This was filmed yesterday morning at HALO Animal Rescue in Phoenix. The man is Carlos. Came to the shelter to look at dogs. Told the front desk he was "just browsing." Not sure if he was ready for the commitment. Staff brought him to meet a brown mixed-breed named Rocky. Shepherd and Lab mix. Four years old. Carlos sat on the floor with Rocky for about thirty minutes.
Rocky was calm. Sat beside Carlos. Let Carlos pet him. Normal meet-and-greet. Then Carlos stood up.
Told staff he wanted to "think about it overnight." That's when Rocky moved.
Didn't bark. Didn't jump. Just rushed forward and wrapped both front paws around Carlos's leg. Held on tight. Carlos tried to take a step. Rocky slid across the floor still gripping Carlos's leg.
Wouldn't let go. Shaking. Tail tucked all the way down.
Body trembling. Making this quiet whining sound. Volunteer Jessica was in the room. She said: "Rocky wasn't being aggressive. He was terrified. You could see it in his whole body. He thought Carlos leaving meant being abandoned again." Carlos stood there frozen. Rocky still holding his leg. After a long moment, Carlos knelt back down. Rocky immediately climbed into Carlos's lap.
Still shaking....... And at the end they go away together
This is Vitória.
She was rescued off a Brazilian highway after a car wrecked her in 2020. His rescuer, Leo, quit his job, moved cities, funded the whole recovery. Now she sits locked in on the human who rescued her.
[📹 leohduarte.oficial]
Man says he was FIRED from Chilis in Louisiana for calling a FEMALE by her actual name and not using “they/them” pronouns
“I’m not participating in that shit anymore. You’re not gonna shame me or force me to participate in it.”
“This is a total violation of my first amendment rights, my religious freedom, my free speech.”
@Chilis is this true???
Cc @AAGDhillon
🚨#BREAKING: A 14-year-old boy on a bike ride is being hailed as a hero after he SAVED THE LIFE of a grandmother with dementia who was LOST, wandering the road in 103-degree Arizona heat.
The boy stopped, walked her into the shade and then he gently helped her remember her son's phone number and called him.
She has dementia.
She was MILES from home.
He saved her life. ❤️
The 14-year-old's name is Royal Cothrun, from Gilbert, Arizona.
He was riding his bike in triple-digit heat when he saw 75-year-old Teresa Morgan on the side of the road and something just told him to stop.
"She just looked like something was wrong, so I started talking to her."
Teresa was recently diagnosed with dementia, and she'd gone to the grocery store, gotten disoriented, and wandered miles from home in the intense heat.
Royal got her into the shade and sat with her... and patiently, gently, helped her pull her son's phone number out of her memory.
On the video, you can hear him: "Maybe we can try to call him on my phone?"
He called her son. Her son raced over. The fire department got there right after.
Her son's words: "It's incredible what he did. It's so fortunate that he ran across her... and he CARED enough to stay with her."
The fire captain said the outcome "would have been much, much worse" without him.
And his mama? "Super proud, obviously. He was calm. He was compassionate."
She says helping people is just who her boy IS.
The fire department and the Air National Guard are honoring him.
The next generation isn't lost, folks, some of them are out here saving our grandparents.
GOD BLESS Royal Cothrun and God bless the mamas raising boys like this.
THIS IS THE AMERICA I KNOW!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
A military dog waiting outside a TSA checkpoint spotted his former handler removing his shoes at screening and cleared the security barrier before anyone could stop him.
Clarence Thomas: "I'd rather die than withdraw. If they're gonna kill me, they're gonna kill me."
Amy Coney Barrett: "I'm scared for my life."
Women should not be justices.
🚨 OMG. Stunning images reveal that houses across Texas are BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FARMS: Rows and rows of bassinets have been exposed by AG Ken Paxton, used to make endless birthright citizens from non-citizens
These are appearing in buildings that just look like normal family homes!
"Rows of bassinets of Chinese women giving birth to new US citizens — sometimes going BACK to the CCP!"
How could the Supreme Court look at this and think, "YES, THAT'S WHAT OUR FOUNDERS WANTED?!"
Reverse it now. Time for states to take action and make new laws!
@kayleighmcenany@KenPaxtonTX