🐶 This Sweet Dog is 7 Feet Tall

<sup><sub>“When I walk my dog, people always ask if we’re twins.”
- Jarod Kintz</sub></sup>

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🐕 Dog Walks 2,500 Miles Home

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Girl with Droopy Tongue Gets Rescued

• Kiki was picked up as a stray, shy and malnourished.

• She was fostered for months with no interest.

• She finally found her forever home, and that’s when she relaxed and let her tongue droop low.

• Her owner says her tongue gets longer and longer when she’s truly relaxed.

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Our Favorite Finds This Week 

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Front Page Pets

Loving Cat Adopted After 1,141 Days

• Lucy Lou sat for years in a no-kill shelter, waiting and waiting for her forever home.

• She was overlooked due to having FIV.

• Thanks to an emotional video, Lucy received an outpouring of love from millions of people.
   

• Her story inspired one kind soul to adopt her, and she has found the forever home she’s waited so patiently for. ❤️ 😺

Tallest Dog in The World is a Fraidy Cat

• The Guinness Book of World Records has named the new “tallest dog in the world.”

• He is a Great Dane named Kevin who is 3 feet 4 four inches tall when standing on all four legs.

• Kevin is well over 7 feet tall when standing on his hind legs.
   

• Despite his towering height, he’s afraid of most household items and enjoys cuddling more than anything.

Nationwide Ends Pet Insurance Coverage

• The insurance provider Nationwide says that it’s stopping all pet insurance policies due to inflation.

• Over 100,000 people will need to find a new provider.

• If this means you’re losing coverage, or you’re curious about the pros & cons of pet insurance, look at our deep-dive here.

The Most Popular Dog Breeds by City

• U.S. News researched the most popular dog breeds in the United States, breaking the results down by city.

• The most popular breed in the U.S. is currently the Chihuahua (congrats, Lola! ) 🐕

• Coming in at close second and third were the French Bulldog, and the Golden Retriever.

• Click here to see where your dog ranks!

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More Pet News

• Neighbors work 5 days to get cat out of tree

• Cat rescue receives 200k donation

• World’s cutest rescue pet competition

• Protecting cats & dogs from bird flu

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Incredible Feats of Love
 

 
In the early 1920s, the Brazier family and their dog traveled from Oregon to Indiana - a distance of roughly 2,500 miles.

Their dog, Bobbie, was scared off by the pop of a car engine when they arrived.
 

 
The family looked for days with no sign of their beloved Bobbie. They searched every corner of Wolcott, Indiana, but found nothing. The only thing left to do was drive back across the country brokenhearted.

6 months later, the Brazier’s youngest daughter stepped out in front of the family restaurant to get a breath of fresh air.

Tattered and ragged, Bobbie took the last few steps of his odyssey home.
 

 
Bobbie had tracked his family’s vehicle, stop-by-stop, making his way across rivers, mountain ranges, and plains. By some accounts, he took refuge in the homes of a few kind souls along the way.

We can only speculate how he managed to accomplish this incredible, almost miraculous feat.

Jimpa
^{2,000 Miles Home (Australian Outback)}

 
Jimpa accompanied her owner on a work trip to Western Australia and got loose on a farm there. Failed rescue efforts left the crew feeling hopeless. After all, the Australian Outback isn’t the friendliest place for a dog.

When the work was over, her owner had no choice but to return home, alone.

14 months later, Jimpa arrived at her owner’s doorstep. She had crossed 2,000 miles of the rural Australian outback by herself. Stretches of her journey were nearly waterless, yet she was able to track her way home and survive for more than a year.

Jimpa holds the official Guinness World Record for a dog with the longest unassisted solo journey home. We doubt there are more than a handful of humans on Earth who could make this journey unassisted.

Emily The Stowaway Cat
^{8,000 Miles (Belgium to Wisconsin)}

 
One night, Emily escaped her Wisconsin home and wandered to a paper distribution factory.

She snuck inside a crate, and the crate wound up in a cargo container headed to Europe.

After sailing for weeks, she landed in Belgium. Her collar had a phone number inscribed on it, and the Belgian authorities made it a point to get her a first-class seat on a jet plane home.

All-in-all, her journey stretched over 8,000 miles.
 

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