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A couple carrying emotional baggage from traumatic childhoods adopt a puppy with issues of her own and learn that love must be unconditional.

Phoenix went from wanting nothing to do with people (when he first came to Best Friends) to finding a home where all he has to do is be himself.

They came to Best Friends as tiny orphans to grow up and go back to the great outdoors.

Here are some great ideas for having fun in the sun (and inside, too) and how you can help cats and dogs at your local shelter this season.

These pets recently adopted from Best Friends are living (and loving) large

Jennifer Ronzello is a hero for kittens. Read about how she got started fostering and why she keeps going.

Gia was lost in a world she couldn’t see, but with help now she’s safe and sound.

Unlikely feline friends Marky Mark and Coddle both had some behavior challenges in the past, but now they’re happy just palling around.

Tebow was incredibly sick when he first came to Best Friends, but now he’s in a home and healthy enough to outsmart the dog.

This year we’re celebrating National Kitten Day with these stories of snuggly little survivors.

A special foster event helped a dog named Fergus get heartworm treatment and a home.

Even when Chayce Lowham learned that the cat he wanted to adopt had ringworm, he didn’t let anything stand in the way of bringing her home.

Two hearts align when an adopter and a scruffy, deaf dog meet at just the right time.

At Best Friends, we use our networks to introduce you to advocates like Jasmine Crisp, who give back to pets and people in their community.

When Jill visited the Sanctuary, she wasn’t planning to bring home a new cat whose back legs don’t work — but then there was Clark.