It’s brutal and severe and even adults should never, ever go hiking alone.

And when a defenseless 2-year-old is left outside in the elements, the poor innocent baby has almost zero chance of survival.

In short, getting lost or abandoned out there essentially means death.

So when a totally evil woman abandoned her small child on a frigid cold Siberian night, nobody thought the little tyke was going to survive.

Even if they could reach him, temperatures were plummeting to -12 degrees Celsius (about 10 degrees Fahrenheit).

Almost nobody could survive, much less an toddler…right?

Well, nobody told one hero dog that the situation was hopeless.

This amazing canine spotted the freezing child and quickly approached; seeing the little boy in tremendous distress, the dog knew what it had to do:

He quickly wrapped himself around the 2-year-old, imparting a lot of body heat and warmth thanks to his fur.

And there he stayed for two whole days, protecting the boy with his body.

Incredibly, neighbors finally found the pair and though the child was suffering from hypothermia, he was definitely alive!

The callous mother of that little boy is now up on charges, too, and she deserves nothing less than a stiff punishment.

Dogs rescuing children in dire straits seems to be par for the course in Siberia, though.

Three years earlier, a 3-year-old girl named Karina got lost in the wilderness with her dog. That dog eventually returned after 9 days and led rescuers to Karina!

Both children are alive and well today, all thanks to man’s best friend.

Doesn’t get much more miraculous than this!

Source: Honest to Paws

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He was playing ball…alone?

She saw him run over and grab a ball and throw it over the fence. Much to her surprise, moments later the ball popped back over the fence for him to throw again.

She quickly got a closer look, and then it all made sense…

The reason is ridiculously adorable!

Check it out:

Is that not the sweetest thing ever?

The neighbors dog is having the time of his life fetching the ball and immediately dropping it back over the fence for the little boy to throw to him again.

Wholesome videos like this always put me in a better mood, I love them!

The world could use some more happiness and joy these days. We need more cute videos of animals and children and less politics PLEASE.

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That’s all I can say after watching this video!

It’s amazing how a video so simple and with no words, can cause such emotion in me.

The woman sees a stray pup by the road who obviously needs lots of help. She gives him some treats, brings him to a vet, and gets him all cleaned up at the groomers. She even takes him to go pick out his favorite toys.

The two look so happy together!

Then she sees it — the sign.

I instantly started crying when I watched this omg its so good!

Check it out before I spoil anymore…

Now this may not be a “real” video per-say, but it still made me cry like it was. The reason being, I’ve had this exact situation happen to me years ago. It’s about the sweetest and most heart-breaking thing that can happen to you.

At least he’s back home now though with his original owner and partner.

What a sweet video, we need more love and compassion in the world like this.

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They dig to bury prized possessions. They dig for a cool spot to lie down. And they dig up what they’ve buried.

Some dogs will dig simply because they enjoy it or because they smell something interesting. No one will ever know for sure why the dog in this video started digging.

But the results are priceless….

Pandora is a sweet dog who enjoys digging. Like many dogs, she gets into just about everything. This time, she started digging in her back yard. Recognizing that young pups will often eat what they find, Pandora’s owner acted quickly when she saw something alarming.

Pandora appeared to be eating something that she had dug up from the back yard. Fearing that it could be toxic, her owner quickly went to Pandora to get whatever it was out of her mouth.

What she found was nothing less than hysterical.

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“I couldn’t see what it was, so I called her in,” her owner said.

“When I lifted her head, I almost died from laughing.”

Pandora had found an old set of dentures. When her owner reached her, Pandora simply smiled, dentures and all.

You have no chance of looking at this video and not laughing out loud when you see Pandora with her dentures in.

Her owners reported that an elderly couple used to own the property. They can only assume that the dentures came from their time in the house.

Although, no one is quite sure why a set of dentures would be buried in the back yard. You’d think that would be something that would be missed, wouldn’t you?

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They’ll often hear a thunderstorm approaching long before we do.

Some dogs have been trained to sniff out illnesses like cancer. Others can sense when their person is about to have a seizure and alert them before it hits.

