The first week in May is Be Kind to Animals week, and the folks at Iams are helping us celebrate by offering an amazing prize package for your pet! The winner will get their choice of a special package for dogs, cats, or, if you don’t have a dog or cat, you can choose to donate your prize to a shelter.
Dog Prize Pack:
• 2 Bags of Iams Dog Food
• Irish Air-Tight Pet Food Storage Container
• Corduroy rectangular Pillow Dog Bed
• Walkabout Web Wide Webbed Retractable Leash (medium size)
• Twin Pack Flavored Tennis Balls
• ToyShoppe Plush Floppy Legged Friends for Big Dogs
Cat Prize Pack:
• 2 Bags of Iams Cat Food (3.5 lb.)
• Irish Air-Tight Pet Food Storage Container
• Whisker City Plush Cat Bed
• Whisker City Safety Stretch Cat Collars (Available in multiple colors)
• Groomax Brush & Slicker Combo for Cats
• ToyShoppe Teaser Wands (Chenille Ribbons – Product 1)
• Petlinks System 3 Blind Mice Cat Toys
• Catellite Cat Toy
Would you like to enter? Here are the details:
- Leave a comment telling us a story of animal kindness that moved you. Or a story from your own life.
- You may comment as often as you like, as long as you have a story to share.
- This giveaway is open to those in the United States only.
- The winner will be chosen at random and contacted by email. They will then have 3 days to respond, or a new winner will be chosen.
- Please be sure that your email is correct.
- The giveaway ends at 9:00pm (MST) on May 10, 2009.
Thanks and good luck!
*this giveaway is now closed and the winner has been emailed*
When I was in high school a family friend’s son found a dirty dog rummaging in their trash. He took the dog into their home, checked with local shelters, put up fliers, and searched for the dog’s family but they were never found. The vet who checked the dog suggested animal abuse as the cause for his physical and emotional state. The entire family rallied around the little dog. When he would submissive pee they wouldn’t yell, just clean it up and give him more love. Before their annual open house, they warned every guest about the shy dog and made sure he had a room to hide in if the people were too much.
Now, 8 years later, the dog is happy and confident. He comes up to guests and rolls over for belly rubs. He’s almost unrecognizable as the dog they took into their home. Our friend’s kindness to this dog helped inspire me to start volunteering for my own local animal shelter. I saw the difference that patience and love could make for an animal and knew I needed to do what I could for others. The one act helped inspire many other acts of kindness.
We are suckers for animals here. Our winning the lottery dream involves running a no kill shelter and having paid employees to help out. Animals give so much love and ask for little in return.
Our newest cat is a former stray whose pelvis was broken by some sort of car accident. He is a happy, well adjusted, indoor kitty now. He has no desire to tread outside now.
Hi Aimee! So sorry to intrude. I work for Iams. With respect, Scott’s comment goes to a site that contains misinformation regarding our research.
I don’t want to sound like a commercial, but I’m proud to work for such an ethical company. We are a group of people who are passionate about dogs and cats. Our annual adoption campaign (Iams Home 4 the Holidays) got over 1.2 million pets adopted into forever homes in 2008. One of the first things you notice when you visit our offices is that we don’t have photos of our kids on our desks–we have photos of the dogs and cats who share our lives. We love animals.
There is a lot of incorrect stuff on the internet about our research. We have a website that tries to address some of this at http://www.IamsTruth.com. Or, if you’re located in North America, give us a call. I work in Consumer Relations, and anyone who answers our 800 number can discuss our research and answer questions: 800-525-4267.
One of our rescue dogs is a Sato from Puerto Rico, Shelters here in the states take these strays from Puerto Rico and fly them over here to shelters. If you could meet our Chanupa, he is such a character complete with the most soulful faces and expressions it almost seems as though he took a class on how to be the sweetest most loving dog. I often try to picture what his life was like and how his personality came to be so cute. I am so glad we got to know Chanupa, he has improved my life probably more that we’ve improved his.
Mine isn’t as sad or as heartbreaking as the others, but it is a tearjerker. My cat, Smokie, wasn’t supposed to live. The day we got her and her sibling, you should’ve seen the state in which they were living. It was mid-July, and they were in a shed with no air conditioning. No food, all they had was water. They slept on wood chips. The condition was horrible! Smokie’s sibling didn’t make it and Smokie started looking sick. I did everything I could to make sure I didn’t lose her. Now, she’s a healthy 6-year-old that is a Mama’s girl!
In a town about 8 miles away, 2 sisters realized there was a need for a shelter for unloved pets. They took it upon themselves to create it. It now includes the Cat House, specifically for felines and the dogs in a separate facility. These 2 “senior” women and their band of merry rescue volunteers go all over our county (and several others) rescuing animals in need. They are in the process of raising funds for a new, larger facility which will hold cats and dogs. Hats off to Gail and Judi Nordlund! Here’s the website: http://www.yorkadoptapet.com/
it happened in the second week of october. i was at work in an industrial area when the owner of the container shop next door brought over a black fuzzy kitten with wild eyes that shivered like a street drunk in the summer. he said he found it under his dumpster and tried feeding it baby formula but it wouldn’t drink it. it was so small it rolled up like a potato bug in the palm of my hand. i wasn’t in the market for a pet, let alone a puny kitten. but since halloween was coming up, there was to time to lose. i took it home. nine years later, three cat condos, four dozen rattling mice, and six sets of purple soft claws, hecubus (she’s sweet but evil) is my happy chubby pinhead.
My kids and I have always gone to the local Humane Society, to visit the animals. But where we live now, no pets are allowed.
There was a 2 1/2 year old cat, named Samantha,the shelter for 9 mos. She was very friendly, but had anxiety problems, and had scratched so much, that she was covered with sores.
I finally got the nerve up to ask my landlord, if I could get her, and he said yes.
That was almost 2 years ago, and Samantha has become my guard kitty. She is an awesome cat, and my best friend. I can’t imagine my life without her.
My grandfather trained police dogs for the police department- one day, April, a 2 year old Full German Shepherd was missing- she had dug out of the kennel and ran straight for the barn- where a litter of kittens (5 weeks) were waiting for their cat-mom to finish mouse hunting. Grampy and I went to the barn, fearing the worst. What we found was a shock, alright. April was curled up around those kittens licking and nestling them as if they were hers! After that, Grandfather decided that April belonged on the farm- not in a police car.
