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  • AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 3:05

  • omg that is where i am going to by a dog!!!

  • Responsible ownership would probably eliminate half the animals in shelters. Spay and neuter your pets, folks. Not really that difficult.

  • @CMurray1124 Definitely words of wisdom. Got to get the breeding of dogs and cats and horses under control to reduce the amount of unwanted animals and their suffering. Also getting people to commit to their animals for life as much as possible and getting people to change their view of animals as disposable is important.

  • Dawwwww!!!! Cute and sad but mostly cute!!!

  • Those people that dislikes have no heart and that soo sad

  • I thought everyone's bestfriend are dogs?

  • @Compadect123 they are its just that,unfortunately, not everyone has realized that. :(

  • I wanna work there too! I love animals since I was in preschool!

  • I wanna work there!

  • When i grow up i wanna be like em! Doctor of the dog and other pets :)) i lovr animals :) i love them so much

  • wat wth all the arguments just drop it guys those dogs are so lucky to have home its great! why cant u just b happy for dat?

  • wow.. i really love it.. <3

  • i only clicked on this video to see a dog recover from an attack or something

  • I was crying while watching

  • @Kristine4everNalways Thats because you have a heart of gold. God bless you.

  • @RAVENakaR I totally disagree with you. Responsible breeder? What about all those who are already alive? Disposable? Not trainable? Not lovable? I see you run a Dobie site. Dobies. hmm...not necessarily a trusting breed. All dogs can be made to be mean. ALL DOGS. Buying from a breeder does not help those who die every single day because someone just changed their minds. Get a shelter dog and understand that they come with issues....but are still trainable. Save a life! Rescuer here

  • Best Friends is one of the best animal shelters nationwide. They take in all animals. Not just dogs. not just cats. All. Regardless of their condition. I urge you to give money to them or another no-kill shelter. Budgets are decreasing while animal abandonment or abuse rises. No home, dogs go or are left behind to fend for themselves in foreclosed houses, in basements, chained to fences, terrible places. Please help those who can hot help themselves. Thanks. Animal rescuer. Michele

  • I don't have a dog.. but when my mom gets home from back abroad, we were planning on buying a dog in the pet shop. but now.. im gonna tell her i want to adopt.

  • @vanzgo25 Pets shops where puppies are left alone are awful. I'm so glad that practice isn't not legal in Norway. Please adopt, or at least use a reputable breeder.

  • @vanzgo25 Good for you! So many, many dogs are waiting for someone just like you to give them a forever home. Someone to love and trust. Speak kindly to them and play. Good food, clean water and a comfortable person to lay with. They dont' ask for much. Just love. Bless you for thinking about them. They need you. :)

  • @elves4me Thanks :)

  • @elves4me Thank you. I am being attacked for my comments here. There are now two people who think I 'must' be an abuser because of my comment. It's truly sad when there are people out there who think hey can run people off a "public" forum by saying nasty words, saying untrue statements and stalking them to their own email box. I am an animal rescuer. I dont back down from people with hurt in their hearts. I'm rather disappointed that neither seen to have enough to do with their time.

  • @vanzgo25 Please do adopt. I run a refuge in Argentina and adopting gives a needy dog a family, buying just encourages breeders to breed even more

  • @RAVENakaR Agreed. My friend rescued a dog from the humane society and she was so sweet. One day he was trying to teach her shake and she attacked him for touching her paws. He thought she would never bite anyone and he thought that they had bonded and that she loved him to death. It broke his heart having his own dog attack him. He owned her for about a year and a half before she attacked him. She was 3 years old when he rescued her. She was a border collie/ blue heeler mix.

  • I have rescued five dogs in the past 15 years. I have three of them right now and I would say they are adorable. Once an old Golden Retriever running free in the street, obviously lost, came directly to my open door and just went inside and wouldn't go. We were so surprised that we let her stay. Unfortunately, she only lived another 8 months. She developed a cancerous tumor in one of her paws and we had to put her down...she was a glorius gift, tho.

  • @rutsableich wow...thats really kind and loving sorry for what hapend to your dog

  • @XQavvsome Thank you for your kind words, have a nice day.

  • next stop: best friends in the angel canyon

    person that helps adopt:hi how may i help you?

    me: i wanna adopt every animal in here please!

    person that helps adopt: =O ummm are you sure do you have room in your cars and house?

    me: yeap i have everything to help them d:D(smileh face wit a hat)

    person that helps adopt: ooooook well just sign these papers please

    me: yay! thx so much!

    person that helps adopt: no problem!

    (i take animals home and lives with them forever happily)

  • Best Friends rocks.

  • i smiled watching this...i hope more people wil lhave a heart for dogs...

  • i want to get all my dogs from there from now on.

