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Thanks To You, 2 Broken Back Legs Won’t Stop Ruthie!

Part of each sale on the iHeartDogs.com store is donated to GreaterGood.org, which offers grants for charities and programs like Rescue Bank. Some rescues could not run without the kind donations from organizations like this. Customers like you are the reason uplifting stories like the one below are possible! At just 2-3 months old, little puppy Ruthie was abandoned. When rescuers found her, she was emaciated, covered in pyoderma, and had two broken back legs. Soon after she arrived at Detroit Animal Care and Control, I … Read more

With Your Help, These Shelter Dogs Had The Best 4th Of July EVER!

What do you get when you add two bone-shaped pools, stacks of hamburgers and hotdogs, and a whole bunch of patriotic toys and treats? A shelter full of very happy dogs! Thanks to our iHeartDogs Heroes, we were able to give the pups at Reversed Rescue a pawsitively pawsome Independence Day celebration! The BBQ bash was held in honor of the 4th of July holiday, but we also had another reason to celebrate. Because of all your purchases during the … Read more

Your Help Flew Two Dogs To Their Second Chances At Life

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good, which helps support various charities. One of these organizations, Wings Of Rescue, provides air transport for dogs in risky situations to second chances elsewhere.  Through the Second Chance Movement™ program, happy endings like the ones below are made possible. Your support saves lives! When 8-year-old Beagle Willie’s person passed away, he was turned in to the St. Bernard Parish Shelter outside of New Orleans.  A little Terrier mix named Bonzeye ended up … Read more

Your Support Saved A Starving, Abandoned Mama Dog

iHeartDogs works closely with GreaterGood.org by donating part of each sale to its various charity efforts. One of these charities, Rescue Bank, donates quality dog food to shelters and rescues in need. Some rescue organizations could not run without kind donations like this, so your support is greatly appreciated! In Tennessee, a mama dog was abandoned with her five new puppies. She loved and nurtured her little babies, but she also suffered from severe malnutrition. For about the first four weeks … Read more

Your Help Brought Dash To His Forever Family

Part of every sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to GreaterGood, which helps support various charities like START Rescue. Stories like the one below are made possible with your help! Check out all the animals iHeartDogs fans and shoppers like you have helped save here. For ten long months, 7-year-old Dash waited at the Delano Shelter in California. That region has a big stray and shelter overcrowding problem, so it’s a high-risk place for a dog to be. To many dogs there, … Read more

Thanks To You, A Puppy Mill Survivor Got Life-Changing Surgery!

iHeartDogs works closely with GreaterGood by donating part of each sale to their various charity efforts. One of the charities, Rescue Bank, works to donate quality dog food to shelters and rescues who are in need. Many shelters and rescues could not run without generous donations from organizations like this, so your support makes a huge impact!  Time and time again we’ve seen some horrible consequences of puppy mills. As long as these facilities remain in operation, innocent dogs will suffer. Growing up in … Read more

Thanks To You, Fern Is Off The Streets Now

Part of every sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to GreaterGood, which helps support various charities like START Rescue. Stories like the one below are made possible with your help! Check out all the animals iHeartDogs fans and shoppers like you have helped save here. After living as a stray on the street, little Fern ended up at the Porterville Shelter in California. Through divine intervention, START Rescue selected her for transport out of this high-risk area to Oregon. Once up northwest, … Read more

Your Support Fed This “White Wolf” Of A Stray

iHeartDogs works closely with GreaterGood by donating part of each sale to their various charity efforts. One of the charities, Rescue Bank, works to donate quality dog food to shelters and rescues who are in need. Many shelters and rescues could not run without the generous donations from organizations like this, so your support makes a huge impact!  Those who spotted Winter wandering around Northern Michigan in 2017 took him for a white wolf. At the very least, he looked wolf-like and appeared larger … Read more

Thanks To You, Pepper Can’t Stop Smiling!

Part of every sale through theiHeartDogs store is donated to GreaterGood, which helps support various charities like START Rescue. Stories like the one below are made possible with your help! Check out all the animals iHeartDogs fans and shoppers like you have helped save here. Even though her family surrendered her to the Tulare Shelter in California, Pepper kept smiling. Overcrowded shelters like this one often put healthy dogs on death row to make room. No way that could be this sweet girl’s … Read more

Your Support Helped Build This Wildlife Sanctuary

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good, which helps support various charities like Rescue Rebuild. Thanks to customers like you, heartwarming stories like the one below, are made possible! Since 2007, Rescue Rebuild has put tons of work towards improving the lives of animals and people nationwide through creative renovation projects. Essentially, Rescue Rebuild is a shelter rebuild program. Volunteers from all over the country help out shelters in need of repair or updating. These projects not only make … Read more

