Caring for Pets Stories

Caregiver uses snacks to help a super shy terrier get some help with socialization. This enrichment helps the timid dog become more adoptable.

Dog has a neurological condition and a paralyzed tongue that make eating challenging. Caregivers have created a special restaurant just for him.

Stray dog named Turtle with a front paw injury, face cuts, and deviated septum and a rough past gets help and is now living in a loving adopted home.

Family researches bunnies as pets before adopting to ensure they are prepared. A nine-year-old girl will be primarily responsible for their care.

Teenage girl empathizes with and adopts a senior cat who is deaf and in renal failure, requiring daily fluids and ongoing medications.

Fourth grader designs feline furniture with an incontinent cat with a paralyzed hind end in mind. The couch is easily accessible and easy to clean.

Roberta Monti volunteers with timid, fearful dogs at Best Friends in Atlanta, Georgia, helping to socialize and get them ready for adoption.

Tuco the black Lab works hard at training, including overcoming his food guarding tendencies, and relaxes by enjoying time in the dog park pool.

Shy heeler mix dog hit by a car suffers dislocated hip and a damaged back leg. He is recovering and getting lots of love.

Senior boxer dog receives medications, supplements and spa treatments (laser, hydrotherapy, acupuncture and chiropractic sessions) to feel his best.

Cat with heart disease (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, causing a thickening of his heart walls) is receiving medical treatment and TLC at the Sanctuary.

Two matted dogs, a senior cocker spaniel and senior poodle, receive makeovers that transform them. Both found a forever home together.

Naughty kitten, who is FeLV-discordant and loves dogs, engages in all kinds of mischievous shenanigans in his foster home.

Big orange tabby cat, with a great personality and who is positive for FIV (sometimes called by misnomer ‘feline HIV,' is adopted into a forever home.

With training and patience, unsociable, introverted, loner senior terrier dog learns to trust people and is adopted into a forever home.