Meet sweet Pig! Piggy came to us right before the world shut down due to COVID. We went to a local pet food store to get bones for the three dogs we already had, and the humane society was there with adoptable pups. On the shoulder of one of the volunteers was a tiny little […]
Archive | Readers’ Rescues
The Uplifting Story of Save-A-Pet
Once upon a time, I lived in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. It was there that I embarked on a volunteer opportunity that forever changed my life. To this very day, memories I spent caring for the homeless animals at Save-A-Pet shelter still resonate and it’s for that very reason that I continue to channel […]
Meet Marble and Quartz by Editor Allison Felus
After my husband and I had to say goodbye to our 18-year-old calico girl Rosie in July 2022, we felt bereft and adrift for the rest of that summer. At one point we’d been living with a rabbit and two cats, so without any critters in it at all, the house felt very, very empty […]
Meet Summer, by Author, Gloria Galloway
My rescue animal, Summer, is a beautiful and crazy smart tabby, who is also a serendipitous part of my book journey. Both Summer and I find it very funny that her breed is known as the mackerel tabby. That particular pattern is composed of vertical stripes similar to a tiger. So we’re wondering where the […]
Meet Murphy, by Author Mary Cunningham
We recently adopted our third rescue dog. Our first was Molly, a sweet three-year-old, twenty-pound chocolate terrier with the hunting prowess of a full-grown Labrador retriever. She came from the Miami Animal Shelter. Oh, how she loved to run! On occasion, we’d take her to an empty field near our home in South River, NJ, […]
Meet Frank, by Reader Kayla Garner
When I was 26, I got my first sales job out of college. I already had one rescue cat named Mr. Bing I got from Dallas Cat Ladies, a nonprofit in Dallas. I started working a lot and wanted Mr. Bing to have a friend so he would not get lonely. One day, I accidentally […]
Meet Boston Binx, by Author, Lisa Wilkes
Boston Binx, affectionately known as “BB,” is my six-year-old rescue cat and my youngest fur-child. He’s such an energetic, silly guy; it’s hard to believe he’s approaching middle age. Boston’s always chasing invisible bugs, climbing into spaces too small for him, and meowing for attention. In my mind, BB will forever be a teenager. He […]
Meet Melbourne, by Author Kimberly Charleston
We rescued Melbourne “Mel,” an Australian Cattle Dog mix, from the Human Society of Houston, Texas. We adopted him when he was ten months old and he lived to be sixteen. He is now a Dog Angel! Mel came into our when my brother-in-law and I went in search of another dog that I could […]