Hero Dog Saves Family Before Dying In House Fire
A Hillsborough, New Hampshire family lost everything in a fire, including the dog that saved their lives. “I’m not crying for the mess. I’m crying for the dogs,” said Paul Sousa, Sr. as he looked at the charred heap that used to be his trailer home. When fire tore through the home Thursday night, he […]
German Shepherd Dog Saves Kids From Fire
From kptv.com LONGVIEW, Wash. – A Longview couple says Sid, their pet German shepherd, helped save their children by alerting them to a rapidly growing fire. The flames broke out after a kerosene lamp shattered Friday morning inside the home where Wendy Mudge and her three children, Seth Jolly and twins Molly and Mason, have […]
Ace's Story – Love Like A Dog: Video
A great video about Ace the Pit Bull and his valiant deed.
West Virginia Prosecutor Honored For Work In Animal Cruelty Case
By Curtis Johnson for The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — The Humane Society of the United States has honored a Wayne County prosecutor for his work in an animal cruelty case earlier this year. The case caused 49 horses, mules and donkeys, along with 40 dogs, to be seized from property in Prichard. Many of the animals […]
Dog Saves Family From Death By Fire
From cbs4.com MIAMI SHORES (CBS4) ― Gilberto Mejia could hear the dog barking through the fog of sleep, and he is happy Monday that it woke him up – and saved his life. “I feel really good about my dog,” Mejia said. Mejia and Gustavo Prado where sleeping in their home on Northeast 2nd Avenue […]
Missouri Humane Society Rescues 71 Dogs From Saline County
By Jeff Bernthal for FOX2now.com ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) – The Missouri Humane Society is rescuing dozens of dogs from a central Missouri home Monday evening. The rescue is taking place in Saline County, about 200 miles west of St. Louis. The dogs will be brought to St. Louis Monday night. He Humane Society […]
Dog Becomes Hero After Saving Augusta, Georgia Teen
An Augusta Humane Society employee was walking one of the dogs early Saturday morning when she came face to face with an intruder. “She’s very playful and I wasn’t expecting it at all for her to protect me like that,” said Volunteer Heather Jones. For Heather, Mirka is no ordinary dog. She says Mirka is […]
Texas Dog Saves Toddler From Snake
By Penny Eims for Dog News Examiner Not to downplay the warm-fuzzies that a foster family gets from taking in a homeless dog, but sometimes, that’s the best you get when you foster. A Texas foster family got the warm fuzzies, and so much more from their foster dog, Vandy, last Tuesday. Vandy, a Boxer, […]
Dog's Lick Saved My Life, Says Woman
By Sam McKnight for The Southland Times The kiss of life has new meaning for a Southland woman who credits her dog as her saviour. Shirley Mulvihill was alone and asleep in her house on Waituna Lagoon Rd, near Kapuka on Wednesday when her eight-month-old Staffordshire dog Fiji licked her face to alert her to […]