Good News Notes: “A rescue dog is paid it forward by looking after a litter of orphaned kittens. According to a release from the U.K. animal rescue charity Battersea, Bertie, a one-year-old Labrador retriever, is helped the Battersea shelter that found him a forever home raise a group of kittens. Bertie started looking after the seven kittens…
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Missing pet dog returns home in the middle of the night and rings family’s doorbell: ‘We were freaking out’
Good News Notes: “It turns out, dogs know how doorbells work. A couple in South Carolina worried about their lost dog were surprised when their doorbell rang in the middle of the night. They were even more shocked when it turned out that their beloved pet had not only returned home but had also figured out how to use…
Woman Looking For New Pet to Adopt Finds Dog She Lost Years Ago at Shelter
Good News Notes: “Aisha Nieves of Allentown, Pennsylvania began browsing the adoption webpage of the Lehigh County Humane Society’s (LCHS) website on June 18 with the hopes of finding a new pet for her two sons. That’s when she saw Kuvo, the tan pitbull-rottweiler mix that she lost over two years ago. “I thought, ‘Wait,…
Golden retriever missing for 16 days found doggy paddling along the Jersey Shore
Good News Notes: “A golden retriever that had been missing for weeks was rescued by the New Jersey State Police after he was spotted doggie paddling in Barnegat Bay. Chuck, a 3-year-old pooch from Brick, NJ, had been missing since June 6 until troopers were called to the Jersey Shore bay Tuesday, police said on Facebook….
Virginia Dog Saves Fawn From Drowning and Refuses to Leave Its Side
Good News Notes: “Ralph Dorn surveyed the lake’s surface behind his home during the early evening of June 2, looking for his Goldendoodle, Harley. Then he spotted the pup about 200 feet from shore; the 6-year-old canine was swimming with another animal that, after a few moments, Dorn realized was a tiny baby deer. “Not sure…
Petting therapy dogs enhances thinking skills of stressed college students
Good News Notes: “Programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students’ thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information, according to new Washington State University research. The study was published today in the journal AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association. The paper demonstrated that…
Ethan’s amazing milestones: Looking back at an abandoned dog’s journey to happiness
Good News Notes: “Thursday is National Rescue Dog Day and here in Louisville, who better to talk about than beloved Ethan the rescue dog. Ethan’s story is one that spread across social media after he was found starved and abandoned in January outside the parking lot of the Kentucky Humane Society. Since then, he’s come…
Vegas Pet Rescue Project & Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas Presents **CELEBRITY CONCERT FOR CANINES AT SUNSET**
Good News Notes: “Vegas Pet Rescue and Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas are 501-c3 non-profit pet rescues in Las Vegas who work so hard to save the homeless and neglected or abused animals locally and abroad. Their goal for this event is to raise much needed funding that will allow them to continue to do…
Angels of Assisi adopts ‘Petco Love Lost’ technology to help reunite lost pets with their families
Good News Notes: “Although National Lost Dog and Cat Awareness Day is still a few days away, Angels of Assisi is joining forces with Petco Love and animal welfare groups across the country to help reunite missing pets with their families. According to industry statistics, one in every three pets will go missing in their…
Chicken yoga becomes the newest animal therapy trend
Good News Notes: “Meows, barks and bleats have been common at yoga sessions in recent years, as animal therapy became a trend to soothe participants as they work out. Recently, a downtown business added clucks into the mix with the launch of chicken yoga. Yes, chickens. But not your average Rhode Island reds. These were…