Oh boy, where do I even begin to tell my story?  Well, I will start here.  I am just 2yrs old and was wandering around stray in a rural area near the Texas/Mexican border and some cruel people thought it would be fun to use me as target practice I guess and shot me many times.  Thankfully they were a bad shot and shot me in the back end which deemed me unable to walk so I laid on the side of a road where I crawled to and was picked up by animal control.  Its all fuzzy to me because of the pain and shock my body endured was too much to remember.   The good news is I ended up at the local animal control and thankfully they posted the sad pictures of me and thought I was hit by a car.  The shelter people didn't want me to suffer so I only had until the end of the day to get out alive or they would end my suffering.  

That's where my life started to make a big turn-around.  I was picked up by a local volunteer for Allie's Haven and taken to the animal hospital.  I was sedated and they took pictures of my bones and found about 8 bullets all over my back legs, side and even my boy parts were shot.  The vet shaved my legs and removed some bullet fragments, cleaned up my wounds and put some strong splints on them so I could walk.  

Next, I was in a car for a really long time then went to some kind lady's home late at night and then the next morning I was at another vet and hospitalized.  Both of my legs required daily hydrotherapy, dressing changes and I was on strong antibiotics but unfortunately my right leg became badly infected from all of the bullet fragments that were not able to be removed.  I had another surgery to removed my leg and it was pretty scary because the vet said I was going into septic shock.  So I had to stay longer in the hospital and get another surgery to deep clean my stump because the infection was still in what was left of my leg.  I finally recovered from that and as my other back leg continued to heal, I got a brand new custom made brace which allows me to walk but now my leg has gotten so strong that I rarely wear my brace.  My foster mom took me to rehab 2-3 days per week and now I am swim in the pool and that has made me really strong. 

My next hurdle was to get my heartworm treatment done.  Now I am cleared of that and my wounds are healed I am ready to find a home.  

I know that I am a wounded warrior that survived being shot multiple times and will be a special needs dog but I will promise you that when I find my family I will protect and show my full loyalty to them.  I will be praying for that special family to fall in love with me in spite of my handicap.  I may not be whole in body but I have a heart as big as Texas.

Update:  I have learned to swim (with my vest on) and LOVE to swim in the lake or pool.  I can chase the ball and I do an excellent job at keeping those pesky squirrels out of the yard.  I go in my crate with no problems, I am potty trained, walk really well with my wheelchair when we go on long walks around the neighborhood.  I sleep on my dog bed all night without a peep.  When foster mom is working from home I get to sleep while she works.  It's a dogs life.  Hahaha.... My foster mom seems to have a few rescue puppies and I really love to play with them.  I am good with other dogs and enjoy playing with them and chasing the ball.  I am pretty much just like any other dog.  I enjoy when people come to visit and give everyone lots of kisses.  I am good with anyone I meet even little hoomans.   If you want a big dog with a HUG heart please give me the chance.  I promise you will fall in love with me. 

Allie's Animal Haven Rescue is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) dog and cat rescue located in Fort Worth, Texas.

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