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New Member of my Furbaby Family. " Hi " everyone. I would like to introduce the newest member of my furbaby family, Gracie!! We adopted her last Friday evening from the local Shih Tzu Rescue. Gracie is 10 years old and has a very sad story. The Rescue rescued her from a Puppy Mill. She spent her entire 10 years as a Puppy Mill dog in a small wire cage being bred over & over again. When the Rescue had her teeth cleaned by their vet, her jaw cracked because it was so brittle. Their vet fixed her jaw but she is still on medicine for that. Saturday morning, as I was feeding her, I accidently stepped on her paw. Till Saturday night, she held her paw up in the air and wouldn't walk on it. I thought maybe I had broken her little paw so Sunday morning we took her to the Pet Emergency Clinic. Turns out, no broken paw, thank god, but an infection in her paw & pawpad. She is on more medicine for that and we have to soak her paw in special solution 2-4 times a day. She has an appointment with our vet this Friday to have her paw checked out. It does look better, but still looks sore. In all her 10 years she's never had a name. We named her Gracie because we thought by the grace of God, she will never have to spend another day in such horrible, horrible conditions. Whatever time Gracie has left, which I pray is many, many years yet, she will know the love of a family and be very well cared for. Thanks for reading about Gracie. Since I don't know how to attach pics to my threads yet, click on Rudy or Lucky's Dogster Page and it will bring her pic up as a family member, then click on her pic and it will bring up her Dogster Page. I don't know why the link to her page is showing not found. |
Aww, lucky her! She's very cute. |
Bless your heart. That was such a special thing to do.:hug: |
This made me tear up, that poor little thing. She's cute as a button and looks very sweet :) |
Gracie is darling. Bless you for taking her! |
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You're a good good person Dawn. I'm proud of you girl - Gracie is a lucky little one to have you in her life even if it's 10 years coming... if you send my your pics I'll post them - I'd love to see her vrochford @ att.net (take out the spaces if you email me) Congratulations Gracie on your new home |
what a beautiful little girl! I'm so glad you found her and took her home. She is so lucky to have you to care and love her. I'm just so happy for you Dawn. |
"Thank You" Kyle, Betty's Mom, T Doll, Lisa and Pic, V & Kim for all your kind words on Gracie. :) I appreciate that! She lets us pet her, has not once barked yet, but she is still skittish when we pick her up to go outside to do her business. I know that will take time, I'm sure no-one has ever much held her before. She really is the sweetest girl for all that she's been thru. This is so...sad though. She doesn't know what treats are. :( We even tried to give her a small piece of turkey and she didn't even know what it was. The Rescue was feeding her canned soft Evangers Chicken dog food and we've continued that. She gobbles that up. Rudy & Lucky are good with her. They go up and sniff her and then go on about their own business. Last evening was the lst time since we've got her that she's walked in our bedroom and slept on the floor on a blanket near our bed. The couple days before that, she just wanted to sleep out in the hallway by herself. |
She lets us pet her, has not once barked yet, but she is still skittish when we pick her up to go outside to do her business. I know that will take time, I'm sure no-one has ever much held her before. She really is the sweetest girl for all that she's been thru. This is so...sad though. She doesn't know what treats are. :( We even tried to give her a small piece of turkey and she didn't even know what it was. The Rescue was feeding her canned soft Evangers Chicken dog food and we've continued that. She gobbles that up. Rudy & Lucky are good with her. They go up and sniff her and then go on about their own business. Last evening was the lst time since we've got her that she's walked in our bedroom and slept on the floor on a blanket near our bed. The couple days before that, she just wanted to sleep out in the hallway by herself. [/B][/COLOR][/QUOTE] At least she will know what love is! She is adorable and looks like a sweetheart. I hope that she will come to trust you and your family and become "one of the gang". You are awesome to rescue her?:thumbup::thumbup: |
dawn, your just wonderful, wonderful , wonderful , you have a heart of gold., there should be more people in the world like you.. hugs girlfriend and thank you for being you |
This made me tear up. What a wonderful story! All I can say is THANK YOU! |
Aww Dawn, I think Gracie is the luckiest dog on the entire earth right now. Bless you for taking care of her for the rest of her life. Can't wait to see some pictures of her! |
What a great ending to such a sad beginning! I'm so happy Gracie found her way to you and what great care you and your family have given her. You are a special person. |
Dawn your an angel. I am getting ready to close shop for the weekend and opened your thread and now sitting here crying like a big boob! 10 yrs in a cage? It's pathetic and inhumane. May God give her years of health and happiness to make it up to her. Bless you Dawn for being her human angel. Hugs, |
4 Attachment(s) GRACIE PICTURES BELOW !! posting for Rudys Mom - :):) Dawn - she's a little dollbaby. I hope her new life wipes out all memories of her former life with those evil heartless puppy millers. We can only hope one day they pay for their cruelity and greed |
What a cute baby! Gracie is very fortunate to have a forever home with your family. Thank God for people like you! |
Dawn, Bless you! Gracie's story is very sad, I'm glad it's taken such a happy turn. I see V posted your pics for you! (V rocks, but then we all know that). |
Hope Gracie is feeling better... Hi Dawn, She's really a cutie. I LOVE her name and the reason you named her it. Her story is soo sad!! I'm so glad her Guardian Angel was YOU!!! Now she'll never wonder again what it's like to be Loved!!! I'm so glad you found each other!! Keep in Touch, Hugs to Lucky, Rudy and You, YF, Baron's Mom:aimeeyork |
There is truly a special place in heaven for you! I hope Gracie is on the mend. She's been handed an angel. :) |
I want to also "Thank" Gina, Timmy, Autum Star, Pinkhouse86, Carol, ILuvLucy, Judy, Jodi & Missiemiss for ALL your kind words about me & my Gracie. :) I truly appreciate that. Also, "Thank You" V for posting my pics of Gracie. :) Like Judy said, V, you DO ROCK!!!! Took Gracie on Friday for her checkup on her paw w/our regular vet practice. He wants to keep on her a different antibiotic for 3 more weeks and then I take her back for a checkup. after that, to make sure her paw is finally healed up. He checked her mouth to make sure her jaw is healing, it is but I found out she only has 2 teeth in her mouth. Just now I gave Rudy & Lucky some soft canned pumpkin and Gracie too. Rudy & Lucky ate it up, but poor Gracie just looked @ it and went back to her nap. That's so....sad. :( I know she will come around in time, but until then, I feel so bad for her not knowing anything else to eat besides her dog food. I will keep you's updated on Gracie's progress. :) |
Bless your heart for rescuing Gracie. She is a beautiful girl. :2hearts2:I have a 5 year old Shih Tzu, and I love her so very much. They are true joys and so human-like and expressive in their emotions & faces. Thank God you found her and will give her the home she deserves. I can't wait to hear updates. :) |
Dawn that is great! She is adorable and very lucky to have you! |
Yay for Gracie! And yay for you for being so great to take her in! I am sure she is as happy to have you as you are her! She is a cutie-thanks for the pics! :) |
What a precious girl Gracie is. I pray she heals quickly and lives a long, healthy, loved life. God bless you! |
Congrats! |
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