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Zosia’s Story: Disabled Dog Inspires Others
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When rescuers found Zosia, she was clinging to life alongside a northern Florida railroad track. Animal control officers whisked the badly injured pit mix off to Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services and vets performed an … [Read more...] about Zosia’s Story: Disabled Dog Inspires Others
Three-Legged Hunting Dog is “All Heart, No Quit”
When 6-year-old Feather was just a pup, a run-in with a deadly water moccasin cost her a leg. But she’s gone on to prove that it was no setback to her abilities as a hunting dog. She has since earned the distinction of Master Hunter. “All of her titles have come after she lost her leg,” Feather’s owner, June Ashford, told Wisconsin ABC affiliate WBAY. “She’s all heart, no … [Read more...] about Three-Legged Hunting Dog is “All Heart, No Quit”
Deaf Dog Learns to Love and Now Searching for Home
Jema is a 4 year old pit bull mix who happens to be deaf. She arrived at 4 Luv of Dog Rescue (located in Fargo, North Dakota) nearly two years ago from a regional pound where she would otherwise have been euthanized because of her disability. Jema was at first a resident at the 4 Luv of Dog Rescue facility until a foster home was found for her. Jema was in the first foster … [Read more...] about Deaf Dog Learns to Love and Now Searching for Home
Rescue Dog with Birth Defect Inspires Children
Last September, Chrissy Boyles from Nevada was raising funds to help Stitch, a six-month-old pit bull puppy with two cleft lips and a cleft palate, who had been abandoned to his own fate in a Southern California dumpster. Boyles never imagined that her rescue dog would inspire two local children suffering from the same birth defect. Stitch was found by a … [Read more...] about Rescue Dog with Birth Defect Inspires Children