A 77 year old Charlotte man has been reunited with his dog “Baby” after she disappeared following a break-in at his home. Devastated, Robert Ward didn’t sleep that night wondering whether he would ever see his beloved dog again.

It is a growing trend, pairing rescue dogs and inmates in an effort to rehabilitate both, and it works. A program called Mates for Inmates at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Victoria, Australia pairs shelter dogs with inmates in the hopes of preparing the dogs for adoption.

An Australian man is lucky to be alive after being pinned under his car for days, and he has his dog to thank. Boydy, his faithful pooch, stuck by his side keeping him warm when temperatures dropped to as low as 4C degrees and refusing to leave him even after help arrived.

A shih tzu named Puddles from Socorro New Mexico has had quite the day and night, and so has his owner. Yesterday Puddles went for a walk with Julie-Anna Blomquist’s mom, who is her owner, and several other dogs. Somehow at the end of the walk when it came time to load up into the car, Puddles disappeared.

On April 3rd Police were responding to a “shots-fired” call when they shot at a pit bull that got out of the house and came running toward them. Now the police department has offered to pay $2100 of the $4500 vet bill for the family who owns the dog.

Emerson tried to break free from his life of neglect and abuse several times, ending up in a shelter each time only to be picked up by his owners and returned to his life of misery.

A walk was held yesterday to bring attention to the mysterious death of a pet who went missing from her Cleveland area home on January 13th. About 130 people gathered at a local school to honour the life of Sienna, a loveable Amstaff Pitbull mix who found dead in an icy pond with a gunshot wound in her chest.

Julian Beck is 5 years old and his best friend Max is almost 6 and they have an incredible bond. Max is a 165 pound Newfoundland who is Julian’s constant companion. The pair live on Whidbey Island, Washington state though they were both born in England while his father was stationed there.

For many people, pets are family, as loved and adored as their own children. So when someone is sick and confined to a hospital one of the biggest comforts they miss out on is the love of their pet.