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Meet Siri — a 3-year-old shelter dog who’s waited over 400 days for a home and has a permanent pout to prove it.

Dog With Permanent Pout Has Spent 400 Days At Shelter Waiting For A Forever Home

Meet Waffle Sizzli — a black pit bull who loves plush toys more than anything in the world.

Shelter’s Longest Resident Refuses To Leave Her Plush Toy Collection Behind

Meet Willy Wonka — a bubbly 2-year-old pit bull whose world changed when an unfortunate accident caused him to lose his ears.

Shelter Knits 'Scary' Dog A Special Hat And Changes His Life Forever

When Ace arrived at Ventura County Animal Services, the first thing everyone noticed was his size.

Giant Pit Bull With Even Bigger Heart Sits In Shelter Because Of His Size

Spending weeks at an animal shelter can be difficult, but 1-year-old Maxine isn’t giving up hope.

Sweet Dog Tries To Hold Hands Through The Bars Of Her Shelter Kennel

When a bunch of dogs arrived at The Little Guild in West Cornwall, Connecticut, from the overcrowded Habersham County Animal Shelter in Georgia, one dog, in particular, stood out.

Shelter Dog Is So Confused When Family Gives Her Up After 7 Years

The day he was adopted, Lucky thought he’d found his people.

Shelter Dog Who'd Given Up All Hope Finds Forever Family Thanks To Viral Moment

Joey is so special, everyone he meets instantly falls in love with him.

'Sweetheart' Dog Who Spent 500 Days In Shelter Gets Send-off Fit For A King

When Stray Rescue of St. Louis received a call about a dog sleeping on a residential street during a heat wave, they kindly asked the caller to send them pictures of the pup to better assess how to help.

Hopeless, Hungry Puppy Sleeps On Curb Until Kind Woman Offers To Help

Leroy has lived at Dog Tales Rescue for over seven years.

Senior Shelter Dog Whisked Away On Weekend Getaway For The Sweetest Reason

Karma wandered the streets as a lost and lonely stray before she arrived at the Harris County Animal Shelter.

Rescue Dog's First Real Haircut Reveals The Sweetest Eyes 

Sandy has a special routine she looks forward to every night.

Shelter Dog

Dog With Permanent Pout Has Spent 400 Days At Shelter Waiting For A Forever Home

“Her frown has superpowers” 🥺️

Shelter’s Longest Resident Refuses To Leave Her Plush Toy Collection Behind

“She carries them everywhere” 🥺️

Shelter Knits 'Scary' Dog A Special Hat And Changes His Life Forever

All it took was yarn and love 🥺️

Giant Pit Bull With Even Bigger Heart Sits In Shelter Because Of His Size

"Give him a chance to show how kind and gentle he is."

Sweet Dog Tries To Hold Hands Through The Bars Of Her Shelter Kennel

"This beautiful dog is desperate for affection."

Shelter Dog Is So Confused When Family Gives Her Up After 7 Years

“[She] was very scared when she first got here and just wanted to go home" 💔

Shelter Dog Who'd Given Up All Hope Finds Forever Family Thanks To Viral Moment

"Lucky is one very lucky boy!"

'Sweetheart' Dog Who Spent 500 Days In Shelter Gets Send-off Fit For A King

The staff wanted to make sure he knew he was loved ❤️

Hopeless, Hungry Puppy Sleeps On Curb Until Kind Woman Offers To Help

“He’d completely given up ...”

Senior Shelter Dog Whisked Away On Weekend Getaway For The Sweetest Reason

“This experience brought me to tears” ❤️

Rescue Dog's First Real Haircut Reveals The Sweetest Eyes

What a difference a new style makes 🥰

Senior Shelter Dog Asks For Nightly Tuck-In From Big-Hearted Staff

“Our dream is for her to have her own forever home where she’d get tucked in every night.”