Dog News

A street dog in Guayaquil, Ecuador nearly lost his life in a sewage canal that was too steep for him to climb, had it not been for the lone, redeeming human being who noticed him struggling and got him out and onto dry land.

The dog was soaking wet, filthy, uncomfortable, and obviously unable to scale the embankment.  He kept trying to get up, and looking towards everyone to help him.

Sierra, a 16-year-old Siberian Husky from Morristown, Tenn., ran away while her owner, Jimmi Winstead, was in Florida on vacation. Neighbors and strangers rescued the pet three days later, after the dog was found stuck in a drainage pipe.

Cliff Grant the tiger cub was accidentally hurt by his mom, so he needed to be separated while he was rehabilitated. While he was getting better, workers at the zoo where he was decided he needed a playmate, and introduced him to Prada the dog. The two quickly became best friends, and now they play all the time! Zoo keepers are so confident the two won’t hurt each other, that they even let them play by themselves!

There are stories that just melt my heart. After baby lam lost her parents. The owners of this farm were worry that the poor lamb was going to be all alone in the world. But, something incredible happened a dog who lived in the farm decided that she was going to take the lamb in as her baby and watch after the baby. The two went everywhere together, and the new dog mom never let her little lamb out of her sight! This story is so beautiful and it shows that there is always hope!

No one knows why a man in Cartago, Costa Rica, decided to attack a gentle, mixed breed dog with a machete, but the animal abuser did just that and inflicted six deep wounds on a sweet dog. Somehow the pet survived the gruesome attack. Today, he is known as “Machi” and is expected to make a full recovery.

On August 9, 2014, a brown female mixed terrier is believed to have been maliciously thrown from a moving vehicle traveling on New Jersery’s Parkway. The dog was hit by another vehicle but it miraculously survived and now police is searching for the dog’s abusers.

When the Memphis, Tennessee police responded to a call involving a badly injured dog, there was not much they could do once they got there. Unfortunately, that dog did not make it, but the incident has launched an investigation into a possible dog fighting ring in the North Memphis area. Now police are offering a cash reward to anyone providing information that leads to an arrest.