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  • @WutiBear I hope you die first

  • @WutiBear U are one lousy M***** F*****

  • @WutiBear you die 1st eat ur dick

  • Best Friends rocks.

  • I want to work there I love animals no matter if they are blind, can't hear doesin't have a leg or can't walk I would still love the animal

  • 42 dislikes? What are you? Michael Vick fans?

  • @kristinadk Na Worse.... Justin Biebers.....

  • @joey7286 lol

    seriously though, i think the "like" and "dislike" button are too close together...if some people have twitches, they may accidentally click the wrong button

    and also...you don't eat where you shit

    those buttons need to be moved to opposite directions

  • I am so glad that there is a place out there such as this one to help dogs and rescue them. Its about time! lets have more of these around the world please :)

  • We volunteered for the first time at Best Friends in early may 2010. End of April 2011 will be our fourth time to volunteer. The dedication to the animals and the spirit of each and everyone that works there is so inspiring. If you love animals and have the change, go visit Best Friends and get inspired too.

    By the way, did I tell you that the sanctuary is in Utah, USA and we live in the Netherlands.

  • if i were an animal i would love to live here

  • SO NICE......

  • Excellent work! All my best wishes and congratulations for Dog Town. Pets deserve it!

  • Best Friends is the model for all animal sanctuaries. Send money if you can. Those people are heroes for innocent animals.

  • this video shows that there are kind hearted people out there where ever u live around the world

  • why did i click this video D': its so sad

  • @GenaChristina What's sad is the condition of the animals.

    BUT, in a regular pound they would be euthinized. They would not have any chance to recover or to even get a family. In dog town however, they have a chance to recover and get a family, this is the happy part, the animals will get better, they will get treated good, and they will find a loving home.

  • Хорошие люди, уважаю Вас за это. Nice people)

  • cute puppy

  • All my life I have dreamed of saving animals liek this thank god people are already on it because when i grow up this is my job for sure, and if ome rich guy wants to buy dogtowns land I am gonna make sure Ilock him up in a cage and show him how it feels!

  • these people are saints for caring about dogs and other animals, but it makes me sad to see some injured like that :( GOD BLESS THEM

    btw weren't some of these dogs survivors of gassing chambers ?

  • my mom has it in her will that all money from sales of her belongings go to dogtown

  • im going there ,,,send me more info

  • 50 people don't like dogs who are rescued and rehabilitated. 

  • When the cat at the start showed up crawling i felt like crying, And if i where to be inrecarnated i want to be a golden retriever here! :)

  • My dog just died... this made me smile :)

  • @Gismozo Mine died just before christmas.Horrible,isn't it?

  • the only thing i don't like about Best Friends is that they are now requiring who ever wants to buy a horse to have a level 3 Parelli training. that's going to make it so much harder to adopt them out. and i really wanted one of those horses too T ^ T

  • Wow Im so Happy! I hope more place like that exist for those abandoned animals to be happy and to start a new life

  • OH MY GOD! To think such a place exists... im just amazed. This place is the best, I mean seriously. People should raise awareness of this place so others can follow. Animal celebraties like Cesar Millan can give this place more just by raising awareness.

  • Wish my dog was lyk that.....

  • man... this place reminds me of Hidden Valley on the ranch bottle... except this place is real :)

    awesome ;D

  • what breed is the dog on 00:49 (the one on the operation table)?

  • @Luigigrobar looks like a boxer

  • makes my heart melt

  • As great of a place as this is, I find it sad that this place exists while millions of people die.

  • Now THAT is where I want to go when I grow up!

  • @4evragz what that place is only for animal 

  • @jme915 Well I'd love to help out and work there :)

  • @4evragz Same here!

  • Behind these institutions are the most kind-hearted people of the world.

  • dogs are the best thank you guys for helping

  • what the website ???

    

  • i am going to mummify my dog when she dies and i hope i never have to mummify her.

  • Does dog adoption means buying them? If yes, how much? We do adoptions for free...

  • @kaylaks

    It's not the same. If you adopt a dog, you sign a contract that you can never give it up to a shelter or give it away. If you buy it, you can do whatever the hell you want with it.

    Shelters and rescues need money too. It's an Adoption fee, money for the medical attention, food, and shelter.

  • aweeee thats so amazing :)!

  • DOGS ARE JUST AWESOME,I REALY WISH MY COUNTRY WERE LIKE THE USA THEY CARE FOR ANIMALS,,DOGS ARE SO AWESOME ,THE LISTEN TO U IF ARE SAD,THEY MAKE U HAPPY AND PLAY WITH YOU ANYTIME.AND ALWAYS WELCOME YOU TO THE HOUSE. I SIMPLY LOVE DOGS.

