Dog Stories

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Heartbroken shelter puppy finds love

Heartbroken shelter puppy at the Palm Valley Animal Center in Edinburg, Texas, is ...
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Best pet stories of 2018

Read the best (and more popular) pet stories of 2018 about dogs and a cat who over...
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Less shopping, more adopting

Cats and dogs are adopted for the holidays during the Best Friends Black Friday pe...
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Helping a starving mastiff gain weight and find love

Starving mastiff receives diagnosis -- enzyme deficiency called exocrine pancreati...
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Tiny Chihuahua gets big help

Two-day-old tiny Chihuahua born with only two feet gets help in a foster home and ...
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Saving the pet who needs you the most

Saving a pet who needs you the most -- perhaps a dog or cat with special needs, a ...
Best Friends Magazine
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Top 10 reasons to foster a pet

What are the top 10 reasons to foster a pet? You'll be saving an animal'...
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Love helps a dog heal after severe heartworm disease

Dog with severe heartworm disease that left him emaciated and in respiratory distr...
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800-dog transport from Tex-Mex border begins

The first 70 of 800 dogs from south Texas are on the road to shelters in Colorado ...
Julie Castle Blog
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Fourth of July feel-good story with a lesson

This Independence Day holiday offered another reason to celebrate, when pit-bull-t...
Julie Castle Blog
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NKLA: Calling all heroes!

Los Angeles foster homes needed for dogs and cats with medical conditions in order...
Julie Castle Blog
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Two days, hundreds of dogs and cats adopted

Around 500 shelter dogs and cats are adopted at the fall 2018 NKUT Super Adoption ...
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Remembering Handsome Dan

Vicktory dog crosses the Rainbow Bridge and will be missed by all who knew and lov...
Julie Castle Blog
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When it comes to pit-bull-terrier-like dogs, the public leads

Public's perception of pit bulls is changing at the same time cities are movi...
Julie Castle Blog
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Dogs, dogs, dogs!

Best Friends CEO Julie Castle shares thoughts about dogs' place in our lives ...
Julie Castle Blog