They were found just in time.
Published on Sep 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
When a Good Samaritan saw a trash bag on the side of the road, they somehow knew they should pull over and look inside. What they found shocked them to their core: five puppies crammed inside, just waiting for someone to save them.
“Someone put them in this bag, they cannot breathe, and throws it next to the road,” Natasa Voulgaropoulou of Hopeland Dog Sanctuary said in a video for The Dodo. “They could have died.”
If the bag had been found a few hours later, the puppies might not have made it. Instead, the Good Samaritan contacted Voulgaropoulou, and before long, the babies arrived safely at the sanctuary.
“We made a safe little corner just for them where they could rest and feel protected,” Voulgaropoulou said.
The puppies spent five days in quarantine, during which Voulgaropoulou got to watch their different personalities emerge. Four of the puppies were incredibly shy and spent most of their time hiding behind their bed. One puppy, Loui, was comfortable from the moment he arrived at the sanctuary, and he provided the blueprint for the rest of his siblings to follow.
“In the days that followed, I stayed close to them, giving them time so they could slowly start to trust and feel safe,” Voulgaropoulou said.
Soon, the other four pups caught up with Loui, and now all five are enjoying getting love from all of the Hopeland staff and volunteers.
Hopeland is a sanctuary, meaning the puppies can stay there as long as they need to, but Voulgaropoulou’s greatest hope is that they’ll all find their forever homes very soon.
If you’re interested in adopting one of the puppies, you can contact Hopeland Dog Sanctuary for more information.
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Rescuers Battle Rising Tides To Save Dog Stranded On Rocky Shore
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When it comes to ringing in a new year, the most exciting moments tend to happen just as midnight strikes. But in one small municipality of the Philippines, Atimonan, Quezon, this year’s frenzy happened hours after midnight, when locals discovered a helpless white dog struggling to stand atop a slippery boulder in the ocean.
“The dog was scared of the sound of fireworks, so he ran away and jumped off the street into the water and got stuck in there,” local Fernando Ricardo Arcino told Viralhog.
The waves crashed over the pup from every direction as he tried to steady himself on the boulder. Thankfully, locals swiftly called a fire and rescue team when they noticed the dog, and the crew arrived almost immediately.
At first, the tag-team rescuers planned to raise the pup to surface level by tying a rope around his body, but he was too slippery for that approach. So, while one rescuer held the line above ground, another carefully lifted the dog, later named Yt, into his arms.
As scared as he might’ve been, the spooked dog knew he was safe in his rescuers’ arms and allowed them to carry him to street level without a single protest.
You can watch his harrowing rescue here:
Yt eventually returned to the surface, thankful not to be battling the rising tides alone anymore. When he showed signs of itchy and injured skin, Arcino, who filmed the rescue, stepped in to take care of him for as long as needed, including regular medicated baths.
“I won’t give up on you,” Arcino wrote on Facebook.
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As promised, Arcino never gave up on Yt and eventually adopted him. Arcino was already enamored by the dog when he first witnessed the rescue, but spending more time together since then has allowed them to forge a bond unlike any other.
You can see their before and after pictures here:
It’s been a few months since his rescue, and Yt is doing better than ever. Thanks to the rescuers’ quick action and the dog’s incredible bond with Arcino, Yt’s worst days are officially behind him.
“[He’s] the survivor,” Arcino wrote on Instagram.
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