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Those who have touched our hearts and said goodbye
Conundrum
Conundrum
Conundrum
It's a conundrum...so that's what we named him. Conundrum, aka Tyson #a2168442, is a blind 15 year old boxer with a slow stiff gait who was owner surrendered at the west valley shelter on October 20, 2024. The shelter wanted to euthanize him. A volunteer reached out to us asking if we could take him. We had a discussion with the staff and their medical team before we pulled him. If he was suffering, we didn't want to delay the inevitable. He is definitely declining in health, but he has an appetite and does not seem to be suffering. He is able to walk slowly but is not volunteering a walk. We are hoping whenever he is more comfort, he will want to explore a little. And if his condition worsens and he has no quality of life, we will sit with him and give him peace and love when we say goodbye. Only time will tell how much time we get to love him. As I said. It's a conundrum! Unfortunately, Conundrum stopped eating and didn't really want to explore. The kindest thing we could do for him was to sit by his side, hold his paw and say goodbye. We did that on November 7, 2024. While his time with us was not long, he was loved and left this world peacefully.
Cadbury
Conundrum
Conundrum
We were so glad when Cadbury was adopted on October 23, 2023. We rescued her on March 15, 2023. This dog was set to die at the south LA shelter. There was not one post on her. Cadbury, aka Boba, was brought into the shelter as a stray on February 25, 2023. They estimated her age at 12 years and in less than a month at the shelter, she was going to die. So of course, we had to save her. To honor our precious Candy who died on 3-12-2023, we named her Cadbury, She is a very calm dog who keeps to herself but is enjoying her freedom. We felt she was not moving around enough. she loved her walks without the other dogs so we thought a foster home with less dogs would do her good. She went to a loving home where she gained two little furry brothers! her fosters fell in love with her and of course, are giving her a forever home! We said goodbye to sweet Cadbury on November 29, 2024.
Chai
Caldwell
Caldwell
Can you imagine how scared this little 8 pound, 10 year old dog must have been when she was brought to the shelter as a stray on January 12, 2023. Lucky for her, we had a foster who could not wait to give a little dog a forever home! We rescued Maya, now chai, on January 27, 2023. She is so loved and well cared for! She had terrible teeth, so we had a dental and most of her teeth were rotten and removed. She is so much happier now! Of course her foster adopted her! Chai had an amzing life and was very loved. In Novemberof 2024 she was having trouble brathig and strted coughing. She was diagnosed with a collapsed trachea. Despite medication, she was not getting better and her condition worsened. Her mom made an appointment to say goodbye. instead, Chai passed away December 4, 2024 on her own in her sleep.
Caldwell
Caldwell
Caldwell
Caldwell had a great life after his short time in a high kill shelter. Caldwell, formerly, Emmett, was on the list to be killed when someone reached out and asked us to save him. He is a super sweet, gentle 10 year old tri-colored dachshund that was set to die because they said he had a URI and was weak in his hind end. He also has some odd scarring on his abdomen as if he had a leash, wire or some other material tied so tightly on him for a long period of time that he has a scar around his entire torso. What torture that must have been! Thankfully, someone reached out and said they wanted to foster him. So of course, we rallied help, got him pulled on February 16, 2022, and into a temporary foster as the permanent foster was in Temecula. As always, our veterinarian checked him out, did a chiropractic adjustment and gave him the thumbs up on his health. Of course, he has senior issues, don't they all. Caldwell had a great life with his foster mom who adopted him on November 12, 2024. Unfortunately, on December 4, 2024, his mom reached out and said he was not doing well. She took him to the veterinarian on December 6, 2024. I was with her via telephone and discussed with the veterinarian his prognosis. It was not good. He had trouble standing and walking and was not eating. We made the decision to prevent him from suffering and said goodbye.