Everyone Deserves a Special Friend Connecting Our Furry Friends to the Humans Who Love Them

Dear Followers of Special Friends - One of our own needs our help ASAP! One of our great foster families in Metro Detroit has just been informed that the house they are renting has been sold, and the new owner is requiring them to be out of the house by May 30th! This family fosters [...]

This essay below from the Michigan Human Society eloquently mourns the passing of Ace – a stray dog now known to most of the Metro Detroit community due to the extensive media coverage this story has received locally.  However, personally, I’m having a difficult time being as charitable as the Human

When I received this story in a friend’s email, I thought I would be reading another entertaining story about a shelter dog who joins a new family and has a happy life; I couldn’t have been more wrong! (But it does have a happy ending – even though you’ll be drowning in tears by the [...]

Spirit in the sky, who watches over all animals:  it is my prayer and my request that you grant greater understanding, and acceptance to humans; those who love us, and those who hate us. That they will know how loyal we are, how brave we are, and how loving we are.  Help them to accept [...]

Originally published in ‘Animal Connection’ These days we hear about more and more people leaving their pets behind as they leave their homes.  It’s even harder to think about during the holiday season.  Some people will find reasons to leave an animal behind; relocation, financial issues, divorce,