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 wasnt 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 couldnt 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 ...
Ahem... Viking Kitty Hats for Pets, I should hasten to point out. *grin*
Amen to that my friend, Amen.
As always, succinctly, and very, well said :)
Tatt
Whay did my screen get all blurry?...gotta have the techs look at it.
Great story! Just goes to show the power of God and love. Brought tears to my eyes.
I had the “great priveledge” to see a “lost” cat return to a neighbors home this last week.
new nieghbors...
I had seen the cat originaly on a :LOST..”poster” taked to a nearby tele[home ple. the copy read that they ere new to the neighborhood and the cat had just gone missing.
with a couple of days I noticed ....new neighbors across the way....with....a cat which was the spitting image of the one on the “lost” poster.
a most gratifying experience
God works in mysterious ways ... indeed!
This is exactly why you place different types of materials in the box when puppies are born. They can’t operate on just one blanket. They have to have different things,
Interesting followup. My daughter who fosters rescue dogs, many of them pitties, tells me that last year she met Harper as an adult dog when Erica brought her into town on another mission. Said she looked just like any other normal pittie her age.
She sent me pics of Harper at taken 8 months and last week, but I don’t have a link to post them. She looks like a normal healthy and happy dog.
Lookin good. The ears crack me up.
My screen has inexplicably gone blurry. This can mean one of only two things:
1) This thread has a dreaded blurriness virus/worm.
2) The dogs have already begun their takeover of Free Republic.
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