There's good news tonight about man's best friend and the people who step up for them when they need it most.

The dogs were good again this week. Here are my top five.

He's the guy behind one of the sweetest sites on social media.

We have Beacon. He is a four-year-old service dog and one of USA Gymnastics's busiest volunteers.

Matt Nelson started, We rate dogs, back in 2015 as a way to celebrate the pups we love.

When a fire started in the basement of her house, she beat the smoke detectors in alerting her family.

Since then, the number of his followers has skyrocketed to some 22 million. Did you ever think it would get this huge?

Absolutely not. No. I thought it had potential because cute dogs and the Internet go hand in hand. We were able to sponsor her entire hospitalization.

That's success, sparking a big idea.

We'd like to give these dogs a chance.

Putting Matt on a mission. He started a nonprofit called 15 Out Of 10, raising money to help dogs with special needs get adopted into loving homes. What's so cool about this is the way that you took your social media following and you turned it into a force for good.

Our mission is to sponsor shelter dogs with medical conditions with the hopes of making them more adoptable. It was very satisfying to be able to measure success no longer as much on likes per post, but how many dogs we were able to save.

So far, the foundation's raised more than $3 million.

Our foundation was able to cover the medical care of Orca.

Helping cover medical costs for nearly dogs like Orca.

We were able to sponsor the medical care of Rupert.

And this little guy, Rupert, who needs expensive treatment for seizures. That money made all the difference for David Tracy and his wife, Darien. Are you ready for a walk? Who fell head over heels in puppy love with the spunky Maltese mix. Without the help of the 1510 Foundation, do you think you could have done it on your own?

Probably not. It's just really... It's pretty pricey.

What makes Rupert so special?

He does this thing we call prancing ponies when he gets excited, where he sticks his both two front legs out.

Sarah Hamill works with the Austin Humane Society and says the grants they got helped them find families for 60 dogs.

When we can tell them, Hey, this dog had this issue. Had already had a surgery, whatever it may be, that just helps inspire them to go ahead and make the decision to adopt.

Joy like that? Priceless. Creating connections and memories to last a lifetime.

They're just such innocent creatures that want only to love us. But yeah, I think there's a lot we can learn from dogs. They live in the moment. They are full of unconditional love. I think that that's something that us as individuals and our society needs more of.

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