Family Adopts Yellow Lab Then Several Months Later Unknowingly Adopts Her Sister

Sheri Hogue

Sheri Hogue and her husband, Dave, are lifelong Labrador lovers. The Memphis, Tennessee, couple knows there are thousands of great dogs who need homes, so they foster and adopt. But when they adopted one dog, and another one several months later, they had a hunch…

Read about their big surprise in Watchdog Mary’s article in The Dodo.

'Ghost' Dog Who Wandered Streets For Years Unnoticed Makes Stunning Transformation

For years, a dog named Zubin roamed the streets of the Colony Ridge community in Cleveland, Texas.

Despite his heartbreaking condition, he seemed to be invisible to those around him. He was slowly disappearing: his hair, his emaciated body, even his will to live.

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Mom Pulls Over For Every Stray Dog She Sees — and Saves 5,000 Animals

Zully Vasquez Ventura

Zully Vasquez Ventura and her family moved to Cleveland, Texas, in 2019, after adopting their dog, Bella. "We were living in an apartment in Houston, and we wanted to buy a house so she had a backyard and land to run around," Ventura told The Dodo.

But soon after Ventura arrived in her new neighborhood, the animal lover began to dread opening her door and driving down the street.

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What Can You Wash Your Dog With That Isn't Shampoo?

Some dogs have a knack for rolling in disgusting, decaying, and dreaded guck. It usually happens when the pet supply shops and the groomer are closed and that bottle of dog shampoo you had in your cabinet is nearly empty.

You scratch your head and think, “What can I wash my dog with that isn’t dog shampoo?”

Read Watchdog Mary’s article in The Whole Dog Journal for answers.

Cop Stops to Help Dog Stranded on Busy Highway and Realizes Why He's Not Moving

Bruceville-Eddy Police Department

As hundreds of drivers zoomed down busy Interstate 35 just south of Waco, Texas, earlier this month, only one stopped to help a dog lying along the highway.

The Good Samaritan called the police, and Chief Michael Dorsey from the Bruceville-Eddy Police Department rushed to the scene.

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Photographers See A Seal Being Chased By Orcas — Then He Jumps Onto Their Boat

Charvet Drucker @charvetd_photography

Being in the right place at the right time can change everything. For one harbor seal off the coast of Washington state, it meant the difference between life and death.

Earlier this week, a stranded seal got a lifeline when he spotted a boat carrying Smith Siromaskul, his wife, Terese Drummond, and their friend, Charvet Drucker, in Puget Sound. The trio of amateur wildlife photographers had set out that day, hoping to spot some orcas. But when they encountered a pod near Rocky Point, they found themselves in the midst of a high-stakes pursuit.

Read the rest of Watchdog Mary’s article in The Dodo.

Cleanup Crew Opens Oven Wrecked in Flood and Miracle Cat Jumps Out

Beth Patterson/Kerrville Pets Alive!

At first, the phone call Kerrville Pets Alive! received stunned Karen Guerriero, the president and cofounder of the rescue organization based in Kerrville, Texas. The area is ground zero for the tragic floods that surged through the state in July.


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