Blog Entries ( shelter dogs )

Salt Lake City, Utah -- Best Friends Animal Society has created the Invisible Dogs campaign to help spotlight shelter dogs. The Invisible Dog movement hopes to call attention to the hundreds of thousands of very real, but unseen dogs hoping to be adopted in U.S. animal shelters. It’s not something you see (or don’t see) every day—pet lovers strolling down streets, chilling in chairs or ...

Wildlife conservation organizations rescue dogs from shelters and train them to became scat-detection helpers. Scat is a waste product produced in the digestive tract. Due to canine's super-sensitive noses, they can be trained to locate any type of feces. The scat helps the wildlife conservationist track the health and range of practically every existing animal by extracing DNA from the animal's feces. Maggie, a black Labrador Retriever, ...

Dogs are so in tune with us that they can read our minds, according to a new study that also determined canines are probably born with the ability. This is a dog lovers dream come true, but it shouldn't come as a surprise. Those who live with canines likely admit that they feel a strong connection with their pals, and often feel ...

Meet the real underdog--the mutt. Each one is a unique, one-of-a-kind dog, which is to say that he’s the best of all breeds rolled into one. To adopt a mixed breed is to celebrate diversity and root for the little guy; he represents the finest of all worlds. Adopting a mutt puts an end to canine discrimination. The mutt is the one far ...

Many dogs languishing at animal shelters across the country are overlooked by visitors in search of their next family pet. Too hyper to be kept by their former owners and too "crazy" to be adopted from the shelter, many of these abandoned and unwanted canines face a certain, grim future. But not anymore. Now there's hope. In fact, these dogs are often saved from ...