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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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‘The wedding got totally messed up by a duck’: Couple’s botanical garden wedding descends into disaster by a determined duck who bites the groom’s leg, sends the ring bearer scrambling and turns the flower girl’s petals into makeshift defenses

Etai Eshet

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If my daily life had a mascot, it’d be one of these 24 animals that capture the struggle and scream “same” (or all of them–1 per hour of the mayday)

Etai Eshet

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'Looks like I now am a dog owner!': Lucky person saves $2k on puppy price tag by stumbling upon a purebred black Labrador puppy abandoned in the wild, immediately adopts them as their #1 canine companion

Blake Seidel

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Woman and her 7 kids in scout uniforms jump the fence of private family’s farm, insisting farm animals make it a petting zoo and public property: ‘We saw the little ducks and chickens, and we want to pet them’

Etai Eshet

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Family adopts discount "dog" for $10 after their beloved pet passes over the rainbow bridge, they quickly realize that it's 100 pounds of high-hybrid wolf

Blake Seidel

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