25 Heartwarming Pet Stories That Inspire

Amy Jung, a lifelong diabetic, almost lost her life. But thanks to “Pudding,” a 21-pound orange and white Tabby, she lives to tell this incredible tale. One fateful evening, Amy suffered a diabetic seizure while in her sleep.

Pudding, recognizing the danger, started to bite Amy’s nails until Amy woke long enough to call out to her son. Unfortunately, her son was fast asleep and did not hear her. So, Tabby went into the son’s room and started pouncing on his bed until he woke up and was able to get medical assistance.

Doctors agree that Pudding’s actions saved Amy’s life. Now, Pudding has been registered as a therapy cat and has been trained to sit at Jung’s feet and meow if her blood sugar drops.

We just talked about a cat who saved their owner from a diabetic episode. But “Pudding” the cat is not the only pet on this list to save their owner in this fashion. Meet Dory, a 21-pound rabbit that saved its owner from going into a diabetic coma.

Simon Steggall was watching TV when suddenly, he fell asleep. His wife thought he was just nodding off, but Dory the rabbit immediately jumped on Simon’s chest and started to thump furiously.

This caught the attention of his wife who immediately knew something was not right and called the paramedics. “I work for the ambulance service and I’m embarrassed that the rabbit spotted it before I did,” Mrs. Steggall said.

In a tragic and unfortunate event, Michael Bosch and his Cocker Spaniel “Honey,” found themselves in a flipped SUV that had rolled over into a deep ravine. Michael was pinned, but he managed to release Honey hoping that she would somehow find help. His hope was not in vain.

Honey was able to get the attention of a woman about half-a-mile away and brought her to the where Michael was located. Rescuers say that if it wasn’t for Honey, Michael would have died.

It was a normal day at the farm for Fiona Boyd as she went about doing something fairly routine, to move a cow and its calf out of the paddock.

However, this day, this routine task was almost her last. Ignited by her calf’s cry, a mother cow got overly excited and managed to knock Fiona Boyd to the ground.

After repeated assaults from the infuriated cow, all seemed lost for Fiona. But in a miraculous moment, 15-year-old Kerry, a chestnut mare who was grazing nearby, started to repeatedly kick the cow giving enough cover for Fiona to escape.

Furthermore, after Fiona scrambled to safety, the mare stood by her, protecting her from any further attacks from the cow. If it wasn’t for this brave horse, Fiona might have gotten crushed.

Debbie Parkhurst was eating an apple at her home when suddenly, she found herself choking. She attempted to perform the Heimlich maneuver on herself but was not successful and was running out of time.

After beating on her chest she says Toby, her 2-year-old golden retriever, noticed and started to get involved. Toby pushed her to the ground, and when she was on her back Toby began jumping on her chest.

Toby succeeded in dislodging the apple! “The doctor said I probably wouldn’t be here without Toby,” said Parkhurst, “I keep looking at him and saying, ‘You’re amazing.”‘

If you don’t like snakes, you might change your disposition after this incredible story. Yu Feng of Liaoning Province in China found a dying snake outside his home and decided to rehabilitate it.

After 20 days, the snake was well enough to be released into the wild, but when Yu tried to set it free, the snake kept coming back to him. So Yu named it “Long Long” and kept it as a pet.

One night, as Yu was sleeping he felt the snake on his face. Sleepy, he decided to go back to sleep, but the snake grabbed Yu’s clothes with its teeth and started whipping the bed with its tail.

After that didn’t work, the snake went to Yu’s mother’s bed and started to whip it with his tail. Finally waking, Yu noticed that his mother’s blanket had caught fire.

Yu stopped the fire and prevented a horrifying tragedy from taking place. Though local reptile experts say snakes simply don’t have the ability to behave in such a way, Yu insists the snake saved his life.

Nick Bruce wasn’t entirely excited at the idea of his daughter owning a goat. But all that changed two days after “Speedy” the goat came to live with Nick’s family.

One fateful Saturday, Nick’s daughter Abigail was sleeping in the living room with the goat when suddenly, the goat started jumping on her legs and chest.

“I was thinking what’s happening? And all I seen was smoke,” she told local WREG TV. A fire had started in the house‘s garage, and the goat was able to wake Abigail who in turn woke her parents.

“He knew what to do and everything,” Abigail told WREG TV. “I think he was special before we got him.”

Speaking of a saving goat, there’s another goat worth mentioning on our list. While working at his farm, farmer Noel Osborne was accidentally knocked into a pile of manure from which he slipped and shattered his hip.

Without the ability to move and too far away for anyone to hear his cries for help, Noel was in serious danger. However, his goat Mandy went to him and stayed by his side for five days.

The goat nestled up against him and kept him warm through cold and rainy nights. The goat even allowed Noel to milk her for sustenance.

