Animal Rescue Stories

Cat that thinks she's a dog!

My co-worker brought in a kitten that was born in his barn and whose mother had left behind. He had fed her with an eye dropper but needed someone to care for her. Although I considered myself a "dog" person, I live alone and thought it unfair to leave a dog alone during the day, but cats are self-entertaining so I agreed to take the kitten. Now, Kicia is full grown and thinks she is a dog. She fetches, she sits and comes on comand and she speaks. She's learned how to say "mama". She rules the house and back yard and I've become a "cat" person - I wouldn't have it any other way!

Christine
Buffalo, NY

Story from a Rescued Great Dane

Ghost here; I lived with you, after I was rescued from the tomato fields. I am gorgeous now; not a blemish. The thicker my fur grows; the more Harlequin spots I get.
No more horrific medicine. I don't take flight, when someone comes near. I come when the porch light blinks on and off, as it means something good is about to go down.
No more stealing chickens, or hunting lizards and cockroaches. I eat "from the store food". So, I'm always giving "smuggles".
I hear dogs barking and other noises a tiny bit now. I recognize some sounds, so they do not scare me. My sight is not good; up close I cannot see the bones offered to me. I bang my head when I get excited. I know where everything is and I get around well. I prance, ghost moves are out!
I stroll the yard every morning; to see if anything has changed that requires my endorsement.
I like TV; I can see dogs! If Dad is not looking I sit in his chair to take in the best shows.
My BFF is a Neapolitan Mastiff; she took care of me while I was so pathetic. She trained me to play with toys, and showed me games.
I have become intelligent from reading. I pull books off the shelves and when done, I chew them up to retain the knowledge. My Mom makes faces, so I am rethinking the chewing part. We have room for another rescue, but Mom thinks we are too spoiled. (I think being spoiled is a good thing.) Plus she has only so many books she wants to donate.
Paws up, to everyone at the Animal Hospital; you saved me, so I could live with my best Mom and Dad.

Sue
Miami, FL

our rescue story

I spotted Chocolate on Petfinder and fell in love with her picture immediately. Friends of Rocky Mount Animals brought her all the way up to me from North Carolina. We have no idea where she came from - when I got her she didn't even know how to play! She would just look at you and the toy. She didn't know any commands, etither. And she was so depressed...she used to just hang her head and stare at the ground. Now, two years later, she's a pretty happy dog! She loves to play with her hedgehog toys (and has been known to completely disembowel a few!) and loves going for walks to look for and chase rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks! And she now knows the basics: 'sit', 'down', 'paw' - even 'say hi'! ('stay' is a work in progress, ha ha) We had her breed tested, and she's part Chow Chow (which we knew from her funny purple spotted tongue) and to our surprise, Cocker Spaniel. She's getting older and definitely slowing down now, but I'm glad she gets to spend her senior years with me. We're both lucky girls.

tjakubik@optonline.net
Bedminster, NJ

Scrappy

Scrappy was found tied up to a signpost during the last school holidays. I drove past him on three different occasions during the day before stopping. At the time he as extremely thin, dehydrated and generally not in good health. A couple of days at the vet and due to go to the local S.P.C.A., I decided that I could add to the already large animal family and brought him home. He is an absolute treasure, a gentle soul, and extremely loving.
If you get the opportunity, give an animal a home and perhaps a second chance.

Lesley
Benoni, South Africa

Ireland

Ireland was given to me by an ex-coworker who was allergic to dogs. She had been kept out on a back porch all year long, and was not able to go inside the house. Now she has the run of my home and is one of the loves of my life, along with her other dog mates.

Deborah Charbonneau
Ocala, FL

My Bud, Judd

My plan was to foster only & then I met Judd. It is bittersweet to give up an animal after fostering them because I miss them, but I know that they go to good homes. Then Judd came into my care & I couldn't imagine letting him go. He is a 6 year old yellow lab who was scheduled to be put down in the high-kill shelter that he was originally turned over to. Then the shelter that I foster for rescued him. He is the most loving & gentle guy I've ever seen. I'll continue to foster other dogs, but Judd has found his forever home & I have found a forever friend.

Tiffany Fraley
Chicago, IL

Unconditional Love

I found Dawa (left) 10 years ago at the Detroit Anti-Cruelty Association. She was an all white kitten with a smudge on her nose. A year later Marta reached both of her front arms out of the cage as I passed it in the Huron Valley Humane Society in Michigan and I knew she had to come home with me too. It took a few months at first- but they are now sisters and best friends who take good care of each other and sleep together every night. They have completely different personalities but compliment each other perfectly. I feel lucky to come home to them every day and couldn't imagine my life without them.

Lindsay
New York, NY

Crash the Wonder Kitty

We were at the humane society searching for a forever canine companion for my boyfriend's mom. In that search, my boyfriend and I came across a very sickly five week old, one pound kitten. She continuously meowed but her voice was muted by all the large dogs barking in the room. We simply couldn't leave her there, so instead of a dog for his mom, we came home with a new kitten. Crash was very ill and malnourished -- three different parasites in her stomach, a heart murmur and anemic from all the fleas, ear mites, upper respiratory infection, herpes in one eye, etc. But against all the odds, she made a full recovery. Crash will we be three years old this year and she's not only the perfect kitty, but she's also in perfect health. Crash and our dog, Barkley, are the best of friends and we look forward to their continued mischief for many years to come.

Nancy Popovski
Plantation, FL

A Dog says thank you !

A short story of a true event.
I was standing in my driveway one day and a nice dog came up to me from out of nowhere. The dog was looking at me like it needed something to eat. I went inside and brought out food for the dog. I placed it on the
driveway and went away for a few minutes. When I came back there were
3 small stones in the exact place where I had laid the food. The dog had
said thank you to me and I still cry whenever I think about this.
-Thanks

Lawrence L. Sepulveda
St. Petersburg, FL

Miss Ginger

All our cats have adopted us. Ginger was the latest kitty to show up at our house on a cold night last winter. Our other two kitties let her stay, so we fed her and made her a bed in the garage. She was skin and bones when she came to us, and now she's trying very hard to catch up to the other two! She soon made it clear that she wants to be an indoor cat, so now she rules the roost!

Kathy Cronberg
Morristown, TN