Tonya Ostrander wanted a companion dog for her legally blind daughter, so she brought Snowy home from the Humane Society of Utah for a trial visit. Chahela and Snowy hit it off immediately but what sealed the deal was Snowy saving their lives during her visit by alerting them to carbon monoxide in their home.

It’s a happy ending for a dog that suffered a terrible abandonment at the side of the road a couple of weeks ago. The “gentle giant”, a mastiff that has been named Big Ben or Benny, is ready to go to his new forever home.

In early December a german shepherd was thrown off a bridge into oncoming traffic on Interstate 40 in Oklahoma and somehow managed to avoid getting hit by a car before being rescued. Now it seems he fell right into the open arms of his new family.

Amidst the heartbreak surrounding the terrible events at Sandy Hook Elementary school, a very special dog aims to send comfort to survivors.

Thanks to his veterinarian, it won’t be lights out for Charlie who ate a string of Christmas recently. When his owners noticed wires in his feces they took him to the vet and x-rays revealed that he had consumed the lights, unbeknownst to his family.

It is a dangerous time of year to be on the water and a Bernese mountain dog is lucky to be alive after a scary incident on a not quite frozen lake in Nova Scotia.

It’s been a bit of a rough time for Bruno and his family, who were forced to evacuate their home in Howard Beach, Queens during hurricane Sandy. While living in the family car, Bruno got out and was hit by another vehicle, resulting in a broken leg.

The Humane Society in Livingston County Michigan is doing all it can to help a very special dog named Shania who is afflicted with a degenerative spine disease, which decreases mobility in her hind legs.

It was five years ago that the small dog was snatched up and stolen, and all hope had been given up that Bandit would ever be found. Now, like a true Christmas miracle, Bandit is finally back home with his owner in Indianapolis.