Other dogs are so in tune with humans and recognize the varying tones of our voices that it seems uncanny.

This is the story of one such dog and how his alert nature saved a man’s life.

Zeus was a three-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier living with his human family in Perth, Australia.

(What a CUTIE!)

His owner, Mick Condo, noticed that Zeus was behaving strangely in the backyard one day but he didn’t think too much about it.

He simply assumed that Zeus had seen another animal or something else that had distracted him.

Despite Condo’s efforts, Zeus would not stop obsessing over a particular area of the fence between Condo’s yard and that of his 96-year-old neighbor.

That’s when Condo realized that something wasn’t right.

Condo and Zeus approached the fence and heard a man on the other side.

“He was whimpering and carrying on at the fence, so I went to see what the issue was,” Condo told PerthNow. Condo was shocked by what he found.

“Help me, I think I’ve broken my hip I’ve been lying here for two days,” his neighbor cried out. The 96-year-old man had fallen onto a concrete floor on his patio.

“I ran out the front and got a couple of young fellas to help and then we went and bashed in the gate so we could get in,” Condo said.

Condo’s neighbor was dehydrated and had a broken hip. He was taken to a local hospital where he reportedly made a full recovery.

Condo believes that Zeus’s actions saved the man’s life.

“He [the neighbor] kept saying that he couldn’t have made it through another night,” Condo said.

Zeus’s heroism was rewarded with a steak dinner.

“He’s a class dog, just incredible, such a lovable dog,” Condo said.

What an incredible    story!

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The words have been in the headlines a lot recently with the flooding, storms, and fires endangering the lives of so many around the US this past year.

Sometimes animals need rescuing simply because they’ve gotten themselves into a predicament and need someone with opposable thumbs to get them out of it.

Animal rescue meant something very different to a tiny month-old human baby that was abandoned by his mother somewhere on the streets of Argentina.

It was a bitter-cold night and he didn’t have much of a chance of survival.

That is until someone came to his rescue. And his rescuer came in a form you might never expect!

This time it wasn’t a human that was rescuing an animal from an uncertain fate, but an animal that was actually doing the rescuing.

Proving that maternal instincts definitely cross a species barrier, a stray dog named Way saved the baby’s life that cold winter night.

Way had given birth herself recently. When she was out foraging for food to keep up her strength to keep her babies fed she happened to hear the cries of the abandoned child.

Her maternal instincts, already in full swing, kicked into full gear and she went into savior mode. She brought her puppies to the child, then curled her body around all of them and kept them warm and well fed through the night.

In the morning light, local resident Alejandra Griffa heard the baby’s cries and searched until she found the nest the mother dog had made for her human and canine babies. Griffa immediately rushed the baby to the hospital.

Despite the bitter cold of the night, the baby suffered no ill effects. His 33-year-old mother was detained by authorities.

We hope that with the newfound fame brought about by the discovery of her generous and compassionate action the dog described in Argentinian media reports as being “just a dog” has found a home with someone who will realize what a treasure they have.

She definitely deserves the label of “someone’s pet.”

We also hope her puppies fared as well as the human child, who reports say is thriving.

Source: Doggies

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Of course, they’d have a much better chance at pulling that off with a helping hand.

Such was the case for a pair of abandoned dogs that had taken up refuge in a house in Los Angeles that was in shambles.

Thankfully, a concerned neighbor would give rescue group Hope For Paws a call to come check it out.

Rescuers would arrive at the severely run-down house, and they would go on to learn the stunning truth from neighbors.

The dog’s owners had moved out six months ago, and they left the poor animals behind to fend for themselves.

One of the neighbors was able to get one of the dogs to come home with her, but the other wanted nothing to do with human contact.

The pooch, named Flash, would take off under the house whenever someone approached.

That left the rescue workers with quite a predicament on their hands, but they were able to devise a plan to get him to take the proverbial bait in a doggie cage.

He would try to take off again from that point, but the rescuers were able to calm him down and place a leash around his neck.

Flash was coaxed back into the cage and finally brought to safety.

