Blind Dog Living in a Trash Pile Gets the Most Beautiful Rescue - The End is Amazing

[Are_grits_groceries]

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Allergies......happy sigh.....

[ficuswoman]

1. Beautiful

My husband and I take in rescue dogs because we have a large backyard. They were once sad, but now they're as happy
as puppies. I can't tell you how this warms our hearts.

[Skittles]

52. you and your hubby are good folk

welcome to DU, fiscusgal!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Thanks.

[flying rabbit]

3. I cried nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. me too. eom

[Duval]

47. Me, too. n/t

[theHandpuppet]

37. I haven't stopped

Bless all those who rescue animals and bring joy back into their lives.

[Nictuku]

4. Eldad Hager is a saint

He has rescued a lot of animals. You can see the videos here:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=eldad+hagar&oq=eldad+hagar&gs_l=youtube.3..35i39j0l9.5967.8184.0.9139.11.11.0.0.0.0.215.1543.4j3j4.11.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.JQWgW5u81XU

[glinda]

34. +1!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

41. Just watched the Compton rescue of Biggie...

Thanks for sharing the link!

[Sienna86]

5. Wow

Thank goodness there are such caring people on this earth. Sweet Fiona too.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. Ah, crap, why do I always click on these things?

[roguevalley]

50. you and me both. she sat there utterly destroyed, utterly bereft of hope, utterly betrayed

these people are angels. I had three blind dogs. They are miracles. I could die watching these but I always do.

LIVING IN TRASH! WHO COULD ALLOW IT!? There was a broom there and it was like she was swept into the pile too.

[Nay]

61. Shit, I know. My sinuses are totally messed up now. What a cute dog. From despair to

a waggy little tail and a new, loving home.

[Beringia]

7. great

great for the dog

[Happyhippychick]

8. Omg I sobbed!!

[a kennedy]

29. me too, though the whole video......

a perfect song for it too.....

[WorseBeforeBetter]

38. When that dirty little head popped up...

and she moved her paw as if to greet whomever was there... that was it. Phew.

Thanks to all the wonderful people involved in Fiona's rescue!

[Rebellious Republican]

9. Wow, you made a grown man cry, but thats OK!

[nolabear]

10. Well that was a total sob-fest. She's so happy, so sweet, so loved.

LOOK what love looks like.

[totodeinhere]

11. What a beautiful story. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. k&r

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. That's what makes the world go 'round. n/t

[libdem4life]

14. Kept checking the time on the bar...didn't want it to end.

There are special blessings somewhere for both the saved and the saviors.

[RiffRandell]

15. Made my day.

What a sweet, beautiful dog...and huge thanks to her rescuers.

[Enthusiast]

16. Geeze. Something in my eye....nt

[Brigid]

17. Something's wrong with my eyes.

They seem to be leaking.

[damnedifIknow]

19. That's what I'm talking about

Awesome

[malaise]

20. Too good

Thanks Grits

[secondvariety]

21. Nice.

[B2G]

22. OGM, she looks exactly like my pup.

I needed a good cry today. Thank you so much for posting.

[liberal from boston]

23. Fiona

Just beautiful!!! In tears when I saw how happy Fiona is now & how much she loves her new parents & home!!!

[tblue]

24. OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is so beautiful. Sweet, pretty puppy. Thank you for sharing, and thank you everyone who cares about animals. They ask so little of us and they give so much.

[calimary]

25. Crying! Sobbing like a two-year-old!

Those people are gonna go to Heaven when they die.

Hopeforpaws.com

[avaistheone1]

30. For sure.

[Skeeter Barnes]

26. awesome

I couldn't help it. Started crying when she wagged her tail at the vet.

I'm glad those ladies are out there doing this.

[freshwest]

27. Oh, my those allergies. Cried all the way through. Good for my sinuses. Gotta wash the tears off now

[colorado_ufo]

28. If there were no Heaven,

people like this would compel God to create one.

This lifted my heart!

[barbtries]

31. totally bawling over here.

i love happy endings.

