Shea McCracken shared a deep bond with her family’s Basset hound, Bosley. Some, she says, would even describe herself as “obsessed with him.” McCracken, a 28-year-old psychology graduate student based in Newport Beach, Calif., recalls how Bosley was a stoic, mischievous, gentle and sweet dog — loyal and a fighter from the start. Diagnosed with a…
Imagine how desperate a sweet black Pit Bull mix felt after his owner tied him to a bus pole and dumped him at the intersection of Chambers Street and Bowen Street in Richmond, Virginia. It was a freezing night and the doggo was shivering with cold and fear. He couldn’t understand why the person…
It was never clear where Lilou came from, but the look in her eyes said everything. At just 7 months old, the small bulldog puppy was found wandering the streets of Southern California with a case of mange so advanced that her entire body was covered in scabs. Love Leo She was also suffering from…
No one could believe the dog was still alive. The Shih Tzu was wrapped in a garbage bag when two people brought her into the shelter run by Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) in Virginia last week. The dog was in a horrible state — she was missing most of her hair, and her skin had an infection that hadn’t been…
When M. Roger Massey learned about an abandoned pit bull stuck in the woods, he was determined to rescue him. Unfortunately, that quickly proved to be easier said than done. The terrified pit bull, later named Pappas, barked nonstop when approached and absolutely refused to let anyone get close to him. He was scared, traumatized…
In November 2017, Shey the 14-year-old miniature poodle was dropped off at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa for the saddest reason: His family was moving, and they weren’t taking him with them. For the next four months, Shey waited and waited at the shelter for someone to pick him. He was suffering from dental disease and had never…
Alesha Brandt’s daughter was getting off the bus eight years ago when she saw someone in a car open their door — and toss a dog out into the road. Brandt’s daughter rushed over to the tiny dog, saw what kind of state she was in and immediately called her mom. Knowing they had to…
Wade Shapp was driving home from church with his wife on Sunday when they saw something that made him hit the brakes. “We were on a country road on the way back to our house … and I looked over while I was driving, and I saw a dog’s head pop up,” Shapp, a resident…
Walking through a public shelter in Chicago, Illinois, rescuers from Trio Animal Foundation (TAF) were met with an absolutely heart-wrenching sight. Inside a cage was a young dog named Belle who had been drooling so much that her face was soaking wet and dripping with saliva. Her gaze was frozen, she was trembling in fear and rescuers…
No one knows for certain what life had once been like for this poor pup named Sang Su before he was picked up from the streets of Chicago as a stray, but one thing was immediately clear — he’d gone unloved for a very, very long time. That absence of care and attention was evidenced…