A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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Dixie Flyer
I have been following your story, your heroic efforts to rescue, and all of your posts. I admire you greatly and wish so bad I could take a pup, or Sophie, but alas, I have a rescue dog that I did open my home and heart to, and I can't upset the happy balance we have created here with 2 dogs and 2 cats. We saved Angel almost from certain death due to parvo at 6 weeks of age, it was a horrendous time in our lives 3 years ago when my brother-in-law passed away at age 49 of prostate cancer, my husbands' only brother. The day after the funeral his teen-aged children walked into a Pet Smart to find Lauren a small aquatic animal to take to her dorm at Kent State, they instead brought home a "last-chance" puppy, the only one left from a litter and were told by the clerk if someone didn't take her, she would be sent back to the local shelter and put down. These kids just buried their Dad, no way they were going to let this little puppy be killed. But my sister-in-law was in no way ready for a puppy so they were in the process of finding a new home for her, she got very ill in the interim and my Mother-in-law rushed her to the local 24hr emergency service. She was diagnosed with parvo and the options were expensive IV's and treatments for 5 days or to just put her to sleep. I had never planned on having 3 dogs (my Cindy was still with us) but we were contacted by my sister-in-law who didn't know what to do in her grief. We paid all the bills and brought "Angel" home with us when she became healthy. I truly believe she saved us rather than the other way around. She did things to make us laugh every day during our grieving process. I think she was heaven sent, I really do. After 3 years, she is still the smartest, funniest, most tender-hearted dog we have ever had. God Bless you for everything you do, and I hope those adorable puppies and Sophie find loving homes soon!
I have been following your story, your heroic efforts to rescue, and all of your posts. I admire you greatly and wish so bad I could take a pup, or Sophie, but alas, I have a rescue dog that I did open my home and heart to, and I can't upset the happy balance we have created here with 2 dogs and 2 cats. We saved Angel almost from certain death due to parvo at 6 weeks of age, it was a horrendous time in our lives 3 years ago when my brother-in-law passed away at age 49 of prostate cancer, my husbands' only brother. The day after the funeral his teen-aged children walked into a Pet Smart to find Lauren a small aquatic animal to take to her dorm at Kent State, they instead brought home a "last-chance" puppy, the only one left from a litter and were told by the clerk if someone didn't take her, she would be sent back to the local shelter and put down. These kids just buried their Dad, no way they were going to let this little puppy be killed. But my sister-in-law was in no way ready for a puppy so they were in the process of finding a new home for her, she got very ill in the interim and my Mother-in-law rushed her to the local 24hr emergency service. She was diagnosed with parvo and the options were expensive IV's and treatments for 5 days or to just put her to sleep. I had never planned on having 3 dogs (my Cindy was still with us) but we were contacted by my sister-in-law who didn't know what to do in her grief. We paid all the bills and brought "Angel" home with us when she became healthy. I truly believe she saved us rather than the other way around. She did things to make us laugh every day during our grieving process. I think she was heaven sent, I really do. After 3 years, she is still the smartest, funniest, most tender-hearted dog we have ever had. God Bless you for everything you do, and I hope those adorable puppies and Sophie find loving homes soon!
