Dog Stories

Adventure Buddies program at Best Friends Pet Adoption and Spay/Neuter Center in Los Angeles allows volunteers to take an adoptable dog for a hike.

See funny animal outtake photos of adoptable dogs, cats and other animals taken as the photographer was trying to capture each animal's personality.

Hand targeting is used to help four young abandoned dogs overcome their shyness and fear, teaching them that outstretched hands are not a threat.

Best Friends volunteer, who is a national parks guide, takes the most active, agile dogs from the Sanctuary on epic hikes around Southern Utah.

Dog who survived Hurricane Harvey now living high life with his adoptive family at the James NoMad, a pet-friendly boutique hotel, in New York City.

Once-abused dog had behavior issues. He lacked impulse control, was jumpy and mouthy, and reactive to other dogs. His life has changed for the better.

Hurricane Harvey rescue story about a dog saved after the storm and adopted by a patient couple who understands the trauma he has been through.

Lakewood, Ohio, repeals breed-discriminatory pit bull ban and replaces it with safety-focused dangerous dog ordinance that treats dogs as individuals.

Our 9 favorite NYC pet adoptions: Maltese dog, abandoned cerebellar hypoplasia cat, Chihuahua with separation anxiety, and Hurricane Harvey dogs.

Senior dachshund dog gets medical treatment for severe dental disease, a liver infection, a benign mass, and a heart murmur, and is then adopted.

A bloodhound dog helps socialize a litter of hound puppies, teaching them appropriate ways to interact and play.

Hurricane Harvey dogs rescued in the aftermath of the natural disaster come to Best Friends in New York City where they are adopted.

Best Friends' monthly pet adoption events are held at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, Utah. Adoptable dogs and cats from local rescues are available.

Man living in Los Angeles who had lost his leg to cancer as a child pays adoption fee for three-legged dog in New York who has since been adopted.

Family of adopted dog with health challenges, including canine lupus and fibrosarcoma cancer, is determined to give him the best life possible.