Caring for Pets Stories

Giving a Best Friends membership gift helps homeless animals. Here are examples of what a pet donation pays for and how it impacts an animal's life.

Two dogs who spent their lives chained up come to Best Friends. Their former owners were charged with animal cruelty.

Bird veterinarian / behaviorist Dr. Jan Hooimeijer holds class on neurotic parrot behavior (eg, feather plucking) and positive-reinforcement training.

Best Friends animal consultant helps assess animals and gives suggestions at C.A.R.E. (Cat & Canine Assistance, Referral and Education) in California.

People come together to search for and rescue a stray Shar-Pei dog and get him the critical care he needs. This story has a happy ending.

Dog who didn't trust people at all, and was relinquished because of this, starts to slowly begin to accept attention and affection.

Pomeranian rescued from a puppy mill has some medical issues, including incontinence, that require special care and TLC from his new family.

Naniue the pig arrived obese and ornery at the Sanctuary. She was especially unhappy with her new healthy diet. She has a much better attitude now.

They’re cute, they’re mischievous, and they’re feeling so much better!

These Amazon parrots with high blood pressure need to lose weight. Caregivers are feeding them a healthy diet and helping them be more active.

Moluccan cockatoo exposed to paint fumes comes to the Sanctuary for refuge. He has stopped plucking his feathers and is much happier.

Overprotective dog, who nipped at people, comes to Best Friends. Family unafraid of more difficult-to-place dogs adopt him.

As an intact stallion, Chewy the horse didn't like other horses. Now that he has had his gelding operation, he has mellowed and now has a horse pal.

Though they lived in the same home for 20 years, a hyacinth macaw and Major Mitchell's cockatoo never met face to face. They now get the chance.

Pig with injured shoulder and growth plate suffers from arthritis, but after surgery, she is feeling much better and is much happier and more active.