The 11 years old Doberman disappeared on Sunday got stuck in a canal at Marco island and was only found after 15 hours by a neighbor living near by because of the persistence of some dolphins.

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Ellen DeGeneres recently announced that her holistic pet care line Halo donated over one million meals to shelter dogs and cats across the US.

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Lillian Miller, A hearing-impaired woman from Florida, thought her dog wanted to go outside when he start barking at 3AM , she took the dog out and saw flames coming out of the window of her mobile house. Since it was early morning, she had removed her  hearing aids and couldn’t hear the fire alarm.

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Canadian woman left her home on Friday’s ice storm and didn’t come back, after three days of searching she was found on Monday afternoon thanks to a dog’s sense of smell. The temperature was 15C below zero (5F) and the woman survived the extreme conditions although she was dressed only with light coat.

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