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'I'm seriously considering just taking the dog': Canine-lover concocts the pawfect plan to steal his neighbor's dog and adopt him for himself

Blake Seidel

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‘My dad froze in fear, but this dog just booped his ear as if to thank him.’: Family adopts a dumped Pit Bull they almost ran over and learn to love the breed they once feared, all thanks to a single affectionate boop

Laurent Shinar

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‘My friend found 6 abandoned puppies off a busy freeway in Texas. I ended up adopting Richie bc me and my dog both fell in love with him.’: The rescue puppy who beat the odds, found a furever home and lived happily ever after with his deaf doggo sibling

Laurent Shinar

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20 Pet Posts with Big “Back Off” Energy for Next Time the Group Chat Conversation Gets Complicated

Etai Eshet

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‘How can people be so cruel?’: Wife finds a dog dragged behind a vehicle and saves him; once her husband understands what the dog had gone through, he decides they officially adopt him

Ayala Sorotsky

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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

Laurent Shinar

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‘He spent months hiding in the corner, too scared to be touched’: Cat loving shelter technician adopts a neglected rescue dog who slowly learns to trust his new pawrents and blossoms into a cuddle-obsessed companion

Laurent Shinar

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‘I had a stalker which led [me to adopt] my German Shepherd’: Women share how dogs help them feel pawsitively protected and loved

Ayala Sorotsky

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42-year-old irresponsible dad impulsively gets two puppies for his 15-year-old daughter, but only 22-year-old sister takes care of them: 'I'm the only one who's taken any time to train [the dogs]'

Ayala Sorotsky

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‘He just needed someone to believe in him’: First-time dog mom adopts the rescue no one else would take and transforms him into a leash-trained, daycare-approved star after months of tears, hot dogs, and daily setbacks

Laurent Shinar

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Struggling hooman adopts 7-year-old dog who was surrendered to a shelter by his owner, then refuses to give the pup up when his original owners try to get him back: ‘I feel like we found each other for a reason’

Lana DeGaetano

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Foster Fail ‘Roo’ Shows Fellow Foster Doggos That Even Though Life Is a Little Ruff Right Now, the Good Life Is Right Around the Corner

Lana DeGaetano

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Family trespasses rancher’s private 100-acre pasture, ignores massive guard dogs and signs, nearly turning dad into a chew toy: ‘This isn't a nature reserve, this is a private ranch! Why would there be a nature reserve in the middle of farming country!?!’

Etai Eshet

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‘It turned out she knew nothing about horses’: Woman demands farm and rescue owner gift her a lame horse after lying about her farrier training and taking advantage of her friendship with the farm’s handyman

Etai Eshet

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‘Back down and never complain about Mindy and Wendy again’: Neighbor determined to enforce “one large animal per acre” rule on family’s two pet cows, pushes Dad to brilliantly use their 1-acre front lawn as a legal loophole

Etai Eshet

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'Now he's telling people I "stole" their dog': A year after nourishing an abandoned dog, woman's ex-boyfriend claims it's his new girlfriend's, demanding the dog back but not providing evidence of ownership

Ayala Sorotsky

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