Pet Adoption Stories

Black and white dog lying on a blue chair with a blue fuzzy blanket over him

6 happy pet adoption updates

These dogs and cats are living the good life in their new homes....
Meet the new families
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Eeyore the kitten on Allen's shoulder

How a dog guy became a cat person

Allen Burkhart had no idea he had an affinity for felines until he met a kitten na...
Now the two are almost inseparable
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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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Profile of Sasquatch the rabbit

Chance meetings lead to best bunny buddies

Unexpected encounters in the streets of Salt Lake City and a backcountry trail in ...
Serendipity leads to love connection
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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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Ollie the dog on a leash in the snow, with a bit of snow on his nose

Anxious dog gives peace of mind to his new person

Ollie’s separation anxiety made it take longer to find him a home, but now he’s br...
Finding a safe place together
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Dandelion the dog on some concrete in front of a waterfall in an urban environment

A dog at home wherever she roams

Dandelion is traveling across the country with her adopters, proving that home is ...
Read about her adventures
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Oliver the cat in a wire kennel

Big cat, big love

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See him now
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Hawkeye and Bramble the horses standing while it's snowing around them

Second chance for 33 neglected pasture pets

When a pasture full of neglected horses and other hooved animals needed a safe pla...
Read how they're doing now
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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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Molasses the black and white dog sitting and wearing a purple bandana with colored flowers on it

Skinny bundle-of-love dog gains weight, then a family

Molasses was tiny and tired when firefighters found her, but now this once-lost pu...
Meet this 'foster win'
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Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Johnny Berchtold of Netflix's DOG GONE holding dogs

Pets are family

Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Johnny Berchtold of Netflix's DOG GON...
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Peter the dog with his new family (including two other dogs), all on a front porch of a home

Excellent epilogue to a canine cliffhanger

After a harrowing adventure that left him stranded on a cliffside in the desert, P...
Now he's part of the pack
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