An organization known as Sunny Day Acres stepped in to help, and Flash showed a remarkable transformation after being around folks that loved him.   

Soon thereafter, Flash was adopted by a loving forever home.

Hats off to all involved for giving Flash a much better shot at the game of life.

Source: Honest to Paws

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But it’s even more heinous when the owner in question lies about the situation.

That’s exactly what happened to a poor dog named Kai, who was thankfully rescued in the nick of time.

Kai was blind, deaf, and clearly starving to death, but despite the animal’s obvious hardships, he was still treated like dirt.

The owners wouldn’t allow him inside the house at all and Kai just kept wasting away in the backyard.

Some concerned citizens alerted rescuers but Kai’s owners were able to produce old photos showing a very cheerful-looking pup. What was going on?

Well, something must’ve happened because that very same owner, who said Kai simply refused to eat, was lying through his teeth.

When Animal Rescue North West – S.N.A.R.R. came into the picture, they found a suffering dog covered with pressure wounds and clearly in need of medical attention. And food.

And what happened when they tried to feed Kai?

Oh, he ate it all immediately.

He scarfed it down just like any animal would that was in desperate need of sustenance.

Watch here:

So, it was clear the owner wasn’t telling the truth and rescuers were able to remove Kai from such a dangerous and abusive home.

Now, the dog is on the mend and doing well; though it may take time to recover physically and mentally from his ordeal, he should be able to bounce back.

And here’s hoping that wherever he goes next, he will be treated with love and respect!

Thank you so much to all you animal rescue centers out there doing such amazing work.

Source: Doggies Care

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Such was the case with a poor 14-year-old dog Diesel, who suffers from blindness.

What’s more, Diesel has been kept chained up outside for his entire life – through two different owners, no less.

That is no way to live, not for any animal…ever!

Zoe Kharasch, founder of Newman Nation: Senior Pets United, caught wind of the situation, and she just knew she had to jump in and do what she could.  

She was discouraged from doing so, but she knew in her heart that Diesel deserved a fighting chance at a happy life.

“When I first expressed my dedication to rescuing him, I was met with a lot of skepticism, even from friends,” Kharasch told The Dodo.

“People said he would never adapt to living indoors, that he should remain on the chain where he was ‘comfortable’ and even that he should just be euthanized.”

Zoe sent a volunteer out to scoop Diesel up, and it didn’t take too long for her hunch to be proven correct.

Diesel was an incredibly loving and sweet pup that seemed to be downright tickled to finally be in the company of folks that really cared for him.

This is one happy pooch!

He was placed in a foster home with some other animals, and he quickly made friends.

His lack of sight hasn’t hindered him a bit, and he absolutely loves entertaining himself with the doggie toys that he’s free to grab whenever he wants.

This is exactly how every dog should live, right? Happy and having fun? Loved and respected?

Well, Diesel is finally in a spot with a family that cares for him, but he’s still in need of a forever home.

The turnaround in his life has been remarkable thus far, and we’ll hold out hope that things get even better for him as he advances in age.

“Diesel is a true testament to the good nature of dogs and how they forgive so easily,” Kharasch said.  

Source: The Dodo

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Heartbroken, Ashley wanted to do something special to say goodbye to her longtime friend, so she decided to have him cremated and spread his ashes in his favorite place.

Her friend went with her to celebrate Wagner’s life as she spread his ashes, and she brought her camera along to give Ashley a special picture later to remember Wagner by.

But what she caught when Ashley tosses his ashes in the air is totally inexplicable!

Look closely at the picture; the ashes are in the form of an divine ‘angel dog’.

“It’s pretty remarkable…the tail and the legs and he looks like he’s, you know, leaping to go up,” Ashley said.

“Everyone keeps calling him the angel dog.”

She went on to explain that she feels like it was Wagner saying goodbye to her one last time.

These are the sorts of stories humans just can’t explain and you know, maybe we’re not supposed to explain them.

Maybe we’re just supposed to appreciate a sign from the heavens.

Source: We Love Animals

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