Category: Pets Stories

We were just supposed to pop in for her booster shot. Quick in and out. I had my cat Lulu on her little pink leash, and she was doing that dramatic slow-walk…

Six weeks ago, I had a job, a small apartment, and a life that made sense. Now, I’m sitting on a sidewalk with my two kids—and a puppy we hadn’t even meant…

I swear, I was only in the other room folding laundry. My daughter, Amelie, had finally—finally—gone down for a nap in her rocker. Bottle still warm, one sock off (because of course),…

We get our share of surprise visitors—injured pets, lost housecats, the occasional overconfident raccoon. But a deer? And one that calmly walked up to our clinic like it had an appointment? That…

It started with the accident. One minute I’m driving home from work, humming along to some terrible pop song, and the next minute I’m waking up in a hospital bed with more…

When doctors told Sarah and Michael Parker that their six-month-old son, Noah, had Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy—and likely wouldn’t move or survive beyond toddlerhood—their world collapsed. Hope felt unreachable as their…

Okay, I know this sounds bizarre, but it started a few months ago. Every night, just before I turned off the lights, my cat, Mira, would hop onto the couch and stretch…

We almost gave the dog away. We’d had Bramble since she was a puppy — a shaggy, quiet German Shepherd with a big heart and sad eyes. When our daughter Willa was…

When Joshua buys an old couch at a garage sale, he’s expecting nothing more than a cheap addition to his garage. But when his dog uncovers a hidden package in the couch,…

I bought shawarma for a homeless man and his dog on a bitter winter evening. It seemed like a simple act of kindness at the time. But when he slipped me a…