A stray cat came up on our property and my son(4 years old) wanted to keep it. I didn’t want him to because he has asthma. Everytime my son was outside he would hunt this cat up and pack it around. I would take it from him and shew it away. Well one day the cat came up and had some pretty bad places on it and look like someone had been mistreating it. So my son picked it up and said momma, I named this kitty Gracie maye.Can I keep her. 5 years later,Gracie Maye is still our pet.
I saw a picture of a doggie in the paper that someone had lost! My heart broke for this person. Cant imagine losing my almost 12 yr old pomapoo that I have had since he was 6 wks old! 2 days later somone posted on a recycle group that they were looking for a home for a dog that they had found almost 35 miles from where the other dog was lost! It sounded like the same dog so I dug out the paper and contacted the owner and it was her baby. She tried to give me a $1000 reward but I said no thank you! If you like, donate that to the local Humane Society or animal shelter to help other dogs and cats find home!
My sister in Tennesse loves animals like I do.
One day her husband had to go to a job site to deliever some materials. And on the way home back he saw a puppy who seemed thin and not taken care of not too far where he just left. So he decided to go back and find out what the news is for this poor animal.
It turns out that he was a stray and he just showed up one day and has been there for about three days. The people there did feed him and give him water but he really wouldn’t eat or drink much and he was very afraid so afraid he wouldn’t come into there house. He must have traveled along ways because this is basically farm country where they were and no houses per say around for miles.
The condition of the puppy was terriable. His ribs were showing and he had a skin diease has well as some kind eye infection. He was very very thin and really couldn’t walk as well that showed how weak the poor thing was.
So my sister’s husband decided to take the puppy home and surprised my sister with it. She cried when she saw his condition and took it too the vet the next day. The doctor stated that if he went a couple more days without food or water and if the condition of the worms weren’t taken care of he could of died.
Today he is a one year old boxer and he is very healthy and very active. She has two other dogs and they all get along so very well. She even trains them to do little tricks like saying “I love you and mama”. She is awesome when it comes too her and her babies.
We need more people like that if it wasn’t for her husband turning around to pick up the poor puppy he wouldn’t be here today.
oh wow, where do I start. Oh, here is a recent story.
I recently was approached with an offer, there were these puppies that had been found under a house, they were chow/shepard mix. Well, I had to have one, but I still live at home, so of course, mom said no. Well, I tried for weeks to give her a home, finding someone to taje care of her, and everything, no one was biting. I talked to the people I had gotten her from, and they said if they could not find anyone to take them, they would have to bring them to the pound, and the only pound near us, is a “kill” pound…
Well, long story short, I have a puppy named Baela, my mom decided to let me keep her, and I will jsut say, she really is gods gift to me, she is just, a ton of happiness…
I would love to win the dog prize package, my puppy would really love it, hah
Thanks for the offer.
Someone dropped a kitten at my moms house that was ready to be away from her mom yet. I think she was a runt. She was so small. Her head looked bigger then her body. Her eyes were bulging out of her head. I named her popeye. Strange name for a girl but it suited her. I gave her lots of love and attention. She grew up to be a healthy beautiful cat.
I was visiting a friend that had horses in a barn. She had a ton of cats out there to be “mousers”. She took me out to see the kittens and kept saying, “Oh you don’t want this poor kitten to be cold in the barn all winter do you”? Well being an animal lover and softie I ended up taking one home. He rode home with me zipped up in my winter coat with just his little head sticking out. He’s probably been the best cat I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a TON!!!
I have a story about a time in my life that I will NEVER forget!! It was right before my wedding, actually I was going to pick up my wedding dress in a city about an hour from where I live. I was running late and had JUST enough time to get there. My husband was actually driving my car. It was August 2007, and a VERY hot day! We were on a back country road, just listening to some music, and trying to stay cool..{I have NO AC in my car.} I saw an older scruffy kind of man pulling a big white object behind his bicycle..just as we were passing him..I realized it was a big dog, and this dog was not on his four feet..he was being DRAGGED behind this mans bike. No sooner did we pass him when I yelled..well maybe screamed “STOP!” I told my husband to pull over, he said “Sherry, we have to get your dress! We don’t have time for this” and I said “SCREW, the dress..did you just see that?” I jumped out of the car and kicked off my dress shoes and ran over to the man. My husband followed me. I was F~U~M~I~N~G at this point and trying to maintain my composure with this man DRAGGING his dog. The man pulled his bike off the side of the road and at this point the dog’s tongue was hanging out of his mouth and he was panting and looked to be in a daze. He could not even stand up!!!!! IT WAS AWFUL! I helped this man carry the dog to a nearby stream and I was up to my knees in MUD trying to get the dog some water. It was SO sad..the dog could NOT even drink the water..I tried to put water in his mouth and drizzled it over his body to try and cool him..The man just stood there..I think he had some mental issues. I tried SO darn hard to get that dog to liven up and stand on his own..But nothing worked, about 15-20 in later the dog started shaking and passed away. A farmer who saw what was going on stopped to see if there was anything he could do, but it was too late. I CRIED!! It was something that could have been prevented! It was SO hot that day, That man should have not even had his dog out in the blazing sun. The farmer offered to bury the dog and after seeing his pure white lifeless body being loaded on the farmers truck, My heart was saddened by this tragic event! I didn’t even care about my wedding dress, and rescheduled the appt. I would do the same thing again..Maybe I couldn’t help THAT dog, but I know in my heart, I did the right thing by trying!!
years ago we decided no animals- oh that got ruined within the week..first there was a guy outside of walmart with labs who was gonna shoot what was left at the end of the day…ok so the first one…a few weeks later at church a lady tells me she is putting her dog to sleep becuase she is too big and she is too busy for it and all kinds of crud- well- I went and got the dog. I open my door to overnight guests till I can find the owners or a new home..I am a pure sucker for fuzzy creatures. I only adopt rescues- they are just as loving and deserve to feel safe and loved too.
I am such an animal lover (sometimes to my own detriment LOL but that’s okay!). I would never ‘buy’ an animal as there are too many strays and abandoned babies who need loving homes. But anyway, as I always put out food each day for any hungry furbabies who show up, one morning a mother cat shows up on my deck with a newborn kitten in her mouth, begging at my door to take her baby in (omg I about cried), so of course I let her in and she proceeded to find her way back to my bedroom and (what an act of TRUST) the mother cat put her kitten in my BED and went back outside to bring the other 3 kittens to me! Eventually we were able to find good loving homes for all of them, the mother went to a local farm and seems to love the freedom and care she receives from her new owner.
