by themorningtails | Oct 18, 2025 | Articles
Most dogs dread the car ride to the vet, viewing the clinic as a place of uncomfortable pokes and prods. But for one tiny Dachshund mix in Chicago, a trip to the doctor quickly turned into an unexpected love affair. Journie, a 16-pound pup with a personality much...
by themorningtails | Oct 18, 2025 | Articles, Stories We Love
There’s a sound you never forget inside a shelter on “last day.”It’s quiet — too quiet. No barking, no tails thumping. Just silence.It’s the silence that comes when hope runs out. But on one hot Savannah afternoon, that silence broke. Dozens of dogs sat behind steel...
by themorningtails | Oct 18, 2025 | Articles
When Monica Matute brought home a new foster dog, she didn’t expect a “wow-moment” to hit so fast. But one afternoon, as she casually switched between English and Spanish while talking to her new furry housemate, it happened: the dog understood. Not just a wag or a...
by themorningtails | Oct 18, 2025 | Articles
When neighbors in St. Louis stepped outside one warm August morning, they stumbled upon a heartbreaking sight that would change ten lives forever. There, in the middle of an alleyway, was a dog curled into the tightest little ball, trembling and alone—or so they...
by themorningtails | Oct 18, 2025 | Articles
They called him Chupacabra because for too long, people thought he was something mythical. Something monstrous. Alien. But Chupacabra was just a dog—lost, broken, hiding in plain sight under a car. For years, he lived there. Emaciated. Hairless in patches. Avoiding...
by themorningtails | Oct 18, 2025 | Articles
They walked into Stray Rescue of St. Louis carrying a dog so badly matted, she was almost unrecognizable. Her fur was a dense, tangled wasteland — six to nine inches thick in places — hiding wounds, parasites, and suffering that no one could see at first glance. When...