With weather forecasters predicting more days of brutal cold and snow across the East Coast of North America, animal rescues are urging people to bring their animals indoors this January. Citizens are also being encouraged to report any animals they see left outside in the freezing cold to authorities. The urgent warnings come after a high number of…
Hope For Paws headed out to the dessert early in morning after receiving a call about an injured poodle. When Lorena Frankonyte and Eldad Hagar found the dog, they realized he had lost his back paw and would need immediate medical care. But the stray dog was very nervous and after 10 minutes of coaxing…
A dog has miraculously survived after being hit by a car and spending the night frozen to the ground thanks to rescuers answering an urgent call on New Year’s Eve. Streehearts Animal Rescue received a call from the Flint, Michigan’s 911 dispatch center about the dog, who was reported to have been hit by a…
A dog owner is eternally grateful to his neighbors after they came to the rescue of his dog, Tina, after she nearly fell to her death off of a balcony. The Lhasa Apso got frightened by New Year’s Eve fireworks and tried to escape the noise by dashing through the balcony door of the third…
“Stella was a special girl. I have rescued over 100 dogs but Stella’s name is tattooed on my shoulder. To me there is no other word that can describe strength like Stella,” said France Turcotte, founder of Valley Boxer & Mastiff Rescue told DogHeirs. Stella the Neapolitan Mastiff came to France and her husband, Gil,…
It was a labor of love. Great-grandmother Doreen Gover knitted 28 matching Christmas sweaters for every member of her family, including their beloved dog. She spent up to 8 hours a day knitting and began to create the festive sweaters last January. Doreen, 78, said she would knit whenever she had a spare moment “from…
A dog dumped outside of a Dunkin Donuts with a note is on her way to a better life no thanks to the person who was caught on camera allegedly abandoning his dog. The man apparently dropped the dog in the parking lot of the Dunkin’ Donuts store on St. Francis Drive in Santa Fe,…
Tonka the dog and Sarah the cat were best friends and took care of each other. Julie Nelson shared the story behind their special relationship with DogHeirs and wrote: “Tonka is 9 ½ years old, and has the sweetest, most gentle soul. Tonka and Sarah became best friends shortly after we got him in 2004.”…
Jefferson Fox had no way of knowing that his simple act of kindness towards a dog he saw on the side of the road would end up saving the life of an elderly woman. Jefferson was driving through Jackson, Missouri, when he saw a black and white Border Collie named CiCi running on the edge…
A rescued goose has become the best friend of a German Shepherd Dog with a troubled past. Geraldine the goose arrived at Puriton Horse and Animal Rescue a few months ago and surprised the refuge’s manager when the pair developed an unlikely friendship. “At first we thought he [Rex] was chasing her [Geraldine] and they…
Kelly Benzel first saw Rocco, a white Pit Bull mix, for sale on Facebook. He looked sweet but sad and uncared for, so she decided to buy him from his owners and bring him home to her family in time for Christmas. But Kelly didn’t realize how uncared for he really was until she picked…
A man seen beating his dog has been sentenced in court after he was identified from CCTV footage posted to social media. Carl Pugh, 35, was caught on CCTV footage hitting his American bulldog named Jeff five times and holding him over a canal in Bilston, Wolverhampton, in the United Kingdom. The CCTV footage was…
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