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Penny For Your Thoughts
You'd like for rescue to be all about happy endings. That scrawny shelter dog you took home, cleaned up, taught some manners to, and fell in love with. Sadly, it can't always be that way. Sometimes the best intentions, turn in to the most heart breaking stories. Penny just might be one of those stories. Penny was an adorable fawn Boxer pup. Bought at a pet store, it's likely she is one of the many puppy mill dogs we've be hearing so much about lately. Taken home from the store, Penny's new family probably set about training and loving this new family member. We all know how hard it can be to work with a puppy. Penny was only a few weeks old. Not only was she young, but she had uncontrollable diarrhea. At a loss for how to deal with it, her family surrendered her to an area shelter for euthanasia. Fate intervened and a kind hearted soul paid the adoption fee and took Penny to SD Boxer Rescue. Hoping that maybe a foster situation would give her another chance, a family with Boxer experience took her in. Just barely 12 weeks old, probably taken to soon from her mother, and dealing with some health issues, Penny had an uphill battle ahead of her. Her foster family decided quickly they would be the best forever home for her. The children loved her, she quickly became one of the "kids". Dedicated to helping Penny be the best dog she could be, the family quickly went to work trying to solve her health issues. Special diets, training, and antibiotics for the giarrdia and coccidia infections she (like so many puppy mill dogs) was born with. As much love as her little body could take. But she continued to lose weight, pass bloody stool. Finally, a diagnosis; ulcerative colitis. Penny can be treated for her discomfort, but ultimately will not survive this condition. Her life span won't be measured in to the teens as most healthy Boxers, but in mere months. What is more heartbreaking? That the 3 young children who've come to adore this little addition to their family have to learn this harsh reality that she will most likely be gone before the summer ends? Or the fact that this dog was bred with this hereditary disease? A sure sign she could not have come from a responsible breeder. A Boxer can deliver 2 - 10 puppies a litter, and up to 2 litters a year. All of Penny's siblings will ultimately be born with this condition and die of it. That may be the most heartbreaking fact of this story. Penny will live out the remainder of her life in a loving safe home. They are going to provide her with the care and keeping you can only get from a family. SD Boxer Rescue is having a fundraising rummage sale, Saturday June 7th. It will be held at 308 East Main Street in Vermillion, SD. ALL funds go directly to support boxers in need. SD Boxer Rescue is a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization. Stop out and make a donation to the care of Penny & dogs like her, all they want is a chance. |
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