1) Hugs make everyone smile!

2) Nap time protection.

3) Just a baby and her French Mastiff.

4) Hanging out. 

5) Oh my, that’s a cold nose!

6) No teddy bear needed…

7) A couple of cute co-pilots. 

8) A puppy sandwich!

9) Just a friendly day in the sun.

10) “Let me help clean you up.”

11) A big ol’ smooch!

12) Video game buddies.

13) Awwww… 

14) Random hugs are the best!

15) “Ahh, I could get used to this!”

16) “This is MY baby!”

17) Smile for the camera!

18) Don’t even think about taking my baby from me!”

19) “I thought you said there would be no cameras…”

20) “I could nap here all day!”

21) Just a great day with two best buddies.

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A tiny German Shepherd-Chow mix, barely alive, showed up at the Iowa rescue organization. It didn’t look good at all. “The vet said that Nicolas was hypothermic and needed to be on a heating pad. Instead I zipped him up in my sweatshirt and rocked him in a chair for three days,” Jarvis told us.

Deanna took the sweet, sick little puppy that she named Nicolas into her home. Nicolas had a broken jaw, so Deanna was hand-feeding him regularly with the help of her son, Marcus.

Finally, once Nicolas was healthy enough, Deanna looked for a forever home. Tom and Bea Johnson immediately stepped up. “We fell in love with him when we saw him,” Tom said.

Amazingly, one year later, Nicolas still remembers the woman who saved her life. The Thompsons promised to always keep Deanna in touch with Nicolas year after year. This photo says it all.

There’s still a small scar on Nicolas’ ear that will always remind the loving Thompsons of the miracle they helped make happen. From a puppy on the brink of imminent death to a loving forever home, it truly is a Christmas miracle.

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This was Bear’s kennel record; just an older dog in need of some help.

The ride to freedom.

Bear’s first day home.

Norman (his new name) found a nice spot to take naps.

He LOVES naps. 

And of course he loves dog food. Ah, the good life!

Looking better and better each day!

He just needed to be loved.

Being rescued gave Norman a whole new outlook on life. And a new look.

Adopting a dog doesn’t just save its life, it makes it a whole lot better! Spread the word by sharing this story.

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She was spreading the dog’s ashes as a friend snapped a picture. What it captured appeared to be a white silhouette of her dog.

When her beloved Wagner died, she brought his ashes to their favorite spot. This happened. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/GOo0LXLY6K

— Brad Edwards (@tvbrad) October 20, 2015

View: Image Of "Angel Dog" https://t.co/gxG2IEhjrt

— CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) October 21, 2015

“It’s pretty remarkable…the tail and the legs and he looks like he’s, you know, leaping to go up,” Lang told CBS Chicago. “Everyone keeps calling him the angel dog.”

Ashley said she believes it was Wagner’s way of saying one last goodbye. Share with your friends.

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Just beautiful, isn’t it? Be sure to share this one with your friends.

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Mailman Martin Studer looks forward to handing the mail to Pippa daily, but on days when there is no mail…

“I have to improvise,” Studer said.

Pippa always has something to take back to her family and a reason to wait for her favorite mailman every day.

It’s so great to see this mailman go to these lengths to make a dog happy. And you can tell Pippa loves it! Please ‘SHARE’ this with your friends and family to spread a smile!

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In the words of his owner:

This is Steve Mason, the most incredible dog I have ever met and my best friend of the past 16 years. And this is the story of how he died saving my life one last time

Steve Mason, “Mason” to his friends was a Husky, Lab, Rottweiler mutt with insanely fluffy ears and markings on his face that made it look like he was always wearing Harry Potter specs. I picked him out of a litter of puppies because while all the others yipped and squealed and played, he was the only one to stop and snuffle the flowers.

He and I went on enough adventures to shame the Fellowship, and hit the top of more mountains than I can honestly remember. He always had this way of perking up his ears that could spur me to keep going, either to the top of a ridge line or out of what ever ridiculous angst I found myself muddled in.

He was obsessed with shortening sticks and tearing up any cardboard he could find. He was extremely meticulous and many a vacuum clear died trying to tidy up his messes.

Mason was a best friend and rock steady companion for my older brother and a traveling companion like no other. And every time he saw my brother, even if five years had gone by, he’d still try and jump in his arms like a puppy.

Everyone who met him came away saying that he was a remarkable dog, and many could honestly say he was the nicest person they’d ever met.

