Jake, a yellow Lab mix, spends his days tending to three-year-old Kaitlin Abner who suffers from a degenerative brain disease known as Methachormatic Leukodystrophy. Jake is living an important life as a service dog, but not too long ago he was a homeless stray.

Losing a pet is a scary and upsetting occurrence. A new app has been launched that hopes to help pet owners find their lost dogs with the help of their local community. The app called, Lost Petz, acts as an Amber Alert system for dogs.

Hurricane Sandy is being called a “superstorm”. It is expected to make landfall in New Jersey early Tuesday morning. Destructive winds, heavy rainfall, flooding and even heavy, wet snow are expected to impact a large majority of the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions. In preparing for a major storm like this one it is important to also include emergency preparations for your dog.

Emergency crews in Burlington, Massachusetts rescued a dog stuck on the roof of his house on Tuesday. People driving by spotted the dog and called 911 for help.

Max is a stray dog that has a lot of love and support from his community. Although Max won’t let anyone get too close to him, he has several people who are looking after him and making sure he is well fed.

Dusk, a 7-year-old black mixed breed, was found in very bad shape last Friday morning in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She had clearly been beaten in the head. She is recovering well, but the beating was significant enough to fracture her skull and make her lose her eye sight.

When 18-year-old Aysha Perry began choking on her dinner her dog Sheba came to the rescue. Sheba jumped on Aysha’s back, hitting her with her paw, and saved Aysha.

A lost pit bull had been wandering outside a news studio in Toledo for days when anchorwoman Angi Gonzalez was able to catch the dog with her chicken dinner.

A New Jersey family has had to endure extensive harassment and threats from strangers after a picture of their terminally ill dog went viral. Many people have mistaken the photo for animal abuse when in fact the family had just been trying to keep their dog comfortable during her final days.