Family Devastated After Their Lost, Microchipped Puppy Was Adopted By Someone Else
A family in Houston, TX is devastated after their lost puppy was found and turned into a rescue – only to be adopted out to someone else. According to Click2Houston, the little maltese poodle named Byron had escaped their owner’s yard on New Year’s Eve in 2019, two years after they got him. The family was devastated and did everything they could to find their missing dog, including marking him as missing on their microchip app and posting on Nextdoor, Ring, and other local platforms. Photo: Facebook/Help Us Bring Byron Home...
Adorable Dog Uses Her ‘Puppy Dog Eyes’ To Get Pats
The phrase, “puppy dog eyes,” is a thing for a reason. It’s just so hard to resist their adorable faces when they’re begging! Dogs of all sizes and breeds know just how to use their big eyes and adorable pouts to work their way into our hearts (and often onto our dinner plates!). For some dogs, all they want is a little love and attention and they know how to use their puppy dog eyes to get it. One little Yorkie has mastered her begging face and knows just how to use it to her advantage. Photo: TikTok/oliveirapets In a...
Photographer Shares How They Got Five Great Danes To Pose For A Photo
Photographing pets can be tricky, especially if there are multiple animals in the group. For example, getting a picture of my dog and rabbit together feels nothing short of impossible. Sometimes our pets just don’t want to hold still like we want them to! One photographer knows just how tricky it can be to get a good picture of pets since she had to photograph five Great Danes all together. Photo: Wikimedia Commons In a video shared with Rumble Viral, the photographer revealed how she was able to capture such a photo and it was quite...
Grieving Papa Swan Parents His Babies Alone In Heartbreaking Viral Photo
Like most babies, young swans — or cygnets — depend on their mothers for their survival. Mother swans keep their little ones cozy and safe, teach them to find food and swim, and carry them on her back to stay warm until their feathers grow in. So, when a resident swan sadly passed away in Boston, her untimely death threw the fate of her 6 ducklings in question. Indeed, without their mother to protect them, one cygnet quickly drowned. Another reportedly had to be rescued by animal control. Photo: Twitter/Charles River Esplanade...
Cared For and Helped Rescue Sweet Stray Cat, Reunited 5 Months Later
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! One day last summer, a beautiful sweet tortie appeared at my work property. I had been feeding stray cats ever since I started working at this property. CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY/SA KA The sweet girl was very friendly and would follow me around whenever I would go outside. It broke my heart. (She later had four beautiful kittens which were rescued.) I thought she was pregnant again and someone...
Destructive Chewing: Why It Happens And What You Can Do To Help Your Pup
Chewing is a completely normal part of most dogs’ routines. Young puppies will turn to chewing to soothe the pain from teeth growing in, while older dogs have the natural instinct to chew to keep their jaws and teeth strong. Some dogs may also chew items they shouldn’t out of boredom, an investigative urge to check out their environment, or even as a response to anxiety they’re feeling. When it comes to destructive chewing, it’s essential to first find the cause of your dog’s behavior and then redirect them...
Woodchuck Hitches Ride To Shore On Golden Retriever’s Back
A 2-year-old golden retriever named Wally was enjoying a swim in his favorite lake when a woodchuck popped out of the water and climbed on his back. Wally is your typical golden retriever who loves everyone he meets, including other animals. His favorite activity is swimming in Hickory Hills Lake near his home in Lunenburg, MA. Screenshot: YouTube/WCVB Channel 5 Boston A few weeks ago, while canoeing with his mom, Lauren Russell, something unbelievable happened. Wally was swimming around in the water near one of the islands in the middle of...
This Human Animal Support Services toolkit will help you get more lost pets home
Our No Place Like Home Challenge may be over, but our initiative to reunite pets with their families will forever continue. And with lost pets making up the majority of intake at most animal shelters, we highly encourage reviewing the Lost Pet Reunification Toolkit from Human Animal Support Services. This toolkit is just one of the TWELVE professional resources for implementing the Human Animal Support Services model of animal sheltering. The toolkits and resources have been created in collaboration with the HASS Project...
The Kitten with the Wrong Name
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! One fall day while my husband was working in the backyard, he saw a little brown and grey animal dart from its hiding place when he got too close with the edger and run underneath our flower bush. It turned out to be a tiny brown, black and grey tabby. We already had two rescue cats who were brothers who were quite a bit bigger than this tiny kitten and we were afraid they would kill her,...
Take the Plastic Bag Pledge And Take A Stand For Our Planet
You may not see them on your list, but paper and plastic bags are the deadliest items you can find at a grocery store. These pollutants are widely available, often for free, and have become a part of many people’s daily lives outside the market. But while paper and plastic bags are sometimes reused for lunch-bags or picking up after pets, their production and ultimate destination result in horrific environmental consequences....
