Rescued From A Puppy Mill

"I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." - Edward Everett Hale

The above quote was one I had read before but after reading an email I received this weekend, I felt as though I had a much better understanding of what it truly meant.

My new friend Jessica, who read about us in Modern Dog magazine, emailed me this weekend and told me the story of her furbaby Elle. She had seen Elle, the adorable Papillon in the photo above, and was trying to track her down and give her a forever home. Jessica finally found Elle and went to pick her up, but she quickly realized the woman was running a puppy mill. The dogs [7 of them!] did not have names, had never experienced either grass or toys, and looked very rough. Jessica and her husband convinced the woman to sell them the mom and her three babies and began making plans to rescue the other two females and one male. The woman encouraged them to set up outdoor kennels because "the dogs were breeding stock, not pets." That literally makes me sick to my stomach to imagine someone saying those words, and kudos to Jessica for keeping her cool and having a level head about the situation. Keep in mind ~ Jessica and her hubby already had three dogs at home!

It has been 8 months since the dogs came home with Jessica, and they are very different animals now. As Jessica put it "they now know what affection is." They are now crate trained, house trained, play in their huge grassy backyard, and have more toys than they know what to do with.

Jessica bought four of our one-for-one toys this weekend. In honor of Elle, our four donated toys will be send to Papillon Haven Rescue in Benbrook, Texas.

I love stories with happy endings, don't you? Never forget: to the world you may be just one person ~ but to one person [or animal!] you may be the world!