  • It makes me heartbroken to see these dogs like this and to hear that their owners in the past treated them like that.But it makes me so happy to know that they help them until they can find LOVING homes once again.:)

  • how could i work there?

  • Dogtown is awesome! 

  • i wanna work there!!!!

  • oh yeah thats where I am going to go work when I graduate, that is so incredible that there is a place like that out in the world. I am so getting the training you have to have to work there and then I am sooo going to work there. thx to whoever put this video up, it has changed the course of my life.

  • God. I wanna Work There now.

  • 39 users are followers of Hitler.

  • Keep up guys. I am always counting on human beings moving the human evolution forward and not backward.Thank you.

  • poor animals=(

  • How much can I donate to this sanctuary? This is a loving place for unwanted pets.

  • LOVE IT, THANK YOU!

  • what great people,if a aniaml is really sick,some people put them down,but these people help them get back on the track,this makes me really happy

  • This is amazing!!!!

    I would love to work there :)

  • god i love you guys!!! this dogtown deserves a million and one rewards for what they do! Giving every possible animal a good place to rest between homes, and a very beautiful place to close their eyes for the last time! i cry everytime i watch one of your videos!

  • some people try so hard in their lives saving as many dogs as possible, and there's a bitch out there throwing box puppies into a river.

  • my dog spanky a boston terrier pees on him selve

  • @thegolfinggrl i have a boston terrier his name is chippy hes does that to

  • Best Friends, has some of the word's best people. Keep up the good work.

  • If you ever have a chance to visit Best Friends do it! It's an amazing place; beautiful country, people, and animals!

  • I WISH I COULD HELP ALL ANIMALS IN NEED =[ WISH I WAS A BILLIONARRE =\ SADLY I CAN ONLY ADOPT AT LEAST

  • @MoonRaider85 I bet if we found life beyond our world, you would be one of the people who would say "let's kill them". Both animals AND humans are equal. So both dogs and starving, hungry people are recieving both the care and attention they need.

  • @MoonRaider85 these "sickening worthless things" are more important than YOUR pathetic life. I stand for both humans and animals since we share the same planet. So I'm guessing you don't have a dog don't you ?

  • Awh, If I had the money I'd make an animal sanctuary.

  • I'm sorry, did moon kid refer to animals as worthless? Then, sir, why would you waste your precious time you could use to save humans on watching a video on helping animals? Did you get lost? Poor thing. But seriously, the all caps do make you seem belligerent. Nobody listens to angry stupid people. Of course it sucks that humans are suffering. It also sucks that animals are suffering. It's not like the shelter is effecting how many people get help, it is simply helping animals.

  • dog wisperer should visit there

  • I love what people like this do and I love adopting dogs. <3

  • I want to adopt 30 puppies

  • @MoonRader85 What makes them more important?

  • @IsheebesIover18 THAT'S A STUPID FUCKING QUESTION! WHAT MAKES HUMANS MORE IMPRTANT THAN ANIMALS? I'M NOT EVEN GONNA ANSWER THAT!

  • @MoonRader85 Alright maybe if you didn't use caps lock people would take you seriously. And you aren't going to answer that because you don't have an answer.

  • @MoonRader85 if you think people who are impoverished and suffering is truly important, simply do something about it yourself. maybe somebody had a similar empathy for abandoned and sick animals and simply did something about it themselves.

  • @MoonRader85 That's what I keep asking myself. And yet, I often feel more sympathy for a suffering animal than a suffering human. I don't think it's wrong to be more sick over the slaughter of dolphins, dogfighting, trapping, poaching, circus animals, bear milking, animal farms in China, traditional bullfighting etc. No animal should suffer under human hands. Your comments are making me think you are worth less than them all. And please, all caps makes anyone look like a simple fool.

  • @Ember121Scorpio YEAH I'M WOTHLESS. I BET EVEN IF YOUR FUCKING MOTHER WAS DYING IN A HOSPITAL, YOUD RATHER TAKE CARE OF YOUR DOGS AT HOME. OH WAIT, WHAT? OFF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T. THE PROBLEM WITH YOU PEOPLE IS THAT YOUR EGOCENTRIC. YOU'D CARE ABOUT YOUR MOTHER BUT NO BODY ELSES. NEXT TIME YOUR GETTING ROBED IN AN ALLEY DON'T EXPECT ANY HUMAN HELP....BITCH.

  • @MoonRader85 So your saying that if my mom was in the hospital then he would stay there for however long shes in there? Whether its 1 day or 6 mounths? You dont stay at the hospital for that long, you visit and go home. Then you can feed your dog. You are really not the brightest bulb in the box

  • @MoonRader85 Woah, wait a minute, when did our mothers get involved in this. I think it's very logical to care about your own mother more than you care about strangers. But don't you worry about me and that alley, I'm sure my dog will take care of things. Bottom line, humans life and welfare may take precedence over that of an animal, but when a human is the cause of animal suffering, the responsibility falls to the rest of us do something about it.

