One of our volunteers works diligently trying to pull animals out of animal control facilities and into rescues before they are scheduled to be euthanized. She recently called and asked if we would take 4 pups that had been brought into the Heard Co. A/C facility.

These puppies were found alongside a road and were in terrible shape. She was afraid they wouldn't make it to us, but she was going to try. We told her if she could get them up to us, we would do our best.

In all my years of rescue, I have never seen pups in such shape. Three had no hair at all with scabs on their little bodies. One was in better shape, but had patches of hair loss. They had demedectic mange and were so debilitated, you had to wonder how this could have happened in their short little lives. They were probably 8-9 weeks old.

We lost two. One the same night she brought them, the other at the vet a day later. The two remaining, Baldwin and Bonnie, were given intense nursing care. They stopped eating, and were given pepto bismol, and later were syringe fed with pedialyte and chicken broth every couple of hours, along with medicines to combat the mange.

They finally started to eat and Baldwin's hair began to come in in patches, first on his ears, then all over his body. It was a long process, spanning a couple of months. I had to be careful that he didn't get sunburned, get too cold early in the mornings... just like a mother hen, Baldwin turned out to be such a sweet laid back pup... whereas Bonnie turned out to be all puppy. It was wonderful watching them both begin to feel better, and begin to play and run like a puppy should. Bonnie is still here in her foster home and she will stay there until the right family comes along for her, but Baldwin was adopted on July 5th, to a wonderful couple who have promised to spoil and love him for the rest of his life.

*Update - Bonnie has been adopted! She is happy and content in her new forever home.