Tandy

Another win is our brave and irrepressible little Tandy, a Heinz-57 puppy who was apparently hit by a car and survived for days lying along the roadside, unable to move. Her mother must have come to let Tandy nurse and then returned to her other pups, who will all now have a safer home and longer life expectancy in our care. Our Last Litter Program paid for Mom's spay surgery, but our emergency funds had been severely depleted due to Baby Girl's and Doodles' expenses and now Tandy's possible complications. Our veterinarian determined that precious little Tandy suffered breaks of both her left hind leg and right shoulder about ten days before her rescue. Initially, this puppy was transported to the vet for merciful euthanasia, as she appeared to be mortally injured. But several days of critical care from one of our most expert fosters wrought a miracle in Tandy's condition, as she rapidly progressed from unresponsive to difficult to contain! Since the damaged growth plates in her front leg might prevent healing even with surgery, it was possible that sweet little Tandy might need to learn how to run on three legs and we would have to come up with additional funds to support this deserving little soul! It took another month but her front leg did heal and she regained full use of it.