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Breakdance by © Jernej Lasic

Note the color of the cat’s tail matches the dog’s coat.

Photographer unknown.

I was walking around the neighborhood on Halloween looking at all of the decorations, when I heard a kitten crying. I followed the meowing and there was this terrified, beautiful yellow-white kitten hiding on the wheel well of a car! I chased it to the back yard of a neighbor but couldn’t catch it. The neighbor was nice enough to trap the kitten and called me when he had her in a cage. She had been abandoned so we took her home & named her Bianca. After a couple of months I noticed that “she” may be a “he”. After a visit to the vet, we confirmed that “she” was a boy! We re-named her Benito. He is such a blessing. He has taken over the house and gives all of my other 3 rescue cats a run for their money. Life wouldn’t be the same without Beni!

Link: The Animal Rescue Site

via Brenda Sexton

Bailey spent the last 14 years of her life with Brenda Sexton and her husband Dwayne. Brenda describes the improbable path of how Bailey became a treasured member of the household:

Bailey is a case of dog adopting human. We decided some years back that since we had a large fenced yard, we would see about fostering some dogs until they found forever homes.

Bailey was our first try.

As a puppy, Bailey had been slated to be euthanized at a local shelter because she was very sick and vet funds were not available. Her first mother, charmed by her sweet nature, adopted her anyway and paid sizable vet bills to have her nursed back to health.

Then, her family had to move out of state and could not take her. They were not willing to abandon her to a shelter again and worked hard to find her a home.

But their clock ran out and we were considering being a foster home anyway, so we took her in.

She was so cute and well mannered that a taker was quickly found. However, Bailey had her own ideas. At first opportunity she ran out the door and into a nearby briar patch. The weather was horrid, yet Bailey would not come when her new family called her or tried to entice her with food or water.

Finally, they called me and I went over. She came immediately, drenched, matted, torn from thorns, stinking, and with the biggest dog grin you ever saw.

After a bath and food, I asked her new family if they still wanted her and they did. So back she went – only to escape again to the briar patch.

This time, their 7 year old daughter walked up and down the edge of the patch calling, “Bailey, its Brenda. Come out!”. Bailey would have none of it.

Once again I went over and once again a fetid, torn but ecstatic little dog came running out.

So this time, we all decided that if Bailey wanted to live with us this badly, we would let that be.

Bailey never made any attempt to leave our home and, I believe, lived a happy life in the home she chose.

We were not astute enough to know that she was supposed to be with us – but fortunately – she was.

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About Louis Animal Foundation:

Somewhere between 10 and 15 million dogs and cats die each year. Some are abandoned, some turned over to shelters where the vast majority are killed and some die in misery on city streets or in the country from starvation, accidents or acts of cruelty. The Louis Animal Foundation is named in honor of Herbert & Daisy Louis. In their memory, and in memory of all the Louis animals extending back nearly 100 years, the Foundation, founded by Barbara Louis, seeks to solve some of the underlying problems of animal overpopulation.

The Foundation operates a mobile medical unit where veterinarians can spay and neuter animals in rural communities where access to these services is often both physically and financially limited. Animals rescued by the Foundation from rural areas, overcrowded shelters and people needing assistance placing their pet are given foster homes until they are adopted. The foundation is brilliant about stretching every dollar that is donated. Every leash we sell helps, but any additional support you can offer is deeply appreciated. Right now, the foundation needs a pulse oximeter and a second anesthesia machine. Medical donations are welcome as well. You may contact the organization directly with any questions or donations. Thanks for your support!

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A lost dog climbed onto a ferry to cross a river and return home.

Jarvis the Jack Russell vanished after chasing a rabbit during a walk at Mount Edgcumbe on the Cornish side of Plymouth Sound but knew exactly how to get home.

Owner Vivienne Oxley searched for an hour for the six-year-old pet without success before returning to her home in Stoke, Plymouth.

Within minutes the dog strolled onto the passenger ferry from Cremyll in Cornwall to Stonehouse in Plymouth on his own and then walked the half mile home.

Vivienne, aged 56, was just setting off to resume her search when she got a call saying the dog had been spotted on the ferry.

Before she could set off Jarvis turned up back at home wagging his tail and totally unharmed by his adventure.

Vivienne had taken him on the same walk several times and reckons he must have memorized the route home.

The dog must have found its own way out of the country park at Mount Edgcumbe, walked a quarter of a mile to the ferry, and hitched a ride before walking through Plymouth.

He crossed three main roads including a dual carriageway before reaching his home.

Vivienne Oxley said she had gone to the country park with Jarvis and two-year-old granddaughter Kaytie when the dog bolted off.

She said: “I searched for half and hour and contacted the warden to help me look for Jarvis.

“I was really, really upset. He had gone off a couple of times before, but just around the corner, not out of my sight. Something must have spooked him.

“Before I could get back there the warden rang to say there had been a sighting on the Cremyll ferry.

“The next thing I knew my husband Tony called to say Jarvis had turned up at home.

“I didn’t expect to see him again. I thought he would get run over. It’s lucky it was a quiet day.

A pet cat has caught the same bus regularly for four years.

Link: Telegraph.co.uk

Link: A dog’s life ain’t all that bad | Blue Ridge Muse.

This pooch has his own trailer that follows his master’s motorcycle. Even better, he has a windshield. Ah, the good life. Photographed at Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Photo by Doug Thompson.

via James Abrams

via Bobbie Hanby

A kind heart is wonderful to behold.