Stories We Love

There are some phone calls you never forget. And then there are the phone calls that make your entire world stop. For Vanessa Antonino, that call came after 12 long years. She was simply told: They had found Flor. Her dog. The little Chihuahua she had lost more than a...

Imagine being told you're too ugly to be special. Now imagine becoming a movie star because of the very thing that made you different. That's the unbelievable story of Peggy. She's a little rescue dog with a big personality, a tongue that refuses to stay inside her...

For six months, nobody came for Tony. He was young. He was full of life. He had a brother named Tyson. And he was already safe. But somehow, that still wasn't enough. Tony and Tyson had been found wandering along a county road in Texas when they were only about 7 or 8...

Sometimes, the smallest moments reveal just how deeply dogs understand one another. That was exactly what happened when two rescue sisters, Mouse and Tammie, disappeared from their family's view one day. Their human eventually went looking for them and discovered the...

When people picture The Wizard of Oz, they probably remember Dorothy's blue gingham dress, the Yellow Brick Road, the Emerald City—and a scruffy little dog faithfully trotting beside her. Toto may have been small, but he became one of the most recognizable dogs in...

For nearly three weeks, Teddy's family had no idea where he was. The small dog had disappeared during a walk on Helvellyn, one of the highest mountains in England's Lake District. Days turned into weeks, and despite continued efforts to find him, there were no clear...

When Whispy first arrived at the rescue, she didn't exactly look like a dog ready to make friends. Instead of greeting people with a wagging tail or eagerly approaching the kennel door, she stayed curled up in the corner. The frightened dog seemed to want nothing more...

When the soldiers of Company A, 315th Infantry, 79th Division prepared to leave home for the battlefields of Europe, they had more than military equipment and personal belongings on their minds. They also had a little dog. Philly was a mixed-breed puppy who had become...

What started as a routine morning check along an Ohio highway suddenly became something Trooper John Kronander probably never expected. Near Interstate 71 in Medina County, Kronander came across a metal crate sitting by the roadside. Inside was a puppy. The young...

For eight years, Gunner knew what home felt like. He had a family, familiar surroundings, daily routines, and the comforting certainty that the people he loved would be there. But then everything he knew changed in an instant. Gunner, an 8-year-old dog, was left at...

He may be small enough to fit comfortably in your arms, but Patron has a job that requires extraordinary courage. This little Jack Russell Terrier has become one of Ukraine's most recognizable dogs after helping specialists locate explosives and unexploded ordnance...

For 10 shelter dogs in Texas, one ordinary August evening turned into something they probably never could have imagined. Instead of spending another night in their kennels, these lucky pups headed to a baseball stadium for an evening filled with excitement, tasty...

For more than a year, a stray dog wandered around a Walmart parking lot in Birmingham, Alabama, keeping his distance from people and relying on himself to survive. Then one day, a rescuer named Jasmine Lawson spotted him. The moment she realized the dog had been...

One moment, Baillie is calmly walking beside her handler. The next, she hears a command and springs into action. “Find it!” For this remarkable Border Collie, those two words aren't an invitation to play. They're the beginning of serious work that could help save...

When Rio disappeared from his Oklahoma home, his family had every reason to worry. The 10-year-old Border Collie had a history of running off when something frightened him, so his sudden disappearance in late July was especially concerning. His family searched and...

It was supposed to be an ordinary evening walk along a road in Ballinasloe, Ireland. Then a passerby noticed something unusual in a roadside ditch. At first glance, it looked like nothing more than a pile of black fluff. But when he stopped to take a closer look, he...

When a tiny puppy arrived at a Civil War camp in 1861, nobody could have imagined how important she would become to the soldiers who welcomed her. She was barely four weeks old, small enough to fit in a basket and still unsteady on her feet. But the soldiers of the...

When Salem arrived at a rescue in Mississippi, everyone knew she needed help. She had been surrendered to a neighbor in a rural area after her previous family decided they no longer wanted her. By the time she was rescued, Salem was malnourished, injured and dealing...

Sometimes, the dogs who need us most are the ones we almost walk right past. That was nearly the case for a frightened Cocker Spaniel who had been wandering around the area for days. Instead of finding a safe place to rest, the dog ended up hiding behind a restaurant...

When soldiers are sent into dangerous territory, they rely on training, technology, and one another to make it home safely. But sometimes, one of their most important teammates walks on four legs. Treo, a black Labrador serving with the British Army in Afghanistan,...