For Soul
The Mother Dog Kept Running Back Into the Flames
The mother dog was already outside the burning shed when she heard a puppy cry,…
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For Soul
A Stray Pit Bull Waited at Our Bus Stop Every Morning – Then One Day He Wasn’t There
The stray Pit Bull had waited beside our bus route every morning for six months,…
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My Neighbor’s Dog Stopped Barking, and the Silence Told Me Everything
The chained dog stopped barking two days before I finally rolled my wheelchair to the…
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She Was Tied to an Oak Tree. Her First Puppy Was Already Coming.
The pregnant dog was tied so tight to the oak tree that she could not…
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The Blue Ribbon in the Drowning Puppy’s Fur Told Me Someone Was Coming Back
I thought the pale gray float drifting across Lake Martin was somebody's trash, until a…
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I Freed a Dog from a Tire on a Back Road. The Next Day, My Tow Truck Was Called to the Same Address.
The dog was tied to a heavy tire in the middle of the lane, dragging…
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My Grandpa Was Dying. He Asked for the Dog Nobody Wanted.
My grandpa was in a hospice bed when he asked for a dog nobody wanted,…
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I Freed a Goat from a Tractor Wheel on Route 9. The Note in His Collar Made Me Call the Sheriff.
A goat was tied to an old tractor wheel in the middle of the highway,…
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I Went Into the Floodwater After Her
The mother dog climbed out of the floodwater with a puppy in her mouth, then…
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I Turned My Back on the World and Sat with the Shelter Dog Everyone Had Written Off
The old veteran sat facing the shelter wall beside the dog everyone had written off,…
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The Dog Looked Dead Until My Shoe Hit the Dirt, and Then Her Tail Moved
The dog looked dead beside the suburban road until my shoe hit the dirt, and…
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I Placed Forty Dollars on the Vet’s Counter and Pushed It Toward Her
I was twelve years old when I placed forty crumpled dollars on a veterinary counter,…