Toby, an English sheepdog-poodle, was on a trail hike with the McInnes family. At one point, the dog noticed something and ran off. He ended up falling 150 feet off a cliff before tumbling the same distance down the mountainside. The lucky pooch survived a 300-foot plunge off a cliff in …
After serving more than six years alongside her brothers in arms, a US Marine Corp. dog lost her leg to an IED explosion. In honor of her valor, Lucca was awarded the PDSA Dickin medal. It’s described as the highest decoration any animal can receive for military service. Lucca was …
A decade ago, Tracy Dove’s 1-year-old dog Charlie went missing. Last week, she got the call she had hoped for but thought she’d never get. Her dog was found alive. “I was shocked, overwhelmed. I cried,” Dove told the Associated Press. “It’s amazing.” Charlie had been found on the steps …
A retired K-9 is recovering from injuries after being attacked by an alligator, while playing near the water in his handler’s backyard in Palmetto, Fla. The dog Arek belongs to Chris Leister, an officer with the St. Petersburg Police Department. The Belgian Malinois was rushed to Ellenton Animal Hospital on …
Believed to have been the world’s oldest dog, an Australian Kelpie named Maggie passed away this weekend at age 30. Her owner, a dairy farmer in the Australian state of Victoria, says she died peacefully in her bed. “She was still going along nicely last week,” Brian McLaren told Australia’s …
More dogs go missing on the Fourth of July than any other day of the year. Luckily, some make it back home. One of them was Rocky, a shepherd mix of Conway, N.H. This Fourth of July weekend, Rocky panicked at the sound of fireworks going off, and he darted …