Rusty was facing being put down at a shelter when the administrator at a nursing home came to his rescue and gave him a second chance as the facility’s companion dog.

Dave and Jill Cottone were heartbroken when their dog Sedona passed away from cancer. They have turned their grief into a positive when they started the Sedona Grace Foundation.

Last week much of Georgia was hit by a crippling ice storm. During the storm several strangers teamed up to save a dog that had been found injured on the side of the road and was in need of surgery.

When Keira Ledoux looked out into her backyard late Thursday morning she was horrified at what she saw. A coyote stood ready to pounce on her 11-year-old dog Paige. Ledoux didn’t think but quickly grabbed a bat and ran outside to scare the coyote off, just in time to save Paige’s life.

When an injured woman went missing a police dog named Ska came to the rescue and helped officials find her in time.

Firefighters in Murfreesboro, Tennessee came to the rescue of a Jack Russell Terrier that was injured in a car crash early Sunday morning.

Last week a dog was in danger of drowning after falling through the ice of a reservoir in Virginia when a nearby business owner came to his rescue.

Last August, Addison was rescued with hundreds of other dogs in the second largest dog fighting bust in U.S. history. Now the pit bull is getting a fresh start with a new family.