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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

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

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

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

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

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

Dog Goes From Starving Stray To Loved Family Pet, Thanks To Customers Like 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. START Rescue pulled Paris from a shelter in Riverside, CA back in October 2017. She’d been found roaming the streets, literally starving. She was so weak she could barely stand. Thanks to some TLC, Paris healed and was ready for the next step along her journey to happiness. With help from the … Read more

Dog Displaced By Hurricane Harvey Gets Flown To His New Forever Family, Thanks To 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. Thanks to Greatergood.org, Wings of Rescue had the privilege of flying four large cargo flights carrying pets displaced by Hurricane Harvey to safety. They were taken to high-demand shelters, where they were quickly adopted. One of those animals was Enzo. Joe L. from Washington adopted a pup named Archie from the Noah … Read more

1200 Miles Separated This Dog From Salvation – And You Helped Him Get There!

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good Charities, which helps support various charitable programs. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible. The Lancaster Animal Care Center is a division of Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control. With seven “open admission” shelters serving 47 cities, the staff faces a constant struggle to save the dogs in their care from euthanasia. For a beautiful pooch named Mocha, salvation lay in a program … Read more

Crate-Hating Dog Challenges His Rescuers, But Gets A Second Chance, Thanks To You!

Part of each sale through the iHeartDogs store is donated to Greater Good Charities, which helps support various charitable programs. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible – this one specifically through the Second Chance Movement™ program. Animal Investigation & Response (AIR) recently shared with us the success story of Goliath, a dog rescued from Hurricane Harvey who wouldn’t stay in a crate long enough to be flown to an area where it would be … Read more

Blue Was Given A Second Chance Because Of Your iHeartDogs Store Purchases!

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. BLUE was in danger at the Riverside Shelter after having no rescue interest. He’d obviously had no training, was cumbersome and strong. With all this against him, he was looking at becoming another statistic. Image Source: START Rescue Yet, he touched the heart of Nikki T., who brought BLUE to START Rescue’s attention and with a … Read more

Thanks To You iHeartDogs HEROES, These 85+ Animals Received A Second Chance At Life!

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. Animal Lifeline successfully coordinated transport, immediate care, and foster placements for over 85 animals that needed assistance following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. This tremendous effort was made possible thanks to a grant they received from Greater Good and the Second Chance Movement. The funding they received was able to relieve some … Read more

Two Shelter Dogs Were Given A Second Chance At Life, Thanks To Your Purchases

GreaterGood.org and iHeartDogs have teamed up in support of an extraordinary rescue organization. The Second Chance Movement pulls high-risk dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters across the country and transports them to destinations where they can find loving, forever homes. Gentle Ben and Mocha are just two of the many lucky pets who have received their “Second Chance” thanks to these efforts. If not for the Shelter Transport Animal Rescue Team (S.T.A.R.T. Rescue), a partner of the Second Chance Movement, their … Read more

Thanks to iHeartDogs.com Customers, Senior Dog Goes From Shelter Kill List To Forever Home

The Second Chance Movement funds the transport of dogs from high-kill shelters and into less crowded facilities where there is a higher demand for adoption. This simple solution has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of homeless pets – but it can be expensive. Certain products from the iHeartDogs store help fund these life-saving trips, and thanks to you, stories like the one below are made possible! The stress, expense, time, and commitment to make these transports happen month … Read more

Three Shelter Pups Facing Euthanasia Are Blessed With “Second Chances”

GreaterGood.org and iHeartDogs have teamed up in support of an extraordinary rescue organization. The Second Chance Movement pulls high-risk dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters across the country and transports them to destinations where they can find loving, forever homes. Houdini, Candy and Midnight are just three of the many lucky pets who received their “Second Chance” thanks to their efforts. Here’s how it works: Houdini, Candy and Midnight found themselves in over-crowded, high-kill Los Angeles shelters through no fault … Read more

One simple alternative to the horrible practice of euthanasia in overcrowded shelters

There is a terrible pet population problem in the United States, but it’s not what you’d think. The population issue is more of a population distribution problem. In high pet population areas, resources for stray or abandoned animals are often limited, leading to euthanasia for millions of innocent dogs and cats a year. However, some shelters are mostly empty as they are located in areas that tend to have fewer strays and unplanned litters. In these locations, there are plenty of families … Read more

This Method For Emptying High-Kill Shelters Is Saving Lives Across The U.S.

It’s no secret that there is a pet population problem in the United States. The sad truth is that resources for homeless animals are limited, leading to euthanasia for millions of dogs and cats a year – at no fault of their own. While some shelters overcrowd quickly due to overpopulation and lack of resources, others are mostly bare as they are located in areas that tend to have fewer strays and unplanned litters. What’s more, in some places, there’s no … Read more

The Most Impactful Way to Save Lives

Many shelters euthanize adoptable, loving pets each day just because there isn’t enough room for them. Overcrowded, underfunded shelters are faced with the problem of too many pets and not enough demand. Whereas, in other parts of the country there is too much demand. Families are left waiting for their local shelters and rescues to have new pets available for adoption. This is a depressing dilemma for any animal lover to learn about. Yet, there is one straightforward, impactful way … Read more

What Happens After You Unlock These Cages Will Make You Cry

Numerous dogs locked up in cages with more coming in daily, awaiting certain death – this is the reality for many shelters in the U.S. where there are too many stray and abandoned dogs for the amount of families able to adopt. These are healthy, hopeful dogs trapped behind cages, sentenced to death. Those cages are the last “home” they will know before being put down. They are euthanized for no other reason than there just wasn’t someone nearby able … Read more

The Single Easiest Way You Can Save Shelter Animals’ Lives

Puppies to be transported to loving homes

It’s a sad truth, but many pets are murdered every day simply for taking up space for too long in a shelter. These pets are adoptable, loving animals who just want to find a home. Meanwhile, in other parts of the country there are families waiting and waiting for their local shelter to have new pets available for adoption. We animal lovers don’t have to stand by the wayside, heartbroken that we can’t do anything. There is a particular way … Read more

You Can’t Adopt Every Shelter Animal, But You Can Do This Instead

As animal lovers, it’s a rare day when we don’t experience a sinking heart at the thought of all the pets in shelters waiting for a home and that many of those loving, adoptable animals will be put down before really getting a chance. Don’t we all wish we could adopt just one more pet (and after that, just one more) to save them from suffering in a cold shelter and later a needless death? Since one person can’t individually … Read more

How This Simple Key Necklace Started a Movement And Is Saving The Lives of Shelter Dogs

Why are so many pets euthanized in shelters? The answer is simple: it’s a problem of supply and demand. In many areas, such as Southern California, the supply of shelter pets is high, leading to overcrowding in underfunded animal shelters. Because the demand for shelter pets is not high enough in these areas, euthanasia is very common. This is tragic, because these are perfectly good pets with many years of love left to give. A Simple Solution to a Complex … Read more

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