Puppies rescued from ‘overwhelmed' breeder. Now, the ‘little fighters' get fresh start
Puppies were rescued from an 'overwhelmed' breeder — and now, they have a fresh start.
After an exhaustive effort to keep them alive, all four of the surviving pups have been adopted into new homes, the Northwest Florida Great Dane Rescue wrote March 12 on Facebook.
'These little fighters never gave up and neither did we,' rescuers wrote. 'Today we are pleased to announce that Tyson, Sugar Ray, Mayweather and Taylor are all happy, healthy and thriving in their forever homes!'
The pups, who initially were named after famous boxers, weren't the only ones to get a second chance. The animal organization also shared a heartwarming update about Dolly, a mama dog rescued with the group.
'She just found her happy ending too,' Katie King, vice president of the rescue, told McClatchy News via email. 'She was recently adopted and is now living like a queen in Miami.'
The good news comes after an 'urgent' rescue in November. At the time, a breeder in central Florida was 'desperate for help' and reached out to the animal organization, according to the rescue.
'She had 15 Great Dane puppies — two litters born less than two weeks apart in her backyard — along with one of the mothers, Dolly,' King wrote. 'She admitted she couldn't care for them, couldn't sell them, and couldn't afford to feed them all anymore.'
The rescue agreed to take in all the dogs before tragedy struck. Some of the pups died as parasites and the parvo virus spread. Volunteers spent weeks working in shifts to care for the surviving pups, who were in quarantine.
'It was very touch and go for weeks with these little ones and sadly we lost several of the pups initially due to parvo,' the rescue wrote. 'It was a tough blow to our entire team.'
A glimmer of hope came when some of the pups pulled through after all of the volunteers' hard work.
'It was a grueling, all-consuming effort,' King wrote. 'So when you ask what these four surviving puppies mean to us, the answer is simple: everything. Their lives are a testament to the Herculean fight it took to keep them alive.'
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