Category: Dogs

Bradley Wieferich thought it was a prank when he received a call from a microchip company telling him his dog had been found in Toledo four years after she ran away. Toledo is more than a hundred miles away from his home.

“I was stunned,” Bradley said.

Toledo police found his dog, Bambi, wandering around a neighborhood. The officer took her to animal control, where she was scanned. Her microchip discovered, and gave Bradley’s contact info.

“She was very thin, but very sweet,” said Laura Simmons-Wark, who works for the shelter. “Who knows where she’s been all this time. We have no idea how she made it all the way down here.”

Bambi, who is twelve years old, was reunited with her family. Bradley says he initially didn’t recognize her, but then saw marking on her muzzle and heard her familiar howl.

“She was ready to come home,” he said.

Bambi had been with the family since she was 7 or 8 months old. She started escaping after their other dog, a golden retriever, died of cancer. They bought another dog to keep Bambi company, but she ran away again. After searching for a long time, they had to assume that she had been readopted or had died.

“I’m really amazed that she’s back,” Bradley said.

Bambi shows the importance of micro-chipping your dog, and to make sure to scan stray dogs for them.

“Not all stray dogs are homeless,” Simmons-Wark said. “Some are just lost.”

Source: ABC6

Imgur user squishiepeaches owns a dog named Crosby. There were previously two other animals, a dog and a cat, but they both passed away. At first, Crosby’s owner thought that we  was fine with being the only animal in the house.

“This is Crosby. He is the best good boy,” squishiepeachies said on Imgur. “About 6-months-ago, he lost his kitty friend, and just over a month ago he lost his best doggo friend that he’s had as a companion since he was 8-weeks-old. Crosby has been pretty okay about being an only doggo, or so I thought.”

Crosby actually had a secret mission to find a new best friend. What he did caught his owner completely off guard.

When squishiepeaches returned home, Crosby was acting strangely. “On Thursday I came home, and instead of our normal routine of Crosby howling with excitement to see me, he led me straight to the bathtub,” squishiepeachies explains. When he followed Crosby into the bathroom, this is what he saw:

There was a little kitten in the tub.

This kitty was meowing up a storm,” he explained. “I’ve never seen this kitten before, and although I do have a doggy door, it’s way too high off the ground for this little baby to have snuck in,” squishiepeachies wrote. “Seems to me that Crosby must have brought her inside.”

“She has an uncanny resemblance to the kitty friend he lost 6 months ago,” squishiepeachies says. “I talked to the neighbors surrounding my house and she’s been seen before, but no one knows who owns her.”

Squishiepeaches decided to take the cat to the vet, to see if it was micro-chipped. He needed to know if this cat belonged to anyone before he decided what to do next.

The kitten was not micro-chipped, so the question was, should he keep it or not?

“She was, however, spayed just a few days ago, and is thought to be about 4 months old,” Squishiepeachies said. “The vet basically told me that if I took her to the shelter she’d be put down because there are already over 300 kittens at the county shelter alone that need homes. He said I could try putting her outside and hope she goes home, or I could keep her.”

Since Crosby evidently like this kitten, and didn’t want to be an only child anymore, he decided to keep the kitten. They named the kitten Raina Lil Ray-Ray.

I can say that this is probably the best version of Romeo and Juliet you will ever hear.

One day, there was a dog that lived across the street from a cat. For almost a year, the dog would gaze across the street to see the cat in the window. For the dog, it was love at first sight. His owner knew the dog loved the cat.

But then the owner of the cat put up potted flowers, blocking the cat from the dog’s view. The cat’s owner had no idea about the heartbreak she was causing across the street.

Every day, the dog still looked out the window to see the cat, even though the cat could not be seen. The dog was sad, and it seemed to be getting worse every day. So the owner wrote a note and attached it to the neighbor’s window.

Since dog’s can’t express their feelings like humans do, the owner wrote a note on the dog’s behalf. The note confessed the dog’s love, and asked nicely if the flowers could be moved.

And did it work? Yes. The nieghbor gladly moved their potted plants, and even posted a note back that said “For True Love.”

