Walk for the Underdog

Judy Crozier
Los Angeles

This dog had been hit by a car and suffered two front broken legs.
The Animal Control took her to a nearby vet to be checked out.
The shelter felt her injuries were too severe for her to be saved
so they requested euthanasia, but the vet on call felt that
her shattered legs could be pinned back together. Although
that vet also knew that he was not the vet to do it. So he
contacted local rescues. For two weeks no rescue would step
up and take this dog. Emails went around, and then around again
I was at that vet a couple of times and heard about the story.
No one wanted to take the dog because of the immense expense
of the surgeries. But Joan from Adopt-A-Chow-LA was networking
the dog and was already raising money for surgery. Someone
just needed to take the lead on being the point person on the dog.
Taking the x-rays around to find a vet who could perform the
surgeries and one who was "rescue friendly" to give a discount.
Finally Plaza Del Amo Animal Hospital in Torrance agreed.
But still there was no point person to assume the financial
responsibility and to take on finding the dog a home after
the dog recouperated. At the urging of a couple of rescuers
who were about to go out of town on a long vacation, I took
control of the dogs destiny and care. The dogs name was and is
Penny the Pinned Pit Puppy. The surgery cost about 3000-4000
and I was able to raise most of it. She was supposed to be
dog aggressive because any time a dog came near the cage she
went nuts. But evidently that was because of her injuries
as she lives now with my two other dogs and cat. She has a
couple of huge scars from her surgeries. One leg was nearly
shattered with multiple fractures in that leg. But she is healthy
and happy and nothing stops her now.

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