Some rescues start with a phone call and a short drive across town. This one started with a setback that had nothing to do with the dog herself, and everything to do with…
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Nine years ago, a pitbull mix named Poncho was waiting at Española Humane in northern New Mexico, hoping someone would walk through the door and choose him. Like so many shelter dogs, he…
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Some stories find their way straight into your heart and refuse to leave. This is one of them. Titus is a little Sphynx cat, one of those hairless, wrinkly, velvet-skinned kitties that people…
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Some stories stay with you long after you’ve heard them. Mai’s is one of those. She is a small French Bulldog who spent most of her life enduring hardship and mistreatment that no…
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Some stories remind us that courage doesn’t always come from the biggest or strongest among us. Sometimes it comes on four paws. And sometimes it comes on just two. A short clip has…
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It was supposed to be an ordinary morning. Jake had laced up his shoes early, the way he did most days, and set out for a quiet walk along the edge of town….
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The rain had fallen for so long that nobody in the little river town could remember what dry ground felt like. When the levee finally gave way, the water came fast. Families grabbed…
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Some stories are almost too painful to tell. But they also carry within them something rare and luminous — proof that love can find its way through even the darkest circumstances. This is…
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There are moments in life that stop you cold — not because of what you see, but because of what you feel. A mother pressed close to her babies in the bitter chill….
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Some stories stay with you long after you’ve finished reading them. This is one of those stories. It’s about a dog who had every reason to give up — and chose not to….
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