Kobe is an abandoned puppy who has finally found the perfect foster family. Kobe was abandoned by his previous owners, and when he arrived at the shelter he was just skin and bones.\

Fortunately Sean and Jane Stinchcomb, from Maryland, are fostering him and are giving him a better life. He is so happy!

Kobe is about 4 years old. His first taste of freedom came in the form of a McDonald’s cone he had on the way home. That alone made him smile.

The Stinchcomb couple also have two Pitbulls and four cats who are Kobe´s new best friends. Since then, he’s experienced nothing but fun and happiness, displayed by his constant tail wagging and contagious smile.

It is clear that he feels safe, loved and protected. These feelings are well deserved and overdue. For the first time, Kobe has a family to love him and care about him.

Kobe will be placed on the Baltimore Bully Crew’s Facebook page for permanent adoption. Sean knows it will be hard to let Kobe go, but also feels confident that his new, permanent family will be better for him.

It is common for foster families to get very attached to the dogs they foster, so many people don’t foster at all, to avoid the heartbreak.

However, it is better to have your heart broken that way than to know that a dog was put to sleep because there was no one to foster them. So yes, it hurts to let foster puppies go, but in the end it is worth it.

Source: Bark Post 

Images via Baltimore Bully Crew/Sean Stinchcomb

A Canadian man served as  a guardian angel for one lucky dog. This poor puppy was tied up in a garbage bag and left to die.

Aaron Katz was walking home from work, and he happened to take a back street instead of his usual route. He heard a faint yelp. He decided to follow it to see where it came from. Aaron looked down, and noticed the sound was coming from a garbage bag on the side of the road. The bag began to move. He was understandably hesitant to open the bag, but thank goodness he did.

When he untied the garbage bag, he was shocked to see a scared little German Shepherd puppy. He could not believe his eyes.

He picked up the dirty and freezing puppy, and brought her to his car.

When Aaron got the dog back to his car, he had several emotions running through him at once. He felt relieved that he was able to find and save her, but also angry and confused about why someone would do this to a dog.

She had no collar or other identification, so he named her Elle and took her home. He contacted the Humane Society to let them know he had found her. No one was looking for a German Shepherd Puppy.

They alerted animal services, and everyone decided it would be best if Aaron kept her. She fits right in with his other dogs. It is a good thing that he found her when he did.

It’s hard to understand why someone wouldn’t want a dog like Bear, especially as a dog lover. Bear is the hero of this story, and his journey has been difficult. For some reason, Bear has been unable to find a forever home.

Bear was rescued by the Detroit Animal Welfare Group (DAWG), and they were confused that Bear kept getting passed over. He is sweet and gentle. He seemed to be an ideal family member. But for some reason, no one would adopt him. Bear was found in Flint, Michigan and had been living in the shelter for 3 Years.

“He was about 7 months old and very emaciated,” Kelley LaBonty, director of DAWG, said. “He stayed in foster care for a while, but then the foster had a family who moved in and they couldn’t keep him anymore.”

LaBonty was saddened by the number of families that began the adoption process but backed out at the last minute. She couldn’t understand it. Bear was a dream dog.

Being in a shelter isn’t fun for dogs. They are generally kept in a kennel, without an ideal bed. They don’t get the love of a family.

Dogs usually get depressed in situations like this, just like a human would. The time in the shelter was wearing Bear down. He was seeing dogs come and go.

LaBonty took to social media to help Bear. The post went viral.

“It went viral because it was a very sad picture,” she said. “He is depressed in the kennel, as most dogs get, especially after two years of being in a kennel […] Mostly he just lays on his bed with his head down.”

Once the post started making the rounds, the workers at the shelter were hoping Bear would be adopted. His only requirement was that he needed to be the only animal in the house.

After circulating the internet, the post made it’s way to a couple who fell in love with Bear. In June he was finally able to go home. And stay there. The couple promises to spoil him.

“The moment we have all been waiting for. It looks like Bear has left the dawghous after 2.5 long years in a kennel. He has a huge yard to run and will be spoiled by his new mom and dad. He even has a trainer lined up who is donating his services to help Bear and his family adjust. Tears from all who have loved and cared for Bear all this time. Thank you for giving him the chance he needs.”

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