  • @Ember121Scorpio If someone was clearly in trouble, most people would help. What I interpret from your messages is that you'd rather donate your time and money to helping animals rather than helping people. That desire usually comes from the fact that people are smart enough to help themselves, while animals are helpless. It's a very understandable position and does not mean that you wouldn't help a person in need if you came across them. Just ignore MoonRader85, he sounds 14.

  • @MoonRader85 Your point? It's not our fault that most of the starving people decided to do drugs or get drunk everyday until they lost everything. It's different for a dog. They depend on us. And humans usually end up being homeless because of their need to use drugs instead of working hard for a future.

  • @MoonRader85 I know what you mean, That fact that some people think dogs are above humans proves that they are below dogs

    if you treat a dog like a human the dog will treat you as a dog

  • How can someone dislike this?

  • Yeah very clean and healthly environments!!

  • Best Friends never ceases to amaze me, they are a wishful & hopeful blueprint for all shelters & rescues... and I dream of  No Kill added to all orgs. someday.

  • for me this place is heaven...

  • Added to my favorites.

  • Very beautiful. I love how even the aggressive dogs still find a place of hope here and are not just euthanized. I also love how even this "pet sanctuary" helps wildlife, as well; not just pets.

  • I almost cried...

  • Yaaaa who would do that not human but probabley evil

  • im almost tearing :(

  • Fuck those who hurt animals they should go to hell,see how they like it!

  • This is Gods work.

  • This is amazing. It would inspire people to support animal charities. If anyone has lost a beloved pet and finds this moving, visit fiennesd on YouTube for help and support.

  • i want a red nose

  • 0:25.....that shit is sad

  • this is like my dream job... this is exactly what i want to do for a living is help animals who have had not so good pasts

  • i wish they can take my pit he attacked my brother but he likes woman mor ethen men he never hurt me ..they might put my dog down ..i didnt even get to say goodbye to him

  • Amazing Place!!!!!!!!

  • i would so want 2 buy a pet from there XD

  • @gothicMana9

    You don't buy pets from shelters. :3 You adopt them and pay an adoption fee. There is no profit made from it. All the money you pay goes to buying things like food. That;s what's great about adopting, as opposed to going to a breeder. :/

  • @SnarkyFuzzFox

    aha!.. wow, they really are somthing, i love to be one of them ^^

  • I wish I had the money, because if I did, I'd start a similar sanctuary for pit bulls here in RI. They're such misunderstood dogs, and it doesn't help that the media and ignorance discriminates and spreads misinformation about them.

  • @gir908922 there is a place like this for Pitbulls somewhere in Calfornia

  • @AmaterasuSpiritWolf Cool.  I know that in the towns around me, the obedience schools and dog trainers specialize in pit bulls. In my town, lots of people own pits and we don't have any problems.

  • I wish they had PEOPLE ranches like this, and all the resources they give to these pets, were giving to humans... I wonder how many lives would be saved? adopt a kid from a developing nation lately?

  • humans are suckas.

  • this place is the best I WOULD LOVE TO SEE CESAR IN THAT SHOW !!!!!

  • lindos

  • if I won the lottery, I would donate millions of pounds to this sanctuary

  • @TheArchetect1 me too

  • @TheArchetect1 , then put will them 500 pounds upon your death.

  • @TheArchetect1 so you will never donate a million pounds how sad....

  • @TheArchetect1 if i won the lotte i would a place like of my own =)

  • @TheArchetect1 so you can get a tax deduction right? you sly dog...

  • @TheArchetect1 YEA! i always thought the same way!^___^

  • If I lived in Utah I would work there. Money? Forget it. Saving animals who can and will find a loving home. Thats me.

  • that is an mazing thing to do.. you continue doing it!!!!!

  • @KingOfAllToons me too i dont even care about the money

  • i am so happy that there is such a wonderful place out there. ;)

  • im happy to see this..thx alot..

  • wonderful!

  • I LOVE BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY!

  • soooooooooo cuuuuuuuttttteeeee i love those thangs

  • pet town!!

  • Kick Ass! This makes me smile really big :)

  • I love Best Friends! Anybody who is willing to help this breed is amazing in my book! If you like Best Friends check out Villalobos Rescue Center in LA. They focus just on pitbulls...also amazing.

  • if this shelter was in New York I would so adopt one of those dogs

  • Well done to all who work there, & its so great to see that EVERY animal is allowed to live. :)

  • This organisation is great! They saved hundreds of dogs by rescuing them! I hope there are more of these kind of organisation. Well done to the staff working there.

  • Wonderful organization, and the staff are all heroes in my book.