dog story

‘Just because I no longer have my soul dog didn’t mean I lost the ability to love. I still had it but with just nothing to love.’: Heartbroken dog mom finds love in the paws of a new puppy, but questions if it was too close to her soul dog’s passing

Laurent Shinar

‘She has saved my life with her alerts on more than one occasion.’: Misguided HR director’s refusal to acknowledge a small service dog’s legitimate purpose triggers an investigation and a lawsuit, which results in a public apology and an hr restructuring

Laurent Shinar

‘Your dog, whoever they are, is the highlight of someone's morning.’: The emotional story of a grief stricken commuter mourning the loss of their soul dog, who finds hope and healing in the consistent sighting of a scruffy pup named popcorn

Laurent Shinar

‘Magraw got behind me and magee in front, they both growled louder, and all of a sudden I got the impression I was being herded.’: High school student saved from a mountain lion by his heroic German Shepherds while out for a nighttime run in the woods

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“The dog was breathing, but looked a little dehydrated and was very weak.”: A canine’s instinct leads to the rescue of a lost beagle, Rocky, who, after a week on his own, was found in a bush and nursed back to health by a compassionate stranger

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‘For the first time ever I can say one of my rescues is in a better place, and actually mean it.’: Heartwarming story of an unruly dog who saved her foster family from a house fire, which led to her being adopted by a fireman who became her new dog dad

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‘She said the dog was so skinny because she was on vacation for 2 weeks and her dog sitter was underfeeding the dog.’: Neglectful Californian owner demands rescuer returns her abandoned puppy, only to discover the puppy had been adopted to a loving family

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‘They’d prop themselves up onto the back of the couch and lick the side of my dads head, but only one side very intensely.’: Clever, caring doggo saves their dad’s life by alerting him to his life-threatening condition before it was too late

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‘We wanted to give two dogs a home, and we won’t give up on them now’: A ruff start left two rescue dogs saved from an overcrowded shelter at odds , but their determined pawrents refuse to give up on them, turning to trainers and daily behavior work

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‘She deserved a loving home, not a garage kennel’: California woman fosters dog from shelter, faces false accusations from the rescue’s president, but with volunteers defending her she finds strength knowing the pup was saved because of her care

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‘If I didn't exercise her, she'd destroy the house and annoy everyone until someone shoved her back in her crate’: Rightfully enraged roommate forced to surrender neglected puppy back to the shelter after her irresponsible owner ignores their canine child

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‘We know he needs a special kind of home... and that the average adopter may not be able to meet his needs’: Foster family’s heartfelt decision to adopt the shelter’s ‘worst dog’ gives a traumatized pit bull a chance at a loving furever home

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‘He has a history of flying his drone low over my yard to tease my dog’: Entitled drone owner tries to take dog owner to court after doggo destroyed his drone, resulting in karmic restoration

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‘Maybe I am a nut case or a crazy dog person for ruining my relationship over a dog.': Woman finds her lost dog at a vet hospital after 5 months of searching, and finds out her boyfriend let him escape, ending their 3 year relationship

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‘Maybe our dog should raise the child too, since he’s clearly more switched on than either of us’: A beloved pit bull’s out-of-character behavior is solved by clever commenter, revealing that the loyal dog knew his human was pregnant before she did

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'The lady began yelling threats at me and tried to drag the dog back to the car physically': A heartbreaking confrontation over a neglected dog is definitively resolved by police and animal control, ending a week-long ordeal for the dog's new owner

Laurent Shinar