After Being Rescued, Retired K9 Passes Away In Loving Home
Champ was adopted from a shelter and trained as a police K9. Now, the officers are saying an emotional farewell to him.
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Molly Weinfurter
Molly Weinfurter is an animal-loving writer for iHeartDogs.com. While pursuing a BFA in Creative Writing at Full Sail University, she started taking on a variety of writing and editing jobs, specializing in pet content. She started at iHeartDogs shortly after graduating college, and now, she’s happy to be an even bigger part of the team. She also hopes to publish her own novels one day.
When she’s not writing, she spends time volunteering at local animal organizations. Her volunteer efforts include fostering dogs, educating about puppy mills, and bringing shelter dogs to events. She also has two rescue pets of her own: a Shih Tzu named Mabel and an axolotl named Wooper. Mabel is a sassy old lady who loves napping while Wooper just floats around with no thoughts in his head.
Molly is passionate about the work she does at iHeartDogs because she loves knowing that her writing is helping animals in need!
Expertise: Fosters dogs, volunteers for Bailing Out Benji
Education: Full Sail University
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Title: Writer
Articles by Molly Weinfurter
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