After this heartwarming story, you might never see pigs the same way again. Lulu was a heroic pot-bellied pig who saved the life of a very lucky lady.

It was 1998, and JoAnn Altsman was alone in her home when she had a heart attack and fell to the ground.

In that instant, Lulu the pig forced its way through its enclosure and ran to the road where it proceeded to play dead. When a driver passed by to inspect the pig, Lulu led him to JoAnn.

The driver was able to call for help and JoAnn was rushed to the hospital. Doctors say that if 15 more minutes had passed, JoAnn would not have made it.

Ok, let’s start this story by saying a Lion is not a pet nor should it ever be. It’s a wild animal and should be respected and admired as such. With that said, there is one heartwarming story when a couple of guys bought a lion and raised it from infancy.

Christian the lion was a part of a litter that had been rejected by their mother in the Ilfracombe Zoo. In the hands of John Rendall and Ace Bourke, the little lion grew to the point that it became obvious the lion needed to be in his native environment.

So they took Christian to Kenya and set the lion free at the Kora Nature Reserve. After a year of being left in the reserves, John and Ace visited Christian.

Even after a year in the wild, Christian not only recognized his two owners but joyfully embraced them.

A cat living in a U.S nursing home has the ability to sense when someone is about to die. Oscar the cat looks and behaves just like any other cat, for the exception that when a patient in this nursing home is about to die, Oscar comes in and lies snuggles in the patient’s bed.

It is particularly interesting to watch Oscar, a relatively aloof cat, jump onto the beds of patients near death, and snuggle with them. So far, Oscar has not been wrong in his predictions.

9/11 was one of the most devastating days for the United States. On that fateful day, two passenger aircraft crashed into two skyscrapers filled with innocent and unsuspecting people.

Two of those people were Omar Rivera and Michael Hingson, both of whom were blind. But thankfully, they were accompanied by their service dogs Salty and Roselle. Though both of these gentlemen were in different parts of the building when the planes struck, their dogs behaved in a similar fashion.

Both dogs took their owners down several flights of stairs, fighting smoke, fire, and the throng of people trying to get out as well. And both dogs succeeded in getting their blind owners of the buildings safely.

We know that dogs are “man’s best friends,” but apparently, man is not the only one that enjoys this unique friendship. In 2015, a dog by the name of Rex saved an infant hummingbird that had fallen of its nest.

The dog stayed by the bird’s side until its owner came along. After taking the little bird in and nursing it back to health, the little bird took a liking to Rex and now the two are inseparable.

A bachelor party full of puppies? This is already the best bachelor party ever! A Michigan groom’s bachelor party was improved when a dog showed up at the cabin where he and his friends were staying. “We were cooking bacon with the door open.

The next thing you know, there’s this dog sitting right at the front door. She wouldn’t come inside, but she sat right there,” he told ABC News. The group of eight men soon befriended the puppy. “She was such a sweet dog that once we gained her trust, she was happy to see us, wagging her tail — just a big sweetheart,” he said.

The friendly dog would later bring the eight men to where she was keeping her puppies. “We pooled a bunch of money to buy food and beer. After the third day, our beer fund turned into puppy food fund,” he said. All the puppies and the mom were adopted by the men.

Can you imagine having a dog as a mayor? Well, imagine no more because there is such a thing, and it’s as adorable as it sounds. A three-year-old pit bull named Brynneth Pawltro in Rabbit Hash, Kentucky became mayor in a landslide victory with over 3,000 votes.

Brynneth was able to defeat the likes of a donkey, a cat, and a chicken. His election also helped raise money for a shelter in need.

After serving in the Air Force, Clay Luthy found a job at Lowe’s with his service dog Charlotte. “I can’t stand sitting at home,” Luthy told the Washington Post. Clay had multiple deployments with the Air Force — once to Uzbekistan and twice to Qatar — and had to have multiple knee surgeries.

“Instead of medications, I have Charlotte”. When asked about the dog’s employment, a Lowe’s representative stated “hiring him, along with Charlotte, was simply a matter of accommodating a qualified employee.”

Lowe’s already allows well-behaved dogs in most of their branches. As you can imagine, Charlotte has been a hit with customers who particularly enjoy seeing the puppy in her very cute and official Lowe’s vest.

When a burglar dressed as a FedEx deliveryman tried to break into Justin Becker’s home, Kilo the Pitbull was there to protect his owner.

As Kilo confronted the home invader, the cowardly culprit proceeded to shoot Kilo in the head. Miraculously, Kilo survived! The bullet hit the brave dog in the head but ricocheted off his skull and exited through his neck.

This might sound a bit hard to believe, but a Quaker parrot saved a child from choking. Two-year-old Hannah Kuusk started choking on her breakfast while her baby sister was in the bathroom.

