Success Stories


Angel
Some good Samaritans had found along a two-track road on State land here in Michigan.    They said that the animal was weaving and staggering and could hardly stand up when they first noticed  her and she was such a mess that they thought it was a dying coyote.more...

Kenya
I received a call from a woman who said she feared the worst for some puppies in the area.   She said she was driving on a country road and saw a very skinny, malnourished German Shepherd chained to an old rickety dog house and she thought she saw a tiny puppy by her side, and she wasn’t sure if it was dead or alive as it wasn’t moving.more...

Mario and Precious
Mario and Precious ended up at our rescue within weeks of each other.   They both were very young and came with serious issues.    Mario had been horribly abused as a young puppy by a cruel and ignorant man, and Precious had been dumped in the middle of winter and had serious health issues.   She fought pneumonia, frostbite and chronic upper respiratory infections for a very long time.   more...



Rosie

Rosie came to us from a very large puppy mill operation who the law caught up with made them reduce their numbers. So the "used up" dogs were dumped on as many rescues and people that volunteered. Rosie came to us along with several other small breed dogs who no longer were "Money Makers". None of these dogs had names - they were identified by tattoos and numbers on the outside of their cages, a/k/a prisons.

Rosie has had many heath issues since arriving here. We were told that Rosie had been spayed and for the first year Rosie was here, she did not have a heat cycle, so we thought she really was spayed. One Saturday morning I found Rosie nesting (which is a sign that she is going into labor or in pain of some sort in her abdomen area). She was obviously in distress and I knew she couldn't be pregnant as she has never been exposed to an intact male here and she never had a heat cycle in over a year's time.

We got to the vet clinic and they did an x-ray and sure enough she had a uterus and it was enlarged. We all immediately said "PYOMETRA" (which is an infection in the uterus which can be fatal) and they scheduled her for emergency spay. I stayed around as I know how life threatening pyometra can be and I wanted to make sure she came out of anesthesia ok and was no longer in danger. When the vet came out, he said " it's the dardest thing, she has SIX dead puppies in her uterus and they appear to have been in her uterus for years! The enlarged uterus was not from pyometra, but from petrified babies." The puppies were not fully formed, and they were hard as wood. Neither him or I had ever seen anything like it.

 
Rosie after her first surgery.

The next year, Rosie lost her right eye to glaucoma after we spent over $1500 trying to save her eye with a canine eye specialist, to no avail. Then 8 months later, she lost the second eye, It is almost impossible to stop the progression of this eye disease, and you must be aware of it at the onset and aggressive treatment is required, or it will be too late to save the eye. This was our first experience with glaucoma and I pray that it will be the last.

The pain that these dogs go through with glaucoma is unbearable.


Rosie all healed after first surgery.

Rosie is blind of course, but she knows her home and she is very good outside as she was here long enough to know the area. She is doing much better as she is now pain free. This is a very sweet girl who lived the first 4 years of her life in a cage, popping babies out every six months for people who have no heart or conscience.


Rosie after second surgery.

Rosie is one of our permanent "sanctuary" kids. We intend to allow Rosie to live out her life here with us as she would not thrive changing her environment at this point in time. She is loved, happy and now pain free.


Rosie healed, blind, happy and
best of all, PAIN FREE!