INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Each and every week, Pet Pals TV shares a fun, interesting and informative story about our four-legged and furry friend population. This week, Patty Spitler, the host of “Pet ...

Like us humans, dogs too have multiple distinguishable features that make them truly unique. Merle dog breeds are canines that predominately show the merle coat pattern, a scattering of mottled ...

Keller’s Cause is an approved 501c3 non profit organization that was founded in September of 2015 in the name of double merles. “Everything we do, we do for them. These wonderful dogs are often dumped ...

Braille is one of the happiest dogs you’ll ever meet. The two-year-old Australian Shepherd was born fully blind and deaf as the result of merle-to-merle breeding, but it hasn’t stopped him. He’s ...

Braille, a double merle Australian Shepherd dog, also works with Keller's Cause to inspire others to be their best Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

INDIANAPOLIS — The volunteers at Pink Heart Rescue are die-hard animal lovers doing whatever they can to help pets in need. Alyx Kopie and her husband started Pink Heart Rescue almost five years ago.

Merle Haggard was an escape artist. The future country music legend broke out of juvenile hall and prison 17 times by his own count as a teenager and young man. But his greatest escape was getting out ...

Fondly dubbed the “Hellen Keller” pup by friends and family, Echo is the result of backyard breeding. Emaciated and covered in fleas, Echo was rescued by kind strangers. He was brought to a local ...