Willie the parrot, however, started screaming and flapping his wings. When that didn’t work, the parrot started saying “mama baby” over and over until Megan came out to find Hannah’s face turning blue. Megan performed the Heimlich maneuver and saved Hannah’s life.

“If (Willie hadn’t) warned me, I probably wouldn’t have come out of the bathroom in time because she was already turning blue, her lips were blue and everything,” she said. Willie was later presented with the local Red Cross chapter’s Animal Lifesaver Award.

Adopted at eight-weeks-old, Buddy was trained to retrieve the phone when his owner, Joe Stalnaker, started experiencing seizure symptoms. This training was crucial in saving Joe’s life.

In 2008, Buddy used his teeth to hit a speed dial 911 and began whimpering on the phone. Emergency responders arrived at the house to find Joe unconscious and were able to give him medical attention.

If it wasn’t for Buddy’s performance, Joe’s story would have had a different, and sadder outcome.

A gas leak would have killed an entire family if it wasn’t for a brave and astute cat. One fateful evening, Winnie the cat began nudging her sleeping owner and meowing loudly.

Cathy was confused by Winnie’s whining, “it was a crazy meow, almost like she was screaming” However when the sleepy owner finally awoke, she realized the severity of the situation. Cathy was overwhelmed with nausea and disoriented. Fortunately, she was still able to call for help.

When the paramedics arrived, they found the 14-year-old son, Michael, unconscious on the floor near his bedroom. Cathy, her husband, and Michael were treated for gas poisoning and made a full recovery.

Charlotte was barely a year and a half when she came face to face with a snake. Thankfully, the family Doberman saved her. Khan was a rescued Doberman who had been abused by previous owners.

But four days after his adoption, Khan would turn out to be a hero. Charlotte was playing in the family garden when Khan began to growl and snarl. Khan had found a king brown snake – one of the world’s most venomous. Accounts say that Khan picked Charlotte by the diaper and tossed her behind his shoulder about a meter away (about 3.28 feet).

At that moment, the snake struck Khan in the paw putting Khan’s life in danger. Thankfully, medical treatment saved Khan’s life. According to doctors, Khan only survived because the snake was not able to inject a large amount of venom in the dog’s paw. It would have been a different story, however, if the snake had bitten Charlotte.

Is there anything quite like a dog’s loyalty? This is a rhetorical question because the answer is no, and this pup was a perfect example of unbounded loyalty. Fido was born in Italy sometime during World War II where he was found by a kiln worker.

The poor puppy was close to death when it was found, but the Kiln worker took him in and nursed him back to health resulting in a bond unlike any other. Every day, when the kiln worker returned home, he would find Fido waiting for him at the bus stop.

However, one horrible day, the kiln worker was killed in an air raid while at work. Fido still turned up to wait for him at the bus stop but this time, the master was not there. For 14 years, every single day, Fido would return to the same bus stop waiting for his master.

Meaning “cuddly bear” in Norwegian, “Bamse” was the name of a heroic Saint Bernard that served aboard a Norwegian minesweeper during World War II. The crew’s affection for the dog came from Bamse’s incredible tenacity in protecting the crew.

Stories are told where Bamse made sure drunken sailors made it back to their posts safely, ended bar fights, and of course, saved people. In one of these events, Bamse rescued a crewman cornered by a knifeman by barreling into the attacker and dragging him into the water.

As for bar fights, Bamse would end those by hopping on his hind legs and placing his front paws on a person’s shoulder as if to say “calm down”. Bamse was posthumously awarded the PDSA Gold Medal in 2006 for his incredible acts of devotion. He’s the only WWII animal to have received this honor.

Bamse is one of several St. Bernards on this list. He was thought to have saved about 40 people during the course of 12 years, in the early 1800s.

However, Barry’s most famous rescue was that of a small child who was trapped on a dangerous ice shelf. The story outlined Barry’s rescue of the boy. Not only did the big dog revive the child, but he was also able to provide warmth! Then, when no rescuers arrived, Barry allowed the child to climb unto his back carried the child to safety.

As a note, there are some speculations that this story may or may not be true. Some critics say that the ‘Barry’ depicted in the story was far too small to be able to carry a child. With that said, the evidence did support the fact that Barry was able to save many people.

In 1930, a black retriever named Swansea Jack was able to save 27 people from what was known as the most dangerous river in Wales. It all started when Jack saw a boy drowning in the river and ran in to pull him out.

A week after he saved the boy, Jack was able to rescue another swimmer in a similar situation. This kicked off Jack’s saving career and he managed to save 27 people from a watery death!

For his heroism, Jack was given a silver collar, the Bravest Dog of the Year Award, and his very own statue. Furthermore, he is the ONLY dog awarded TWO bronze medals (the canine VC) by the National Canine Defense League.