When dogs find themselves at shelters it is totally understandable for them to feel scared and confused. Many of them were leading harsh life on the streets, while the rest were someone’s pets and had something to consider home. But now, they are surrounded by people they’ve never met before and a bunch of other dogs they share their fate with.
Edie was one of those dogs that ended up at a shelter. Because she was terrified and puzzled, no one really wanted to adopt her, so she was eventually set up to be put down. Luckily for her, just an hour before her euthanasia was about to take place someone came along and saved her.
With the help of Hope for Paws, Edie found a new owner and turned into a vibrant and a loving dog.
The moment Edie realized all those people that surrounded her were there to give her a second chance for a better life, she felt relieved.
Shelters are scary places for these sweet souls, that’s why potential adopters should never overlook terrified dogs not willing to wag their tail. They are just too confused to be able to do anything.
We hope many other canines would end up in loving families just like Edie did.
Music is what unites us. It has the power to comfort us during our darkest of times but also make us cry when the melody and the lyrics deeply touch our hearts.
Dane Miller, a boy with Down syndrome, found music to be the greatest passion in his life. According to his parents, it all started after they watched a documentary on Whitney Houston and Dane simply fell in love with her music and songs.
It was back in 2017 when Dane was just 9 years old when his singing talent got the attention of the nation. While he was in the car, Houston’s hit “I have nothing” went on and sweet Dane started singing along. The clip of his performance was uploaded on YouTube and it spread like a wildfire in a matter of days.
Both Dane and his parents were surprised and glad at the same time, as there were only positive reactions from people from all over the country.
His voice is pure and enchanting and he doesn’t miss a single beat. There is so much emotion in the lyrics and the melody of Dane’s rendition that it touched millions of hearts.
“Just reading the comments, they’re so sweet. I’m getting emotional,” Danna, Dane’s mom, told CBS.
Dane’s family says that the clip of their boy singing has inspired other parents of children with Down syndrome to share with the world what their kids can do and show their talents.
“Some other families who have Down Syndrome children have posted pictures with their kids,” added Danna.
Back in 2013, Eastern Russia was hit by a devastating flood. Thousands of families had to be evacuated from their homes at safe places. Among them were the Andreevs.
When they left the house, their loyal dog named Druzhok, a 4-year-old Caucasian Shepherd mix, followed them.
The family was temporarily placed with some relatives, but Druzhok whose name translates to ‘Little Friend’ escaped the new place just three days after.
Worried for his safety, they went to look for him, praying he was somewhere safe. That’s when they spotted the loyal canine standing with half of his body underwater in front of their house. He felt he should go back and guard his family’s home.
Rescuers told them how they tried getting him out of there but he refused to move. It was only when he spotted familiar faces that he started swimming towards them.
“It’s deep here. He couldn’t run, he had to swim. The dog stood on the top step of the porch in the cold water all night,” Druzhok’s mom Elana told the Siberian Times. “We sailed into the yard and saw him. He was standing there and trembling, and wouldn’t move away from his place. But when he saw us he was so happy. We took him into the boat and he rushed to lick us. We all were so happy.”
He was later placed in another, safer home, from where he couldn’t escape. His loyalty impressed everyone who got to hear his story.
We hope the family, along with their sweet canine, got to return to their home.
Rob Acuña Jr. was driving back home after a long and tiring day at work and at one point he though he noticed two tiny eyes looking at him.
As he was really exhausted, he believed he only imagined it so he continued driving. But he felt he wasn’t at easy and decided to get back there just to make sure it wasn’t an animal stuck on the busy road. For if it was, it certainly needed someone to step in and help.
“I noticed a little bump on the freeway wall that just happened to look like a little face as I drove by,” Acuña told The Dodo. “I honestly thought I was seeing things since it had been a long day and was so tired.”
This time, he was driving carefully because he didn’t want to miss those tiny eyes he believed gazed at him before.
