Last week, completely out of the blue, Dove got a phone call from a vet clinic near the town of Brewton, Alabama.  Someone had found Charlie, and when they scanned his chip, Dove’s information came up!  There was no doubt about it, Charlie had been found, and would be coming home.

“I was shocked, overwhelmed. I cried,” Dove said in a news interview Thursday.  “It’s amazing.”

No one is sure just where Charlie has been all this time.  Ten years is a very long time for a dog to be on their own, but Charlie seems no worse for the wear.  He’s a bit gray in the fur here and there and is in need of medical treatment for a minor issue, but he’ll be on his way home soon.

“It will be a lengthy road for him, but he’ll be home,” said Dove.

Dove was living in a different place back when Charlie first went missing.  Charlie is of a breed that is commonly used as a hunting dog, and can be very expensive to adopt and train.  Dove believes that someone took Charlie off of their property because of this.

“He’s an expensive hunting dog.  We just kept him as a pet,” said Dove.  “He was a spoiled rotten pet.  I was shocked and at first I thought ‘This has got to be a scam’ because it’s been 10 years.  They sent me a picture and I talked with them, and it’s my Charlie.”

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The car was pulled into the parking lot at Scotty’s Tire and Automotive, and the car sat ther for about two hours.  No one noticed anything special about it, but when the technician got in to take the car for a test drive, they heard the noise too.  They just figure out what was causing the irregular noise.

They pulled the vehicle into the lot and onto a lift.  The put the car up into the air, and saw a tail come dangling out from under it.  There was a dog stuck under there, and everyone feared the worst from the get go.

After the two auto techs took a closer look at the dog, they realized that the dog was still alive!  They quickly did everything that they could to get the dog out of there, still fearing a medical disaster once they got him out.  However, that was not the case.

When he was safely out from under the vehicle, they looked him over, and actually, there didn’t seem to be a whole lot wrong with him medically.  He was looked at by a vet, and it was also found that the dog was a stray with no listed human.  The woman that brought the car into the shop that day and had a dog that needed to be rescued from under it, ended up adopting that very dog.

The mechanics are just happy to know that the dog has a good life ahead of him with his new human.

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The two-year-old dog was found wandering the streets with both of his eyes so badly damaged, they were propping out of his head.  He had been picked up by someone, and brought to emergency animal medical technicians with the Arizona Humane Society, and he was rushed into surgery.

They were able to save Ashton, but not his eye, leaving him blind.  One of the eyes, according to surgeons, had been damaged in that way for quite some time, and the other was a bit more recent.  No matter what, both had to be removed, which would make finding a forever home a bit more difficult.

Medical staff has been helping Ashton adapt to life as a blind dog, and his new forever family will have to have saint-like patience with him as he adapts, but his new family is confident that they can provide for him a great place to live, and all of the love and understanding that he’ll need to have a happy life.

Even though things did not at all start off well in life for Ashton, he is described as full of pep and life, and a very, very sweet dog.  His new family promises to do whatever they have to make Ashton’s life a really great one from here on out.

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No one knows how Duke made it all the way to Texas or how his life was during this time. Walking all those miles in two years is possible, but based on the good health he was found in,  Duke had some human help making the long distance trip.

David Walker was out on his Texas property walking the surrounding fields when he spotted some dogs in the distance.

“[I] saw a couple of dogs in the pasture and walked along the side of the house trying to call them,” posted Walker on his Facebook page. “[I] felt a dog’s nose nuzzling my palm. Looked down, thinking I’d see my dog Stella, and it was this Great Dane. Really friendly dog.”

The man took the dog to his veterinarian to get him scanned for a microchip, and even though he was told not to get his hopes up about finding a chip – let alone one that was active and up to date, the good Samaritan was in for a huge surprise.

“Within 15 minutes [the veterinarian] was calling to tell me this big boy’s name is Duke, and his owner, who lives in Oklahoma some 350 miles away, hasn’t seen him since December of 2013. She said he was really choked up, in tears, on the phone,” said Walker.

The dog’s owner was identified as Julio and he couldn’t believe his best friend had been found. After two years and three months not knowing anything about the dog, hope of ever reuniting with him was almost all gone. As soon as Julio heard his dog was well and waiting for him in Texas, he packed up his car and made the long distance trip to meet with his buddy and bring him back home. See the reunion video below.

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Walker later said the gentle giant never forgot his owner, he recognized even the sound of his truck.

