Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Hands down, the BEST rescue pictures you've ever seen

Two days before Christmas, 2012, a little black puppy was dumped at Dallas Animal Services.  She was missing most of her fur, except for two fluffy ear tufts.  The vet who was working must have looked at her as they took her to the back for the needle and thought, "NOT on this day" and hid the little dog in her office until she could figure out what to do.

She snapped a picture of the little dog she had named, "Fraggle" and called Dr. Shults at Mazie's Mission.  There are thousands of people that work in rescue every single day in the DFW area, but just a handful that call us ONLY when they have no other options.  (You know who you are.)  I feel like when one of these dogs comes in and they make the decision to call us, they stand over a bright red Bat-phone and say, "Call Commissioner Gordon.  Tell him to send out the Bat-signal"

Two days before Christmas, 2012, Dr. Shults sent me this picture:

The blurry tail is what gets ya

Two days before Christmas, 2012, I took one look at that face, and even though we were at our limit, said, "Bring me the dog.  We'll make it work."

The little bit of fur she had was gone as soon as she started treatment, as is common with mange.





But she never lost that funny ear-fur.






She had demodex mange, worms...all kinds of nasties had hitched a ride on this poor baby.  She had to be bathed every other day as her skin came off in layers.  If you have read our previous blog post on mange, you know that demodex isn't contagious, and is easily diagnosed.  Sarcoptic mange, on the other hand, IS contagious, and rarely shows up on skin scrapes.  She happened to have both.  We let her sleep in the bed with us.  We both got sarcoptic mange.  If I've said it once, I've said it 1,385,411 times:  IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

I digress.





Slowly, her fur started to grow back.





Some of her Facebook followers even sent her clothes!  A previous Mazie's adopter knitted her this precious shrug "for her spring wardrobe".





And a group named Pros for Paws threw her a fundraiser, so she had to have a fancy dress.


When her fur was looking close to normal, we noticed that she had a perfect little heart-shaped patch of fur on her chest:




Blurry tail +  Tufty ears + heart-shaped patch of fur = RIDICULOUS amounts of cute.  It doesn't get better than that, right?!



Wrong.



She was adopted by the cutest family ever.  



And they love to play dress-up with her:



Best.  Pictures.  Ever.




She was born to be a Diva.




Ok, one more, and this one is my favorite:

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 Her family says she loves to strike a pose, and the kids think everything she does is hilarious.  If you'd like to see more, you'll have to follow us on Instagram!  Our name is Maziesmission1 and you won't be sorry.

Warm fuzzies like these are possible when people work together.  Shelters, rescues, volunteers, adopters.... "Big black dogs" have a much tougher time in shelters, so next time you think of passing one over for a smaller fluff ball that will have an easier time getting adopted, we ask that you think of Fraggle and her story...and take a chance.  Look at what the world would be missing if she had been euthanized two days before Christmas, 2012.

We always need volunteers at the clinic.  Even if you only have a couple of hours, we can put you to work saving lives.  Because ya know what looks good on college scholarship applications, resumes, etc????  Volunteering.  Visit our website to find out more:  www.maziesmission.org

Thanks for reading and sharing!


XOXO,


---the Mazie's Mission family

3 comments:

  1. Super precious! Y'all are awesome!

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  2. Thank you so much for this beautiful story. Thank you for taking the time to give Fraggle the second chance in life that she so desperately deserved. She is so precious fur or not. Thank you to all for helping her, taking care of her and loving her enough to find her the perfect family and forever home that she so deserves. Thanks to all so much and thanks to her new wonderful family for loving her. Best wishes

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  3. You made me cry...a good cry. Thank you Mazie's Mission for all you do for the abandoned pets in DFW and surrounding cities.

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