Mar. 15, 2025
Gumbo and Shrimp.Photo:gumbowithshrimp/Instagram
gumbowithshrimp/Instagram
When Hana Brickman was in nursing school at Washington State University, she volunteered to train service dogs and was matched with a cute golden retriever mix puppy.
The little guy — named Gumbo — failed.
“He was not serious enough,” says Brickman, now a 30-year-old nurse. So she adopted him herself.
Years later while shopping at her local IKEA in Vancouver, Washington, Brickman picked up a stuffed dog that looked a lot like Gumbo.
Mar. 15, 2025
Cheyenne Campbell’s dog Emma.Photo:2nd Chance Shelter/Facebook
2nd Chance Shelter/Facebook
Cheyenne Campbell was working a normal animal shelter shift when a dog who had just been dropped off started exhibiting unusual behavior. Then, she realized the rowdy pup was her own dog, Emma — whom she hadn’t seen in months.Emma and Campbell were reunited on Friday, Feb. 7, five months after the pet first went missing, according to 2nd Chance Shelter in Boaz, Ala.
Mar. 15, 2025
Davis Bourgeois' Pit Bull standing awkwardly in her shoes.Photo:Davis Bourgeois
Davis Bourgeois
Breaking in new shoes is rarely easy for humans, but just imagine how it feels to sport a new pair when you have four feet.
TikTok creatorDavis Bourgeoiscaught the attention of 2 million viewers when she posted avideo of her pit bull wearing paw-protecting shoes. The 5-year-old canine, Piper, stood awkwardly atop Bourgeois' bed with her legs stiffly splayed out beneath her.
Mar. 15, 2025
Lynch the dog.Photo:Paris Animal Welfare Society/Facebook
Paris Animal Welfare Society/Facebook
A dog in a Kentuckyanimal shelteris in desperate need of a forever home.
Lynch, a young pitbull mix, has ended up at theParis Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)in Paris, Ky., three times over the past year and a half.
“Lynch doesn’t have the typical sad story you may see us share,” a Tuesday, Nov. 26 Facebookpostfrom the shelter’s official Facebook page reads, adding that Lynch’s story “broke our hearts.
Mar. 15, 2025
Bonnie Chapman.Photo:Bonnie Chapman/Instagram
Bonnie Chapman/Instagram
Bonnie Chapman— the daughter ofDuane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapmanand his late wife,Beth Chapman— is opening up about her recent weight loss.
“Tirzepatide is a Semaglutide and a lot of people are going to Semaglutides because they work,” Bonnie said in her video, which was shared in collaboration with Morph Wellness.
She went on to explain that she has polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a “hormonal imbalance that occurs when your ovaries create excess hormones,” according to theCleveland Clinic, which has made “losing weight impossible” for her “entire life.