It's heartbreaking to imagine a pup living out a full year alone in an animal shelter—much less an entire decade. Unfortunately, that's the devastating reality that Woody, aka "Britain's Loneliest Dog ...

Ripa's new dog, a Maltese/Shih Tzu mix named Lena, joins her other rescue pooch Chewie Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...