UPDATE: After 435 Days In A Shelter, A Former Bait Dog Is Home

I could not be more excited to bring you some updates about a special pup who spent 435 days at SafeHaven Humane Society in Oregon. Her name is Ellie, and she’s a former bait dog. When rescuers found her in Mexico in 2018, Ellie was chained up beside her litter of puppies. The heavy chain had to be cut off with bolt cutters. On January 4th, 2020, Ellie found her forever home at long last. Her new family recognized her potential … Read more

Your Purchases Helped Build A Pet-Friendly Domestic Violence Shelter

Part of every sale through theiHeartDogs store is donated to GreaterGood, which helps support various charities like Rescue Rebuild. Stories like the one below are made possible with your help! Check out all the animals iHeartDogs fans and shoppers like you have helped save here. In December 2019, a crew with Rescue Rebuild traveled to Georgia. The reason for the visit: build an animal-friendly domestic violence shelter. Sadly, as Rescue Rebuild writes in their blog, many shelters and temporary homes can’t allow animals. As … Read more

You Helped Feed A Dog On The Brink Of Starvation

If you didn’t already know, part of each sale on the iHeartDogs.com store is donated to GreaterGood.org, which offers grants for charities and programs like Rescue Bank. Customers like you are the reason heartwarming stories like this one are possible! When Buzz Lightyear came to Amore Pit Bull Rescue in 2014, the poor thing was starving. He was basically nothing more than skin and bones. The rescue staff presumed Buzz had an abusive and neglectful past. Everything seemed to confuse or frighten him. … Read more

You & Transport Northwest Saved A Blind Pit Bull’s Life

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good, which helps support various charities like START Rescue. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible! Blindness is not a death sentence for dogs. Blind dogs, like people, learn to adjust fairly quickly without their eyesight. Potential adopters are often quick to overlook sightless dogs over fears their care may be too difficult or costly. If they happen to be housed in a high-kill shelter, those … Read more

Transport Gives Strays Found On Farm A Second Chance

iHeartDogs works closely with GreaterGood by donating part of each sale to their various charity efforts. One of these organizations, Animal Lifeline, provides transport for dogs in risky situations to second chances elsewhere.  Thanks to customers like you, Animal Lifeline is able to make a difference for many dogs in need! Amos and Andy are just two of those dogs. On a rural farm in Tennessee, two skinny and malnourished sibling pups (now named Amos and Andy) were caught chasing the … Read more

Two Adoptable Dogs’ Rescue From A High-Kill Shelter In Mexico Was The Beginning Of A 1,000 Mile Plus Journey

Part of every sale through theiHeartDogs store is donated to GreaterGood, which helps support various charities. Stories like the one below are made possible with your help! Check out all the animals iHeartDogs fans and shoppers like you have helped save here. Just like people, sometimes dogs are born into unfortunate circumstances and need some help getting to a better place. Out of convenience, good fluffy boys and girls are brought to high-kill and over capacity shelters where they have small chances from … Read more

You Helped An Injured Veteran And A Stray Turned Service Dog Find Each Other

If you didn’t already know, part of each sale on the iHeartDogs.com store is donated to GreaterGood.org, which offers grants for charities and programs like Canines For Service. Customers like you are the reason heartwarming stories like this one are possible! Canines For Service’s Canines for Veterans initiative works with U.S. Veterans to help them regain stability in their lives following their service. Thanks to a grant from Greater Good, Veterans and former shelter dogs are matched through this program to improve both human and … Read more

Your Purchases Made This Tennessee Pup’s Freedom Ride To New York Possible

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to GreaterGood, which helps support various charities. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible. The handsome hound mix in the photo below is one-year-old Sam. Earlier this year, he was picked up as a stray in Tennessee’s Campbell County. Sadly, no one came to claim him. But fate had a plan for Sam. He was one of several lucky Campbell County pups chosen for transport to New York! … Read more

Sweet Girl Sally Finds Her Forever Home Thanks to You

When you choose products from iHeartDogs, you become a hero. Why do we call you a hero? Because part of every purchase you make with us goes to helping shelter dogs in need. In our eyes, that makes you a dog saving hero and the shelter dogs you save most definitely feel the same! Thanks to a grant from GreaterGood.org, funded by the iHeartDogs.com community, a sweetie pie named Sally made it on a transport through the Second Chance Movement and found her forever … Read more

Spared from Certain Death Thanks to You

“Jax is doing great! He is a very loving dog, and we took to him right away. We couldn’t have asked for a better dog.” Nothing brings us more joy than sharing success stories with you. After all, it is YOU who make these happy endings possible. When you shop on iHeartDogs, dogs get fed, housed, relocated, and ultimately, adopted! We’ve got a sweet story to share today that is a perfect example of the great things that come from … Read more