Oh, I have even converted to a vegan lifestyle as I cannot eat anything with a face and emotions! I don’t comprehend how the human animal can be so heartless sometimes as to treat other earthly creatures so poorly. As nutty as this sounds, I’ve always said that IF we are NOT at the top of the universal food chain, then we had better darn skippy hope that whatever is above us shows more compassion than people do. What goes around comes around!
If I win I will donate it to the local humane society for care of unwanted animals.
I went to the SPCA for a ferret. They had a few dogs in there left from the puppy mill in TN. FL went and picked some up (about 100 dogs) and brought them here. I saw this pathetic, matted, scared thing shaking in the corner. Looked like he had cararacs, his teeth were all black. My daughter allergic to dogs so we took him out and played with him. I wanted to see how bad she’d get. She got bad. We went back later that day because I couldn’t get him off my mind. Played w/ him again and left because of my daughter’s allergies. We went home and something said I had to be there for opening tomorrow and get him- we’ll work w/ the allergies later.
We got him, cleaned him up- my daughter should- but has no allergies towards him. His cararacs are actually beautiful blue eyes, his coat is now gorgeous. His teeth were cleaned and I had a bad one pulled. he’s the most handsome thing ever!
My hubby fell in love with Lucky on the local SPCA website, we went that weekend to get our baby boy and no one could find him. A volunteer there went to the back where they put dogs down and found him getting ready to be put to sleep! Thank God we got there when we did or we wouldn’t have had the past six years with the best snaker I’ve ever seen.
I was having a difficult time with life and I walked through the pasture and my horse Giesha followed me with her big jaw
resting on my shoulder. I went under the fence to a quite area
by the creek and cried myself to sleep. several hours later I
woke up and ran back to the pasture, there was Geisha, she
had not moved. My dear horse had sensed my pain and had stayed and waited all those hours for me to come back. I still
cry years later thinking about her compassion. Blessed are the ones who are loved and know love-
My mother is the guardian angel of animals in our urban neighborhood. For some reason, lost pets show up on our street frequently, and Mom keeps them safe while looking for the owners. In the past month alone, she has put three ads on Craigslist and reunited two dogs and a cat with their grateful owners! Mom’s kindness and love of animals (and the people who own them) has been such an inspiration to me! If I win, the prize is hers. Thanks!
Years ago, I noticed a stray hanging around our apt. building. He was very scruffy looking, thin, little hair, etc. It took some time for me to befriend him. Once I was able to gain his confidence, I scooped him up and took him to a vet where he got a workup and flea dip. I then brought him home and fed him a special diet to get him back to optimum health.
I moved in with my elderly mother 4 years ago. When I suggested a dog for the house she was appalled and said no way! I showed her articles about how folks have been known to live longer with canine companions and kept after her until she gave in. Then I found Sasha at a shelter…..skinny and shaking in her cage. I knew right away that she was the one for us. Four years later, we are all best friends and could not imagine not having Sasha with us. We are family.
I went through a serious depression this winter. Eventually I was hospitalized but prior to that I was unable to leave my house. During my crying fits, my cat Tigger (who usually acts like a big tough kitty), would curl up near my neck and cuddle with me. Pets are so amazing.
I had a half-siamese cat named Bill for 23 years.When he passed on from old age I wanted to get another cat right away but decided to see what came my way. I always wanted a siamese cat with blue eyes. I found a siamese kitten underneath a dumpster. There are times when I think he is Bill.
I have a house full of Great Danes. Each one of them has their own personality and way of expressing their feelings. There are too many stories and comments to make about them. I couldn’t see my life without my dogs.
We took in a cat that had been dumped where we live. He has been a joy. Even though our other 2 cats had their noses greatly out of joint.
My stories are not as heart wrenching as many of the ones already in the comments, but they could have been. My daughter has always been an absolute sucker for anything that is warm and fuzzy, so we have always had pets. We also live in the country, so frequently see the results of abandoned animals–usually their bodies on the road, which is absolutely sickening. Right now we have a Great Dane (who thinks she is a lap dog), a Chiweenie (my son-in-law got him from a family who was going to put him down if they couldn’t get rid of the litter), and 3 cats–1 is a 9 year old that my grandson found in a snowdrift as a kitten, and 2 are of a litter that a stray had and we rescued (3 of their siblings didn’t make it). Momma cat was tame enough to be rescued, so we found a home for her with a friend. She won’t go into the house but has made a spot in their barn her own. Would like the cat package if I were to win.
My story is about a great dog who is no longer with us unfortunately. Dolly was a great dog. She notified us whenever the babies were fussing, she would come and stare at us until we got up to pick up the baby. She would herd the older children away from the street even though we were right there. She played with the kids and slept on my grandsons bed at night. One day when we had a crawling baby, she actually went and sat on a bug to keep it from the baby until my daughter noticed that she wasn’t moving, went to investigate and picked up the bug. She was a wonderful addition to the family.
There was this rabbit that I saw that I fell in love with. I forced myself not to adopt the bunny as I already had a bunny at home. However, I went back to the store a week later and the rabbit was still there, but looked extremely ill. I adopted the bunny and got him emergency medical care and reported the store for animal cruelty. The store cleaned up their act, and my rabbit at home ended up with a best friend for life. In fact, they bonded so closely that they were never apart. When the new bunny died 8 years later, the older rabbit died just 3 months after him. She couldn’t live without the other rabbit. However, they did have 8 happy years together and I can’t think of a better home for him than that he had with her.
My cousin Ken’s wife Pat worked as a home health aide and at one house she went to everytime she came a little grey dog would come bounding up to greet her. It wasn’t her client’s and she would find it something to eat. It had no collar and one morning when whe arrived it was soaking wet shaking in the corner of the porch. When she left it looked at her so sad she couldn’t leave it so she put it into her car and took it home. Her two grown cats would not tolerate the dog so she asked me if I could take it for a couple of days until they could find it a home. I was taking care of my elderly aunt and asked her permission. Aunt Mill loved Ken and although she wasn’t too thrilled about having an animal in the house she said OK. Pat brought her over and I told Aunt Mill I had to go to the market for food and soap to give the dog a bath as she was filthy and covered with fleas. By the time I got back from the market the little dog was sitting in Aunt Mill’s lap and they were watching TV. Aunt Mill told me to call Ken and inform him that he was not getting the dog back as she was now her dog. I took her to the vet the next day and she was a mess. They had to literally shave her to treat her skin for all the flea bites and she was anemic from all the blood the fleas had taken from her. She needed to be neutered also so all was done and we named her Penny and she was a loving little companion to Aunt Mill until Aunt Mill died and she was my friend and companion for 8 more years until I had to have her put to rest as there was no further treatment for her cancer. I consider the day she came to us as one of the lucky days of my life.
