pups

Three months ago, in an event that puzzled wildlife carers, hundreds of bat pups were abandoned by their mothers at the Rockhampton Botanical Gardens. The number of bats that needed help was so massive, it overwhelmed local volunteers. It ended up taking three three groups from Brisbane and one from Townsville getting together to rescue all of these bats. 

Today, according to ABC News, "[m]ore than 70 baby black bats on the brink of starvation... are now being released into the wild after carer groups from across Queensland united in their rescue."

Read more of the story and check out pics of the adorable bats below.

Do you remember those younger days where it would snow so bad that school would be closed? Yeah, us either. Being from a state where our seasonal disaster is fire, fire days weren't as fun. However, we'd always get so jealous of those who got a full day of snow and got to hang out with all their friends sledding down a hill or having a snowball fight. You know, classic holiday movie fun (without the fear of your home burning down). Those seem like the days to remember.

We also imagine that feeling is what dogs tend to feel when they go out into the snow! You can just see their excitement, their joy, it warms our frozen hearts. Even though we never personally got to experience an iconic snow day, these dogs living it to the fullest is enough for us. 

A new year calls for some new doggo rates! One of the greatest accounts on Twitter, 'We Rate Dogs,' is constantly uplifting people due to their wholesome and righteous doggo rating system. And we are just a few of those people being uplifted. 

Dogs are so pure and this account just highlights that fact even further. 2020 was ruff but thanks to 'We Rate Dogs', we found a reason to smile. And that reason to smile is here today! Enjoy this year's newest and cutest dog rates!  

Doggos can instantly lift one's spirits! And seeing as how it's no longer the weekend, we can pretty much guarantee that everyone needs this boost of pawsitive energy blasting their way! 

The beauty about dogs is that they're literally pieces of the sun, radiating with sunshine and happiness. They are also unintentionally hilarious. Seriously, some of the derpiest things you can find online are all thanks to dogs! Lucky for them, it simply adds to their untouchable adorableness! 

Meet a "very easily entertained UPS driver," named Jason Hardesty! Hardesty has become quite the sensation on social media due to his super wholesome and contagious smile,  oh, and the fact that a majority of his photos are with smiling pups he happens to meet along his driving route. 

Hardesty certainly seems like the happiest UPS driver we've ever come across! Grateful for his job and all his friends that he makes along the way, we simply cannot help smiling just thinking about it! Jason Hardesty, thank you for bringing people so much joy with your smile, positive attitude, and a treasure trove of doggo pics! 

We are grateful for YOU. Follow Jason Hardesty on Instagram for endless smiles! 

The holiday season ain't over! We're seeing a bunch of wholesome photos of animals after receiving their holiday presents and we just have to share that joy! 

Popular Instagram page, @DogsWithStuffedAnimals, features ... you guessed it! The page features nothing but dogs with their stuffed animals, And yes, it is wildly adorable and we needed to share the most recent holiday stuffed animals because it brings us joy and we want that joy to warm you up as well. There's something so wholesome about seeing an animal with a toy stuffed animals (especially if that stuffed animal is the animal's doppelganger.)

These beautiful photographs of pups posing with their new stuffed animals are simply too precious for words! 

2020 wasn't ALL bad. In fact, it had a lot of good, and that good came with all the good boys and girls of the world that helped us more than ever this year! 2020 would've been so much more difficult if we didn't have our furry friends beside us to help comfort and remind us that everything will be OK. 

And one of the most wholesome Twitter accounts, 'We Rate Dogs' was delivering the aww's and smiles all year due to their wholesome and very accurate dog rating system! Thank you, 'We Rate Dogs' for making us smile when we didn't want to. Thank you for constantly bringing light and joy into the world -- we adore you! 

Get ready for a whole lot of wholesome, folks! 

