(this article came from http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3)
My two favorite rescues are Dennis and Teddy. God Bless them, they had it rough. Both of them first came into my life at a no-kill shelter as puppies. My friend Carol adopted Teddy and her friend, Debbie, adopted Dennis, littermates. Six years later Carol passed away and Debbie adopted Teddy. All went well for about a year, then Debbie lost her job and had to move for a new one. She left the kids with a co-worker, Wanda, until she could get settled, but she never came back for them. THEN, after over a year of babysitting, Wanda's home was re-posessed and she left them with her neighbor until she could find a new home for everyone. He kept them for over a year, then just turned them loose to run his neighborhood. That's when Wanda called me and told me she had them (but not really...). That was the first I had heard that Debbie had abandoned them. Wanda went with me to the man's home and there they were, old, tired, sick with heartworms and mange, and starving for love. They remembered me and were eager to leave with me. The man was nice, but he had other animals he had taken in and he was clearly in over his head. He helped me load them into my car. I took them to my vet and we began treating them for all their ails and for the most part, got them both healthy and best of all HAPPY. Dennis lived with us for a wonderful 16 months, until he died of a heart attack, up on the sofa watching tv and laying across my lap. Teddy is still with us, a spoiled little lady, mixed in with the rest of my family, and we love her dearly.
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