Chihuahua with Cleft Palate Named America’s Most Heroic Dog of 2020
A four-pound Chihuahua was named the country’s most heroic pup Monday during the American Humane Hero Dog Awards show in Los Angeles.

A four-pound Chihuahua was named the country’s most heroic pup Monday during the American Humane Hero Dog Awards show in Los Angeles.

A four-year-old dachshund is being hailed as a hero after he saved his neighbor’s family from a house fire by alerting them to the danger early Sunday morning.

A traumatized dog is overcoming his crippling anxiety thanks to the help of his fellow four-legged friend.

A Georgia man says he owes his life to the persistent barking of his neighbor’s dog.

A Georgia animal shelter threw a special birthday party on Tuesday for one of its residents, who recently turned two years old after living at the shelter for about a year.

A veteran will be reunited with the one-year-old dog he rescued during deployment in the Middle East after a paperwork mixup nearly sent her back.

A little dog was reunited with her family in Australia recently after a journey that took her approximately 136 days to complete.

A family in Humble, Texas, saved a dog earlier this month after they saw it swimming aimlessly in Lake Houston.

A police dog in Wales got a lot of attention recently for locating a missing mom and her baby during his first shift.

A dog in Pace, Florida, is being praised for alerting his family to a dangerous situation that occurred on Saturday.

A six-year-old boy is being praised for his heroic efforts after he survived multiple dog bites to his face while trying to save his younger sister from a charging dog.

A California firefighter rescued a veteran’s dog from a fire 21 years to the day after his own dog was saved from a fire.

An adorable dog who wears her heart on her chest found her “fur-ever” home, thanks to a viral social media post.

Former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick’s investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo included allegations that he made a staffer walk his dog.

A dog named Diesel is back with his South Carolina family after the two spent nearly a year apart, police said.

A dog that saved her family’s life and went missing after alerting them to a deadly tornado in Cookeville, Tennessee, has been found after 54 days.

A pug dog tested positive for the coronavirus recently in North Carolina, which is believed to be the first case of its kind in the United States.

Military dogs are “part of the team,” said Will Chesney, retired Navy SEAL dog handler and author of No Ordinary Dog: My Partner.

A woman in San Francisco, California, is feeling grateful after being reunited with her four-legged friend on Tuesday.

A Hagerstown, Maryland, winery is getting creative with its social distancing solutions for its business by introducing a delivery dog to its staff.

A golden retriever puppy who lost one of her ears due to an accident at birth is becoming Instagram famous as the “Golden Unicorn.”

A Colorado family said their FedEx driver went above and beyond his call of service when he found the couple’s three-year-old golden retriever and brought her home.

A family of five and their dog were rescued Saturday after their vehicle became caught in a flash flood in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest.

A five-year-old bull terrier is being hailed as a hero after he was shot multiple times trying to protect his family.

A woman in St. Paul, Minnesota, got the surprise of her life after she learned her long-lost dog was in Bradenton, Florida.

A policeman in Chicago, Illinois, found something he was not expecting as he patrolled the city’s South Side January 6.

A puppy found herself in a tight spot after she put her head inside a metal tire rim in Coachella, California, on Wednesday.

A Kentucky woman was able to reunite with her canine companion after spending more than two years apart, according to a heartwarming video of the reunion.

A cyclist dressed up in his racing gear carried an abandoned and severely dehydrated dog to safety on his back after finding the animal in the middle of the road, according to a video.

An Australian sheepdog is being hailed a hero for saving a flock of sheep from the brushfires that destroyed their farmland December 31.

A dog that spent three weeks buried under the rubble left behind by Hurricane Dorian is now thriving with his new family in Florida.

A senior pit bull-boxer mix has finally been adopted after she spent 6 years living at an animal shelter in Marion, Indiana.

A Hackettstown, New Jersey, police officer and military veteran received a patriotic surprise dog house for his K9 companion on Friday.

A group of Florida veterinarians was able to give a dog’s owner a Christmas miracle by reviving a dog whose heart stopped following an animal attack on Christmas Eve.

A dog is lucky to be alive after the Plymouth, Minnesota, fire department rescued him from falling into the ice.

A nine-year-old pit bull mix was adopted from an animal shelter after five years, just in time to spend Christmas with his new family on Wednesday.

Karo Orudzhyan’s three-year-old husky named Ice stayed as cool as his name during a “completely unexpected” encounter with a wild brown bear on Thursday.

A stolen pitbull was reunited with his family Monday after 15 volunteers drove 2,000 miles to get him back home.

A man’s quick actions saved a small dog from what could have been a horrible accident after its leash got caught between an elevator’s doors.

U.S. Coast Guard crewmembers rescued a dog swimming in the ocean off the coast of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on Wednesday.