Thanks to YOU Nashville Humane Association Gets a Huge Face Lift

Every purchase you make on the iHeartDogs store helps feed and house shelter dogs in need. Thanks to you, the Nashville Humane Association received some serious improvements to their facility. Image Courtesy Rescue Rebuild How Your Purchases Helped Here’s a little breakdown of how your purchases get translated into upgrades for this animal shelters. iHeartDogs is partnered with Greater Good. A portion of your purchases goes to Greater Good to, well, do more good! Greater Good has an organization within … Read more

Donated Food From Your IHD Purchases Helped Ottie Lose Weight & Find His Forever Home

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good, which helps support various charities. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible. Ottie was rescued from a hoarder’s home along with many other animals. Due to his unhealthy lifestyle, he was overweight and unhappy. “You could see in his eyes that this wasn’t the life for him. Ottie needed stability, love, and a steady, healthy diet,” Fido and Fluffy’s Rescue told iHeartDogs. Thanks to your … Read more

Thanks to You, Harvey Went from Hungry to Happy

Everyone loves a happy ending and it’s out absolute privilege to bring you success stories that are a direct result of your purchases through iHeartDogs. Our partnership with GreaterGood means that your every item you buy on our site makes a difference. Today we get to introduce you to Harvey, who was a recipient of much needed food to fill his belly and return him to good health. Harvey was found in the woods. He was only about six months … Read more

Abandoned By His Family, Your IHD Purchases Saved Kilo From Certain Death

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good, which helps support various charities. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible. Kilo was about 5-years-old when his owners surrendered him to a Mississippi kill shelter. Although the 100+ pound Akita mix never showed any signs of aggression, they feared he may accidentally harm their grandchildren. Sadly, Kilo was diagnosed with heartworm disease at the shelter. Without rescue, this would mean a death sentence. Thanks … Read more

Your Purchases Helped Land Hogan and Timmy in New Homes

When natural disasters strike, rescue groups mobilize. One of the ways they prepare to save the lives of pets in the affected area is to relocate pets already in shelters to nearby states. Doing this makes space in the local shelters for all the pets that will become displaced because of the natural disaster. Before Hurricane Barry made landfall, Wings of Rescue loaded up 150 at-risk animals from shelters in Mississippi and Louisiana and flew them to nearby states to … Read more

You Helped the Shelter, Now Let’s Get Lili Adopted!

There is one very special resident at the Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center (SPARC). She is an absolutely adorable white bulldog mix named Lili and she needs YOUR help to finally find her forever home. Lili has been at SPARC for six years. That is over 2000 days of daily life in a kennel. The staff and volunteers at SPARC take great care of Lili but it’s time to elevate Queen Lili’s status to adopted family member. Image Courtesy of … Read more

A 12 Hour Drive Meant The Difference Between Life & Death For This Pregnant Dog

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good, which helps support various charities. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible. Hazel was heavily pregnant when her previous owners abandoned her at California’s Porterville Animal Shelter. The facility is open-admission, meaning they cannot turn animals away. Unfortunately, this also means they must euthanize when space runs out. While puppies have an excellent chance of getting adopted, the same is not always true for mama … Read more

Your Favorite IHD Products Help Give Dogs Like Clyde A Second Chance

According to his friends from the Shelter Transport Animal Rescue Team (START), Clyde’s former owners made a big mistake when they abandoned him. Luckily, START was able to rescue sweet Clyde from an overcrowded California shelter and send him on a transport to Safe Haven Humane Society in Tangent, Oregon. At Safe Haven, dogs like Clyde get the time they need to decompress so they can put their best paw forward when meeting adopters. Thanks to this second chance, Clyde … Read more

Blind, Anxious Dog Loses 20 lbs In Shelter. Then iHeartDogs Customers Help Give Him a “Second Chance”

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good, which helps support various charities. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible. Howie was a blind street dog living in an open-air shelter in Tecate, Mexico. The frightened, confused pooch lost nearly 20 pounds waiting for someone to rescue him. He was anxious, alone, and losing hope. That’s when California’s Shelter Transport Animal Rescue Team (S.T.A.R.T.) swooped in! Suddenly, Howie found himself in the care … Read more

Emaciated Puppy Survives With Help From His Friends – And YOU!

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good, which helps support various charities. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible.  Ringo was a pitiful sight when he first arrived at Bottle Babies Rescue in Allen Park, Michigan. Naturally tiny, he was even more frail than most Chihuahua mix puppies his age. His belly was full of worms, and he was nearly bald from a serious skin infection. Ringo’s new friends at BBR were … Read more

A Little TLC Helped Turn This Cranky Stray Into A Lovable Lap Dog

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good, which helps support various charities. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible.  Little Delores was found wandering the streets of Detroit. The 13-year-old Poodle mix was filthy, covered in painful mats, and desperately in need of medical care. She behaved aggressively in her cage, but board members from NBS Animal Rescue knew her attitude was a result of her discomfort. The sassy senior captured their … Read more