Lucky got his name by fortune. My neighbor was trimming back the elephant ear plants in his garden when he heard a squeeky little yowl. Looking down he saw a tiny black and white ketten cowering in the plants. He apparently nicked it with his pruning shears. He brought it to me and I got the bleeding stopped and rushed him off to the vet. He was such a tiny thing, not even a handful. The cut only required a couple of stitches and the vet said that the tiny thing seemed not old enough to be weaned so we figured he had either wandered from his litter or someone had discarded him. He did not know how to eat solid food so I fed him milk with an eye dropper for a couple of seeks while getting him to eat bits of solid food a little at a time. The vet has said not to get my hopes up that he might not survive but he didn’t know Lucky. Tiny though he was he was a scrapper and even today almost 3 years later he is still small but scrappy as ever, for example my grandaughters big blond lab does exactally at Lucky tells her to and Lucky is undeniably the king of the neighborhood and can be seen leading his crew. He has been neutered so the crew are just friends.
I adopted Maxine at 10 weeks old. She had been chained up in a backyard at 5 weeks old. She was taken away from her mother before she was weaned. She had no teeth, was very small and weak. She required a surgery right where the chain had been. The rescue had her sleep with stuffed toy animals to feel she was part of a litter. Now 3 1/2 years later she is happy and healthy. She has profoundly changed my life. About a year ago I started boarding dogs in my home. Now she has plenty of doggie playmates.There is non stop wrestling, tug-of wars, chasing and just general dog fun going on in my yard and house. Everyday I take Maxine and her guests at the for a hike to an off leash beach or park.She went from dogie hell to Doggie Nirvana. SHe will never be chained up again.
Well We rescued a Pug back in August. She was treated very badly, Mangy, and she was FILTHY when we got her. Well she had puppies in September and we kept one. She then started having seizures and actually passed away in march. We miss her dearly and she was one of the family! Thanks
i want to win
If I win, the food goes to the Austin Siamese Rescue Group. Matthias and Miguel came from a wonderful foster mom, Janet, who could really use the food.
I fell in love with my dog, rags the moment I saw her. She was a rescue dog that other families tried to adopt, but kept giving back because she was hyper and out of control. After a year of patience, she has become the love of my life!
We lost our orange tabby to cancer when my daughter turned three. We thought we could never love any cat as much as Grady, but we went to the humane society and my daughter noticed a crazy grey tabby climbing up the window saying “Pick me! Pick me!” He is the sweetest, most loving, and friendly cat I have known and I am so thankful we decided to give him a forever home!
We obtained our dog from a friend. My husband was looking at a new video camera his friend purchased and watched a video of some very small puppies. Smaller than a beer bottle. He asked his friend about the puppies and was told they were about 3 weeks old from his dog at home. He was going to give all 4 to a shelter. We asked to have one of them. We then told some other friends about the puppies. We were able to find homes for all 4 puppies so not one would have to go to a shelter.
Scully was dropped off for foster dog-sitting at my house Wednsesday night before Thanksgiving while we were preparing for a large family dinner. He was a giant white American Bulldog who was a gangly Skull and Bones of a dog with the kindest heart and brightest eyes EVER. I had to take him to the emergency room (for animals) because he couldn’t even get up to eat. Good thing we had tons of leftover turkey because that was the only thing Scully would eat as we nursed him back to health! Once he could stand, he would eat everything and was the messiest eater ever!!! He used to tug-o-war with my smallest dog and let him win – what an angel! We worked with Ace of Hearts and found a kind, young rockabilly couple to adopt him. Just recently I found some pics online of him and his awesome adoptive family. They agreed that the messy eating was a small price to pay for such a love of a dog. I’ll have to post some pics on my blog. I totally cried in joy!
When I was a little kid I sent my mother into fits. I decided to rescue a whole little of 8 kittens and when she told me we couldnt keep that many kittens I begged and cried about not being about to just leave them under the tree I found them since the dogs would get them. I finally got her to give in but we found all but one of them a new home.
Me and my son were watching tv one night and I kept thinking I heard a little kitten and my other cat started going nuts to all the windows. So I go out and look and this poor little half starved kitten is outside my door the thing was sooo skinny and part of its hair was missing. So first thing I done was bring it in and get out the heat blanket since it was only 31 degrees outside and then got a dropper out for some warm milk to feed it. My other cat kept growling at it so I had to keep the 2 apart. After quite a bit of doctoring it and taking good care of it we gained a family member of the name of YaaHoo. It took me about 2 months working with the 2 cats to actually feel safe to leave and let them both in the same room. The poor thing was a bit over a year old before she actually wasnt afraid when we tried to pet her but with tons of love she now trusts us and wants tons of loving and petting. Everyone of the family that come to visit call her little precious since she gets treated like a queen since we feel so sorry for her. About the only problems I have with the older cat now is she is a mommas baby and when she wants treated like a baby and cuddled she runs Yaahoo off
I volunteer for a local rescue group. I’m amazed at how some of the abused and neglected dogs can become the best, loving and loyal family pets. It is very rewarding to make a difference in the lives of these dogs.
I found my cat Salem under the backporch of a duplex we had just moved into. I contacted my new landlord and got the previous occupant’s phone number. They had moved into an apartment conplex a short distance away. I actually had a friend that lived in the same complex, so I know they could have animals. I called the number, thinking they would be happy to be reunited with their pet – sometimes animals hide when there’s a lot going on. Well, they were not happily surprised, they were neither happy nor surprised. They said they left the cat behind because he had peed on their stuff and they didn’t want their new apartment peed in. I asked why they didn’t bring it to a shelter. She said some very rude words and told me to mind my business. I’m not one to be mean, but truthfully, I’d pee on her stuff, too. To end a long story, Salem is a loving lump of cat and has been a treasured part of our family for 8 years. P.S. He’s never peed on OUR stuff. They say animals are a good judge of character.