Over the past two years he began to show his age. His hearing and much of his eyesight abandoned him, along with his sense of balance.

I kept expecting him to die in his sleep or collapse on a hike.

My worst fear was that he would grow so old and infirm that we’d have to put him down. I honestly didn’t think I’d be able to go through what I’ve had to do for so many other dogs with him. He was far too special. He just seemed so old.

But he just kept on going, refusing to take it easy. He moved slower, and couldn’t go as far, but he never seemed to mind.

This winter I’d been sure to get as many adventures in with him as possible, knowing our days together might be numbered. On March 5th, he and I, along with my family’s three younger dogs took off for what was meant to be a quick hike around our property before I had to go to work.

We were about a mile from home on our snowshoe trail when I noticed a figure following us about a quarter mile back. I recognized it as a wolf right away. I hadn’t seen a wolf in my valley for about fifteen years, but wolves are shy and usually hide from humans, especially one with four dogs. Trying to be respectful, I turned us towards home, thinking we’d give the wolf room to escape and think no more about it.

A few minutes later the littlest dog gave a bark and I turned to see the wolf standing five feet behind us. She was huge, her shoulder nearly coming up to my hip. She looked scared but determined, and most of all she looked hungry. We were in trouble. She attacked and we spent the next twenty minutes trying to fight her off. I was hitting her with my ski poles while the dogs nipped and tried to avoid her teeth. She was weak but a good fighter.

Mason and I ended up fighting side-by-side. The wolf kept staring me in the eyes, but it was clear she was after the dogs. She finally pinned the smallest dog and Mason lunged at her. Suddenly my frail old man looked huge, bigger than I’d ever seen him before. He knocked her off the puppy, but she got Mason by the throat. It was over in a split second. I have never screamed so loud. Every fiber in my being was telling me to kill her, stab her in the eye, tear her throat out if I could. But that would have only gotten me killed too, and there were three other dogs I had to get out of there. It was too late anyway. He was dead and she was eating him.

This is the wolf. This picture was taken the morning after by some guards and the nearby border station when she wandered past. Though all I wanted to do in the moment was kill her, she really is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. And now that it’s done, I hold no hate for her. She was starving to death and did what she had to to survive. I think she went into the fight knowing she might be the one to get killed, and it was simply the luck of the draw that she got him first. I only hope she leaves this valley safely.

I miss Mason like there is a hole in my chest. Though I know there was nothing else I could have done, I can’t escape the thought that I failed to save him. But most dogs at sixteen die bye the fireside, slowly and painfully of old age. Mason went out of this world like a thunderbolt, saving my life and the lives of the three younger dogs. He was my puppy, my “grizzly”, my brother, my friend, and he died as he lived: My hero. I love you, buddy. Goodbye.

I think if we could ask Mason, this is the way he would’ve wanted to die… As a hero, protecting the ones he loved the most. What an epic and amazing story.

Goodbye Mason. We’ll never forget you. Please ‘SHARE’ this with your friends and family.

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1) Taking shelter under your best friend’s ear. 

2) “Nice to have a buddy when you’re down & out”

3) “Louis made a new friend”

4) Puppy pillow!

5) Lying around…

6) Cutest cuddle ever.

7) “Body pillow”

8) “Sweetest cat and dog from Norway.”

9) “Forsberg really missed having a cat. Problem solved.”

10) “He is my play buddy, my best mate, my bodyguard and also my pillow.”

11) “The cat is the hat”

12) “Dis is my pillow”

13) “We cuddle on Sundays too” 

14) “What you get when you let your puppy pick out a buddy…”

15) “My dog has terminal cancer. I’ve noticed he and my cat have been cuddling a lot more since he got sick.”

Now THIS is more like it. Aren’t animals just wonderful? Make someone’s day by sharing this post with them.

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1) Best friends for life.

2) Vanilla and Nutmeg working through some stuff. 

3) Two troublemakers who are up to no good.

4) And two best friends on their best behavior!

5) Just a couple of adventurous pals.

6) Some pals on a play date.

7) Roommates and best buds.

8) Cuddle buddies are the best.

9) These two don’t care about their size difference!

10) Just wrestling around.

11) Time to rest after a long day of playing.

12) These two pals met at school. 

13) It was love at first sight for these two.

14) A trio of pals just relaxing on the couch.

15) When car rides are very tiring…

16) Having a friendly stare down.

17) Nothing like a road trip with a pal.

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Watch the thrilling footage through the perspective of the helmet cam.

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