Dogs

Woman who returned her emaciated dog claiming it was a stray was ‘too busy to feed it’

Six months after Alexandra Drew adopted Richter in 2016, she returned the dog claiming it was a stray. After a check of his microchip by the Humane Society of Sarasota County, in Florida, staff discovered ...

YouTube star caught hitting dog in leaked video won’t be charged after investigation (UPDATED)

https://twitter.com/brookehouts/status/1127413554254995456?s=20 Brooke Houts is a 20-year-old YouTube personality. She has over 300,000 subscribers, and like many popular YouTubers her videos feature her talking directly to the audience about her everyday life. Many of her most ...

Police smash car window to save dog in critical condition after he was left in 123-degree heat

Police officer Dave Kornowski and his partner were called to reports of animal cruelty at a Walmart and arrived to find the pup called Pedro in distress. According to KTLA sister station KDVR in Denver officers ...

Overweight dog’s family wanted him euthanized–his foster mom helped him lose 100 pounds

“This is the most overweight animal I have ever seen,” Pam remembered her vet telling her. When she brought Kai to her home, the Golden Retriever weighed 173 pounds, 100 pounds more than a healthy ...

Commuter halts his car after spotting dog ‘hanging’ from a power box struggling to breathe

David Fredman was on his way to work when he spotted the dog tied to an electrical cord. He had been left to practically hang on the side of a road in Missouri, Fox 13 ...

Despite being tied to a tree and abandoned in 100-degree heat, this dog gave the biggest smile to rescuers

The distressed dog was found by road workers collecting trash along a highway in Dutchess County, New York, according to The Dodo. Today our job was to patrol for any road debris. I stopped at a ...

Harry Potter fan trains her dog to respond to wizard spells

Anna Brisbin, a voiceover actress known for her YouTube channel Brizzy Voices (which features her spot-on cartoon impressions) adopted a two-month old puppy in May 2018. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Remus ...

The first dog-friendly movie theater is here, and a ticket comes with free wine

The theater is K9 Cinemas, located in Plano, Texas. Tickets cost $15, good for one person and up to two dogs. K9 currently offers screenings every Friday and Saturday night. The one-screen blackbox theater sells ...

Man honors the memory of his beloved dog by adopting all the unwanted animals he can find

For those older dogs with health issues who find themselves alone in the world, it can be difficult to find another home. Often people don’t want to take them on if they’re slow, set in ...

Woman walks into pet shelter and asks for the oldest dogs they have

Employees at Asheville Humane Society in North Carolina were in for a shock on July 24, when a woman named Leslie Sacks walked in with a very unexpected request: “I said, ‘Who’s the oldest that ...