Articles for tag: Animal, DOG

November 29, 2025

Dog’s Bad Breath Leads to a Life-Saving Discovery

A Mom Thought Her Dog Just Had Bad Breath — What Vets Found Instead Changed Everything for This Family When Hayley Glatfelter looks back on the fall of 2025, she can pinpoint the exact moment her world shifted. It wasn’t inside a hospital room or during one of the endless anxious drives between home and the ICU, where her 1-year-old child had been staying. Instead, it happened in the quiet moments after they returned home — exhausted, overwhelmed, and trying to reclaim a sense of normalcy. Their 6-year-old Labrador retriever, Gideon, who had been part of the family since he

November 23, 2025

Schoolkids Throw the Sweetest Birthday for a Deaf Therapy Dog

New Jersey Students Learn Sign Language to Give Their Deaf Therapy Dog a Birthday Surprise — and the Internet Can’t Stop Crying In a New Jersey elementary school filled with the everyday sounds of morning bells, sneaker scuffs and classroom chatter, something unusually quiet — yet profoundly moving — unfolded last week. A 9-year-old pit bull named Cole, the school’s beloved therapy dog who happens to be deaf, arrived expecting an ordinary day of hallway greetings and tail wags. Instead, he was met with balloons, homemade decorations, a red wagon parade, a dog-safe birthday cake and hundreds of small hands

November 10, 2025

Feral Hound Transforms After Six Months with Lifelong Foster

Woman Who Has Fostered Nearly 60 Pets Takes in a Terrified Feral Hound — Six Months Later, the Dog Is “Completely Unrecognizable” For animal foster and lifelong rescuer Tracy Fosterling, compassion has never been a hobby — it’s a calling that has shaped nearly every year of her adult life. Since 2018, the Jacksonville, Florida–based foster has opened her home to close to 60 animals in need — many of them abandoned, abused, or too frightened to trust another human being. Her home, filled with the playful noise of her five dogs and two cats, has seen countless stories of

November 1, 2025

She Escaped with Her Kids — and Her Dog

A Brave Mom of Two Escaped Domestic Violence but Refused to Leave Her Family Dog Behind — and Thanks to a Life-Saving Program, She Didn’t Have To When Hope Dawson Sessoms packed her car one night almost a decade ago, she didn’t know where she was going — only that she had to get her children to safety. Living in an abusive relationship had become unbearable, and she had reached her breaking point. She fled with her two kids and their dog, Coco, unsure what would come next. For weeks, her car became her only home. In New York City,

October 29, 2025

Mysterious Blue Dogs Found Roaming Near Chernobyl

Blue Dogs Spotted at the Site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster — Scientists Are Trying to Discover Why Their Fur Turned Bright Blue In the haunting silence of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where nature has slowly reclaimed what humanity abandoned decades ago, a strange and almost surreal sight has captured global attention. A pack of dogs — their fur tinted with shades of blue — has been spotted roaming the ruins of one of the most radioactive places on Earth. The images, shared by the organization Dogs of Chernobyl, have gone viral, sparking both fascination and concern across the world.

October 27, 2025

Why Are Chernobyl’s Abandoned Dogs Turning Blue?

Mystery Deepens as Abandoned Dogs Near Chernobyl Turn Blue, Leaving Scientists and Caretakers Searching for Answers Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a new mystery has emerged among the ruins — a population of stray dogs living near the exclusion zone has developed a striking blue tint in their fur. The unusual phenomenon, first reported by Dogs of Chernobyl, an affiliate of the non-profit Clean Futures Fund, has captured global attention and raised new questions about the long-term effects of radiation on wildlife in one of the most contaminated places on Earth. Caretakers working with the Chernobyl dogs

October 27, 2025

Hero Dog Walks Miles in the Cold to Save Lost 2-Year-Old Girl

Hero German Shepherd Walks Hours in Freezing Temperatures to Find 2-Year-Old Girl Lost in the Woods in New Hampshire In a story that feels straight out of a movie, a brave German Shepherd is being hailed as a hero after finding a 2-year-old girl who had gone missing in the cold woods of New Hampshire. The search, which took place over hours of darkness and dangerously low temperatures, could have ended in tragedy — but instead, it became a heartwarming reminder of just how powerful the bond between humans and animals can be. It all began when the toddler wandered

October 18, 2025

Blind Dog Lost for 33 Days Found Alive — Thanks to Artificial Intelligence

A Blind Senior Dog Went Missing During a Thunderstorm. After 33 Heartbreaking Days, AI Technology Helped Bring Her Home For 33 long days, Juliette Gonzalez lived every pet owner’s worst nightmare. Her beloved dog, Sandy — a sweet, elderly, and completely blind pup — had vanished during a thunderstorm. As the days stretched into weeks, Juliette’s hope began to fade. Every night she replayed the moment in her head: the sudden clap of thunder, the flash of lightning, the sound of Sandy’s paws scrambling in fear. Then, silence. “I was very worried and so scared for her, especially because she