That’s when he spotted a fur ball stuck between two slabs of concrete lining on the freeway. It was a little kitten that was obviously frightened and confused. He believed it was abandoned and rushed to take it in his hands.
Acuña grabbed it just on time, before it jumped off the overpass.
He put the rescue on tape. You can look at it below.
“I knew I only had seconds to react,” he said. “The entire time I was in complete disbelief! If I had not caught it on camera, I would not believe that it even happened!”
“I am just in shock right now!” he posted on Facebook. “SO happy he/she did not jump over the ledge (about 20ft-30ft drop) !”
Acuña took the sweet animal home and his family was more than happy to foster it and take care of it until it was adopted through Southern Comfort Animal Rescue. They learned the kitty was a female and named her Pepper.
This wasn’t the first time for Acuña to rescue an animal from certain death. He once saved the life of a dog that was hit by a car, and his family had fostered other animals before.
Pepper turned to be a vibrant kitty that was happy to be spending her time with people who loved her.
“She is doing fantastic!” Acuña Jr. said. “After a few days of being able to decompress and relax, she is starting to come out of her shell and really show the world how feisty and precious she is. It is so hard to believe she was ever in that situation to begin with.”
After the vet’s visit, it was determined that Pepper was a healthy 10-weeks-old kitten.
Once the video of the rescue vent viral, a great number of people contacted Acuña wanting to adopt the sweet creature.
“We absolutely love Pepper and know that if we do not keep her, we will find her the best home possible through a rescue,” he said. “What we really want others to know (since I have received thousands of messages asking if someone can adopt her) is that there are so many more strays in need! Just because they do not have a dramatic video to go along with them, does not mean they do not deserve the same love and attention.”
Thanks to Acuña, Pepper got a new chance for a better life and she’s thriving.
Sadly, most educational institutions fail to cope with the problem of bulling many students face with. When it comes to this, parents are forced to stand for their vulnerable children and take things into their own hands.
When a South Carolina mom decided it was enough and confronted her son’s bullies she got arrested by the authorities and is now facing charges. She, however, said that she couldn’t “get the message across any other way.”
The video of the confrontation that took place at the Greenbrier Elementary School was quickly removed from the social media. Doing her best to protect her child, the only thing she actually got from her action were charges of interfering, disrupting, and disturbing.
According to the videos and the authorities, Jamie Louise Rathburn could be seen entering the school building in the morning of May 17 after which she “lift her finger in a pointing manner and circled around as if making sure all the kids heard her and were listening.”
Rathburn allegedly told the third graders how they had no idea who were they dealing with, and later apologized for “allowing emotions to control her behavior.”
“I can’t go eat lunch with my children,” Rathburn said. “I can’t watch them on field day. As class mom, that’s devastating.”
The mother was unhappy with the school’s decision to ban her from entering in.
“I’m frustrated with the children’s actions, but at the end of the day I’m angry with the adults involved in this situation, because we are the ones with the power to stop this,” Rathburn told the Greenville News.
She got furious with the administration’s decision to separate her and her son during recess time so that they could pay closer look at the boy.
Regarding the bullying issue, it was not stated whether the kids involved were punished or not. She said how she didn’t get any documentation regarding the case due to privacy concerns since an official report would have to include other students’ information.
“I am absolutely ashamed of myself for the actions of walking up into that school,” Rathburn told the Greenville News. “You know, I owe the parents, the children and the staff an apology for that. Absolutely, it was wrong. But honestly, I don’t know how I could have gotten my message across any other way.”
The school didn’t want to give any public comments concerning the case or the incident and Rathburn was released on $1,000 bond. Her next court date would be on June 18.
This is one of those stories that remind us of the power of the first love. No matter how much time passes and what life brings, that one person who made you feel butterflies in your stomach for the first time ever will always have a special place in your heart.
KT Robins is a 97-year-old World War II veteran who happened to be serving in the small French town of Briey back in 1944. That is when he first spotted the stunning young lady named Jeannine Ganaye. Now years after they first met and fell in love with one another, the couple is reunited.
