52 more rescued and on their way to CO!

Rescue Team 2 (Theresa, Dayna, Amiee) picked up 52 dogs this morning and are making the long haul back from MO to CO.  They anticipate arriving around midnight.

A few photos of the newly rescued dogs in transport:

 

Most of the dogs surrendered by any puppy mill and rescued by NMDR are older, retired breeding dogs.  This was the case today.  However, it is also not uncommon for breeders to turn over their "misfit" puppies.  Which was also the case today.  Puppies who have deformities or health issues do not make for good breeders and are also destroyed if not rescued.

So, in addition to the 40+ retired breeders, NMDR's Rescue Team 2 will also be returning with a Pug puppy that has a stage 4 heart murmur, a Maltese pup who's heart murmur is as severe as we've ever seen, a a Shih Tzu puppy that has paralyzed back legs and another Shih Tzu pup with and umbilical hernia.  All of these puppies, along with the mature dogs rescued, will find their necessary vet care, human kindness, and eventual forever homes through National Mill Dog Rescue.

Two photos of the pups below.

Dayna, NMDR's medication coordinator, working her magic on a Pug puppy with a grade 4 heart murmur:

Maltese puppy with the most severe heart murmur a dog can have. If there was anything higher than Grade 5, this poor litte guy would have it.  :-(

 
 
Meanwhile, as Rescue Team 2 makes their way back home, Rescue Team 1 is currently only about an hour away.  Gail and Shirley should be arriving at the kennel very soon with their precious rescued cargo of 1 maltese, 4 Italian Greyhounds, 2 eight year-old Japanese Chins, 1 Chihuahua and 1 Beagle.  Let's hope this little group is able to settle in quickly, comfortably and sleep soundly through their first night.

Thank you to our rescue teams for enduring a long weekend that most of us couldn't stomach.  The emotions of anger, confusion, love, compassion, joy and sorrow, combined with the physical exhaustion of being on the road is unfathomable to most of us.  Our gratitude really isn't what matters though.... it's the dogs who thank you and will show it with their unconditional love and loyalty for the rest of their lives.

Comments

[Rae]

To all your rescuers that were out this weekend, great job. I hope you know that these angels see you as THEIR angels. Rescuing them from a miserable life. I myself have a "misfit" puppy, now one year old. Bless you all.

[dean taylor]

I am so glad that you are there for these rescued angels. What you do is exceptional. I am so grateful to you personally, because I have two of your "rescues" Bless the rescue team who liberated them.
Georgi and Cheri have made me laugh, and cry, and enriched my life for little over a year now. They came to me loving and trusting and I can't thank you enough for rescuing them and then the time they spent with their foster mom. You are wonderful.

Thank you so much