Caring for Pets Stories

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Altruistic Alfie is an intuitive and sensitive guardian angel cat

Alfie the cat came from a hoarding situation and doesn't much like people. He is a...
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Helping a cocker spaniel with medical challenges

Cocker Spaniel Rescue of Austin and San Antonio, with funding from Best Friends, h...
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Brain games for dogs

Dog enrichment in the form of games keeps your dog mentally and emotionally youthf...
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Special-needs poodle adopted from All the Same Wild and Tame Animal Sanctuary

Best Friends pet adoption promotion helps a special-needs poodle with visual impai...
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Blind horse gets help and companionship from once very fearful mare

Once abused and abandoned, horse gets help and then pays it forward by helping and...
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Long Beach City College rabbits project

Rabbits abandoned on the Long Beach City College campus are trapped, spayed or neu...
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New Rattitude gives petite rat terrier a fresh start

Female rat terrier is saved by New Rattitude, Inc., in Lansing, Michigan, who got ...
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Pointer mix saves boxer mix by giving her a blood transfusion

Boxer mix with pancytopenia and other medical issues gets blood transfusion from p...
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Really big (but not fat) pig

Oliver the pig is the new kid on the block at the Sanctuary. Though he weighs 236 ...
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Cavalier King Charles spaniel-Papillon survivor

Cavalier King Charles spaniel and Papillon mix beats distemper, but her muscle spa...
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Cat agility training

Injured cat, maybe as a result of a car fan belt or farm machinery, has reconstruc...
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Double luck for Gus Gus the Yorkie saved from a puppy mill

Yorkie dog rescued from a puppy mill suffered from mange, dental disease, stomach ...
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Birthday volunteer trip to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary

Fans of ‘DogTown' on National Geographic about the Best Friends dogs, son takes hi...
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Cat with cerebellar hypoplasia feeling better

Cat with cerebellar hypoplasia is feeling a lot better after starting on medicine ...
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Dog with subaortic stenosis living life to the fullest

Little Friends Foundation rescues special-needs dog with ringworm, pneumonia and s...
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