Though the $8,000 was left in the donation box in the cat center, it will go towards all the animals they take in.  They care for over 10,000 animals every year, and that money will go a long way in helping keep them fed and healthy.

They also offer free adoptions and vaccinations for active military members as veterans who are in need of emotional support animal, and they rely on donations to keep this program afloat.

When we see goodness in the world, we are often inspired to go good ourselves, which was exactly the case for another nameless patron, who put $2,000 into the office donation bin.  This will likely help save a number of pets in dire need of emergency medical care.

Now they just need people to adopt the many animals they mind!  If you live in the SoCal area and would like to take a look at some of their adoptables.

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The boys are from Cross Point, Manitoba.  Dominick Monias and Leighton Ladyka are neighbors and friends, and it was them that ended up finally freeing the stuck dog.  Adults and rescue volunteers tried approaching the dog they dubbed “Her,” but she simply wouldn’t have it.  No matter whom approached her, she made it all but impossible for anyone to help her.

Well, she made it all but impossible, except for the two boys.  They were able to go right up to where she was, comfort her, and managed to get her to trust them enough to get the lid off of her.  Dominick positioned himself so that he could gently grasp her snout just in case she decided to snap, and Leighton pulled the lid off.

The dog is now with the Norway House Animal Rescue, who had been trying to rescue her and her pups all along.  The dog has actually been evading capture for over a year now.  Last year, right around this time, there were reports of the dog having many litters of pups in someone’s backyard.  No matter what was done, she evaded capture every time.

Debra Vanderkerkhove, the director of the rescue group said, “Two young boys did what no one else could do.  They got the lid off the Mom all by themselves!  They managed to trap her in the shed then they closed the door.  Trudy’s son held her snoot, while the other boy pulled the lid off.  True Community heroes.  Wow, I am speechless.  They deserve an award.  These boys are pretty happy that they got the lid off the dog just a while ago.”

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Sorry we don’t have a better photo!

This plea comes from Twenty Paws Rescue:

Living in a boarding facility for 4 YEARS. Ariel loves everyone. How no one has fostered or adopted her is beyond us. Great in the home. Great with kids and all humans. Please share!

***NEEDS FOSTER OR ADOPTER***

Meet Ariel. This precious 6 year old 60ish lb brindle shepherd pit mix has a world of love to give! Ariel absolutely LOVES humans and children. With a heart of gold, Ariel will even let you play with her and her food dish while she is eating and loves to dress up in any costume or outfit! What a gem! Who could ever resist those soulful eyes, perky smile, and expressive ears? She looks forward to the day she can play, snuggle, and spoil her human! At this time, Ariel lives in a boarding facility. This is no life for any dog. Unfortunately, and by no fault of her own, the right family has yet to come along for her.

Before she was dumped in a high kill shelter, the only life she knew was as a breeding machine and mommy. Once her ‘family’ no longer had any use for her, they dumped her in a rural TN shelter. Not only was she abandoned and on death row, but she was stuck in a location where it is ILLEGAL to adopt out a dog with any pit in them. Inevitably, Ariel was scheduled for death. Needless to say, Ariel did not die that day. She began a new life as a Twenty Paws dog. At a convenient 60 lbs, this doll yearns to finally know what it’s like to be someone’s baby. She cared for so many in the past, and they were all stolen from her. No one cared for her at all.

She lavished at her newly found freedom and second chance. Eternally grateful to the vet staff for their determination to improve her health, Ariel showers them with kisses and wiggles. Truly, now it is her turn to experience love and affection.

Every night, Ariel dreams that someone will be her hero. Every night, she dreams that she can become part of a family. Could it be your family? Ariel deserves more than a life behind bars and a cold metal bed. Please consider fostering or adopting this survivor.

If interested in fostering or adopting, please email us at twentypawsrescue@gmail.com or info@twentypawsrescue.com. **Due to a gmail glitch, we lose some emails. So if you do not hear back from us please follow up! We respond to all emails!**

Twenty Paws Rescue is located in Brooklyn and Pennsylvania. The Facebook thread for her can be found by clicking here.

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We’re not sure if you caught it or not, but in case you did not, here’s Herbie. Herbie is a rescue dog, saved from the city pound in Chicago, Illinois by PAWS Chicago. A recent video making its way across the internet shows Herbie smiling for a piece of cheese, and it’s just 100 percent adorable.