[Glassunion]

32. Wtf?

It must be dusty or maybe I have something in my eye. Yeah... That's it ... I have something in my eye.

[mike dub]

33. Awww, and just look at that tail Go at the end of the video! Wonderful! eom

[glinda]

35. She became ASPCA's Dog of the Year 2012.

Please donate to Eldad's work.

[xchrom]

36. du rec.

[life long demo]

39. That's Fiona. I saw that maybe earlier this year. I do believe Fiona

was the dog of the year for 2012 at the ASPCA ceremony. That was Eldad Hagar who rescued her. Eldad it a true knight in shining armor for animals in need of rescue. Eldad's group is Hope for Paws. It's worth checking them out. I was sobbing for hours the first 9 or 10 times I've watched the video. It was a miracle that she was found and rescued.

[tblue37]

55. Over the past several months I have spent many hours

watching Hope for Paws rescue videos on YouTube.

That organization has become one of the ones I regularly donate to. The other two are our local Humane Society and a cat rescue group in another city that I adopted one of my cats from almost 9 years ago.

Hope for Paws is amazing. I hope more people will donate to them after watching this video!

[graywarrior]

40. OMG, I'm crying all over myself

Thank you!

[kylie5432]

42. Dog rescuers need help!

I teach high school in South LA and rescue animals there but it has literally bankrupted me. Many animals have simply crossed my path in the last 11 years of my teaching. My first was an Australian Shepherd who I took to the South LA shelter and she was shaking when I left her there. Now I wish I had called a rescue group instead.

The second was when I was driving to school in the morning. I saw a flash of brown and tan at the Manchester exit in the plants on the greenbelt between the freeway and the side street. It was raining hard. I walked up the area and it was a Rottweiler happy to see me. He couldn't walk on one leg. He got in my car with assistance. I had to call the shelter because I had a field trip that day. When I got back and called the shelter, they had euthanized him. I was furious at them and slammed down the phone. I know better now. The South LA shelter has improved greatly but I still avoid it in many situations and leave my number as a last call.

The next was a schnauzer terrier mix who exhausted, was walking up the sidewalk on 76th street. I had gotten out of school late that day. It was about 100 degrees in August at our year round school. One of my students was nearby and picked up the dog and put him in my car. Baby Bear has been with me ever since and is sitting beside me

A few months later I found a white shepherd smeared with feces on his side. I had to take him to the shelter. He found a home.

There were countless more, some of whom I took to the Pasadena shelter. One a husky, was adopted out of the South LA shelter and a Doberman lying in the middle of the street had a chip, and his owner finally came and got him after the 3rd call by LA Animal Services.

My last two rescues were two small dogs who ran across Manchester into the Popeye's parking lot. I was able to coax them into my car. No tags, no chips, no collars. Had them spayed. One had medical issues.

I ended up on the financial brink even with low cost vets and spays and neuters and am digging myself out now. I also have a shepherd I rescued from a chop shop in the Valley.

I think some of us who are in South LA should pool our resources and form a non-profit.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

46. Good on you, kylie

and welcome to DU where you'll find loads of like-minded animal lovers.

Having taught on the south side of L.A. myself, I can totally relate to your rescue stories. A friend and I rescued 3 dogs within a few weeks' time, and she kept them all. L.A. Animal Services is totally overwhelmed, and Pasadena Humane IS the best bet. They're greatly expanding the facility - should be done in a couple months.

Hats off to animal rescuers everywhere and a great big BOOOOO to backyard breeders.

[kylie5432]

48. Thanks for letting me know about Pasadena

Wow that is great to know that Pasadena is expanding their great facility. I used to feel a bit guilty lying to them about where I found the dogs but I really had no other choice. I would leave a donation though.

[cui bono]

56. I thought I heard a long time ago that Pasadena puts down pit bulls though.

It was when I was reading up on pit bulls or right after I adopted mine, back in 2000.

[flvegan]

43. Nice work, rescuers.

Very nice work.

