Rex and S’mores are BFFs. Rex just so happens to be a dog and S’mores is a guinea pig. But that doesn’t stop these two from having a great time together! Rex has degenerative myelopathy (DM) and needs a wheelchair to get around. DM, a progressive disease of the spinal cord, will cause paralysis in …
Once a momma, always a momma. That mothering instinct is always there. That doesn’t mean, though, that you always have to care for babies that are the same species as you. Take Snaggle Puss for example. Snaggle Puss has taken charge of a little bunny named Bubbles. Sadly, Bubbles lost her mother when his was …
For those of you who may think that dogs are just animals, here is a story that proves they are so much more than that. At a home near Brisbane, Australia, two-year-old Alexander Kenny walked away from his family when they were visiting some friends. No one realized that Alexander was gone, except the family’s …
Animals just have this sense. They know when a human or another animal is sick. When I was younger, our sheltie would sleep under our beds and follow us around the house if we stayed home sick from school. The three kittens in this photo were found by Megan Sorbara just like this, all huddled …
People who love animals know that their pets love them back. In fact, most people who have pets do not think of them as ‘pets’ – they are family. We would do just about anything for our pets. Like, share our food and even our beds with them. Wagner Figueiredo de Lima and his horse, …
Do you remember the story about Tuttle the turtle? During the fall of 2015, Tuttle, a common snapping turtle, was found in Illinois near the home of Paul and Diane Tuttle with a screwdriver sticking out of her shell. During the attack, Tuttle, 70 years old, had been stabbed in the head. Paul and Diane …
People love to celebrate some occasions with fireworks. But they fail to realize that animals have better hearing than humans. Fireworks scare cats and dogs all the time. In South Africa, the Barberton SPCA posted this grisly image of a dog. The dog had apparently been scared by some fireworks and ran off. He got …
What do you do if you are a landscaper and you are trimming trees when you realize that you have disrupted a squirrel’s den? If that wasn’t bad enough, there are three newborn babies inside the nest. Well, if you are responsible and a decent human, you try to help the tiny babies. The landscapers …
Did you ever watch your cat when they see birds outside? They make this little chittering noise. Their entire body becomes motionless. All they see is the bird – and then they make that sound. The first time you hear it, you may think you cat is sick or something! The kitty in this video …
We all know that many dogs like to play fetch (I have met a few dogs who refuse to fetch). Seems like a silly game really, but dogs seem to enjoy it. Cat owners know that most cats will not fetch. Cats will chase a tiny red laser dot, though, and that is loads of …