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July 9, 2025
In the video above, you’ll meet Penny, a shelter dog struggling to get adopted due to her kennel reactivity. When…
July 8, 2025
Molly, a 7-year-old German Shepherd mix rescued from a hoarding case in Maui, is slowly learning to trust again. See…
July 1, 2025
Dylan, a scared Mastiff mix, and Penelope, a 13-year-old senior, are both seeking love after trauma. Watch their journey from…
June 25, 2025
A terrified Schnauzer mix named Ryder jumped into a stranger’s car on a highway—now she's learning to trust again through…
June 22, 2025
When dogs arrive at shelters, we don’t always know what they’ve endured. Some come from neglect, some from cruelty, and…
June 21, 2025
If you’ve been following Sitting With Dogs, then you already know these stories stick with you. The dogs, their pasts,…
June 18, 2025
When you see a dog in distress, your heart naturally aches. But when that dog is a puppy, injured and…
June 15, 2025
When a dog arrives at a shelter, sometimes what you see at first glance doesn’t tell the full story. A…
June 11, 2025
Sometimes a single moment changes everything. For a young pit bull I would come to name Oscar, that moment came…
June 5, 2025
When I first saw this little English bulldog sitting in her kennel, my heart broke. I’ve encountered countless dogs in…
June 5, 2025
A red blanket was draped across the shelter kennel window—a sign that the public wasn’t meant to look inside. I’d…
June 2, 2025
In the bustling halls of a Southern California animal shelter, kennel doors slam, dogs bark, and the air is thick…
May 29, 2025
I’ve sat with a lot of dogs. Fearful ones. Forgotten ones. Dogs too shut down to lift their heads. But…
May 23, 2025
I’ve been in a lot of shelters, but what I found in Chula Vista stopped me in my tracks. Tucked…
May 21, 2025
When a dog arrives at a shelter, we don’t always know their full backstory. Some come from neglect, some from…