Cassie had been in the same rural shelter since she was a puppy. Then suddenly her entire world was turned upside down.

As a scared puppy, Sona didn't quite trust right ... so you can get to know their personality before taking the leap. Rescue dogs are just as intelligent, loving, and trainable as any other ...

Juke was getting passed up by visitors because of his "stir crazy" behavior in the kennel. So staff did something about it.

“Crammed into a too-small crate, abandoned on a road with hardly any traffic,” a North Carolina animal shelter wrote March 17 on Facebook. “Hours passed. Maybe days, maybe longer. No one knows exactly ...

Abandonment is, sadly, something rescue groups see far too often. Many dogs are left to fend for themselves, confused and scared, after being suddenly discarded by the very people they trusted.

No one knows exactly how long they waited, scared and helpless ... wrote in the social media post. When the dogs arrived at the shelter, they were “dehydrated and dirty but otherwise in good ...

Her puppies would never have to know the same suffering she endured,” the Pennsylvania shelter said of the sweet girl.