The touching reunion that melted the hearts not only of France and America, but the whole world took place at the retirement home where Jeannine now spends her days.
It all started when Robinson decided to share his story with a group of French journalists. He told them how he needed someone to wash his clothes while serving in France 75 years ago and Jeannine’s mother was more than happy to lend him a helping hand.
He recalls how he went head over heels for the beautiful lady the moment he laid eyes on her and it was more than obvious that she loved him back. Sadly, he had to leave her town and head to the Eastern Front.
‘I told her maybe I’ll come back and take you, but it did not happen like that,’ Robbins told French television channel France 2.
‘When he left in the truck, I cried, of course, I was very sad,’ added Jeannine, whose last name is now Pierson. ‘I wish, after the war, he hadn’t returned to America.’
All Jeannine hoped for was for her love to get back to her after the war was over. Unfortunately, that never happened so she decided to continue her life without him. Eventually, she got married and had five children.
Robbins returned to America and found love with his wife Lillian. The two were married for 70 years and both worked together at a hardware store in Mississippi. Lillian passed away in 2015 at the age of 92.
What Robbins had of that time in France was his affection towards Jeannine and an old black-and-white photo of her. He didn’t really think he would meet her ever again.
When he met with the French journalists, he had his photo with him. He was again in France after so much time for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. When speaking to them, he asked whether they could help him find Jeannine’s family, believing she was no longer alive.
But the journalists did their job and managed to track down Robbin’s first love. The facility home she stayed at was located only 27 miles from her hometown.
When they told him he was going to meet her again, saying, “She’s alive, and she’s waiting for you,” the veteran’s heart skipped a beat.
The moment they saw each other was magical. It felt as though not a single second passed since the last time they spoke.
‘I always loved you. You never got out of my heart,’ Robbins told Jeannine.
‘He said he loves me. I understood that much,’ Pierson told one of the journalists.
But it was when he showed her the photo of her that he kept all those years that she started shedding tears.
Jeannine got to ask him why he never came back to look for her, but life is sometimes unpredictable and things don’t always turn out as we expect.
They spoke for a couple of hours and Robbins promised this wasn’t going to be the last time he visits her.
Most stray dogs have rough life on the streets because they are left to fend for themselves. Many times they are forced to go through people’s garbage in hopes of finding some food, or they simply wait for someone kind to offer them their scraps.
Betty Boop is one those canines who wasn’t lucky enough to end up as someone’s pet. One day, however, this dog was spotted by a woman named Krystle Woodward who wanted to take her in and give her some food. But it wasn’t an easy task as the dog was doing her best to escape whenever Woodward would approach her.
After a couple failures, Betty Boop was finally in the hands of Woodward and her husband. They gave her a bath and wanted to take her at the vet’s for a check-up but the dog escaped once again.
The couple knew something was going on as the dog didn’t want to stay with them even though they fed her and treated her nice. They assumed she could be having puppies, so one day, they decided to let her out and hopefully lead them to her litter of babies.
To their surprise, Betty Boop indeed was a mother. She had ten babies, and her rescuers couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
What is remarkable about this whole story is that she trusted these humans so much that she allowed them to meet the sweet puppies.
The meeting was filled with emotions as both the woman and the dog cried. This is something you need to see to believe.
Who in the world needs an alarm clock when you have a dog that does this ‘awkward’ thing of ‘meowing’ early in the morning. Yes, you’ve heard that right. Grey is a Pit Bull that won’t let his human parents stay in bed long and does all in his power to wake them up.
His daddy though it would be awesome if he set up a night vision camera and put Grey’s quite strange behavior on tape so that people can see it and have a good laugh.
Why he does it? The answer is pretty simple, he only wants attention. His daddy wrote, “Please don’t worry about her needing us to let her outside…she has a dog door and full access to the backyard so this is just to get some attention or for some play time.”
I know I would like such a sweet face to be the first thing I see in the morning. What about you?
