Dog Stories

Best Friends staff stepped up to help fellow employee Marilyn Theis when she became ill and then her dogs after her death.

Best Friends saves two Iraqi stray street dogs after US soldier is killed. The Lab and her puppy are now living happily with a Michigan family.

Soldier Peter Neesley befriends and cares for two stray dogs in Iraq, and after his death, his family brings the dogs home to Michigan.

Hush Puppies shoe company partners with Best Friends to raise money to build a new puppy preschool at the Sanctuary to help even more puppies in need.

Family with rescued Pomeranian dogs adopts a blind shih tzu and cairn terrier who were rescued from a Virginia puppy mill.

Read the story of Mabel, a senior beagle dog, who was rescued from a Virginia puppy mill. She is learning to love and enjoy life now.

This year’s edition of the star-studded Hollywood gala, which annually honors animal welfare groups and raises money to help homeless pets in Los Angeles, was hailed by many as the best ever.

New York adoption event held for dogs rescued from a Virginia puppy mill commercial breeding operation. Read about the dogs who were adopted.

Man finds his perfect companion, a beautiful male pit bull mix dog, at Best Friends Animal Society's Las Vegas Pet Super Adoption.

Rosa the long-haired Chihuahua rescued from a Nebraska puppy mill is making steady progress in her new home.

Puppy who came to the Sanctuary as a stray finally finds his forever home after 10 years. In those years, he mellowed a lot.

Meet the puppy who broke the record for being covered in the most ticks. Now, he's feeling a hundred percent better!

The National Football League bars Michael Vick from training camp, and Best Friends petitions sports leagues to condemn dog fighting.

A very shy dog, who had multiple litters of puppies before ending up in the shelter as a stray, is finally adopted into a loving home.

Two people and a black and white pit bull mix puppy were hitchhiking. But the people left the pup and never came back. He's now at the Sanctuary.