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12/31/2025

Rescued animals teach us how powerful gentleness can be

This sad situation demonstrates exactly why you should enjoy wildlife from a distance.
12/31/2025

This sad situation demonstrates exactly why you should enjoy wildlife from a distance.

Beast came into Animal Care League as a local stray in November of 2019 along with his sister Belle. These two silly sib...
12/31/2025

Beast came into Animal Care League as a local stray in November of 2019 along with his sister Belle. These two silly siblings were typical teenage pups and though they loved each other, they were not required to be adopted together. Eventually Belle found her forever home, but Beast was still waiting. We decided that Beast deserved a break from the shelter and a potential foster family was found.

When the potential foster family first met Beast, we warned them that the meeting might not go so well. Beast could be wild, uncomfortable with strangers upon first meeting them, and was particularly uncomfortable with men. We advised the fosters not to look him in the eye and to quickly give him treats as they walked alongside him. That first meeting, they tried petting Beast, but he snapped his mouth shut and warned that he wasn’t yet comfortable.

We hoped the second meeting would go better. Unfortunayley...

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My husband and I had just moved to Michigan, and he expressed the desire to get a dog. We saw an ad in the paper for a "...
12/31/2025

My husband and I had just moved to Michigan, and he expressed the desire to get a dog. We saw an ad in the paper for a "free dog to a good home". We went to check on the dog and found a beautiful black lab mix named Jessie.

She was 2 years old and had lived her entire life in an outdoor pen because her people didn't believe in dogs in the house. They said they wanted to get more cats, so they had to get rid of Jessie. We were charmed with how sweet she was and agreed to take her.

It was obvious when we got her home that she had never lived in a house before. It took almost two years before she would get up on any furniture. She now has her own love seat that she loves to sleep on. However, we almost lost her a few weeks after bringing her home because it turned out she was heartworm positive, and it was a bad case.

It became apparent why they wanted to get rid of her; she was sick. There was no question that we would try to take care of it. We joke that our "free" dog immediately cost us $500, but it was the best money ever spent. Except for getting winded easily, she made a full recovery.

Jessie is the most loving dog and mothers all of our other fur babies. We can only imagine what she went through the first two years of her life (she is terrified of 4-wheelers), but the love she has given us for the last 12 years has been immeasurable.

Jessie takes joy in so many things. She loves playing in the snow (she will just stand outside and come back in covered in snow), snuggling in the recliner with her daddy, and playing with our other dog, Tuxie.

Jessie now has a frosty face, and we joke that she is trying to become a white lab. She is our sweetheart, and we are so glad she came to join our lives.

My husband and I have always had shelter dogs. Over three years ago, we went to a shelter to get a dog. It had been a wh...
12/31/2025

My husband and I have always had shelter dogs. Over three years ago, we went to a shelter to get a dog. It had been a while since we’d lost our last one, and it was time for a dog in the house. We were going for a lap dog that was older and had lost its home. Older ones don’t get adopted as easily as the others.

t this shelter, they all barked except one. She just stood and watched us. As we walked around looking at them, we passed her kennel. She stood and looked at us, and I remarked about how beautiful she was, but she was too big for us. We went out onto their patio, and they asked who we’d like to see. I told him a name and they brought the dog out, and he walked around and never came near us. So they asked who we wanted to see next, and I don’t know why I said Quill. She walked up to me and laid her head in my lap and I was in love. I looked up at my husband and he said okay, so we adopted our beautiful Doberman (not quite a lap dog).

She was 7-years-old and her owner had died. We only had her for 3.5 years...

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12/31/2025

A safe home rewrites an animals entire world

This little guy was abandoned in our neighborhood sometime around Christmas. We first saw him running down the street an...
12/31/2025

This little guy was abandoned in our neighborhood sometime around Christmas. We first saw him running down the street and thought he was someone’s pup who had gotten out. A week or so later, we saw him again on the bridge behind our house near the creek and woods.

After several tries at catching him, we went and bought a large live animal trap. He was so starved, cold, and dirty. We were successful and brought him inside to feed him and clean him up.

We took him to the vet and got him checked over, and the vet thought he was about 6 month old.

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It was last September, and one afternoon I was out in my front yard when I noticed the family across the street chasing ...
12/31/2025

It was last September, and one afternoon I was out in my front yard when I noticed the family across the street chasing this sweet pup off their property, after she was chased into the road and almost hit by another car she ran to me and immediately I burst into tears.

I had never seen a dog in such a condition. Covered in mange, skin and bones, her face was bleeding and it was certain she had just been dumped. Her previous family had neglected her and then eventually left her for dead.

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12/30/2025

True rescue is when fear no longer runs their life

According to FOX 11 Los Angeles, a dog, a 2-year-old, 100-pound mutt named Chance, was home in his yard when the bees sw...
12/30/2025

According to FOX 11 Los Angeles, a dog, a 2-year-old, 100-pound mutt named Chance, was home in his yard when the bees swarmed him and started attacking.

According to the outlet, it all started when Tommy Baker geared up in a beekeeper suit and started working to remove a large beehive on his fence.

Baker didn’t realize how large the nest was or how angry the bees would become. After angering the bees, Baker fled from the hive in his golf cart, and the bees went after the only other victim in sight: his neighbor’s dog, Chance.

When Baker’s wife saw the bees attacking Chance, she called him into her garage and started killing the bees that were stuck to him. However, the damage had already been done...

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Bogey was surrendered to Lucas County Pit Crew weighing only 18 pounds and unable to stand. They said at the time of res...
12/30/2025

Bogey was surrendered to Lucas County Pit Crew weighing only 18 pounds and unable to stand. They said at the time of rescue he was basically a skeleton. He was in critical condition and the staff was unsure if he would survive.

In addition to be malnourished, the sweet boy had a ruptured right eye that needed to be removed, but he was too weak for surgery. His “crew” waited for the trial of his neglectful owner.

Everyone was anxious for justice for Bogey, but the trial was delayed several times. “No worries Bogey, we will stay the course and no matter how long it takes...

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12/30/2025

A rescued pet wagging freely is joy reborn

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