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Puppy Abandoned on a Country Road in Winter Is the Cutest Little Monster His Family Could Love

Mr.Dog — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 06:30:33 +0000

Capt. Jack might have been born a bit screwy, but there’s no doubt that the circumstances of his very early life had a huge impact on his personality and behaviors. He was abandoned on a country road on a cold winter night when he was only several weeks old. He’s traumatized and has so many behavioral issues and quirks that most people would have given up on him, but his family will only love him harder.

His story comes from The Animal Rescue Site, which in addition to featuring fan-submitted rescue stories, offers a wide selection of clothing, décor, pet supplies and other gifts. For each purchase made, a food donation is given to shelter pets in need. Now is the perfect time to shop!

This story has been edited only for clarity.

Meet Capt. Jack. As a puppy – beyond adorable. I knew he was our next dog. As most rescue stories start, it wasn’t a happy one. He was dumped on a cold country road at night in Dec., six-eight weeks old. The country vet, whose wife happened to be hubby’s high school classmate, took him in. She posted pictures, hoping to find his forever home. Hubby saw the pics and I cajoled that we could foster. He agreed to foster, but I knew we were his forever home and the “fostering” was a ruse. We went to meet Capt. With our other rescue pup, Chloe, whose start was just as rough.

Chloe and Capt. were BFFs instantly. Loading Capt. in the car, my husband realized this was forever, not foster. The vet’s wife, thrilled he was ours, she saw red flags with him and was she right! We had challenges galore. Capt. was very different from our five previous rescues. He was scared of men, the dark, strangers, and the vet. He has fear aggression. He’s curious about everything and afraid of it all. He lunges at people and tries to nip. He bullies around the house and terrorizes our two cats. Mortal enemies are critters, he chases and on occasion catches.

He’s expensive with double knee surgeries. He ripped his toenails so badly, needed a vet visit to stop the bleeding, snip and wrap foot. He’s on Prozac. He’s doped for vet appointments. He has incredibly stinky gas. He can’t handle temperature extremes. He lays on air conditioning and in front of furnace wall vents. He survived the great “Christmas Tree Massacre of 2012.” He pulled glass bulbs off the tree and chewed them, and littered the room with glass shards.

He hates delivery people. His battle with the neighbor’s cat ended in defeat and left Capt. a bloody mess. He’s cute but not cuddly, a terrible combo. People always want to pet him. He’s not the brightest bulb on the tree, but he sure is the cutest. Cute can get you far.

On top of all that and his many other quirks, we love him fiercely. Our vet has said time and again, Capt. Jack is lucky to have us. Most other people would have given up and likely euthanized him. Capt. Jack, long may he reign!

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How an Adopted Dog Became the Greatest Blessing a Woman Could’ve Had

Mr.Dog — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:45:31 +0000

This comes from The Animal Rescue Site – your one-stop shop for clothing, jewelry, pet supplies, office supplies, and home décor. For each purchase made, sponsors donate food to shelter pets in need.

Submitted to the Animal Rescue Site by Suellen of Englewood, Ohio:

I found Joey’s picture online at an animal shelter site. I had just lost my dog Tanner Joe suddenly of uncertain circumstances and my heart was broken. Tanner found me when he was lost without a home and I took him in. He was only four when he died. Needing to mend my broken heart, we drove over an hour to the animal shelter where Joey was.

We took him into the “get acquainted room,” and he was full of energy and loved to give kisses. He was thought to be about six months old. I had to have him – he was [an] adorable, yellow Lab mix, [with] some shepherd in him because he had the fanned tail.

I have a chronic, sometimes debilitating illness, but even as a puppy Joey was content to snuggle next to me in bed and take care of me. He went through so many sad life events with me – divorce, losing my house, moving four times – but he was always there for me.