Here's something we've never seen before - dogs on mushrooms. And, no, not those types of mushrooms. We actually mean dogs literally on mushrooms, standing on them as they protrude out the tree trunks. It's whimsical and magical and we're getting dog fairy vibes from it and loving it. 

Turns out, when Twitter user @lofidrew shared the images of pups on mushrooms, they weren't the only images of dogs gracefully standing upon some mushrooms! Other users shared similar images and then came the silly shenanigans. We didn't know we needed these images until right now and we're hoping you'll feel the same way afterward. 

Let's go mushroom hunting! 

Be sure to have your sound on to fully experience this awwdorably magical moment - a pup's awoo! What is an 'awoo' you might be asking, and good question! An 'awoo' is a replacement for the word howling, the 'awoo' is the sound of a howl and therefore has been more commonly used to describe a dog's howling instead of simply saying, "Check out those wolves howling!"

Awoo's are simply the cutest, and watching a pup really get into an awoo is too much cute for us simpletons to handle. The awoo's are all different and we're head over heels in love with them all. Truly, we have no favorite when it comes to a pup's awoo. Get ready to feel all that warmth fluff instead of you because this is guaranteed to bring up those serotonin levels! 

They don't even look real! Teeny tiny animals are some of our most aww-worthy moments! And teeny tiny puppies are no exception to that aww-worthy title. These pups are so adorable and tiny, it's hard to believe they're even real, they look like plushies. 

The fact that they ARE real just makes them even cuter! We wouldn't mind being surrounded by such adorableness on a daily basis. And except now, while stress levels are at an all-level high, there's nothing quite like a load of puppies to help relieve all that anxiety. We just wish we could physically be with all these pups, but we'll take what we can get. 

Viewers are warned, cuteness overload is expected, as well as, heavy heart-melting. 

Great Danes are so freakin' adorable because they don't realize just how big they are. They are huge with equally huge hearts and so they simply act as if they're small enough to sit on your lap. They aren't small enough and they won't fit, as hard as they try and boy, do they try! 

We have a great appreciation for these giant puppers, they are often the most gentle of dogs. Giant dogs do not understand their size just adds to their overall adorableness and their gentleness. 

A common misconception is that Great Danes are called that due to their size. In reality, they're called that because they're all great. 

Get yourself situated for these big ol' boofers!

Twitter user @soapachu brings up a really solid point, "a corgi crossed with any other breed just ends up looking like a corgi disguised as the other dog." And after seeing the proof below, there's just no denying the truth. 

Corgis crossed with other dog breeds do indeed just look like a corgi donning a costume. And they do it wonderfully. Our Spooktober continues with corgis disguised as other dog breeds, just in time for the Halloweenie feels! The best part? Each photo below is probably just the cutest thing we've ever witnessed. Corgis are already known for the cuteness, heck, all dogs in general just scream adorableness. But for each breed to have the miniature-ness of a corgi? We're melting. 

Where would we be without dogs in our lives? Don't answer, we don't want to know. We don't even want to imagine such a world. 

Dogs are the epitome of wholesomeness. They are just so good and so pure, the thought of them just makes us tear up. And while this year has been hard on everyone, dogs have always and continue to lift our spirits, our hearts, and our love. 

To all the good boys and girls out there, this is for you! 

Our hearts cannot commute this insane level of cute. 

They. Just. Can't. 

We can feel them bursting into a million pieces and melting into the floor. That's how we feel whenever see a photo such as the fallery of puppies below. What is it about them that makes us feel so gooey? Their smolness? Their smiles? Is it that purity that engulfs you whenever you look into their eyes? It's everything. They are just too good and we humans do not deserve them. 

What do we want? Corgi booties! 

And when do we want them? Now! 

Nothing like a fluffy butt to bring a smile to someone's face! And you know you can't resist the floofiness, just like we can't resist it either. Embrace for your fluffy-butt-loving self! And when it comes to fluffy booties, corgis got one of the cutest and floofiest booty around! And with those tiny legs... just pure perfection.