Once again here’s proof that microchips do work. It saves lives and makes reunions possible.

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Pablo told Clarin.com he took his three dogs, Tayron, Ayken and Afro out for a walk in his Buenos Aires, Argentina, neighborhood. When they returned home he thought all three dogs had gone up to the apartment with him but that wasn’t the case. Only Ayken and Afro went up and Tayron stayed outside the complex. The pet owner didn’t realize his dog was missing until hours later and by then Tayron was gone.

The couple say the black French Bulldog is a very special dog. The Argentinean couple had been trying to conceive a child and had even experienced two failed IVF treatments. During this difficult time Tyron provided them with the love and peace they needed. Fortunately, the calm environment the dog helped create allowed the wan-to-be-parents to naturally conceive.

When the dog went missing, the owners didn’t hesitate to pull all stops and spend whatever was necessary to bring their dog back home where he belonged. They created a Facebook page and hired a printing company to produce 6,000 lost dog flyers they plastered all over the city. Thanks to the flyers Tyron was found and returned home.

On Jan. 31st, Tyron was accidentally left outside the gate, but the loyal dog waited on the sidewalk for his owner to come get him. As the dog waited for Pablo or the gate to open, a fifteen-year-old boy walking by saw the pet and knew he was lost. The teenager sat next to the dog for an hour waiting for someone to come by looking for the pet, and when no one did, the good Samaritan called his father, told him about the lost dog and asked to be picked up long with the dog.

For 24 days the teenager and his father, named Fernando, took care of Tayron. They walked him four times a day, bought him a new leash and even allowed him on their beds. All this time, the rescuers hoped to eventually reunite the dog with his owner.

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Turnbow was riding on Highway 171 near Cresson, Texas, when something odd caught his eye.

“[I] was riding out an saw a vehicle pulled over on 171 with a worthless piece of crap beating an innocent little white dog,” posted Turnbow on Facebook. “I watched in my rear view and saw this guy throw the dog into the air curbside and drive off.”

After the dog was abandoned, the hero rescuer went to check on the dog. Th pet was on the side of the highway, at risk of getting run over by other vehicles. Turnbow picked him up and quickly rode to catch up with the former abusive owner.

“I went after the guy just to give him a number one sign. And I now have a Co pilot- Meet Mr. DAVIDSON,” he wrote on his Facebook post.

Mr. Davidson is one lucky dog. He now enjoys a pampered life full of love. When he is not lounging on a comfortable dog bed, he is playing with Turnbow’s other dog named Harley, or inspiring his musically talented new owner to write songs.

The rescue experience inspired the motorcyclist/musician to write a song. You can listen to it here. 

No one knows what drove Mr. Davidson’s former owner to abuse and dispose of him in such cruel manner, but things happen for a reason, and if it wasn’t for that horrific experience this dog would have not ended in the loving home he is in today.

Thanks to Turnbow and his huge heart, Mr. Davidson now enjoys the good life

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In Meridian, Texas, a local hunter came across a dog caught in a trapper’s snare.  He immediately called for help, and the dog was saved from a terrible fate of freezing or starving to death.  After the dog was rescued from the trap, the man decided to adopt him, making for one happy ending for one lucky dog.

The man called Bosque County Rescue Kennels, or BARK for short, after finding the dog on January 10^th.  Volunteers there were told the dog was hopelessly trapped in a snare, and in dire need of help.

BARK is not allowed to go onto private property and pull a rescue, so they called in the park ranger service.  The person answering the call was not only a ranger, but a volunteer member of BARK, and a Texas Parks and Wildlife game warden as well.  Although he was not on the clock that day, he dropped everything he was doing to go and rescue the dog.

The warden met up with the hunter, and he was brought to where the dog had been discovered.  Then the two proceeded to get the dog out of the trap, only to notice that the dog was badly injured by the trap.

They got the dog out of the woods and to an animal clinic as fast as they could.  His front leg was badly damaged in the incident, and the rescuers were informed that the dog may have been trapped in that snare for as long as five days.  They could tell just from the malnourished and dehydrated state the dog was brought in with.

The vet staff took care of the dog’s leg.  They were able to reconstruct it, and they’re saying a full recovery is possible.  However, the dog is not out of the woods yet.  He’ll still need medical attention due to the lack of food and water, and the toll that took on him.  As for now, he is in a foster home for some daily hydrotherapy, and regular bandage changes.

