Caring for Pets Stories

Person petting Butterfly the dog while Dorian the dog watches

Scared mama dog transforms into social Butterfly

Butterfly used to run for cover if a person got too close, but with help from her ...
See her transformation
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Dilute calico on a wooden shelf

Random acts of kindness toward animals

Get ready to smile (and maybe have a few tissues handy) because these stories are ...
See their good news
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Sophia Proler selfie with Gus the black and white dog following the tornado in Pasadena

Teamwork saves pets after Texas tornado

A tornado blew the roof off Pasadena Animal Shelter, but quick action and collabor...
Cooperation helps save lives
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Liv the kitten lying in her medicated bath with some rubber duckies

Kitten loves her spa baths

Little Liv didn’t just tolerate weeks of daily Epsom salt baths for a skin infecti...
Read about her healing journey
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Lars the dog with his new person, lying together on a couch

Dog found barely alive gets help and a home

Lars almost died alone, starving, dehydrated, and full of porcupine quills, but ve...
Read about his new life
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Person holding a smiling Java the Chihuahua dog in a lap

Little dog is living large

Java has spina bifida and had difficulty walking when she came to Best Friends, bu...
Read how she's settled in
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Cinderella the cat in an enclosed cat bed

A New York feline fairy tale

Cinderella was down on her luck when she came to Best Friends, but today she’s liv...
Read about her happily ever after
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Frannie the black and white dog with her mouth smiling with pink tongue out

Two false starts lead dog to true love

Frannie is proof that all it takes is one person who loves you the way you are to ...
From homeless to home
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Fawkes the Shar-Pei dog wearing a tag on her collar

Wrinkly dog gets comfortable in her own skin

Fawkes was miserable with patchy skin, painful paws and a double dose of eye issue...
Read about her progress
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Person wearing gloves and a gown holding Tinkle the orange tabby cat

138 cats rescued in Texas

Best Friends assists city of Sugar Land with far too many cats living in one house...
See how they help
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Gray and white cat in a kennel

5 animal stories that prove kindness goes a long way

These good Samaritans, including one cat, pulled out all the stops to help when it...
Read their praiseworthy efforts
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Spearmint Sally lying on a dog bed in front of a Christmas tree, a person and three other dogs

Once-paralyzed dog finds her footing with family’s help

Spearmint Sally was paralyzed as a puppy, but now she can stand on her own — and h...
Home that was meant to be
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Volunteer Karin Hamilton walking Curly Sue the horse in some woods

Curly-coated horse gets a personal trainer

Curly Sue was having trouble standing up after she lay down, but with a volunteer ...
Making exercise fun
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Rumi the kitten being held in someone's arms

Fighting spirit helps kitten come back from the brink

Rumi was in rough shape and was the weight of a deck of cards when she came to Bes...
See her now
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Llama the Siamese kitten with blue eyes and paw up in the air

Big new life for a blue-eyed kitten

Orphaned and injured at one week old, little Llama lived thanks to many people’s h...
See how he's thrived
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