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Pip the Beach Cat was a tiny, sickly kitten looking to trade in his feral family for the comforts of a human home when he showed up on a doorstep in Berlin, Maryland, in September 2018.

Homeless Kitten Decides He Wants To Be A Surfer

The weather was unusually warm in Philadelphia one day in October 2017 when Justin Hanley walked out his front door to a surprising scene: Someone had tied a 16-week-old puppy to the railing of his front steps.

Puppy Was Left Tied To Railing With Pizza Slices And A Note

When Roberta Sa Griner first met Duke in September 2014, he had been taken into the local shelter as a stray.

Dog Returned For Being 'Bad With Kids' Proves Everyone Wrong

Just before the holidays last December, a 3-year-old American bulldog mix named Frappuccino was found abandoned in a New York City apartment with a male dog and their litter of six puppies.

Adopter Returns Abandoned Dog For The Silliest Reason

When Quinn and Gray were born in May 2016, they looked like any other healthy Great Dane puppies.

Dog Inspires His Sick Brother To Learn To Stand Again

In February 2016, a 4-year-old pit bull was found wandering in the San Jacinto desert in California.

Pit Bull Who Ate Rocks To Survive Finally Gets A Real Family

When Peaches arrived as a stray at Yonkers Animal Shelter in March 2014, the only thing workers and volunteers knew for certain was that she was petrified, shaking and shut down.

Stray Dog Was So Scared That People Thought She Was 'Untrainable'

When a 14-year-old Chihuahua mix was surrendered by her owners in October 2017 to Baldwin Park Animal Shelter in Baldwin Park, California, it was clear that she had been suffering neglect for some time.

People Send Sweaters To 'Naked' Dog Who Loves To Be Cozy

When a small Chihuahua showed up at a local animal shelter with a deformed paw earlier this year, workers thought he simply had a broken leg.

Puppy Born With Tiniest Paw Finds The Perfect Dad To Care For Him

When a young pit bull mix named Petey wandered into a firehouse in Compton, California, in June 2015, he was dirty, hungry and dehydrated.

Dogs Rescued By Same Firemen Are Reunited For Photo Shoot

A little yellow school bus rides around the streets of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, but its passengers might not be whom you’d expect.

Dogs Are Getting Rides To Day Care In Little Yellow Bus

Kara Steffensen

When Santiago, a 7-year-old pit bull, was picked up as a stray in Poughkeepsie, New York, in June 2011, little was known about what kind of life he had lived.

Homeless Kitten Decides He Wants To Be A Surfer

He has fans all over 👏

Puppy Was Left Tied To Railing With Pizza Slices And A Note

“Please take me home ... We can no longer keep her in our home.”

Dog Returned For Being 'Bad With Kids' Proves Everyone Wrong

"The love he gives once he is bonded with you is hard to put into words."

Adopter Returns Abandoned Dog For The Silliest Reason

"Normally I will work with the person in keeping the dog ... but this time all I said was, ‘Here’s my address, just return her.’”

Dog Inspires His Sick Brother To Learn To Stand Again

“When Gray came into our home, Quinn’s whole demeanor changed ... Quinn’s energy level and happiness level definitely became higher because of Gray.”

Pit Bull Who Ate Rocks To Survive Finally Gets A Real Family

“We swear she knew she was saved and was very, very grateful.”

Stray Dog Was So Scared That People Thought She Was 'Untrainable'

It took her four years to open up — but one woman never gave up on her ❤️️

People Send Sweaters To 'Naked' Dog Who Loves To Be Cozy

“I find her all the time hiding under spare blankets in the closet or deep under the covers."

Puppy Born With Tiniest Paw Finds The Perfect Dad To Care For Him

“Loki came into our lives and gave us joy. He gave my son a pup to care for and a buddy that shows him that sometimes the limitations we have, we put on ourselves.”

Dogs Rescued By Same Firemen Are Reunited For Photo Shoot

“They were a bonded pair, just like two peas in a pod. They kept on licking each other’s faces and made sure to stay close together.”

Dogs Are Getting Rides To Day Care In Little Yellow Bus

The dogs even wear tiny backpacks 🐶📚

Pit Bull Found As Stray Is Changing Everyone's Mind About His Breed

He has 14 brothers and sisters now and is proving that pitties are great family dogs 🐶❤️