Life is beginning anew for Orville, a floppy eared Australian shepherd who was shot in the head and left for dead 2 weeks ago in Quebec. When a passerby first spotted the cute 2 year old dog in a ditch at the side of the road, they presumed he was already dead but then realized he was hanging on.

The Harmsen family has already lost one dog in the past few months, and the thought of losing a second one was unbearable. So when Jasper ran off after a rabbit when they had only had him 4 days, they were desperate to find him.

Not long ago, you read about a Cane Corso named Queenie who was found after being locked in a room for 3 weeks with no food or water. She was hours from death and her prognosis was poor, but Queenie has proven to be resilient and has just been released from an animal hospital in Long Island where she has been treated.

In Regina, Saskatchewan it’s getting a little easier for some canines to recover from knee surgery. Veterinarian Tara Hudye, from the Lakewood Animal Hospital has just installed a water treadmill in her clinic to facilitate post surgery physiotherapy for dogs, similar to what humans would do in the same situation.

Dogs discover all kinds of things when they follow their noses, but when a beagle named Lincoln Razz alerted his owner to trouble with his incessant barking the last thing she expected to find in her yard was an alligator.

A hard working police dog in Massachusetts uncovered a gun used in a shooting, and accidentally fired it with his paw. The dog, a german shepherd named Ivan, was digging in a snowbank when he came across the weapon causing it to discharge, but fortunately not hitting anyone with the stray shot.

A stray Afgan dog doesn’t have much of a chance at a happy life, but Brin took matters into his own hands. The underweight mongrel, thought to be a pit bull jack russell cross, began following British units out on dangerous patrols and soon revealed his super power – sniffing out deadly roadside bombs.

It’s been a rocky road for Felix, but he is a survivor with a battalion of supporters who finally has found his way to safety and love and a long happy life. The beagle german shepherd mix had escaped euthanasia, heart worm, and a highway collision that left him lost in Virginia amid freezing temperatures.

Once again a dog proves his love for his little human. On Monday a 3 year old boy from South Dakota went missing from his home for about an hour before he was found in the woods near his home being protected by his large brown pit bull.