This is not where the story ends, though.  The hunter was so concerned with the fate of the dog, that in the end he inquired about adopting the dog.  It was decided that the hunter’s home and family would be a great fit, and they now lovingly call the dog, “Lucky.”

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According to The Dodo, Demo the dog lived in a muddy outside pen, on the premises of a house that was semi-vacant. The dog had no real shelter other than a plastic dog house sunk in the mud. The pet owner hardly stopped by to check on the pet, and when he did, all he did to was throw food and water into the muddy pen.

If it wasn’t for the construction workers assigned to work next door to the dog, no one would have ever known Demo existed, nor that he needed love and rescue.

The hard working men fell in love with the dog, showed him affection, shared meals with the pet and improved the dog’s appalling living conditions. They threw cedar shavings to give the pet a dry spot to walk on, and secured a tarp over the chicken wire fenced-in “kennel” Demo lived chained up and trapped in.

Thanks to these men, Animal Control visited the home and got Demo off his chains, but the dog still needed rescue. Various animal rescue organizations like Nadia’s Haven of Hope Foundation learned about Demo’s plight and started working to get the dog out of that hell, but due to unforeseen circumstances Demo could not be rescued.

The dog’s future did not look promising, but after The Dodo ran their first report on the forgotten dog, Demo’s luck turned and his future looked brighter than ever before. Just days after the report ran, local authorities were flooded with calls and emails from animal lovers across the world asking them to intervene and save the dog.

Hendersonville City Councillor Jeff Miller personally checked on the dog and learned he lived less than a mile away from Demo’s hell. Miller, along Hendersonville’s chief of police, Herbert Blake, and animal welfare activists paid a visit to Demo’s owner on Jan. 15, 2016. The goal, to ask for the dog to be surrendered. Fortunately, the owner was compliant and on that day, Demo left his hell for what now is nothing short of paradise.

According to a second report Demo’s original owner is in prison and it was the pet owner’s father who was caring for the dog. Authorities spoke with the dog’s caregiver and explained why they were concerned with the substandard care the dog was receiving. It took some convincing, but in the end, the elderly man willingly surrendered the pet.

Demo is now under the care of Blue Ridge Humane Society, a no-kill shelter. There the dog is receiving proper care and tons of love.

The former neglected pet has been given a new name, Noah, and for him the days spent alone, shivering in the mud and with no loving human touch is sight are forever gone.

Demo, a.k.a Noah will soon find a loving home of his own, but we must remember he is not the only animal suffering in silence. There are millions of dogs awaiting rescue. There’re thousands of dogs looking for a forever home. If you see a forgotten or invisible dog, do something, say something. Don’t expect someone else to speak up for a dog. You can be a dog’s saving voice.

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The dog was in a car with Hamel’s granddaughter when the accident took place, and when the car’s door was opened, Murphy took off running because he was so scared.

According to WCAX News Hamel’s granddaughter and some friends tried getting a hold of the pet by chasing him, but this just made matters worse.

When the community learned about the spooked dog many tried capturing the dog. More than once Hamel received tips on when Murphy was last seen, but every time he came face to face with the dog and called out his name, the pet who was on survival mode would just run away.

“We saw him once down in Waterbury across from Shaws. One day he was sleeping down there next to an excavator — just sleeping in the sun at noon one day. I walked up, spoke his name, and he just ran away,” Hamel said.

Wilson Ring lived in the area and had never met Hamel or his dog before but when he learned about the elusive pet and found Murphy in a field behind his house, he stepped up to help. Ring constructed a humane trap and left food for the dog every night. Murphy was once trapped in there but the scared dog chewed his way out of the trap.

Not giving up on rescuing the pet, Ring came up with a foolproof trap and on Jan. 9, 2016 Murphy was finally caught.

“We had an electric eye to trigger the trap that was run with a battery and a magnet, and as soon as he cut it, the magnet let go and the gate fell,” said Ring. “That’s how we got him.”

Murphy was found in overall good health but needed grooming. The caring community raised $600 towards the dog’s needs.

“Just amazing how well people have responded. I couldn’t have asked for nicer people to be involved, especially since I knew none of them when I started,” said Hamel.

Murphy is back home where he belongs and is back to his old usual self. Hamel says that the dog acts as if he had never been away from home, not even for one day.

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When Needy was brought into the Animal Care and Control Team of Philadelphia (ACCT), all he had to his name was a ratty old teddy bear he came in with.  When his bear was taken away because it was a health hazard, it would’ve seemed as if he lost everything.  However, the great people at the ACCT have given Needy so much more.