You said we could enter as many times as we wish as long as we have a story to share. With our new one-income budget (my husband just got laid off) I could sure use the cat food. Well, Salem would use the cat food, not me. But the free food would be a little boost in our budget. So, here’s my story:
When we first got our cat Salem, (see previous story) he was very attached to me. We didn’t realize how much he actually favored me over my husband until it was time to go to bed. Salem marched right up and plopped down between us. Then, he proceeded to show his favoritism by putting his back to me, placing his paws on my husband’s back and pushing as hard as he could. He tried to push my husband right out of the bed. It was so funny. My husband is very sweet, so he picked up Salem and put him at the bottom of the bed. Sure enough, a few minutes later, Salem slinked up the bed and tried it again. This went on for hours. We were so tired from moving in and the stress. We were tired, but what a welcome laugh.
Growing up we always had cats around, usually strays. We picked up one cat at a house where my Dad was working in the country. It was a black cat that was starved to the point that her fur had a red tinge, and she had lost her hearing. We brought the cat back to health and kept it as our pet for years.
Our cat, Salem, uses his litter box just fine, but is very interested in what goes on in the “people” bathroom. We always shut the door, but sure enough, as soon as you get “settled in” here comes this paw under the door. That cat could be on the basement and I swear he can hear the bathroom door. It doesn’t matter how slowly or quietly we close the door, give it a minute and there’s “the paw of curiosity.” Salem will then use his paw to shake the door until it finally opens. It doesn’t matter how long it takes. I’ve sat on the counter and watched the clock, 5 minutes is the tops, though it usually only takes a few seconds. If there was anything other than toilet paper or air freshener to steal, he could be a great “cat burgler.”
The story of Christian the lion that was all over YouTube, that was just an amazing story of how love and friendship even across the most feared species, can show us that we can all find friends in this world that can return the kindness we’ve shown during their younger years, even the most terrifying beasts have felt a mothers love…
Our dog Ollie… My husband had wanted a dog for the longest time, so rather than go to some place that would rip you off for a “special breed” i thought it would be better to go to a place that NEEDS the most affection from others.. the pound.. i wasn’t prepared for all the sad dogs in there… it really broke my heart, i wanted to take them ALL home, but i knew it wouldn’t be possible, so we had a look around, before coming into the place we had decided to try and get a female because we were old they were less of a handful.. so we looked and looked.. when finally we came across this sad scruffy little puppy in a cage full of cute fluffy ones, it seemed like quite the outcast, probably the runt and from a different dad, it just had it’s little nose poking through and resting in the wire fence, my husband took a snap on his phone and said, that one… he explained how the other cute ones would be snaped up straight away and he didn’t want this one just passed over and left here. so he took the picture to the staff and they told us the puppy was a boy…. at this point we just wanted to give the little fella a home, so we said it was fine, paid to have him done and picked him up about a week later. we named him Ollie and he turned out to be quite the character, he’s nearly three now and he’s turned out to be the most beautiful dog around, everyone comments on him, can’t seem to figure out which breed he is though.. doesn’t matter.. he’s one of the family and that’s what counts.
hi , this just would be perfect, my daughter just rescuse a puppy what a great one to start his life with.
In the last few years my mom has lost my dad and older sister who both lived with her and she was alone. She adopted a scraggly looking dog who was skittish and not very friendly. The vet said that it looked like she has had a broken jaw sometime in her life (who could ever..)anyway, the dog loves my mom and brings her alot of joy in a time when nothing seems to be going right for her. Seems like she saved the dog, and the dog saved her. (sniffle!)
My daughter was in a abusive marriage and she left him and her oldest son grabbed the 7 month old kitten. She ask my wife and myself to watch the kitten for a few days tell she could find a home for her. We still have her today and she is now 16 years old. I would say my daughter found her a good home.
Seven years ago November 12, my friend brought me 2 newborn kittens someone had thrown in the garbage. I named them Timmy and Tammy. Tammy still had her umbilical cord. I put them in the bathroom with a heater & heating pad, and raised them on kitten formula. Tammy got weak & died just after she opened her eyes. Timmy’s skin got dry, & he lost his hair. I had to put baby oil on him & get him a humidifier for his “bedroom”. His skin cleared up, his hair came back, & now he’s a spoiled brat!
We don’t live near an animal shelter, but I think it’s wonderful that people adopt from them. Our dog is a stray that wandered in. We took her to the vet and had her checked out, got her shots, and we’ve had her for 5 years. Probably the best dog I’ve ever had.
I think its sometimes the smallest acts of kindness that mean the most. A lot of times people overlook the obvious, which is a home. My brother had just returned home from Iraq and he accompanied a friend to the local animal shelter so that she could pick up a cat. He went in there and somehow found himself face to face with a 8 week old black pitbull puppy. She’s more legs than anything, romps around with abandon, and yet he fell madly in love. Next thing we know, she’s home and he’s cuddling with her to sleep at night. He saved her and she saved him.
One thing we do to help out animals is every year after x-mas Ikea has their holiday dog toys on a really cheap sale. I pick up dozens of them and donate them to the local animal shelter. The animals don’t care if their toy is in season and it gives them something just their own when a lot of times they’ve never had anything for themselves.
Our friends have two very spoiled white labs who live life in the lap of luxury. One night they paid for their lifestyle by saving the lives of their owners. An electrical fire in the garage started to burn and their smoke alarms didn’t pick up the fire. The dogs barking alerted them to the fire and they got out of the house. Not long after, one of the antique cars in the garage exploded. The dogs literally saved their lives and earned them rawhides and belly rubs for the rest of theirs.
My wife and I go down and walk the animals. Its the most fun to work with the really young ones. People don’t realize that if puppies and kittens aren’t held and worked with on a regular basis then they are almost impossible to socialize later on in life. Its such a small thing to do and its actually really fun and rewarding.
my boyfriend saved his dog from a rescue shelter. That made me SO happy!! IT is so nice to rescue a dog instead of buying one from a puppy store!
I have a website that is dedicated to our cat Destiny. She was born at our doorstep in 2003 and later abandoned by her mother.
Destiny has become more than a pet and is considered one of the family as anyone that has an animal companion will know.
One of her favorite things is travel even for 8 to 10 hours at a time on road trips.
