British Olympic Boxer’s Biggest Fan is Her Dog
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England – Nicola Adams is devoted to her dog, Dexter, and the feeling is mutual. When Adams traveled 200 miles to London this month to compete in the Olympic games, Dexter had to stay at a boarding facility in Leeds. That doesn’t mean, however that her beloved Doberman pinscher had to miss […]
Dog Saved At Last Minute To Become Broadway Star
New York, New York – Little Orphan Annie’s new dog “Sandy” was saved at the eleventh hour by her very own Daddy Warbucks. Sunny, a two-year old terrier mix, was in a shelter in Houston, Texas, where dogs are only given 48 hours in the shelter before they are euthanized. She had already been there […]
Dog Rescued from 200 Foot Deep Quarry
Gresham, Oregon – If you lost your pet, you would look everywhere for her. That’s what Tammy Johnson and her daughter Jennifer did when their dog, Daisy, went missing. One place they never expected to find her, however, was on a ledge 50 feet below the edge of a 200-foot-deep rock quarry. No one knows […]
Twitter Helps A Runway Dog Get Home
When Deirdre Anglin noticed Patch, her Jack Russell Terrier, was missing on Tuesday evening she did the “social media thing” and posted pictures of her dog on her Facebook account- reaching out to friends and encouraging everyone to contact her if he was spotted. Meanwhile, Patch ended up hopping on an Irish Rail train heading […]
Announcing The 2012 Hero Dog Awards Finalists!
Two Million Votes Yield Eight Outstanding Dogs to Receive Top Honors in Beverly Hills at “American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards™” Gala and Award Ceremony October 6! After three months of getting the vote out, the Hallmark Channel and the American Humane Association have announced their 8 finalists. MILITARY DOG CATEGORY Winner: GABE (Columbia, SC) […]
Untrained House Dog Finds Missing Child
Prescott, Wisconsin – Autumn is an 8-year-old golden retriever. She is a family pet who has never been trained for search and rescue. In addition, she’s a little chunky at 75 pounds. Nevertheless, on July 4 she did what hundreds of searchers had been unable to do for over 20 hours – she found a […]
Lilly The Pit Bull Saves Life Of Unconscious Pet Parent
It was just a normal day at New Jersey’s Double Trouble State Park for Frank Delarosa, until one-year-old pit bull Lilly came running up to him. Not sure what to do, Frank tried bringing Lilly to the park warden’s office, but Lilly kept pulling him to the cranberry bogs where her pet parent, Dona Timoney […]
Army Sergeant Reunited With Pup From Afghanistan
Something the United States Armed Forces never considered were U.S. soldiers bonding fiercely with dogs they happened upon while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Often reviled in Middle Eastern tribal cultures, dogs in these parts have found love and life with American troops far from home. Separated from their family members, a growing number of […]
Stray Dog Completes 1700 Km Race In China
A stray dog nicknamed Xiao Sa has been following a team of cyclists for 24 days along a 1700km race across China from Sichuan province to Tibet. Xiao Sa joined the cyclists after one of them, Zhang Heng, gave her some food. “She was lying, tired, on the street,” Heng told China Daily. “So we […]