HELLO, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A STORY FROM A DOGS MOUTH WHO WAS RECENTLY RESCUED BY THIS WRITER: DARKNESS SURROUNDED ME AND MUD CLUMPED IN MY FUR. I LOOKED UP TO SEE THE GLOWING MANSION I WAS ONCE PART OF. I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG,THEY HATED ME. A CHAIN, STRANGLED MY FREEDOM. A WOODEN BOX, STOLE MY COMFORT, FOOD WAS NOT ON MY SCHEDULE, NO ONE LOVED ME. DAYLIGHT CAME AND WENT YET I REMAINED IN THAT CORNER. CHILDREN GIGGLED AND PLAYED IN THE STREETS WITH FRIENDS. WHEN THEY LEFT FOR SCHOOL, I CRIED AND WHIMPERED FOR ANYONE. I WAS IGNORED: FORGOTTEN, UNCARED FOR.

ONCE, WHEN I WAS JUST A PUPPY, I TRIED TO ESCAPE. PAIN SEARED THROUGH MY SKULL FROM A SHOVEL. BRUISES FROM THE STRONG KICKS TO MY RIBS.. THAT WAS THE LAST RECOGNITION FROM MY OWNERS. I DECIDED BEING ALONE WAS BETTER THAN ABUSE, YET MY STOMACH YEARNED FOR MORE FOOD. A LITTLE GIRL, SOMETIMES CAME AND VISITED. I HEARD HER YOUNG LAUGHTER AND SWEET VOICE. HER BLONDE HAIR BLEW IN THE WIND. SHE WAS MISSING HER TWO FRONT TEETH. SHE BROUGHT ME FOOD AND WATER, I LOVED THAT GIRL..ONE DAY, A WOMAN CAME, A CRATE IN HAND. SHE PLACED ME INSIDE AND TOLD ME I WOULD SURVIVE. I WAITED IN THE VAN FOR SOMEONE TO SAVE ME. ALL I NEEDED WAS LOVE AND A FAMILY. COULD MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED? WOULD SOMEONE LOVE ME? WOULD THEY FEED ME? OR WAS I BEING PLACED IN ANOTHER NIGHTMARE? WOULD I BE NEGLECTED>? AND HURT? AGAIN? I WAS TAKEN FROM THE VAN, CARRIED INTO A WHITE OFFICE THAT READ “S.P.C.A”. OVER A PERIOD OF A WEEK I WAS TESTED AND WATCHED. THE ROOM WAS BRIGHT AND I HAD A PLACE JUST FOR ME. THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN AND I SAW INNUMERABLE PEOPLE PASS.

I AWOKE ONE SUNNY MORNING AND KNEW IT WAS MY DAY TO LEAVE. TO BE TAKEN AWAY.. TO BE PART OF A FAMILY. DO YOU KNOW WHO CAME FOR ME? BLONODE HAIR, SWEET LAUGHTER. MY ONLY FRIEND WHO CARED ENOUGH TO SAVE MY LIFE. “I WANT HIM MOMM” THE GIRL FLASHED THE CUTEST SMILE AT ME AS HER EYES SPARKLED. TAKEN FROM NEGLECT, ABUSE, AND STARVATION. I WAS THE LONELY PUPPY MY OWNERS HATED. NOW I AM HAPPY PET TO A BEUTIFUL GIRL. THE S.P.C.A MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE. I WAS PLACED IN A PEN TO BE ADOPTED….AND I WAS!! I HAVE WATCHED THE GIRL GROW UP…AND EVERYDAY, SHE COMES AND PLAYS WITH ME. SHE LOVED ME MORE THAN ANYTHING, SHE TELLS ME. I AM OLD AND GREY AND STILL, TO THIS DAY I THANK THAT SWEET LITTLE GIRL WHO SAVED MY LIFE…..THANK YOU

Myke from VA