The video was posted to PAWS Chicago’s Facebook page by Amanda Robles, with the following caption:

“Don’t you hate when people catch you trying to perfect your selfie smile? Herbert doesn’t seem to mind showing off his pearly whites to impress his future family (especially for the treat he was being offered offscreen).”

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Remember Harley, the senior Dachshund lovingly left at a shelter in a basket with a note from his elderly owners who could no longer afford to care for him?  Rescue group Leave No Paws Behind took him in and found his family.  The dog, whose real name is Otto, will have expenses for the rest of his life paid for by the rescue, and will be reunited with his family at the end of this month.

Less than a week ago, the 13-year-old Dachshund was left wrapped in a blanket in a basket outside Baldwin Park Animal Shelter in California.  Attached to his basket was a heartbreaking letter:

“Our dog is 13½ years old.  He is sick starting yesterday with bloody stools, vomiting.  Had a skin disease for a few years.  We are both seniors, sick with no money.  We cannot pay for vet bills, or to put him to sleep.  He has never been away from us in all those years.  He cannot function without us.  Please put him to sleep.”

Instead of honoring the request to have him put to sleep, the shelter contacted Leave No Paws Behind, a non-profit, all-breed, all-foster rescue group that specializes in senior and terminally ill animals.  They took the dog in and called him Harley.  He was taken to a veterinarian, who determined that not only could he be treated, but that he likely has a couple more years of life left in him.

Because Harley seemed so loved and well-cared for, LNPB wanted to find his owners to see if something could be arranged.  Group founder and CEO Toby Wisneski reached out to the public, and his owners came forward after seeing their story on the news.

The couple, who wishes to remain anonymous, explained that they are both ill and cannot afford their own treatments or tires for their vehicle to get them help.  When their dog, whose full name is Otto Wolfgang Maximus, got sick, they were told by a vet that costly tests needed to be run.  They could not even afford to have him euthanized.  They were “hysterical,” and didn’t know what else to do except leave him at a shelter.

“My wife was in tears, as she left him, saying, ‘I am sorry, I am sorry,’” the man explained in a phone interview.  “We are retired, I am handicapped, and my wife is not well.  We live week to week, and can’t even afford our medical bills. We can’t even go to the dentist any more… we have no money.”

The rescue wanted to see Otto back where he belonged, and told the couple that they would return him, and pay for his food and healthcare for the rest of his life provided they could stop by for weekly visits.

“Ninety eight percent of the rescues we take in belong with us,” Toby said.  “There are 1-2 percent of owners who love their animals very much and just believe they have no other option but to surrender them.”

The couple lives outside of California and was on a ministry trip when they dropped Otto off.  They plan to pick him up at the end of the month or when they have enough money to purchase desperately needed tires for their vehicle.  LNPB is working to see that this problem is solved, too.

“We thought he was dead, but he lives,” the husband said. “He’s being well taken care of and, boy, we’re just so extremely grateful.”

LNPB is seeing more and more pets left in their care as owners’ failing health and finances leave them unable to care for their beloved pets.  Toby wants people to know that if they are good, loving owners, the rescue wants to help them so they are not forced to surrender their family members.  If you would like to donate to Leave No Paws Behind, please click here.

Los Angeles Local News | FOX 11 LA KTTV

Update:

“We are thrilled to announce that Otto’s mommy and daddy will very soon be receiving a brand new set of tires! I want to thank all of the amazing human angels that offered to help them, you truly, on a day to day basis, continue to restore my faith in the goodness and kindness of human kind! We were contacted by someone in the “tire industry” who offered to help! We will of course announce Otto’s big reunion when we have the absolute pleasure of placing him back in their loving arms! Otto will have to remain in the hospital for another 10-12 days under treatment before he will be released into their foster care! Thank you again for all you do for the animals! tw, LNPB”

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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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They finally got the dog on a leash, which she wasn’t exactly happy about. One can only imagine what horrors this poor sweet girl had gone through in life to be this scared.

They finally got her under control, and she received a full medical check-up.  Once she was medically cleared, they took her to a foster home, where eight weeks later, something unexpected happened.

It turns out our rescue girl was a mom!  She gave birth to some beautiful puppies, and now the family is looking for forever homes with loving and caring families.

