Dog Stories

A happy dog (aka, a carpe diem pooch) who has been blind since birth is adopted and is now enjoying all sorts of adventures with his adopter.

Farm bill revised in 2018 to include Dog and Cat Meat Prohibition, Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) and Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement (PACE) Acts.

Interview with Ashley Tzioumis, who fostered a scared black pit bull terrier and made a huge difference in her life, helping her get adopted.

Pug rescued from puppy mill shows signs of serious neglect, but she is adopted and her life changes dramatically for the better.

Heartbroken shelter puppy at the Palm Valley Animal Center in Edinburg, Texas, is transported to the Portsmouth Humane Society in Virginia to be adopted.

Read the best (and more popular) pet stories of 2018 about dogs and a cat who overcame odds to find love and a forever home.

Cats and dogs are adopted for the holidays during the Best Friends Black Friday pet adoption promotion events around the country.

Starving mastiff receives diagnosis -- enzyme deficiency called exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) and gets medical help. Read his story.

Two-day-old tiny Chihuahua born with only two feet gets help in a foster home and is then adopted by a family who can care for her special needs.

Saving a pet who needs you the most -- perhaps a dog or cat with special needs, a terminal illness or who's a senior -- is very rewarding.

What are the top 10 reasons to foster a pet? You'll be saving an animal's life! And there are many benefits for you, too! Read more.

James Gorman's article in the New York Times titled ‘Lassie Got Help, Would Your Dog?' explains that dogs have empathy, something we all know.

With help of Best Friends, International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) unveils new safety-first, breed-neutral dangerous dog model ordinance.

Dog with severe heartworm disease that left him emaciated and in respiratory distress receives treatment and a loving foster home.

The first 70 of 800 dogs from south Texas are on the road to shelters in Colorado and New Mexico to find loving homes.