My husband played dice with a circus owner and won an elephant. They were both drunk when they came home with the elephant. I thank the Virgin of San Juan because the circus owner sobered up and wanted to take the elephant back. He offered instead three circus dogs and ten tickets to the show. My husband was happy to take it because he also got sober and was afraid of his win. And the circus dogs turned out to be very cute and perform different tricks.

Antonio thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe because his dog El Canelo protected him from a robber who got in his house while Antonio was sleeping. So the dog saved Antonio and his family.

October 17, 1985
Tacubaya, Mexico City

My sister and I, we are widows with no children. We were a little bit lonely so we began to adopt some dogs which were abandoned by people because they were injured, or little bit aggressive, or restless. Then we realized there are thousands of dogs on the streets. So we opened a shelter where the dogs could live until some caring and responsible people adopted them. We thank Saint Francis for filling our lives.

I was coming back from the market when a man in a black hat attacked me with an onion peeling knife. But then suddenly two dogs—not too big, but very brave indeed—jumped on him, because they don’t like people in hats. I was saved, and I thank the Holy Virgin for that.

Maria Lopez

I was doing laundry and fell asleep. Suddenly I was awoken by my dog barking. I opened my eyes and saw some martians trying to tie me and take me to their ship. I started screaming. The extraterrestrials got scared and ran away. I thank the Virgin of Zapopan for my dog woke me up in time and, I think, even bit those martians.

My daughter was sick. I brought her at the yard so she would take some sun, and then I left to the kitchen. Later, I saw some stray dogs came to her. These hungry dogs had beaten a lot of people in the village. I was paralyzed with fear when I saw them around my daughter. I couldn’t move. But my girl wasn’t scared, she even gave them some bread. The dogs ate it and ran away. Thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe for this miracle.

The new neighbor had an enormous and angry dog that scared my cats. I was afraid that one day it could kill one of them. I prayed to the Virgin of Zapopan, and thanks to her the neighbor didn’t last long and found a better house on the other side of the town. So my cats were saved from this beast.

My son Manuel had a congestion because he went swimming right after having a meal. He fainted and went straight to the bottom of the lake. I thank the Virgin of the Rosary who sent a dog that pull the boy out of the water before he drowned. My son is all right now, and the dog has become our pet. We thank the Virgin.

Thanks for saving my two-headed dog.

Thank you, Virgin of Guadalupe, for saving my daughter from rabies.

Feleciana
Mexico City, 1955

The night of September 30, I was coming back to my ranch when I was attacked by bandits. They beat me, tied me up, put a gag in my mouth and left me in a pit in mountains. I thank the Blessed Sacrament for my dog found me and I was saved.

Samuel Martinez

The Alicia’s puppy fell off the cliff but hold on a small ledge. Alicia tried to save him but instead she also slid down on her belly and couldn’t get out. Thanks to the Virgin of Zapopan the neighbor saw them and pull Alicia up by her leg. The girl and the puppy were saved. They thank for that.

That night, I was thirsty, and I went down at the kitchen to take a glass of water. I was in fear finding some martians there. They were sitting at table and eating. My dog, which always had been a good guard, was hypnotized or paralyzed. I thank the Virgin of Zapopan because the aliens didn’t notice me and I could escape safe and sound. I hid myself until they were gone.