Rescue from the Hart would love to get forever homes for all of their rescues.  If you are thinking about making an addition to the family in the way of a dog, please remember that there are many great and worthy rescue animals at shelters all over the world that are waiting for you to be their forever family.

If you would like more information on Rescue from the Hart, you can view their Facebook page by clicking here, or their homepage by clicking here.  To check out the rescues at Legend or to apply to adopt, click here, or to go to their Facebook page, click here.

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“She’s kind of a special dog to me. When we were at the adoption center I liked her out of all the dogs,” Tre told Cincinnati’s WLWT.

When Ember was brought home as a puppy, Tre spent lots of time training her, but he had no idea just how close of a bond they would form.

In May, Ember went into parents Tony and Tracey’s room, and woke mom up by making very guttural, grumbling noises – quite uncharacteristic for the sweet dog.

“She shot down the hall and into Tre’s bathroom, so I stepped in his bathroom to tell her to come, and as I stepped in, I noticed his legs were dangling over the side of the tub and when I glanced inside the tub, he was in full seizure,” Tracey said.

Tre was rushed to the emergency room, and was later diagnosed with epilepsy.  He was fortunate to have not suffered a major head injury when he fell.

“If Ember wouldn’t have come in, I don’t know how long Tre would have laid there,” Tracey said.

In October, the family submitted their story to the Petco Foundation’s Holiday Wishes contest, where animal lovers were asked to send in a story about how an adopted pet changed their lives, in an effort to encourage others to adopt.  The winners could choose the animal welfare organization of their choice to receive a grant.

Out of 3,000 entries, the Daniels’ was one of 53 selected, and they won $10,000 for Adore-A-Bull Rescue, where Ember came from.

They’re probably even more glad that they adopted Ember, knowing that she helped a worthy rescue group win some much-needed money.

“Everywhere I go, she kind of follows me and makes me feel safe,” Tre said.

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Sweet Pea is a former bait dog that has been rescued.  She will be the first of hopefully many former fighting dogs that will benefit from the “New Leash on Life USA Program” aimed at giving these dogs a second chance at a good life.

The program will be using prison inmates to train these dogs.  Not only is it good for the dog to know that not every human out there is going to abuse, but it helps with the inmates as well.

The inmates will be with the dogs 4 hours a day, for a total of 12 weeks.  After that, Sweet Pea will be taking the Canine Good Citizen test, which will dictate how well suited to being adopted out to family she is.

“Sweet Pea tugs at the hearts of everyone she meets,” said Kathy McGuire. McGuire is the president and founder of NJ Aid for Animals.  “We understand the trauma and hardship the dogs we rescue have endured.  NJ Aid for Animals looks at the whole dog – body, mind, and spirit.  We’re confident the New Leash on Life USA program will bring out the best in [Sweet Pea].”

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When Porkchop was brought to Chicago’s One Tail at a Time rescue, he seemed like any other healthy dog.  But when his foster mom took him to the vet for urinary tract issues, it was discovered that he had over 50 BBs lodged in his abdomen and groin area!  Porkchop suffered through horrific abuse, but now he is living a life of luxury after being adopted into a loving home with a brother he loves already.

After his owner died, Porkchop wandered the streets until he was rescued by a shelter in Carbondale, Illinois, who turned him over to sister shelter One Tail at a Time.  The Lab-shepherd mix was a sweetheart, and no one would have guessed what kind of hell he had been put through.

But it was made clear when his foster mom brought him to a vet, suspecting that he had urinary tract issues.  The X-ray revealed he had been shot over 50 times, the BBs still embedded in his lower half.  It was rumored that neighbors shot at the poor boy while he wandered the cold streets, frightened and alone.

“You would never know anything negative happened to him,” said Anna Friedman, adoption manager at OTAT.  “The resiliency of animals and dogs specifically is always really amazing. The dogs don’t tend to dwell on the negative, so hopefully we can all look at the more positive side of things with this.”

Because the BBs pose no threat to his health, they will not be removed.  Extracting so many foreign objects could lead to infection, so it was determined that the benefit did not outweigh the risk.

After Porkchop’s story was made known, a number of applications to adopt him came in.  The lucky adopter was Dr. Teuber, one of OTAT’s veterinarians.  He was sent to his new home with a cornucopia of new toys and other goodies that his supporters kindly sent to him via Amazon.

It’s only been a couple of days since his adoption, but OTAT says he is getting along great with his new brother Dino, who is silly and plays like him.

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