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My Latest Submission To 'The Great Animal Rescue Chase'
"Saving One Animal''s Life Won''t Change The World, But It Will Change The World For The One Animal Being Saved."
She had been yet another homeless stray, living a miserable life out on the streets, trusting no one. Then one day, she was finally rounded up and taken to a temporary foster home. But not knowing what to expect from her new foster parent, she immediately escaped confinement, and she was once again back out on the mean city streets.
I got a phone call a few days after the new year began, asking if I could help round her up again. And now, several of us spent the next five days attempting to get this wandering untrusting dog back to safety once more.
But this was not an easy task. Now, she was definitely a dog on the run, and I doubt that even she knew where she was running to.
She raced down busy streets; ran through parks and alleys; aimlessly wandered for miles along railroad tracks; ran into and out of backyards; she even ran on and off a busy interstate highway several times - always on the move, seldom stopping to rest. She was now traveling many miles, going in all directions, and sometimes for no apparent reason, turning around and heading the other way.
We soon had Spotters all over the city and suburbs, calling in with new sightings of her. We even enlisted the help of several police departments that would let us know when she was now wandering their jurisdictions.
On the fourth day in our now endless attempts to bring this frightened street orphan to safety, she ran right across a busy street, directly in front of my truck. I immediately stopped, got out, and followed her into a fenced yard. I thought that I had finally gotten the break that I had needed.
But I soon learned that I had not; I soon discovered the huge hole in the fence in this yard; and she had once again evaded rescue, and had once again now vanished back into the night.
The next morning, I received the phone call that I had already been dreading receiving – she had been struck by a car in the middle of the night. But thankfully she was still alive, and she had crawled into someone’s garage after being injured. When I got to that garage, seeing her lying there broke my heart. She was no longer The Dog On The Run; a vehicle had taken care of that.
We picked her up, placed her in the back seat of my truck, and we raced to the animal hospital with her. They soon confirmed that although she had no broken bones, she now had several massive bruises and even some internal bleeding from her injury. We had hoped to have her spayed after we finally rounded her up, but that would now have to wait. Now, this injured street orphan that we had now named ‘Pamela’ needed medical attention, medication, rest and relaxation, and frequent monitoring.
After Pamela was finally released from the animal hospital, she spent the next two months of recovery at a truly wonderful place – a place that we have taken other homeless street orphans before – a marvelous local pet resort and boarding facility. Here, she now had her own suite to recover in, and here, she now received truly marvelous 24-hour a day care from their wonderful staff.
And one day while recuperating here at this pet resort, Pamela received a very compassionate visitor who would eventually change her life. Her new visitor began spending a lot of time with Pamela in her suite, now bringing her treats; now spending a lot of time talking to her, and now, gently petting her and slowly gaining her trust. And soon, traumatized and untrusting Pamela eventually began to realize that not all human beings were bad.
Two months after being struck by a car, Pamela was finally well enough to be spayed, and I drove her back to the animal hospital. Then, after her surgical stiches were removed, my wife and I joyously drove her to her brand new home.
I love Happy Endings for the homeless street orphans that we have managed to rescue from the mean city streets, and this is truly a very Happy Ending for Pamela. She now has an older canine sister named Harley, who has very graciously accepted Pamela into her home. And she now has a very loving and compassionate guardian named Joyce, who fell in love with her the first day that she met her.
Sweet Pamela Is No Longer The Dog On The Run – She Is Now The Dog Who Is Loved. You Can Find More Pictures of Her At The Link Below.
Rescue, Foster, Adopt, Educate, and Volunteer – Help Save Another Life.
©March 2016, Mr. Ed
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The Great Animal Rescue Chase
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whew!! glad pam now has a forever home!!!
budd
My sister lost her six-year-old Great Dane, Cooper last week to an apparent heart attack. He had Addison's disease and was being treated for it for the last two years. She still has his sister, Liberty, and a newly acquired Gypsy and Murphy, rapidly growing pups. I wish you would take in shelter dogs to roam on her 10 acres, but she insists on purebred dogs.
Ron