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It was Penny's lucky day! - a story of animal rescue in Brevard, NC

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Real Estate Agent with Looking Glass Realty

When the call came in to the volunteers with Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue (CAAR) in Brevard, North Carolina, it wasn’t all that unusual. Like so many of the calls the organization receives, this was a call for help. Someone had found six puppies at the Transylvania County land fill. For the past two years, one of the land fill employees had been trying to gain the trust of an adult female dog who had made the land fill her home. He fed her and bought her a dog house to provide her with better shelter, but he could never gain enough trust that she would come to him. But when he found the dog’s six new born puppies in a storm drain, he knew he had to take action to protect the fragile puppies and get them into a safe place. Animal Control was called in to “trap” the mother dog, then along with her six puppies, the brood was transported to the animal shelter where they were assessed.  The mother dog and all six puppies, who were still so young their eyes were not yet opened, were then turned over to the CAAR volunteer who had stepped forward to foster the entire family.

In the days that followed, the mother dog, now dubbed Penny, and her six puppies settled into their temporary foster home. Within a week, CAAR had coordinated a rescue solution for all six puppies with WAGS, an animal rescue group in Pennsylvania who works closely with CAAR and has rescued dozens of dogs from this area. lost puppy

This could easily be the happy ending and logged as another success story for CAAR, but there was more to come and no one could anticipate the call that came next.  On Friday, April 8 in the midst of preparing for CAAR’s recent yard sale, one of the Animal Control Officers (ACO) notified CAAR that another puppy had been found at the land fill and asked if someone come and get it at the shelter.  When CAAR arrived to pick up the puppy, it quickly became apparent to everyone involved that this puppy was from the same litter that had been rescued a full three weeks earlier.  “We have no idea how this new born puppy managed to survive all that time at the land fill. When we found his litter mates, their eyes were still closed and even now they are still nursing” says Divinity Morgan, CAAR volunteer.  But by some miracle, the seventh puppy appeared to be thriving and healthy and when he was reunited with his mother and litter mates, it was a sweet home coming. When they are fully weaned and ready to travel, he will join his six siblings on their journey to Pennsylvania where they will be adopted into forever homes and live a life that is far removed from what could have been had it not been for the kindness of the land fill employee and the rescue efforts of CAAR. (Pictured here, the 7th puppy is on the left)

As for Penny, the mother dog, the rest of the story ends equally well for her.  The land fill employee who has been her guardian angel for the past two years has volunteered to continue looking after Penny, making sure she is safe, fed, and sheltered. CAAR will make sure that Penny is spayed, and vaccinated, then when she is healthy and healed, she will continue the rest of her life with the man who is surely her best friend. There is a poem that goes “Find a penny and pick it up...then all the day you’ll have good luck”.  For Penny and her six, make that seven, puppies, that was certainly the case.

To learn more about Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue and how you can help, visit www.CharliesAngelsAnimalRescue.com.

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Comments (3)

Andrea Swiedler
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties - New Milford, CT
Realtor, Southern Litchfield County CT

What a wonderful story, and I have to admit I am wiping a tear from my eye. I don't know what part I liked best, finding the 7th pup so healthy.... saving all of them, or.. perhaps the fact they recognized Penny already had her home and her best friend... thank you for sharing this very uplifting and wonderful story.

Apr 22, 2011 01:57 AM
Carol Clay
Looking Glass Realty - Brevard, NC
Broker/REALTOR, Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist

Thanks Andrea - yea, this was an amazing story!  I snuggled with that precious puppy and if it weren't for the fact that we already have two rescue dogs of own, he would have gone home with me.

Apr 23, 2011 12:57 AM
Diane McDermott
Realtor®, GRI, Landis e2 Real Estate, LLC - Charlotte, NC
Charlotte NC Real Estate Market

Carol, what an incredible story!  So glad there was a happy ending for all of them, that 7th puppy is quite a survivor!

Apr 29, 2011 10:02 AM