No one working at the ACCT knows why this sweet little dog was given up.  He’s so kind and gentle and everyone there just loves him.

“He is very loved at the shelter by all his volunteer friends and was making everyone he met fall in love with him,” said Kimberly Cary.  Cary is a volunteer with rescue group Chester County Dog Tails.  “The volunteers say he is shy but he warms up to you and loves resting his head on your shoulders and is very loving and playful!”

Even though Needy couldn’t keep his teddy bear because there are policies in place to safeguard the health of the dogs in the ACCT shelter, he didn’t lose everything.  The wonderful people there got Needy placed with Diamonds in the Ruff Rescue.

Going to Diamonds in the Rough is a great step towards finding a forever home for Needy.  They decided to take him in, and have started calling him Fozzie Bear.  Diamonds in the Rough brought him in after one of their long-time rescue dogs called Kermit (Fozzie Bear is Kermit the Frog’s best friend on the Muppet’s Show.)

Not only did Diamonds in the Ruff rescue Fozzie, but they’ve also made up for the lost teddy bear as well.  After they brought him out of ACCT, they put the call out asking for more teddy bears for him.  The community responded big.  They made sure he got a teddy bear to call his own, and he is one of the most grateful dogs the staff has ever met.

Fozzie Bear is still waiting on an adoption.  If you’d like more information on him, or any other fine animals looking for home at Diamonds in the Ruff, click here to be taken to their main page.

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Sunny got adopted to a loving forever family that treats her like royalty.  However, her story could have been very different if someone hadn’t found her when they did and rescue her.  She’s gone from a dog that knew only fear and abuse, to a pampered pooch.

Thankfully, someone called 911 on May 12^th of 2015.  They came across Sunny, hanging by her jaw in a park in Arizona.  When she was rescued, it was found that she had a slew of injuries to her jaw, and brain damage that would require intensive surgery and after care.

The case got international attention.  Donations came in for Sunny from all over the world.  Almost $25,000 was raised to help her through her injuries, and into her recovery.  After a long and arduous battle with medical issues, the search for a forever family for Sunny was on.

On December 18^th, Sunny went home to a real family that would love her forever.  So far, they’ve showered her with love, affection and attention.  She’s been on two family road trips so far, and even went through ten weeks of obedience school.  She’s a huge fan of playing fetch, and loves watching over the family’s three rescued cats.

Sunny sure has come a long way from the horrifically abused dog she was, to the fully fledged family member she is today.  Without all the hard work of the rescue crew, the medical staff and the family that now loves her, Sunny wouldn’t have made it this far, and anyone that has ever rescued a dog before knows, they are always the most thankful creatures of all.

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Senga and Mishka are sisters, and are very close.  When Mishka fell through some ice that had formed on Notched Pond which is in Raymond, Maine, her sister Senga led a neighbor to her sister so she could be saved.

According to a press release made by the New Gloucester Fire Rescue, Mishka was found about 150 feet off the shore of the pond.  She was barely able to get her head above the water, and if they didn’t get to her quick, they weren’t sure she’d survive.

“The neighbor that found the dog and called emergency personnel had heard an odd bark prior to finding Mishka.  The neighbor was led by Mishka’s sister, Senga to locate the bark,” said the rescue team in the statement.

The rescue wasn’t easy.  They had to get into the icy water with cold-suits on and go over several drop-offs, one of them almost 50 feet.  Once they could grab her, they got her out of the water and onto shore quickly.  She was then wrapped in blankets, towels and heat packs.

She was then given to her human, who rushed her to a local vet clinic.  As of Wednesday night, she was reported to be in stable condition, and it seems that she will make a full recovery.

“People need to be mindful that the ice is not safe, anywhere,” said Chief Kurt Elkanich of Gray Fire Rescue.  “If any person or pet falls through the ice or is in the icy waters, call for emergency personnel or the next victim could be you.”

Captain Scott Doyle of the New Gloucester Fire and Rescue said that this type of thing is happening all too often right now, with the milder winter weather we’ve seen some spots having this year.  In fact, this was the second time a dog has sought help during an emergency in the past couple weeks.

“Our EMS personnel assisted an elderly man recently, where his dog got the attention of a home keeper,” said Doyle in the press release.  “The dog led the home keeper to the barn where the elderly man was injured.”

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Bonus: A 5 lb. Dachshund Cares for a 500 lb. Disabled Lion. This Will Touch Your Soul!