My good friend is kind to animals in a very difficult way. She made the decision to call the local humane society to report the way her neighbor was treating their dogs. They had two young puppies and left them outside in 115 degree heat all day and all night. The puppies would just cry incessantly and many times they had no food or water. So finally she called in the authorities and the puppies were taken from that family. So many people feel bad about turning people in, but we really need to be feeling bad about the helpless animals that are at the mercy of bad owners. It’s going to take more people speaking up and speaking out to overcome the epidemic of animal cruelty in this country.
My son is a 4H member and just signed up to volunteer at our local shelter.
I have a nine year old female cat. Two years ago, my husband was cutting grass and heard a car stop in front of our house. By the time he got around the house, the car sped off and a tiny kitten was sitting in the road screaming. He didn’t look big enough to be weaned and he was terrified. We had trouble catching him because of his fear and grief. We finally got him settled enough to eat (he was starving) but he would still cry. His eyes were swollen and he would drop his food while crying. My female cat came to him and nuzzled him a bit with her head and finally the crying stopped. (I think he was grieving for his mama.) He attached himself to her from that moment on. We didn’t adopt him, she did. As he grew fat and sassy, we could say “Does baby love his mama?” and would would throw his paws around her neck and lick her cheek. Now two years later, he is twice her size and they still adore each other. He still hugs her when asked if he loves his mama. He has been a wonderful loving pet to us all and still seems to appreciate every little toy and treat.
My neighbor moved out and just left his beautiful cat there, what a jerk. I saw him at the store and asked him about it and he told me if I didn’t like it to just ‘kill it’!! Unbelievable, how could someone be so cruel? Anyway, I gradually got the cat to come over and eat at my garage, then when it started snowing I coaxed him to come into my house and join my other pets and now he is just like one of the family! He is one of the best pets ever, so sweet, smart and loving. I love animals and would do almost anything for them, it makes me cry when I see an unhappy one
We live in the country and it seems to be the drop off point for all the cats people do not want. My daughter is a pet lover (she is 7) and for some reason these cats take to her fast. Some stay and some wander. So we have been feeding them we got one who will come in the house whenever he wants
My beloved furbaby of 13 years, Pepsi, passed away suddenly a few years ago. After having him so long since he was a tiny kitten and still being in mourning, I wasn’t ready for another pet- or at least I THOUGHT I wasn’t.
My husband insisted he needed a pet at home to fill the void, so I reluctantly went along with him to the shelter.
We decided it would be a full-grown cat, since everyone else seems to want kittens.
There sat Cattywampus, round green eyes as big as all outdoors, just staring at us intently through the bars on her cage. My husband was immediately drawn to her and as the personnel was opening the cage door for us to have a look at her, she purred and leaned against the door as it opened, letting herself fall into my husband’s reactively-outstretched arms and not even trying to catch herself from the fall. She fell into his arms so trustingly and lay there on her back, gazing up at him and purring.
We knew then she was the one- we were BOTH instantly in love
I just recently heard about the story of a dog that jumped between his master and a mountain lion –to save his master–the other beautiful part to this was that the master had saved this dog from his own death because he was a “pound puppy” who was set to be “put away” within a couple of days!
I am moved by the rescues of the many dogs who were abused in the Vick dogfight debacle and the families that opened their heart to saving these dogs with care and love.
Today, my sister made me turn around to try to save a snapping turtle in the road today. Even though she could have lost a finger! When we got back to him – he was already safe – thank goodness!
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Gosh, most of your stories made me cry. I would take on a million strays if I could. I have so many stories. I will never let a stray go untreated! The most recent story was about a month ago, I was coming out of a local $1.00 store when my 9 year old yelled, “mom, look”! Just walking aimlessly was a dog, some kind of lab mix I think, white but dirty. He had scabs on his face, his back ribs were showing and his bones on his rear back looked somewhat twisted. I knew I had to do something. My daughter took her $2.00 and ran into the $1.00 store to get the dog some crackers. I was going to try to hold it, but he had no collar. Along came two girls who wanted to take the dog! The dog was eating the crackers but coughing. It was hard to hold him so I ran into the store to see if they had collars and leashes. By the time I came out, the dog was just sitting in the back seat of the girls car! They said he followed the crackers in the car! You should have seen him sitting on the seat! He looked almost happy to have someone take him. I asked the girls what they intended to do and they were taking him to a vet and they planned on keeping him if he was ok. About 2 weeks later I was driving near my house and I saw the girl walking the dog! He looked so much better and was wagging his tail. It made me so happy! Everyone should bring a stray to a vet. They may be able to locate the owner and if not, they will at least have a shelter pick it up. It may eventually get adopted.
My aunt and uncle are huge dog lovers. My aunt couldn’t have children due to cancer in her uterus so her dogs have become her children. They go everywhere with them. One of the dogs they rescued is a white alaskan dog the dog was found in the middle of the road and almost got hit by a car. The dog also has seizures which my aunt and uncle had experince with because one of their dogs before had them. They call the white one lucky dog because she was abused then almost ran over and has seziures and is a very sweet dog. My son really likes her even if he thinks she is a sheep.
Ive always felt close to animals, when I was a teenager i volunteered at the local shelter, and eventually started assisting the vet there. All of our pets, and our former pets, were strays, and adopted. Ive never been to able to buy a pet, when there are so many animals, that needs homes in shelters, or on the streets.
Over the years, our home has been a temporary/permanent shelter for “wayward” animals, domestic and wild, from robins to roosters to possoms, squirrels and the ever so unordinary cats and dogs. Currently we share our home with 2 cats who chose us and 2 rescued dogs, each with a “story” to tell if only they could. My “baby” Smokey was an 18 pound rather ornery “wild” cat when he came to our door injured and angry. We took him in, had him stiched and cleaned, then neutered. He took offense to the procedure and attacked both my husband and me’ but something told me there was a great personality inside him and I am so glad we gave him a chance. He is now approximately 17+ years old and follows me everywhere I go. I grieve that time is taking its toll on him, but I’ve had so many wonderful years with him I am thankful. Of course, then we have Patches – another long recovery story – I could go on, but everyone who has entered here knows..
My Grandma would take in any strays she found–the usual, dogs and cats, but also a goat and a three legged rabbit. She always found the owners of the dogs, but she adopted the three cats and the rabbit. Thumper, the three legged rabbit, became my pet when I moved away to college and got me through separation anxiety from my family. I know that if he had gone to animal control, he would have been put down, but he was a good friend when I needed him (and vice versa).
