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The Dog Who Opened His Heart

April 10, 1998. Tokyo. I sat on the bed in my tiny hotel room, getting ready to head…

The Dog That Brought Them Together

I was introduced to my wife, Julee, by her dog, Rudy, a rather corpulent cocker spaniel. I was…

The Dog of My Dreams

My 12-year-old dog Lucy was lying under the kitchen table, one of her favorite spots. She looked up…

Spike’s Secret to Success

I stood on the front porch, finger poised at the doorbell. Just what am I letting myself in…

Spanky

Fumbling with my umbrella in one hand and Spanky’s leash in the other, I tried to nudge the…

Soccer Star Michelle Akers: From Scoring Goals to Rescuing Horses

If you know even a little about soccer, you know the name Michelle Akers. She led the U.S.…

Sit! Stay! Diet!

I reached for a bag of cookies that wouldn’t do my expanding waistline any good, then looked at…

She Trains Rats to Become Therapy Animals

The sight of a rat usually elicits screams or, at the very least, disgust. The long tail, twitching…

She Gave This Abused Polar Bear a Beautiful Life

On a cold November night in 2002, an unlikely group huddled in the FedEx hangar at Detroit Metro…

She Founded North America’s Largest Elephant Sanctuary

One morning when she was 19, Carol Buckley heard her dog barking frenziedly. She looked out the window…

She Bonded With an Injured Robin

It was a typical morning for Kara Twomey. She was taking her rescue pup, Cassie, for a walk…

Sharing the Good News of Faith—and Llamas?

My husband, Tom, had come up with more than a few crazy ideas in our 29 years of…

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