Remember Them: the Rescue Dogs Who Did Great Deeds
This documentary report, dated July 18, 2026, focuses only on real search-and-rescue dogs: Coco of the Japan Rescue Dog Association, and Bingjie,…
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Zixie: the Search-and-Rescue Dog Who Still Went to the Chongqing Landslide Site Before Retirement
On July 17, 2026, a mountain collapse struck Hanjia Subdistrict in Pengshui, Chongqing. Before dawn the next day, Zhong Ming, Hu Huixin…
Prieta: the little dog who kept swimming in San Francisco Bay
On July 16, 2026, Prieta, missing since the Fourth of July weekend, was spotted swimming alone near the Dumbarton Bridge. Firefighters, police,…
Kylo Jace: the shelter dog who finally went home after seven years
In July 2026, PEOPLE reported that Kylo Jace, a dog at the SPCA of Anne Arundel County in Maryland, had been adopted…
Skye: the golden retriever who stayed beside her owner after an Alzheimer’s diagnosis
In July 2026, PEOPLE reported the story of Donna Aho in Iowa and her golden retriever, Skye. After Aho was diagnosed with…
Homer: the service dog who helped a veteran walk back into the world
Homer is a large schnoodle service dog from K9s for Warriors. When it entered the life of Army veteran Brian Johnson of…
Brisket: the dog rescued from a deep well after Fourth of July fireworks
After fireworks frightened Brisket, the dog was found alive in a roughly 15-foot well and rescued.
Bella: the husky who put herself between a child and a charging bear
In July 2026, in Torrington, Connecticut, a black bear suddenly charged toward a six-year-old boy standing in a driveway. Home security footage…
Jimmy: the Labrador who stood between his family and a cobra in Karnal
In July 2026, in Karnal district, Haryana, India, a nine-year-old family Labrador named Jimmy rushed forward when a black cobra approached the…
Wade, Oni, and Roman: three rescued puppies who went home with police officers
In July 2026, police in Watertown, New York, shared a warm follow-up: three puppies rescued during an animal neglect investigation, Wade, Oni,…
Duoduo: the Beijing tracking dog who found a missing elderly man in the summer night
In June 2026, an elderly man in Beijing's Haidian District went missing after leaving home to buy groceries. Public cameras and neighborhood…
Buddy: the dog found alive after eight days beneath Venezuela’s earthquake rubble
After Venezuela's June 2026 earthquakes, a McDonald's in Caraballeda, La Guaira, became a temporary health and pet reunification center. AP reporting and…
Tsunami: from abandoned puppy to rescue dog in the rubble
After back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, Tsunami, an eight-year-old Border Collie with K-SAR ECID, worked with handler Jorge Beens…
Hennessy: the dog whose way home was found after a fatal crash
After a fatal crash on I-64 in West Virginia in June 2026, a dog named Hennessy survived but her owner, Jeffrey Simons,…
Osito: the rescued dog riding through Mexico City with a delivery worker
During the 2026 World Cup, Osito, an eight-year-old rescued poodle mix, became an unexpected favorite in Mexico City. AP reported that he…