This story really touched my heart…
A hiking party was preparing to climb the Matterhorn. One climber in the party had a kitten. The man rose early to keep his appointment with the massive peak, leaving the kitten behind in his hotel room. He and his party dressed in their hiking gear and began the ascent. They carried food, water, rope, mountaineering equipment, and emergency supplies. But something unexpected happened when they reached the peak of the mountain. Read this inspiring true story here:
After much strenuous effort, the group finally made it to the summit. They cheered and congratulated each other, joyous that they had overcome many difficulties and persevered when it seemed they could not take another step. But the feeling of triumph, of humanity conquering nature, of going where (almost) no on had gone before, was a bit dampened when they heard a pitiful mewing sound.
Apparently the kitten had become very lonely and a little confused as to why his human friend had left him at the hotel all alone. Perhaps something was the matter and he should just go see. So the kitten finally decided to try to find his friend and followed him up the trail. The kitten had climbed to the top of the 14,780 peak–without food, water, or equipment.
David, my kitty was rescued by the Tualatin Animal clinic, he was born without working hips so he had quite a bit of trouble walking, and couldn’t run or jump they fixed him up and looked for a good home for him. Now he runs my household he has stairs to get on the bed, but he walks just fine–and he is quite the character.
We have recently started going to the humane society to play with the cats/kittens and I always sneak treats in my purse for them. They have their treats, and lots of love and then run around chasing the laser light.
I’d donate all the goods to the humane society here by me.
We have eight cats, and we feed them Iams food, along with some Hill’s Prescription Diet.
Wicket we spotted on the side of the interstate during a road trip. Indy and Misha followed their mother to our rural home and we took them in as soon as they were weaned. Mah-Mah got pregnant again before we fully gained her trust, and two from her second litter, Remy and Presto are also part of the family. (Mah-Mah and two other kittens, Quinn and Missy, have all crossed the Rainbow Bridge.) Trickster and Jynx also wandered up when we lived in the country and found their forever home with us. Kali I found as a tiny kitten huddle in the grass beside a busy intersection near a fast food restaurant where we’d stopped on another road trip. We never planned to have this many (actually at one point we had 12), but we can’t turn away a cat in need.
I volunteer at a shelter…and seeing any of the dogs being adopted just makes me so happy!
I would love the chance to win, thanks.
When we lost our lab 2 years ago (a shelter rescue) we were so devastated. I knew within a few days that we had to have another dog in the house. I am convinced the only way to go is adoption. After hunting around on petfinder I simply fell in love with a pair of Aussie?Beagle mix brothers. They had been in the shelter for a longer than usual because one of the boys had a visual impairment, we would later learn that he also had very little hearing. They have now been with us for two years and they continue to delight and amaze us. They do everything together, sleep in the same position curled up in the exact same little ball. The most adorable thing is that when we are in the yard and I am ready to go in I tell the sighted dog, go get your brother and he herds him to the door for me…adorable!!
Well,we had this neighbor who always left her puppy outside in a cage on hit days,without water&food.So we always took care of it when she wasnt their.Finally we asked if we could adopt the dog,since she had no time for him,she said yes and we still have him to this day!
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we have welcome our new puppy(our 4th rescue) in to our crazy home, we also have 5 cats, we also rescue. they are very love!
I am diabetic And i was having a low sugar attack in the middle of the night and My dog scratched sniffed and barked till i woke up Thank goodness
When my husbands Aunt passed away we were suprised to read in her will that when she passed away she wanted her dog put to sleep and buried with her. We felt that wasn’t right and we were able to overturn that through the courts. My SILs family adopted her dog untill she passed away a couple of years later. We would have but we already had 4 dogs.
I just saw a touching story on a dog the other day- about a surgeon who performed surgery for free on an abandoned disabled doggy. He also started therapy post surgery and took the dog in. (he’s a people doc not a vet…)
I believe with all my heart that God created animals with the intent that the human race would would watch and learn how to treat one another from their example. That would truly be a Wonderful World.
We adopted our two kitties from a Rescue Shelter. They were both tiny kittens. One had been found in a fish bowl in a park. The other was rescued from a dumpster in back of a Petsmart. Four years later they are happy, loving and endearing critters – and we adore them!
I have always gotten my animals from the local shelter. I found a darling Siamese kitten who was so shy I thought she would never warm up. The vet estimated her at about 5 months and she had been picked up as a stray. I cuddled her, tucked her under the covers with me to sleep and loved her unconditionally. She never became comfortable with anyone else. In fact when my grandson stayed with me for several weeks he made the comment that he only got a glimpse of her one time. If anyone came to the door she immediately ran for cover and hid out in my bedroom closet.
She continued to sleep with me (under the covers) every night. She lived to be 16 years old and eventually developed kidney failure and had to be put to sleep. It was one of the hardest things I ever did.
My granddaughter and I went to the local shelter to find a new kitty after mine had died of kidney failure. I had a particular cat in mind. I didn’t want one that looked like the one I lost so I had decided on a black or black and white short haired cat.
We had searched the entire shelter and didn’t see exactly what I wanted so we went into a large room with about 20 cats roaming around. I sat on the floor and called to the ones that were closest to my choice. One cat came over and promptly climbed on my lap and refused to leave. She is a long haired tortoiseshell. Not what I wanted at all, but she chose me so I brought her home. She still spends a great deal of her time on my lap.
I have a friend who travels localy in her job. She has found 4 different dogs that were dirty and lost out ine a rual area. She checked with every one near and couldn’t find the home. She came home and placed ads in the paper and on the radio to try to find the owner. In three cases she got results right away and returned them to the owner, bathed and the other she got no response on. I was a small yorkie and she gave it to my daughters family because they were looking for a small dog. About three weeks later the owner showed up and wanted the dog and she had to come get him. My daughter had already got attached to him but had really wanted a sausage dog and was going to get one and keep the yorkie too. My friend went and bought this sausage dog and gave it to my daughters family because she had to take the Yorkie away. Peanut now is their Rodeo Dog. He travels to all my grandson’s Jr. Rodeo competitions. He loves the horses and never barks and scares them. He sits in my daughters lap until my grandson gets ready to compete and when he is told it is time he gets down and sticks his head through the side rails and watches till he gets off the house and waves at him and then he get back in her lap. This dog was not cheap but my friend saw a hurt and filled that void.
