Caring for Pets Stories

A 12-pound rescued Flemish giant rabbit (quite large for a bunny!) comes to Best Friends for help and clicker training and to get ready to be adopted.

Best Friends welcomes three new dogs - a Lab and chow mix, a second Lab, and a pitbull. All three are receiving the special help and care they need.

See photos of a wiener dog's treatment and recovery from back and throat injuries. This little dachshund dog has now been adopted.

Family adopts special-needs cat who turns out to be the perfect therapy pet and friend for their autistic son.

Blindness and deafness don't hold senior dog back from becoming a therapy animal.

Three adopted cats show that traveling cross country in a motorhome with felines is not only feasible but also a lot of fun!

Abandoned, unhealthy kitty, with aggressive behavior issues, receives help and training and is now on her way to living a happy life.

A small dog receives treatment, surgery and physical therapy, for her luxating patellas.

Story of a feral horse who came to Best Friends Sanctuary for training and taming.

Cat with feline cerebellar hypoplasia (CH), a neurological condition, gets a cool new wheelchair (cart) to help him get around.

Kitten with damaged eyes -- one eye was almost completely missing and the other was severely infected -- comes to the Sanctuary.

Dogtown volunteers help train and socialize timid, reticent, shy dogs, a beagle and a dachshund. Here is how they did it.

Pictures of animals having fun playing with various kinds of balls: basketballs, tennis balls, footballs and more.

A black pittie with leash frustration who needs to be the only pet turns out to be one adopter's dream dog.

Stray ill canine is rescued and then receives treatment for parasites, tapeworms, ticks, mange, and a low platelet count.