The street had never been gentle with this small puppy. It did not need to be. Cold concrete pressed against his thin body every night. …

I remember the cold ground before I remember anything else. It pressed into my bones like it wanted to keep me there forever. I curled …

The street never slept where I waited. Cold air pressed into my bones every night. Lights buzzed above me like angry insects. I learned to …

She was only a baby, yet her body already knew pain. She stood shaking in a stranger’s driveway, her legs weak, her breath shallow, her …

Buddy once walked the streets like a soft shadow, a sweet soul searching for scraps of kindness wherever they might fall. He slept on warm …

He stood on hot pavement with no idea why. The parking lot smelled like tires, dust, and spilled soda. Cars came and went without slowing …

She did not know her name then. She only knew fear. The room smelled sharp and loud and wrong. Every sound felt too big for …

The day Abby wandered the streets, the sun felt cruel and endless. Heat pressed down on her small body like a heavy hand. Her paws …

For fifteen long years, Saiga knew only one world. It was a small, hard place where the ground never felt soft. A place where chains …

Odie did not know what kindness felt like. For seven long years, his world was small and silent. A short chain pressed against his neck …