Dog News

In Motul, Yucatan, Mexico, a dog joined Catholic parishioners during mass and throughout the town’s procession celebrating the Virgin.

For believers, “La Virgen del Carmen” is celebrated with a large festival that takes place during July 15 – 17. Daily masses take place and on the last day, a large celebration with traditional folkloric dances, prayers, and a procession is held.

On July 11, 2014, 73-year-old Ronald Ward passed away while walking his dog, a white bull terrier, near the Canadian River northeast 36th and Sooner Road in Oklahoma City, Okla. Even though temperatures surpassed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the loyal pup remained on guard, next to his owner’s body until police officers arrived at the scene.

The body was discovered by neighbors and they called authorities in order to get the deceased man and his dog some help.

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For the past month, neighbors and animal lovers in Modesto, Calif., have tried to rescue a stray dog living in a dirt field near the 35-acre field at Oakdale Road and Floyd Avenue, but so far their efforts have failed.

Carl Birtwistle and Paula Gerrard took their Cocker spaniels Eric and Henry for a walk in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, but their leisure walk turned into a frantic dog rescue when one of their dogs wedged himself in between two large boulders and got stuck.

Eric, a nine-year-old black Cocker spaniel somehow pushed his head and neck in between two large rocks getting lodged in the gap. His humans frantically tried to free him but weren’t able to pull him out right away.

On July 12, 2014, a medium size dog from Fresno, Calif., got stuck in between the bars of an iron fence when it tried to escape from its own backyard. Luckily for the canine, a concerned neighbor saw the dog in trouble and called firefighters to come and rescue it.

Firefighters from Engine 17 used a hydraulic spreader to widened the gap between the bars and free the pet.