[hunter]

44. We usually have three "unadoptable" rescue dogs.

Three is what our city allows without special permit.

The amazing thing about dogs is they know. You are their hero.

Our dogs radiate joy when they sleep on the bed.

Current #1 dog was picked up from a truck stop. Twelve years past but the sound of a diesel engine still sets off her PTSD.

#2 dog was feral, competing for our "worst dog ever" title with the Catahoula we once adopted, or the worst-dog-in-the-world coyote-collie-hybrid my sister once brought home when we were kids. But this dog loves my wife and is tolerant of humans. Hell on gophers, she plucks them out of their holes and eats them whole. Don't even look at her food. (We feed her last to enforce our own hierarchy. We are the boss.)

#3 dog, was kept chained five years in a backyard 24/7. His teeth are worn from chewing on his chain. I don't think he'd ever been inside a house before we brought him home.

He first looked at our stairs like and it took a few days watching the other dogs before he came upstairs on his own. He loves to cuddle. If he was a cat on the bed he'd be purring. Feral dog loves him, they can roughhouse for hours. He pees on the vacuum cleaner and drinks out of the toilet. I hope he gets past that.

[truedelphi]

53. Those are wonderful stories.

Glad such pups got themselves a good home.

We just adopted a half-starved rescue kitty Tuesday - he purrs so loud when we feed him, that it's hard for him to eat!

[RebelOne]

45. That was a real tear jerker. I am totally choked up.

So glad it was a happy ending for that little dog.

[KittyWampus]

49. sniffle.

[Peaceplace80]

51. I couldn't stop crying

These people are heroes! I will be giving my rescue dogs extra hugs tonight. What a wonderful story, thanks for sharing.

[Momgonepostal]

54. Best use of an Avril Lavigne song ever.

Hope for Paws is a wonderful organization!

[DeSwiss]

57. Fiona's Famous Now!!!

- K&R

http://www.hopeforpaws.org/

[Mojorabbit]

58. Beautiful! nt

[lavenderdiva]

59. Fiona UPDATE VIDEO

Here's the update video for Fiona with her new family and those who rescued her:

It's amazing how happy and loving she is considering all that she has been through. Blessings to those who rescued her and to those who became her forever family!

[MotherPetrie]

60. O.M.G. What a killer video (including choice of music). What a precious little soul. So glad she has

a home now.

[navarth]

62. Beauty is Truth. Truth is Beauty.

Thank goodness there are people like these in the world.

I have to go and find one of our 4 rescued kitties and love him up a bit. Doggone it my face is all wet.

[Beacool]

63. Damn, who started peeling onions?

Bless these kind people and the lovely animals they rescue.

[backwoodsbob]

64. that's so fucking awesome

I've spent the last ten years working with local PAWS networks..I LOVE PAWS.

They are beyond amazing.They are loosely associated at best so some arent great but overall PAWS is awesome

[progressoid]

65. Stupid allergies.

It must be contagious.

[FarrenH]

66. This made me cry n/t

[bearssoapbox]

67. Crying at the beginning.

Laughing and crying at the end.

So happy for Fiona and the family that adopted her.

Damn. Here I go again.

[B Calm]

68. K&R

[enigmatic]

69. I recced this but didn't watch it

Even though I know it's a happy ending I just couldn't watch because of the beginning and the anger sadness I knew would come from seeing how Fiona was literally tossed into the trash and how much she was suffering; I just couldn't watch that.

I finally broke down and watched it last night and yeah, I cried like a baby through the video, from anger at the beginning to happiness at the end.

What wonderful people all of them are for rescuing Fiona and giving her a happy life. What wonderful people. And I love you, Fiona.

[Paper Roses]

70. Tears....

Thank you to those fine people. What a cute dog.

[JI7]

71. was she born blind ?

the doctor said he could restore vision in one eye so that could mean she was able to see before .

so glad it turned out well.

[bowens43]

72. Beautiful!

[myrna minx]

73. Aww. I'm just sobbing.

[hue]

74. Forwarded & reposted to many!! What a precious life!!!