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This is Gidget. We didn’t want another dog. After all, we’ve already been chosen by several outdoor cats, who we’ve had ...
06/04/2026

This is Gidget. We didn’t want another dog. After all, we’ve already been chosen by several outdoor cats, who we’ve had fixed, and who we love and take care of. We also have one indoor kitty, two rescued Guinea pigs, and a chocolate lab (her first family offered her to us when they had to move and couldn’t keep her).

It is, however, “winter” in south Texas, and Gidget found our back porch door on a night that dipped to about 30 degrees F. You see, people dump their unwanted animals on our road all the time, like trash. It breaks my heart every time I see a new dog or cat, skin and bones, just looking for a bite to eat.

When I saw this poor girl, skinny, cowering, and frightened on my back porch, I knew she had chosen us. I reached out to pet her, and she flinched. I knew then that whoever had dumped her had also abused her...

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People Are Struggling To Understanding What’s Wrong With This Dog PhotoWhen you first look at the picture, you might be ...
06/04/2026

People Are Struggling To Understanding What’s Wrong With This Dog Photo

When you first look at the picture, you might be wondering exactly what you are looking at! Let me put your mind at ease, it’s a perfectly normal dog by anyone’s standards, but it is looked at in such a way that it creates an unusual optical illusion.

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When a woman saw what looked like an adorable white puppy, she thought it would fit in well with her family. Like many o...
06/03/2026

When a woman saw what looked like an adorable white puppy, she thought it would fit in well with her family. Like many others wold, she brought the animal home and treated it with love and care.

It wasn’t until over a year later, she discovered her new furry friend wasn’t a puppy at all.

It was a wild animal. But what?

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My friend Kim found a kitten along side of the road on her way to our house. The kitten somehow managed to push open the...
06/03/2026

My friend Kim found a kitten along side of the road on her way to our house. The kitten somehow managed to push open the box and climb out the window while we were in the house. We looked everywhere but couldn’t find her. We figured she ran away and there was really nothing else we could do. She was no where to be found… until the next morning when Kevin started his truck for work. CLUNK!

She was in the fan. She came hobbling out, broken, bleeding, and scared. He managed to scoop her up and put her in the carrier for me to take to the vet. I ended up having to take her to work with me because none of the vets opened until 9. It happened at 7:20. It was the longest hour ever! At 9 a.m. AVH Veterinary Hospital in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania agreed to see her right away.

The break went through the upper growth plate which means that it’s hard to splint and immobilize without surgery BUT they managed to do it. She lost a claw & a small piece of her paw. Her ear, tail and other paws were all cut but luckily not all of them needed sutures.

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"Hank is now safe and will never ever be hurt again."
06/03/2026

"Hank is now safe and will never ever be hurt again."

My friend works in a shelter, and when I decided to get a second cat, I told her to call me as soon as she got any black...
06/03/2026

My friend works in a shelter, and when I decided to get a second cat, I told her to call me as soon as she got any black kittens. "The first black kitten is mine," I told her.

She called in December, which is usually not a time for kittens to be born. They rescued the mom and dad from a hoarder, and they had never seen the light of day...

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One afternoon last September, I was out in my front yard when I noticed the family across the street chasing this sweet ...
06/03/2026

One afternoon last September, I was out in my front yard when I noticed the family across the street chasing this sweet pup off their property. After she was chased into the road and almost hit by another car, she ran to me and immediately I burst into tears.

I had never seen a dog in such a condition. Covered in mange, skin and bones, her face was bleeding and it was certain she had just been dumped. Her previous family had neglected her and then eventually left her for dead...

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I met Asparagus, a 3-year-old brindle chihuahua, at an adoption event. She had just been rescued after spending the firs...
06/02/2026

I met Asparagus, a 3-year-old brindle chihuahua, at an adoption event. She had just been rescued after spending the first three years of her life as “breeding stock” in a puppy mill.

She had been mistreated and neglected, had never walked on a leash or slept indoors, and had never received proper medical care or nutrition. She was a mess – skin and bones, scared of everyone and everything, withdrawn, depressed, and nearly bald from a combination of poor nutrition and stress-induced self-mutilation...

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It was an early Wednesday morning, and my husband was on his way to the grocery store to take advantage of some food sal...
06/02/2026

It was an early Wednesday morning, and my husband was on his way to the grocery store to take advantage of some food sales before the crowd arrived. He made it about a mile from our house down a lonely road that is surrounded by farmland. At first, from a distance, he thought he saw a bag of garbage someone threw out their car window; as he got closer, he could see something move and realized it was a puppy laying on the road.

As he approached the poor little puppy, he thought she was deceased...

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Your porch was my home. You’d always give me a little food and a head scratch and I truly loved you for that. I never as...
06/02/2026

Your porch was my home. You’d always give me a little food and a head scratch and I truly loved you for that. I never asked for much. I’m a happy loyal girl. Then you stopped coming home…

I waited for days, weeks, maybe longer. Since we live in the country, I caught a few rabbits to get by. When I got desperate, I knocked over the trash can to eat, even though you’d be mad and hit me. I’m sorry.

I waited at the end of the driveway hoping to see your truck. I laid down because I was tired and couldn’t get up. I was too weak.

I waited too long...

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