Mother of Shelter Medicine receives 2021 Avanzino Leadership Award
We’re thrilled to announce that the 2021 Avanzino Leadership Award goes to Dr. Lila Miller for her trailblazing leadership and purposeful dedication to the field of veterinary shelter medicine. Dr. Miller transformed the lives of countless pets, developing the first veterinarian-written guidelines for shelter animal care, which are now used in shelters across the country to ensure the humane treatment of shelter pets. An unassuming innovator, she’s educated a generation of students about issues...
Workers Are Not Returning To The Office Because They Would Rather Be With Their Pets
2020 was the year that many of us found ourselves working from home. Even if we never had considered doing so before, the pandemic made the decision for us. As a result of working from home, over 12 million households were reported to have adopted new pets. It was good for the humans and good for the animals, but times are changing. Now that the world is starting to slowly get back to normal and people are leaving their confinement at home, those new pet owners are having to make a choice. They were able to stay home with their animal friends...
Woman Has The Most Hilarious Experience After Picking Her Cat Up From The Groomer
I think that all of us have had the experience of getting a bad haircut. When it happens to us, it can be devastating but it doesn’t have to be quite so difficult to handle when it happens to our pet. That was clearly seen when a Reddit user picked her cat up from the groomer and couldn’t help but share the experience. When you see the picture of the feline for yourself, it will take your breath away for all the wrong reasons. Fortunately, she had a good sense of humor about the whole thing and in her words, she “can’t...
Blind Abandoned Pit Bull Is Looking For A New Family
When you are part of an animal rescue group, you never know what your day is going to hold and nobody knows this better than the animal rescuers who work with Lucky Dog Refuge. They recently found a pit bull that had been abused and was left for dead when abandoned in the woods. It seems as if the dog was on the verge of giving up because she was suffering so greatly. Stacey, one of the rescuers, took the dog back to the car by leading her along with food. Photo: YouTube/Cute Dodo She named the dog Halo. At first, the dog was skittish and...
Terrified Dog Rescued From A Ditch Loves Her New Family And Life
A little dog found shaking and terrified in a ditch got a second chance at life and she’s loving every minute of it. The poor pup had been abandoned in a ditch with nothing but a blanket. She spent the night cold, hungry, and shivering before rescuers discovered her. Diana with SpookyKittyKats in Houston, Texas rescued the little pup and named her Mica. Photo: YouTube/The Dodo At first, she was clearly terrified, but it didn’t take long before she warmed up to her savior. As soon as Diana got Mica into the car, she snuggled up...
Blind Dog And His Support Cat Find A New Home Together
A blind dog and his support cat found a loving forever home together after they were put up for adoption. Many people think of dogs and cats as natural enemies. However, Spike the dog and Max the cat prove that theory wrong. Not only are they best friends who do everything together, but Spike actually relies on Max as a support companion. The two were taken in by the Saving Grace Animal Society in Alberta, Canada. They shared about Spike and Max on Facebook, and let everyone know that the adorable duo was up for adoption as a pair. In an...
Monk Rescues 8,000 Stray Dogs And Finds Them Homes Around The World
A Buddhist monk in Shangai, China has devoted his life to rescuing dogs and has been on a mission to give them each a better life. Zhi Xiang has been rescuing stray dogs since 1994. Over the course of his life, he’s saved over 8,000 dogs from the streets of China and cared for them all. Many of the dogs got to live with him at his monastery, and others found loving homes with new families. Photo: Wikimedia Commons 51-year-old Xiang, along with help from volunteers and staff at the Bao’En Temple, cares for hundreds of dogs and...
German Shepherd Befriends A Black Bear In His Backyard
A video captured the moment a German Shepherd found an unlikely playmate: a wild black bear. According to The New York Post, 37-year-old Jenn Sargent was doing chores when her neighbors warned her that her dog, Jameson, was playing with a bear in the back yard. The Vermont resident was shocked and was able to see the whole thing unfold on her security camera footage. Photo: Mail Online In the video, you can see the German Shepherd tempting the bear to play. He ran a little ahead of the bear and crouched down – an invitation to play....
Two Chihuahuas Without Front Legs Get To Run For The First Time
A video captured the moment that two chihuahuas without front legs received prosthetic legs (or carts) that allowed them both to run for the first time in their lives. The video was shared on YouTube by Nat Geo WILD and features Thor and Turbo-Roo, two two-legged chihuahuas. According to a GoFundMe shared by their owners, Ray and Ashley, Turbo-Roo was born without legs and they decided to adopt him. Five years later, Chihuahua Rescue Indiana came across Thor, a little chihuahua for sale on Craigslist. Thor did have all of his legs initially,...
Frisbee-Obsessed Dog Goes Viral For Gathering All His Discs At Once
A golden labrador has gone viral for his obsession with frisbees and his adorable habit of gathering all his discs at once. In a TikTok video, Winson’s owner, Ray, showed the golden labrador playing with his frisbees and collecting them all together and people can’t get enough. They wrote, “showing off winston’s talent.” Photo: TikTok/@rjb22_ In the video, you can see the happy dog collecting each frisbee disk one at a time while holding the growing stack securely in his mouth. Each frisbee he picks up seems like...
