This poor homeless 1-year-old husky-cross was found suffering on a street in Palm Valley, Texas.

She had lost most of her fur due to a terrible case of mange, and she also carried a nasty tick disease.

To top it all off, she was severely undernourished.

And though rescuers found her and brought her to a local shelter, Skye’s future was still grim.

Why?

Because at this particular shelter, if a dog is labeled a “medical dog,” they get put on the euthanasia list immediately!

The execution was slated to play out very soon but at the last moment, Rescue Dogs Rock NYC co-founder Stacy Silverstein heard about the case.

As she told The Dodo:

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He was so terribly matted that it was a struggle just to walk. It was such a tragic sight!

They couldn’t leave the poor dog there in that condition, so they loaded him in their car and went home.

Not knowing what to do, they turned to social media for help. And thankfully, their post was quickly answered by a local groomer, Kari Falla.

Kari explained that “When a dog is matted that badly, it can cause its blood flow to stop as well as bruising to the dog.” 

She knew that she had to do something quickly, and even though it was almost midnight she had them meet her at her salon.

“I knew it was bad, but nothing prepared me for what I saw.

It smelled like death and the dog could not walk.”

She cleaned and clipped on the dog until three in the morning, and then got him to the vet for medical care.

The doctor found that the poor dog, now named Lucky, is deaf and blind.

But he’s now with a foster family while he fully recovers and look what a beauty he is now!

He certainly appears to be a very happy pup and his life should be full of love after his rescue.

Follow BGE Grooming for Lucky’s progress, fellow dog lovers!

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They’re so starved for love and respect that they will often approach strangers, sometimes in the desperate hope that stranger will have food, too.

But there are times when strays are scared of humans.

Maybe they were abused and don’t trust humans any longer. Or maybe something else is amiss…

The latter was the case for Rudy, a 5-year-old dog found abandoned in Gladstone Park in Northwest London on one of the hottest weeks of the year.

As the park is big and there were lots of people around, everyone saw poor Rudy. But nobody could get close.

That’s because any time someone came near the stranded pup, he shrank back and eventually ran in the other direction.

Some concerned passerby called Mayhew’s Head of Animal Welfare, Zoe Edwards, who immediately went to the scene. But she had the same problem:

“Rudy was so scared that every time someone went near him, he would run away.

That week it had been very hot outside, so we advised that members of the public leave out bowls of water for him to help keep him hydrated.”

It wasn’t until poor Rudy became so weak and tired that rescuers could get close enough to bring him in.

And it was a darn good thing they managed it, too.

As it turns out, the stray wasn’t merely starving; he also “had sores all over his body.”

Mayhew veterinarian Dr. Emma Robinson said:

“As he’d been running loose for six days, poor Rudy had sore feet with big painful tangled clumps of fur between his pads and he was extremely thin and weak.

“His skin was in a terrible condition and his fur was also knotted, so we prescribed him medicated baths and antibiotics for his infected skin, as well as parasite treatment.“

The good news is it didn’t take long for Rudy’s condition to improve.

After a week of treatment, his skin started to look better, and the vets were able to vaccinate and neuter him. Rudy even got a haircut!

The doctors praised the dog for being “extremely sweet and well-manned throughout the whole ordeal,” which obviously made him an attractive option for adoption.

It didn’t take long for a family to give Rudy his forever home, which is exactly the sort of happy ending we wanted!

And it’s all due to concerned citizens and the hardworking Mayhew team, who gave this scared, lonely stray a second chance.

Source: Good News Shared

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