4 Furry Best Friends

........................................................................................................Diesel, Magnum, Perdie & Jade.....................................................................................................

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Diesel's Happy Ending


Two young girls heard a man bragging about cutting the leg off a puppy in his back yard. They immediately went to save him. They took him home to people that they know would help. And those people did. With their help, the little guy made his way to Moosonee Puppy Rescue where he had surgery to clean up his leg and find his forever home with us. 

I met Diesel before his surgery. Moosonee Puppy Rescue brought Diesel at the time named Hobbs to our house and he ran around our yard without a care in the world that he had 3 legs. He would try so hard to use the portion of his cut leg. His leg had not even heeled over. There wasn't enough skin to cover it yet he let me hold him in my arms. He just wanted to be loved.

How could this sweet, little puppy ever forgive humans for what that man did to him? 

It's what rescued dogs do. They forgive in hopes of a better life. I'm so glad he did. He has touched my family's life and those of strangers that we pass us on the street. Children look at him and question and learn that it's ok to be different ...even for a dog.

He is one happy rescued dog!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Why Write About Four Furry Best Friends?

"I've had it! If I read one more post, or talk to one more person that says you should not adopt and rescue a dog I will lose it" I said to my husband. And he said, "instead of losing it, blog about it". "Tell as many people as you can about our 4 wonderful rescued dogs".  

And here I am. Please help me spread the word about animal adoption so that 325 000+ (petfinder.com) animals will not die but live wonderful lives like my 4 furry best friends.

Wait 'till you meet my pups. Crazy having 4? Ya a little...so I hope to make you smile with each post and think twice about buying a dog or any animal and save one instead.


DIESEL: 
This is Diesel who came to me as Hobbs from Moosonee Puppy Rescue when he was 8weeks old. He loves the snow(glad one of us does), burrows in it if you can imagine from this photo.

He looks like your average husky mix but with one special exception: 
He has 3 legs.



Diesel's Story: He was pretty much a wild dog, born in sub zero temperatures in Northern Ontario. At 6 weeks old, for some reason he was separated from his mother and fell asleep in a stranger's dog house all alone. The following morning his leg was frozen in a puddle in the dog house. All it would have taken was some warm water and someone with a heart to free him. Can you imagine how small he was at 6weeks old? A tiny puppy... and how helpless he must have felt when he saw a man come towards him with an axe. 

(more about Diesel's happy ending tomorrow)