Be it a broken leg or a broken spirit, From the Heart provides life-saving or life-enhancing surgeries, medications and special care for these hurt and frightened victims of accident, disease, cruelty and neglect. These, as do all our dogs, live in private homes with volunteer foster care providers, where they get the medications, cast changes, love and care they need and so deserve.
I was shot in the head. Amazingly, I survived. I was found in the desert and was taken to animal control where they called From The Heart to see if they could help. A nice person volunteered to foster me and I was rushed off to the vet where an X-ray revealed I had been shot in the right cheek. The bullet traveled through my neck and rested in my left shoulder. The path of the bullet left a hole through my body and air leaked into the surrounding area with every breath. Because of the placement of the injury and the nature of the trauma, I couldn't have surgery. But I was a fighter and never gave up!
After months of treatment and patience by my Foster Mom, I recovered and now am living my best life ever in my very own forever home!
I came to rescue after my owner turned me into the shelter with a horrific eye condition in both of my eyes, causing me to be nearly blind. The shelter called From The Heart to see if they could get me into the Rehab Program so I could receive the medical attention I needed.
At first, it appeared as though it was cancer. I was put on medication to see if the wounds could be healed. Miraculously, my eyes began to heal and clear up!
But then it was revealed, not only did I have painful eye infections, I also had heartworms! From the Heart, got me treated and soon I was good as new!
So good, in fact, I got a great home who will love and take care of me!
I was found in an onion field in New Mexico with a horrible skin infection. I was brought to From the Heart so I could get the treatment I needed. No one is quite sure how a 10-year old chihuahua got there in a box, but they have their theories.
Because of how bad the skin infection was, I lost my eye and parts of my ears, but I was so thankful to be out of pain, I didn't care if I was funny looking.
I recovered well and I found a forever lap!
I came to From the Heart Rescue after winding up at animal control as a stray dog with a broken leg! I was headed for the forever sleep when From The Heart found a nice foster home to take care of me so that I could receive surgery to fix my broken leg.
It took a while for me to heal, with lots of cast changes and I had to wear these stupid pool noodles around my neck (but I guess it's better than the "Cone of Shame"). But once I was healed, I was raring to go!!!
I soon found a forever home where they will keep me safe so my little legs don't get broken again!
I came to From the Heart on 11/20 after I was dropped off at the Animal Emergency Center. A Good Samaritan had found me and brought me there for help. The doc there said I had one of the worst cases of mange he had ever seen and I was underweight, sick and been shot....but through it all, I was wagging my tail and trying to give kisses. It took months of special baths and salves to get me back to health, but I did it!
After being all healed and adopted, blood and urine testing showed that I -- the Unsinkable Mr. Dobby -- had kidney insufficiency of 75%. I had to have special food and medicine. Everything went back to when I was dumped in the desert. While, it was likely this kidney trouble would shorten my life, to what extent was unknown.
From the Heart found me a new loving home with a young couple who loved me just the way I was! Although they had hearts as big as the world, they had limited financial resources, so From the Heart, though a loving donation, was able to cover the costs of my medications and special food.
They say I am one brave little girl! You see, I came to From the Heart Rescue with 3rd degree burns over 1/3 of my back after some mean people tied fireworks to my tail.
I underwent hydrotherapy with daily bandage changes and wound care. I also had to have some surgery to close some of the wound. Despite all my pain, I liked to cuddle and give kisses I was so happy to be getting help and being loved. Even teh vet was amazed I never snapped or bit, even with all my treatments... that's why they say I was a brave little one!
Once adopted, Kiska went on to be the STAR of her agility class!
I came to From the Heart after my person dropped me at the vet’s with a broken pelvis, broken hip, and a dislocated elbow. She said she didn't want me anymore. It took several surgeries and months of treatment and rehabilitation, but Leroy got back to (almost) good as new!
I came to rescue because I wound up at the shelter as a "bag of bones". I only weighed 30 pounds! While at the shelter, I put on 10 pounds at the shelter, but I was still a long way off from being a healthy weight. I also had erlichia, which is a tick-borne blood disease. Because a nice foster home volunteered to take me in, I was treated and was able to get back to a healthy weight.
I found myself at animal services one day with a terrible head wound! It's likely that I was hit by a car. From The Heart snatched me up and took me straight to the vet. It took a while to heal, but I feel much better now! I healed so quickly that the skin on top of my head tightened and my eyelid started to lift up. I actually had trouble closing my right eye and I had to go to the vet for some doggy plastic surgery. I also had heartworm and had to be treated for that too!
Hi, I'm Ochoa, a 2 year old who weighed 25lb when I was found. The nice person who found me called everyone he could think of until he found From the Heart Rescue who said they would take me in. I was rushed to Crossroads Animal Hospital for immediate medical help. They put me on warmed IV fluids (my body temp was 97), drugs for nausea and started syringe feeding me small amounts of a re-feeding solution. A few days passed and I took a turn for the worse -- I was very chilled from a cold night and not doing well at all. They put a heat lamp on me and hoped for the best.
The next morning, everyone feared the worst. But I was still hanging on -- I was a survivor. After a few days, they all the nasty tubes out of my legs and I went home at lunchtime that day. I got special meals for a while, but soon, I was back on solid food, with yummy high calorie supplemental stuff (liver, eggs, cottage cheese, rice, yoghurt, spinach.)
It took two months, but I was finally well enough to go home. And go home I did with a great family where I will never lack for food!
My family let me out to potty and I came back with the skin on my back peeled back. They took me to the vet and dropped me off. They ignored the vet's attempts to reach them for over 36 hours. When they they finally replied, they said they couldn't afford the surgery and they surrendered me to the vet clinic.
Well, the vet clinic wasn't ready to put me to sleep, so they called From The Heart Rescue who took care of my medical needs and took me into foster care. From The Heart believes I may have gotten caught trying to go under a fence and then panicked and ripped the skin.
I will always carry the scar of my adventure, but I think it adds character! I also think I look great in dresses that cover it and so does my brand new family!
Just before Thanksgiving, I was found tied out in the desert and taken to Crossroads Animal Hospital by a Good Samaritan. Teh vets reached out to From the Heart Rescue to see if we could help. You see, I was (literally) starving to death and needed a foster home when I was released from the vet hospital.
It was touch and go for a few days, but finally I started to eat, but only if you left the bowl right beside me. For days, I wouldn’t leave the comfy bed From the Heart gave to me for fear I would lose that too!
After a few months of rehab, I became a healthy, happy girl and found my forever family!
