Shelter reaches out for help for blind senior dog who was surrendered by owner

Penny Eims

Dog News Examiner

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Hempstead Animal Shelter

March 20, 2014

At twelve plus years of age, and mostly blind, Athena is no longer considered to be a "highly adoptable" dog - a fact which her prior owner discovered she attempted to secure a new home for the elderly dog.
Though Athena's former guardian loved her beautiful senior dog, she was no longer able to care for her, and after attempts to find Athena a new home failed, that person reached out to the Hempstead Town Shelter in Wantagh, N.Y., to have the dog put down.
The shelter staff went to retrieve Athena and promised the dog's owner, who is disabled and had fallen ill, that they would try to find a home for Athena before euthanasia was considered.
The shelter posted this statement on Thursday:


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Senior dog left with sad note to be reunited with elderly owners

Penny Eims

Dog News Examiner

According to Wednesday's KTLA 5 News, a senior dog who was left at an animal control facility in Baldwin Park, Calif., earlier this month, will be reunited with his guardians.
The dog, named "Harley," had been left at the animal control facility with a sad note from his heartbroken  guardians who were  unable to care for his medical needs.  Harley, who was later determined to actually be "Otto" did not die at the facility - he was saved by Toby Wisneski, the CEO and founder of Leave No Paws Behind.
Wisneski set out to find the elderly dog's guardians and shortly thereafter, this comment was posted to the rescue agency's Facebook page:

We asked his humans to please contact us AND I have just gotten off the phone with them!!! They sent me this picture with him where he is in the little shirt we found him in AND have given us the information on the vets that have taken care of Otto all his life!!!!
His name is " Otto Wolfgang Maximus" and we can't wait to let him know that we have located his loving mommy and daddy! We will have more information and there will be an updated story

The reunion is expected to take place on March 28.
Follow the rescue that saved Otto's life here.

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Largo Florida : Disabled senior needs someone to help her keep beloved dog

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December 25, 2013

 

An elderly, Largo, Fla., woman is hoping that someone in the area might be willing to lend a hand to help her keep her beloved dog, "Gary," reported Wednesday's Bay 9 News.
Gary is a three-year-old Dachshund who was adopted by Mary Lou Smith several years ago.
Gary and Smith keep one another company, but now, the 89-year-old woman fears that her own physical limitations will make keeping Gary impossible.
Not long ago, the senior woman fell and injured her hips and legs - today, the daily walks that she has enjoyed with Gary have become impossible because she now is forced to utilize a walker to get around.
Smith is unable to pay a dog-walker to help with Gary, and if she cannot continue to provide the little dog with the care that he needs, she will be forced to find him a new home.
Smith spoke of her limitations to pay a dog-walker to Bay 9 News:

If I can't pay, then I can't take care of him.

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