Not The 10-Year-Old Girl I Planned To Get…
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I lost both of my Shelties suddenly in 2019 and said no more animals. After about two weeks the house was so empty. I decided to get a cat. I hadn’t had a kitty for several years after my last cat died at age 19. He had been thrown away by a neighbor and ended up with me. I saw a 10-year-old kitty on the Another Chance Cat Rescue in Sanford, ME. They were having an open house, so I...
Our Sweet Dixie
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! It was a very cold night in January when my husband was at work. He was dumping the trash and heard a faint tiny cry. He said at first it sounded like a newborn baby but in the distance. He lifted the dumpster lid only to find the smallest kitten. Of course, he brought her home and gave her a bath, because she was filthy. The next day he took her to the vet. The vet almost gave up hope...
Soul Mates
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I have had animals all of my life. When the stray cat I took in went to heaven at approximately 15-years-old in 2003 and our second cock-a-poo followed the next year at the age of 18, I knew I wanted another furry companion. I came across an adoption event taking place just outside the gates of our city zoo. I looked online and had printed out profiles and pictures of cats that I was...
Oliver’s Rescue Story
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! When we found Oliver at the shelter, he just looked so sad. He was a 5- or 6-year-old black lab/pitbull mix. My kids and I picked him out and he came home with us that day. He attached to me very quickly. My husband didn’t get home until late that night and Oliver did not take kindly to some strange man coming into his new love’s home. It took about 6 months until he trusted...
Austin Pets Alive! announces 10th Annual Paddle for Puppies, presented by Austin Subaru
Apr 16, 2021 Austin Pets Alive! is thrilled to announce the return of Paddle for Puppies, presented by Austin Subaru and hosted at Rowing Dock. Though the format may look a little different from years past, the concept — and the cause — are the same. Instead of hosting this fundraiser on one day, it has been spread out over the course of a weekend to accommodate social distancing needs. Participants can register for their preferred time slot on one of three days (May 7, 4-8 pm; May 8, 8 am-12 pm; May 9, 8 am-12 pm) and enjoy a...
Bad Luck, Good Luck
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I’ve spent years doing animal rescue on my own. We had tossed around the idea of another dog, but didn’t act on the idea. We’ve had three Pyrenees and voiced we might want another one. Needless to say, we received a call saying there was a Pyrenees in need of help, so in the middle of planting peach trees we dropped our shovels and headed out to find this dog. Her...
Sonic’s Rescue Story
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! When my dog Sparky died this past Dec, I knew I wanted another dog right away but I wasn’t sure I wanted to adopt another senior. However, life and the pandemic had other plans. So many people wanted to adopt dogs while sheltering in place that it was very hard to find a younger dog to adopt. So, I started looking at the lists of “Special Needs” dogs. And there was...
Horses Can Recognize Themselves In A Mirror, Study Finds
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the smartest of them all? A horse, of course. Ok, I may be a little biased, but a recent study found that horses can recognize themselves in a mirror, which is a measure of self-awareness. Photo: Pixabay The mirror test or Mirror self-recognition (MSR) test was developed by Gordon Gallup Jr in 1970. Humans and great apes were the first to take the test for “awareness of self”, and passed. Over the years, the test have been performed on non-primate species with some passing and some failing....
Peaches
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! When we’re ready to adopt an animal, we ask the universe to send us someone who needs help and that someone else may not want. Peaches came to us after one of those requests 11-1/2 years ago. She was ~5 years old, completely deaf, epileptic, and not house-trained. But what a terrific dog she was! Thanks to our trainer, we all learned hand signals, and we learned how to house train...
Freya The Fighter
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I work at a municipal animal shelter in a rural town. We see lots of kittens come through. Many are riddled with parasites, infections, and illnesses. This was not uncommon at all. On August 13th, 2020, after I had already left work for the day, I received a call from my manager asking me to return to work to help with a kitten intake. I never say ‘no’ to helping kittens....
