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Deformed miracle puppy defies death twice and learns to walk
Life With Dogs ^
| July 31, 2013
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Posted on 08/01/2013 8:17:05 PM PDT by kanawa
Harper is indeed a miracle puppy – she has defied death twice. A woman in Sanford, Florida saved her the first time when she noticed a wriggling bag being held by a man selling puppies in a Save-a-Lot parking lot. She asked him what was in the bag, but he refused to show her. She persisted, and he handed the bag to her, revealing a deformed puppy. Had this laudable woman not intervened, the puppy would have suffocated.
When Harper was rescued from the trash bag, she wasn’t given much of a chance for survival. She has pectus excavatum (literally meaning hollowed chest), or swimmer puppy syndrome. Most dogs born with this condition survive only a few days, or weeks at best. She couldn’t walk or even hold her head up.
Veterinarians and shelter staff agreed that it would be for the best if the puppy was put to sleep. But Erica Daniel, a regular at the shelter, wanted to take her home to give the little girl one final day, with all the love and comfort she could know in her short life. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at lifewithdogs.tv ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: doggieping; doghydrotherapy; dollysfoundation; harper; heartwarmingstory; pectusexcavatum; sweetpuppy
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:17:05 PM PDT
by
kanawa
To: kanawa
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:19:46 PM PDT
by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
To: kanawa
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:21:31 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: 2nd amendment mama
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:23:32 PM PDT
by
basil
(2ASisters.org)
To: onyx
The only thing that I really give a damn about in this world at this point is that “the doggie is gonna be OK”.
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:23:36 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Impy
It is a nice story.
My daughter fosters rescue dogs, has done some pretty nice things with them. Nothing quite this dramatic (so far).
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:23:55 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
To: The Antiyuppie
I love stories like this.
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:24:53 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: The Antiyuppie
C’mon. We all need a few feel good stories amongst all the madness.
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:28:06 PM PDT
by
mplsconservative
(Barack Hussein 0bama has American blood on HIS hands!)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:29:09 PM PDT
by
Innovative
("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!
The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:32:42 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: kanawa
Oh my gosh, whadda cutie!!
Thanks so much, for a reminder, of the mountain moving power of love.
Thank You Lord, for blessings without number,
Tatt
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:35:40 PM PDT
by
thesearethetimes...
("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
To: mplsconservative
"One such picture is worth several thousand of
some words"
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:38:07 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
To: onyx
great story. the wildest thing to me is the blue eyes...crazy!
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:40:01 PM PDT
by
cyn
(Benghazi.)
To: MeshugeMikey
haha, DOUBLE the crazy blue eyes! I’m trying to think what the puppy reminds me of.
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:41:48 PM PDT
by
cyn
(Benghazi.)
To: thesearethetimes...
I’m just gonna lay here and cry for a while.
God bless that little pup and the people who gave her a chance.
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:42:58 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(.......Uber Alice!.......)
To: cyn
Adorable!
God bless his sweetest, beautiful heart.
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:43:40 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: kanawa
Heartwarming story, but according to a poster at the link is almost two years old...
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:45:40 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(what does not kill you... -can sometimes damage you QUITE severely!)
To: Salamander; onyx
truly, all he needed was the loving!
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:46:00 PM PDT
by
cyn
(Benghazi.)
To: Utilizer
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posted on
08/01/2013 8:48:51 PM PDT
by
cyn
(Benghazi.)
To: kanawa
In our world of madness...these stories just prove the power of love and God’s in His heaven, Ruler of all. :-)
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