Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network
Faces of Rescue 2005
SURVIVOR: Missouri
The American Heritage Dictionary defines a survivor as one who remains alive
or in existence. Today, four Survivors found their way out of an existence
in a puppymill and into freedom with Col. Potter!!
Before I introduce each of them and tell you their story, I want you to know
that even their journey out of the PM was not easy. They arrived at the
meeting place in the back of a pick-up truck, stuffed two to a small crate,
with straw not only all over the bed of the truck, but stuck and intertwined
right into their coats. As soon as they arrived at the vet's they all
received what was probably their first bath of their lives, had the really
bad mats and straw cut out of their coats and had their 2" nails trimmed
back with more trimming to come.
Now, named after winners of the TV show, here are CP's Survivors:
Hatch: Will be 14 years old (that is NOT a typo) next month. He is brindle. Hatch has dry eye and his eyesight is not good. He has an open sore on his lip. Despite spending his entire life in a PM, he is incredibly friendly. After his bath, Hatch was put in his crate with soft bedding and a toy. When checked on later, he was sound asleep in his crate with what looked like a smile on his face. It was probably the first time in his entire life he had ever slept indoors much less on something soft or been clean.
Hatch is one handsome boy and seems to have a never ending smile on his face. He obviously knows that his time in a puppymill is over and no matter what happens next he is free and enjoying every minute of it. Isn't he just adorable?????
Wesson: Is 11.5 years old. She is wheaton and was the most withdrawn of the four, but that is probably because she is in severe pain. Her ears are very badly infected and look like a cauliflower inside. We won't have a full medical evaluation on her until Friday, but she can certainly use your prayers that the infection will be treatable and it has not spread to any vital organs in her little body.
The first picture shows a close-up of her ears and will definitely bring tears to your eyes that someone could be so cold and cruel as to not seek medical treatment for her long before it ever got to this point! The second one shows a girl that is in obvious pain and discomfort.
Towery: She is 10 years old and black with slight brindling. This girl has
very bad teeth and already has several missing and may well loose the rest
when she has her dental. This little girl was so happy and grateful to be
out of the PM, that she is already giving sloppy kisses! Can you imagine,
less than two hours after getting out the PM and she is giving kisses!!
There is also a possibility that Towery is our own little Biloxi's mother.
Moresca: She is the "baby" of the group at 7 years old and is a wheaton.
She is also very friendly and accepting of human touch. Moresca is mother
to our Orleans and Metairie whom she had when she was only 11 months old.
Unfortunately for those girls, their lives paralleled their mother's.
How wonderful
that both mother and at least these two daughters have found their way to
safety and freedom in CP's loving arms.