In Los Angeles County, an abandoned Labrador retriever spent her time running between two houses whose owners had been kind enough to leave her food and water twice a day. No doubt, she was homeless, cold and tired of being alone, but she was so scared; these last three weeks of missing her home and being out on her own to defend herself from the dangers of the street, had taken their toll on her health and her emotions.
Sometimes she would sleep, always with one eye open somewhere between the two houses, but she would never allow anyone to get too close.
She already had developed a routine, and every morning at 5:20, her internal clock indicated she was ready for breakfast, and she would go to one of the two homes and wait. As much as Good Samaritans wanted her safe, this pup would never allow anyone to approach her.
On Tuesday afternoon, Suzette Hall, founder of Logan’s Legacy 29, arrived to help. Every time Suzette would try to trap her however, the frightened pup would run far away.
And so a plan had to be formulated. Hall knew where the dog would be early in the morning, and that’s when the humane trap was set. The dog was extremely wary of the trap and would approach it with extreme trepidation, and then she would run away. In one instance, she almost walked in, but trembling in fear, immediately backed out. And adding to the difficulty of her capture had been neighbors coming and going, trying to capture her with leashes and ropes. The dog would see a leash, panic and run away.
Making alternate plans to rescue an abandoned or stray dog doesn’t always have a set outline. That’s what makes rescue so difficult. Suzette decided she would arrive that night, set a trap in the yard where the dog would wait for breakfast; therefore she could be sure to be there early in the morning without other people present.
And so she set up the trap and waited in her van when the phone rang. A neighbor had trapped the dog in her yard. Suzette was so anxious to help quickly driving to the location where the dog had been secured.
I tried so hard to hold back my emotions because I just wanted her safe.
If I hadn’t gone back up there tonight to set the trap I wouldn’t have just been two minutes away from the call.
There she was! Amazingly, the dog seemed to like the little boy at the home, and the child and his father were able to corner her. Moments later, Suzette was touching her, rubbing her and whispering to her that she was safe.
This time her friend Margarita volunteered to foster her since Suzette does not have the capabilities to care for big dogs, but again fate raised her hand, and another life has been saved.
Now she is warm and safe. She has been rescued!
Donations are needed with the expenses of rescue.
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