Some dogs from the Virginia rescue-revisited
In a prior entry, which you can see by clicking here, I wrote about an unbelievable dog rescue that took place at a puppy mill in Virginia. This was a sad story, but with many happy endings. Many of the dogs left Virginia and were transported to the North Shore Animal League of America in New York. Click here to check out NSAL.
Some of the dogs that were brought to the NSAL were Chihuahuas and unfortunately were born without any front legs. You can imagine how hard it would be to get those dogs cared for much less adopted. This can be a common tragedy at puppy mills where people who call themselves breeders just throw a couple of dogs together and hope for the best. Breeding dogs to be well, healthy and strong is a process that requires knowledge and experience. Check out the video here to see what happened to three of these rescued chihuahaus.
Donna Imhof is a vet tech who worked with the dogs at the North Shore Animal League and thanks to the gifts of sponsors, the chihuahaus, named Carmen, Venus and Pablo, we given custom made wheel carts that they now use to get around and function as a normal dogs. After fostering these dogs through their adjustment period and getting them fitted for the carts, Donna decided to adopt all three permanently. Donna says it is a lot of work and a lot of love. The dogs are now fully grown healthy chihuahaus and truly enjoy their new home and being together. According to Donna, the three dogs do everything together. When one dog eats, they all eat, and when one goes to sleep, they all turn to slumber. It is a “small” miracle that these dogs were rescued twice. Once from Virginia, where it was planned that they were to be euthanized until the NSAL stepped in and then rescued again by Donna Imhof who now gives the dogs the love and home they truly deserve!!! Great job Donna!!! I hope everyone checks out the North Shore Animal League. It is a state of the art animal health, rescue and shelter facility and the largest no kill shelter in the world..the world would be a better place if there were more places like NSAL!!!
February 6th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
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