I am on a personal mission in 2009 to trap/neuter/return 100 feral cats in my 13 personal humane traps. I do this because if a feral cats are trapped by animal control and taken to the local shelter it is a death sentence. It is more humane to take care of the ferals out in the wild where they are used to being. Not only does this help the cats in the wild, it helps the human caregivers not has as many cats to care for, if there were still breeding. Most caregivers are on fixed incomes so I give them cat food as well. I pay out of pocket for their spay/neuter and vaccinations. So far in 2009 I have done 41 ferals. I had stopped hundreds of kittens from happening this year alone. For that I am very excited about my 100 ferals in 2009 New Year’s Resolution. I am in Raleigh,NC and if anyone wants to help me in my mission check our local Craigslist pets section and you will see how to contact me!!
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My granddaughter recently was working at a petshop chain, as a doggy groomer. the pets had utmost of care when attended to by her. She could manage all, no matter how temperamental with shampooing them, etc. I am trying to convince her that she should take a short-course in this, so as to get licensed, so as to do it on her own, since she is so good at it.
I was trying to catch a bus to get to school when I saw a beautiful pair of white long haired shaggy dogs they were obviously lost and I didn’t need another pair of dogs at my house. So I looked away from them. But I must have had “sucker” on me because the dogs started to follow me. The quicker I walked, the quicker they matched my speed. I even ran, which for a fat guy was hard. I stopped they came up to me and I fell in love with them. We all walked back home, when my mom questioned why I came back home so soon. I showed them the dogs. She didn’t know what she was looking at, she was a little scared because we never had big dogs before. They were perfectly groomed, a boy we named Guerro and the girl Chita. They must have been brother-sister because they never mated which was a shame. They were both beautiful dogs and lived long lives with us. Chita died first, then Guerro. I miss them to this day. They brought me such love and joy. It is hard to even write about them.
i always watch the show animal cops houston..it really moves me how the officers do everything in their power to protect animals..it is so sad how alot of animals are treated..those people should be locked away ..it just breaks my heart
It’s wonderful that people are taking in animals left behind from foreclosures.
I love seeing the folks that rescue animals who need lots of love and care.
A young stray cat was hit by a car in front of my home as a kid. I convinced my parents to take it with me to a local vet for treatement. It had a broken hip that needed to be operated on. I pleaded with my parents to pay for the operation to save the cat, which they did. The rest was, as they say, a happy ending for me and the cat which became my pet!
I have 2 minature Schnauzers that I just adore! I adopted one of them and I am so happy that I did. I even send in pet coupons in to my local Animal No-Kill shelter to help with the cost of food and treats for dog and cats. Thanks for a chance to win
I saw an animal kindness just today that made me feel very good. We often go to a pet store in the area that adopts cats out.
For the last 4 or 5 weeks, there’s been a precious kitty in there and I kept wondering why no one adopted it. We came to the conclusion that it was because the cat was so large and it just broke my heart that we can’t take care of another cat in addition to what we already have.
I was almost afraid to look again today, and while I saw half a dozen beautiful cats and some kittens, the “big guy” was no longer there. I’m so glad someone came by and gave him a good home.
A number of years ago our neighbor had about two dozen cats roaming around his property. One day a family stopped by our house to ask if the cat they brought back was ours.
As it turned out, they were following a car that hit one of the kitties and kept going. The family had stopped, taken the cat to an emergency vet 30 miles away, paid all the bills, and kept it for a few days until it was healed!
That’s someone who loves cats and I was touched that a stranger would do that.
In 1999 we adopted a sweet, sick little puppy from our local humane society. He had a bad case of kennel cough and cowered in my lap the entire ride home. Our sweet little Normie will turn 10 years old this fall and he has been such a delight. I suffer from depression and Normie will snuggle with me and lick my face when I’m going thru hard times.
I adopted a rescue dog a few years ago. Kouga is now a certified therapy dog who visiting nursing homes bringing love, joy and happiness to the residents and the staff who live and work there. I’m so proud of him.
Kouga and I will be going to Bark in the Park here in St. Louis next week. This fundraiser helps our local humane society. We also will be attending Petfsst and the adoption carnival. Both of these events raise money for many different rescue organizations and I’m proud to support them. I would encourage anyone to get involved with these events. They are fun for you and your dog and they benefit a great cause.
Feral cats are rampant in our neighborhood. We have 6 formerly feral cats in the house. I’ll invite anyone who says feral cats can never be domesticated to see how they are wrong.
After I had emergency heart surgery my dog Hope wa changed in many ways. She was very careful around me and always making sure that she walked behind me instead of running out in front. When I’d sleep, she’d keep watch beside me on the floor. Always very careful around me.
Where my mom lives there are a bunch of stray cats and every year one or two of the females would have a litter of kittens and some would make it but a few would end up being killed. My mom took it upon herself to catch the kittens and all the adults that she could and took them to her vet and paid to have them fixed and to get them their shots. From there she found homes for all of them and for the last year, she hasn’t seen a stray or any kittens. She has a big soft spot for animals and it shows because she has 6 dogs and 8 cats that all get along and play with each other.
My animal moment happened late one evening coming home from a business trip. I was stuck in major traffic and quite upset that I wasn’t able to get home, when I came upon what was causing the tie-up. It was a small dog running in the middle of traffic on a major highway. I pulled on the side of the road knowing that the dog would not survive, and two others stopped with me. In the end 4 cars stopped that evening and we formed a human traffic line to get that dog out of traffic, and too safety. We never did find the owner as the dog had no documentation, but to this day I love my dog G, the little one who made me realize that being late getting home wasn’t the end of the world.
My dog is a black lab that weighs around 90 pounds. He likes me to hold him like a baby like I did when he was little.
We live in a neighborhood that sits smack dab in the middle of ‘the country.’ We like it, but it seems to be a dumping ground for unwanted animals. I am surrounded by animal-loving people who willingly take in stray after stray, and it warms my hard. I was given one cat, got another at the pound, another adopted us by walking up to our house one day (and hey, once you spend $100 or more at the vet to make sure the cat is healthy and spayed, it’s yours) and sticking around…and the dog was another shelter rescue. We know some people pay big bucks to have their designer dogs, but we’re happy with our shelter and stray animals. They have just as much love to give!
I used to nurse sick birds back to health and then find good homes for them when I was a kid
When we moved into our first house, this little dog kept coming to the house. We found out that she was homeless, she had been abandoned when her family moved. She had heartworms, and horrible skin and ear infections. We took her to the vet for treatment and ended up adopting her. We named her Duchess. She is just the best little dog. She has been with us for 6 years and I can not imagine our lives without her.
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