Williams told NBC 4 New York she found the abandoned dog by pure chance. Her own dog broke lose from the leash and led the woman to the discarded lab-pit mix.

“She wouldn’t stand up for me,” said Williams, “so I just wrapped the coat around her and picked her up.”

While carrying her home, the kind woman noticed blood dripping from the dog’s paws and that’s when she realized the pooch had been frozen to the ground.

Sean Casey Animal Rescue in Windsor Terrace was called to help the injured dog. She was rushed to a veterinarian and it was determined that aside from the paw injuries, the dog also suffers other serious ailments. Vets and rescuers are not sure if she will make a full recovery, but everyone involved hopes she has a fighting spirit and pulls through.

Sean Casey says the lab-pit mix is only alive today because Williams found her and reached out for help.

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Max Fitzgerald, owner of the non-profit rescue group, drove to rescue the pet. When he got to the property, he thought it was too late. The dog, a female pit bull, laid motionless as if she had frozen to death. Her eyes were closed, but when Fitzgerald touched her body, her tail wagged.

The female pit bull wasn’t the only neglected dog in that yard; a male dog covered in feces was also discovered trying to survive. He was inside a plastic crate filled with urine and feces, and he was doing what he could to stay warm.

The canines were rushed to the shelter. Veterinarians pumped warm fluids through the half frozen female dog and three hours later, vets were able to register a temperature reading.

Rescuers named the female dog Elsa after the Disney character, and the male dog Colin. On that day, both dogs left behind the years of abuse and neglect they endured, and they are now trying to regain their health and start anew.

Colin is heartworm negative, but Elsa tested positive. Yet because she was found completely malnourished and underweight, veterinarians need to wait until she gains weight to treat her heartworm.

Elsa is not out of the woods yet, but she is eating, running and playing on her own – something she wasn’t able to do when found.

For the Love of Dogs NC is working with an attorney and hope Elsa and Colin’s abusers do not go unpunished.

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