On june 28 I was able to complete the rescue of a pure bred lady german shepherd who had been abandoned and left to starve in the yard of her former owners home. She was in the yard with the puppies and her mate. The owners were divorcing and just left the dogs there.
The male was adopted, all but one of the pups, and the mama still needed a home.
When I first saw her she was a skeleton with teats. I have never seen a dog so skinny.
I have had her almost two months now, and she is just awesome. She looks absolutely stunning now, and is just a joy to be around.
She was my first rescue dog, and I have to say uniting with her was one of the best moves I’ve made in my life. I feel like God sent her to me.
Wonderful! Blessings to you both :)
What a great story. You are great for doing this!
Also so tragic that people would just abandon the dog parents and puppies w/o making any attempt to take them to a local humane society. The process (of taking the animals to the humane society) is not that hard and is usually free.
I wish only the worst on the people who so callously abandoned these dogs and their puppies.
Way to go Chris! You will not believe how often this occurs.
Our first rescue dog was about 10 years ago, a purebred female boxer about 3 yrs old. Same story, skinny, ticks, just plain pitiful looking.
I was at Petsmart with a friend and they were having an adoption day from one of the local shelters. All the people were gaga over the puppies and this poor old girl was just standing in a cage with her head down with no one even going near her. I walked up to the cage and looked at her for a minute then squatted down and said something like hi old girl. She raised her head up and looked at me with huge deep soulful eyes.
I adopted her that day and picked her up after they had ‘fixed’ her. She turned out to be the most grateful dog and best dog we ever had. We lost her 3 yrs ago to pancreatitis. Eventually we rescued another dog, a part Boston Terrier part who knows but I will never have any other dog than a rescue now.
God bless you for doing that!
Your story makes me terribly sad and furious at the same time, but thanks to you, it has a happy ending.
What happened to the last puppy?
I adopted a rescue beagle 4 years ago. He was abandoned in a little town called Buckley (hence his name) and was living on the streets when the police picked him up. He was chipped but the subscription was not active. Police made him a place to stay in one of their cells until the Beagle Rescue could find a foster home. He’s been a really great dog. :-) I’ve also adopted basset hounds and I think my next dog will also be a basset.