An emaciated Weimaraner named Alex who survived by eating twigs and rocks and was rescued in October has made a remarkable recovery. Even better, he has been officially adopted by his foster mom! “When I first met him, he was really thin that drew me to him and his eyes were so haunting and piercing,” Diane Lundeen explained to WVUE. Alex was found wandering the streets in New Orleans back in October. “We saw a…
ABettendorf couple is facing animal neglect charges for allegedly failing to care for their sick pit bull, police said. Dennis Terrell Stewart, 38, and Vanessa Marie Bruyntjens, 39, of 243 Brown St., each is charged with one count of animal neglect causing serious injury or death. The charge is a serious misdemeanor under Iowa law that carries a jail sentence of up to one year and a fine of between $315 and $1,895. According to…
Ariel the Labradoodle is Hadley Jo’s constant companion. She rides the bus, watches over Hadley Jo in class and was honored in the yearbook. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville family received quite the surprise when they recently picked up their daughter’s yearbook. An unexpected photo printed next to Hadley Jo’s had everyone smiling during such a ‘ruff’ time. Pandemic aside, Hadley Jo has been on her own roller coaster ride over the last 5 years.…
Zelda ran away from her new Chanhassen owners and found her way back to St. Paul. Something went wrong. ST PAUL, Minn. — Zelda, a six-year-old German shepherd mix, may not have a pedigree. But no one can question her sense of direction. The skittish mutt found her way back to her old neighborhood in St. Paul, after being adopted by a family in Chanhassen, nearly 30 miles away. “She definitely has some superpowers, Seneca…
a 7-year-old obese dachshund appropriately named “Fat Vincent” tipped the scales at 38 pounds. See his road to recovery. Humans aren’t the only ones who can have successful weight loss stories. Eight months ago, a 7-year-old obese dachshund appropriately named “Fat Vincent” tipped the scales at 38 pounds. He was very unhealthy and depressed. He had just been surrendered over to a county animal shelter after his owner had died. He could barely walk, had…
The now one-year-old German shepherd/Border collie mix was returned to the shelter by his initial owners. When he was just 13 days old, sweet Brodie the German shepherd/Border collie mix was attacked by his own mother, leaving him with a partially blind eye and several facial and cranial deformities. He was born in a rescue shelter where his mother bit his head and left him with a ‘wonky’ face. Despite this unique appearance, many…
The smart pooch can even put phrases like “Want” “Jake” “Come” when she wants to see her dad! If you’re a pet parent who’s curious to understand what your furbabies are trying to say, Stella’s story may help you turn into a Dr. Dolittle yourself! A speech pathologist has taught her 18-month old dog, Stella, how to communicate using a soundboard. 26-year-old Christina Hunger uses an adaptive device to help Stella communicate not just…
Hurting a dog that had trusted you and was loyal to you must be one of the worst things a person can do. Abused and abandoned dogs are a common sight by highways, empty plots, and for the lucky ones, an animal shelter. But it’s not every day that you see dogs literally thrown away like they are trash. Over the weekend this was the sad scene that Palhinha Rodrigo came across.…
A friendly dog who somehow got separated from his home went straight to a police station to report himself missing. The canine showed up in the early hours of the morning at the reception of the Odessa Police Department and signaled that he was lost and needed to go home. Sergeant Rusty Martin was among several officers who were at the station to receive him. The dog didn’t seem flustered, scared or in any…
Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ defensive tackle Rakeem Nunez-Roches has come under the spotlight for abandoning his dog because his wife was “expecting a baby.” Nunez-Roches had allegedly abandoned the Cane Corso on the side of a busy rural Hillsborough County road in Florida. The dog, Jitterbug, sat on the road for almost 36 hours, tired and hungry, before an animal rescue group took the dog to a shelter on December 8. Cane Corsos are a…