of cows. The lost dog named Harley survived 6 nights of freezing cold trapped between stacks of hay bales in a farm in Scotland. She was discovered by her family after curious cows alerted them of her whereabouts. Leyonnee Donald was visiting her parent's farm in Aberdeen with her kids when Harley went missing. The family searched frantically...

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