Statistically, Piper is one of the world’s unluckiest dogs. In one case, the spayed housedog has the most common problem that dooms pets . She’s in the shelter because her owner is moving. That’s the most offered excuse for leaving someone, who believed that she was a family member, behind. Being housebroken, leash-trained and good with kids and cats didn’t save Piper.

On the other hand, Piper’s entire breed, the Shar Pei, has an uncommon problem. Her breed nearly vanished. In 1978, the Guiness Book of Records listed them as the rarest of breeds, with 60 in the world. A few, smuggled out of China, restarted the breed.

However, Piper isn’t a statistic. Like every other homeless, heartbroken dog, she simply longs to go home.

Coraline, a spayed, vaccinated, black Labrador-mix pup, has the qualities that make people love her breed. She’s also the right age for everything, except staying in the home where she was born, on August 3, 2025. Seldom does anyone know a shelter pup’s birthday, but Coraline’s people cared about her and her siblings. That shows in Coraline’s sweet personality.

However, seven Labrador puppies are fun and manageable when they’re tiny. That changes as they grow. Then, one or two make a house a home. More can be too much of a wonderful thing.

Yet, a five-month-old pup has advantages. Then Labs learn household rules quickly. And future owners can experience the pups’ lifelong personalities. This is an amazing opportunity to find the ideal best friend.

Very few humans would be prepared to love again, after suffering the heartache two-year-and-nine-month-old Gamora has. Yet, Gomora is. In fact, the spayed, kid-and- cat-friendly pup seems to understand love in a way few do. Even though she’s young, Gamora senses when people need calm comfort, instead of romping. This pup understands the need to express her love, too.

Gamora knows not to wait to show love. She’s learned the hard way. Gamora’s had two owners. Each of them died. Gamora watched them each leave. She waited. She didn’t understand, but, like most dogs, she didn’t blame anyone.

This brave girl deserves a forever home. Gamora still has most of her life left, but she’s already experienced more sorrow than most pups should ever know.

About a month ago, when the shelter staff met one-year-old Libby, they knew that the spayed Golden Retriever – Great Pyrenees would go home for Christmas. She was gorgeous and friendly, wagging and wiggling greetings. The prediction came true, and the smiling pup left with her new family.

However, now Libby is back in the shelter. Maybe the chaos of Christmas, a child and a new pup, who really is a puppy, even though her body is bigger, was just too much. Yet, even if the humans were overwhelmed, Libby returned in her same happy mood. She was ecstatic to see her old friends, the shelter staff.

Libby will be just as thrilled to meet her forever person, someone with the time to welcome Libby home.

Australian Cattle Dogs, also called Blue Heelers, are some of the smartest, most intuitive dogs. They bond so completely with their person that they seem to read his mind, as their ancestors read the minds of the animals that they herded. However, eight-month-old, Cattle Dog-mix Chopper simply loves everyone since no one allowed him to bond.

Even though his friendly, trusting personality doesn’t show that, other things do. For instance, he was alone, on his own. And he’d obviously been ignored even before that. His collar was embedded into his throat. Whoever put the collar on didn’t notice or care that the pup had outgrown it.

Yet, Chopper doesn’t know that people weren’t fair or kind. His heart is open to being someone’s once-in-a-lifetime pup.