A Rescue that Changed My Life
By Lois Stanfield, Minnesota
I have been in love with Afghan Hounds most all of my adult life. Many years ago as a young adult, I had an inner vision of a female pup that guided my search for a dog of my own.
Service and Animals
A Senior Citizen Gives Love and Service to Kittens
By Sue Ellen Armstrong, Connecticut
What would your dream job be?
For me, it’s been opening my home and heart to healing rescued kittens and preparing them for adoption.
William, A Prince Among Dogs
By Richard Binstead, United Kingdom
William was a Labradoodle but looked mostly like a fox-red Labrador. He was seven and a half when we picked him up from a rescue center in Wiltshire, England. William used to live on a sheep farm in Wales. But because he was frightened of loud sounds, he was of little use to the farmers, so he was taken to the animal shelter.
A Wildlife Photographer Listens to Divine Spirit
By Kristy Walker, Minnesota
Being a wildlife-and-nature photographer requires patience, perseverance, curiosity, wonder, discipline, and most of all, love. What else but love could motivate me to be outdoors in sub-freezing temperatures for the chance to catch a breathtaking photo?
A Poodle’s Mothering
By Scott Riviere, North Carolina
Born two and half months prematurely, I stayed in an incubator the whole time I was in the hospital. Upon first coming home, I was isolated from the rest of my family in the third-floor nursery. I rarely cried or moved…
A Hawk Offers the Call to Service
By Kristy Walker, Minnesota
On a below-freezing winter afternoon, the heater in my car stopped working. I had intended to make a quick trip to a print shop before it closed.