Miracle Dogs


    Some rescue success stories never fail to amaze us with the capacity of dogs to love, forgive and
    survive against all odds.  Here is the story of Cora the Akita.

    The dog in the picture below is named Cora.  This is how she looked when she was taken from the
    shelter on June 28th, 2009.














    She was left in a deserted part of the shelter in a kennel with 2 pit bulls.  All 3 of them were
    scheduled to be put to sleep.  The pitbulls were put to sleep but somehow they forgot about Cora.  
    She was left alone in her run for 2 weeks with no food, until someone happened to wander back
    there and realized that she was still there.  She was picked up on a Sunday, someone kind passed
    her through the back gate of the shelter even though it was closed. She snarled and growled and
    tried to bite me twice the first time I met her.  After I took her into my backyard, she leaned into me
    and started licking my hand.  The next day she wagged her tail and would wait at the gate for me.  
    After she had her dinner, she snuggled right into my lap and rolled over so I could pet her.

    She was very thin, her rib bones and hip bones and spine were sticking out, but her stomach was
    bloated. She looked kind of like one of those kids you see on the "Save the Children" ads with flies
    on their eyes and the stick limbs and pot belly.  We figured she had worms and gave her a
    deworming medicine.  We fed her a lot, as much food as she wanted and she started to eat and put
    on weight.  She was sick with kennel cough and we had to find new and creative ways to feed her
    her medicine like peanut butter, hot dogs, and cheese.  We scheduled her spay appointment after
    she was well enough and had put on enough weight.

















    She became sweeter and happier and even more cuddly.  She started to run and play with other
    dogs and seemed to be really loving it.  She was still very frightened of men in uniforms or who
    carried poles and hoses, and it scared us when she growled and lunged at the pool guy and the
    landscaper, but with a little assurance she would settle down.  We realized  that Animal Control
    Officers wear uniforms and carry poles and that kennel workers hose down the runs at the shelters
    and we knew she remembered her experience in "doggie jail".

    After 2 weeks, Cora was healthy enough to be spayed, but Cora had other ideas and her own little
    surprise in store.  
Cora's Story