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This unlikely friendship is just incredible! Lions are known to be the king of the jungle. They are one of nature’s deadliest predators. Who would’ve thought that a 500 lb lion would become friends with three Dachshunds!

However, Bonedigger is not your usual lion. Bonedigger is friends with 3 little Dachshund dogs! When they first met, it seems that the puppies instinctively knew that Bonedigger has a metabolic bone disease. Bonedigger was just 4 weeks old when they met and it seemed like the puppies wanted to protect him. One of Bonedigger’s doggy friends is named Milo. Milo is especially close with Bonedigger; he loves to take care of him and even imitates Bonedigger’s roar! Watch the video of their amazing friendship below!

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This is by far the most amazing unlikely animal friendships I have ever seen! I was so scared at first to watch a lion getting so close with those little dogs! What was your reaction when you first saw them? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!

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Bear reunited with his family after being lost for three years. Photo Credit: Stephanie Sparks

On July 2012, Kupserman was driving his car and Bear was with him, unfortunately they were involved in a car wreck along the 120 Loop near Marietta, Ga. The dog who was afraid of loud noises, got spooked and ran away when the car door was opened. Thomas and Kupserman searched for their pet, posted fliers and even sent out mass mailings with “Lost” fliers, but after six months of search and no Bear in sight, the pet owners believed someone had found the dog and kept him

Bear at the junkyard. Photo Credit: Stephanie Sparks

Little did the owners know Bear never wandered too far from the car accident scene. The dog took refuge in a nearby junkyard and he spent his time waiting for his humans to come find him.

Sparks and Bagwell learned about the junkyard dog two years after the accident and spent 13 months working to gain Bear’s trust. On November 22, 2015, they finally rescued him.

Bear getting rescued. Photo Credit: Stephanie Sparks

Since spotting the dog, the women took turns feeding him. Not knowing his name, they called him “Cornbread” and visited the junkyard every day, spending hours sitting on dirt roads, throwing treats and trying to establish a connections. Sparks was able to get Bear to eat from her hand a few times, when whenever she tried to place a leash around him, the dog would get spooked and run away.

During those 13 months the women rescued four other dogs, and witnessed how many irresponsible pet owners would come to the junkyard to dispose of their pets. Now, thanks to the two rescuers and the help of junkyard workers, the dogs toss there have a chance to find better lives.

Two weeks before Bear was rescued, Sparks and Bagwell consulted with renowned dog rescuer Eldad Hagar. He told them that in order to rescue the skittish dog they should build him a large dog pen where Bear would get used to eating. Once he got accustomed to his new routine, the women could try to trap him inside the pen. And just like that, two weeks later after speaking with Hagar, Bear was trapped.

Sparks always hoped the dog would be microchipped, she wished nothing more than to reunite him with his family, however she secretly thought that if Bear had no chip, he would become a permanent member of her family.

Once rescued, Bear spent the day with Sparks and her family, he decompressed and enjoyed the company of humans around him, the next morning, the dog was taken to Veterinary Clinic West where he was scanned for a chip. One was found and his owners, Thomas and Kupserman, were contacted.

No one knew how Bear would react to meeting his owners three years later. Sparks had always know the dog to be a little reclusive. At the junkyard he was a loner who didn’t socialize with humans or the other dumped dogs, his only friend was a rooster. However, the dog came to life and leaped forward to greet and kiss his humans as soon as Thomas and Kupserman walked through the door.

“I was in the room protecting Bear,” Sparks told us. “I was hesitant he wouldn’t like them [his owners]. He was lying down and sat up when [Thompson] walked in. She walked in crying and not even 30 seconds later, Bear sat up and started jumping for his owner. His tail was not tucked in anymore and his entire body was wiggling. When I saw him do that I knew he was home. I knew he was loved and they loved him.”

Bear spent three years near the accident area hoping to reunite with his owners. “If they had ever looked up, they would had seen him up on the junkyard’s dirt hill,” said Sparks. The good news is that Bear is now back home where he belongs with his humans.

Sparks and Bagwell are not affiliated with any registered rescue organization, and even though they depend on their own means to help abandoned dogs, they continue to help unwanted area dogs. If anyone wants help fund their efforts, they can make a donation to The Veterinary Clinic West located on 1100 Old Dallas highway, Marietta, Ga. You can call 770/424-5484 and donate to the Sparks-Bagwell Rescue account.

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