He loved his daddy, even after the divorce, and adored our daughter, and recently my granddaughter. We were all his. He loved to rub his forehead on us, as if to say “you are mine,” and when my daughter was young we started to show our affection to him the same way rubbing our face in his fur saying, “mine, mine, mine.” That usually made him playful, too.

He had awful allergies, and was taking five antihistamines and a steroid. The steroids made him gain weight, and as he grew older his hips grew weaker and eventually he was taking pain pills, as well. Even through this, he was always the caregiver. We loved and spoiled him every day.

I had to help him across the rainbow bridge this week, it was the hardest decision I have ever had to make. I could not let my baby boy suffer in pain though, because I know what that is like. We miss him so much – he was a gift from God and we will always love him, forever in our hearts.

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Mountain Drive Saves a Life

Mr.Dog — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 22:10:59 +0000

This comes from The Animal Rescue Site, which in addition to featuring fan-submitted rescue stories, also sells all sorts of items – from clothes to pet supplies – and a pet food donation is made with every purchase.

In the summer of 1975 my husband and I went for a ride in the Ramapo Mountains with our 2-year-old son. Something ran across the road in front of us. We looked at each other and said “what was that?” I started yelling to stop the car but my husband was reluctant because we didn’t know what it was. Needless to say he stopped. I got out and sat on the side of the road. This poor little thing came slinking out of the woods with her tail wagging and crawled into my lap. I was in love. Into the car she went. We brought her home gave her food, a bath and a comfortable bed.

The next day we took her to the vet. She was approximately four months old. She had lost most of her hair due to flea infestation, she was under weight, had a broken leg and rickets. She threw up berry skins, twigs and leaves for days. We had to leave her at the veterinarian overnight. The next day when we went to pick her up she was overjoyed to see us. Her leg was splinted and she’d been given a thorough flea bath. In time her hair grew back, the rickets cured and her leg healed.

How she got her name; when I put her in the car our 2-year-old kept calling her a rat. We thought about naming her Rat but it just didn’t seem right so we all agreed on Mouse. Mouse lived with us for many years. We always felt she was grateful to us for saving her and we were grateful to her for enriching our lives. She was the best baby girl we could ever have asked for.

JoAnn Kulcsar

Highland, NY

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“Party Pug” Helps Save Young Woman with Severe Depression

Mr.Dog — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:14:31 +0000

This comes from The Animal Rescue Site, which has tons of great fan-submitted rescue stories, and lots of odds and ends (from clothing and accessories to office and pet supplies). With every purchase, food is donated to shelter animals in need.

My twin sister has always struggled with depression and anxiety. She’s had a rough past few years, and after having to be institutionalized for severe self-harm, we knew we had to find some sort of solution. Something that she could put all of her thoughts into that wouldn’t stress her out or hurt her. We knew that she had always wanted a pug–all she would talk about was how much she wanted one, and how much she loved them, and so on and so forth–but we had never gotten her one, because we were told that pugs don’t do well with larger dogs (which we have two of).

Nevertheless, my mom went online to look at pugs and see if there was a rescue available. In her searching, she came across a little pug named Molly, who was said to be a seven-year-old “party pug.” My sister saw her pictures and fell in love–we knew we had to get her. So we drove half an hour to the shelter and when we picked her up, she was immediately drawn to my sister. She was all over her, kissing her and nuzzling her. She sat on her lap on the entire car ride home.

It doesn’t stop there, though. After the first day of having her, we noticed that she was babying her right eye, and she was very thin. The vet said that she had a very bad ulcer on her eye which would require surgery. We took her to another veterinarian (a friend of the family) to get a second opinion, and found out that she also had a protein deficiency and an infection (and also, she was actually nine years old). The vet made her a special serum out of her own blood to help her eye, and gave her medicine, and she got all better without the surgery! Now she really IS our party pug, always running and playing ball, and she loves to snuggle. My sister has never been happier.

We saved Molly, and Molly saved our family. We love our party pug!

– Mo Pruiett, Aiken, South Carolina

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