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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 08:38 AM Oct 2014

Woman rescues burned puppy who grows up to save her life. Tissue alert!



Anyone who has ever saved an animal will tell you that its the kind of experience that shakes up your DNA. You won’t regrow hair on a balding head or suddenly run a four-minute-mile, but there is a pulse of positive energy that churns through the human body much like a twister. In some cases, fragments of that emotional explosion are powerful enough to be credited with modern medical miracles. And for one Texas woman, the experience was profound enough to help wake her from a coma.

My Name is Danielle…

rest of story here:

http://www.care2.com/causes/woman-rescues-burned-puppy-and-he-grows-up-to-save-her-life.html
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Woman rescues burned puppy who grows up to save her life. Tissue alert! (Original Post) MoonRiver Oct 2014 OP
They are our Angels get the red out Oct 2014 #1
Yes MoonRiver Oct 2014 #2
Looks like the previous owner was never charged with animal cruelty... thank secondwind Oct 2014 #3
It is a very good thing. MoonRiver Oct 2014 #4
I think it's evil in its own right. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #9
Totally agree. In my book they should be subject to the same penalties MoonRiver Oct 2014 #12
so wonderful heaven05 Oct 2014 #5
Lovely malaise Oct 2014 #6
Thanks for posting a great story for a Friday morning Omaha Steve Oct 2014 #7
Thank you for a beautiful story.. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #8
sniffle...... BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #10
K&R! G_j Oct 2014 #11
PLEASE! Le Taz Hot Oct 2014 #13
Lovely story. hifiguy Oct 2014 #14

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
3. Looks like the previous owner was never charged with animal cruelty... thank
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 09:24 AM
Oct 2014

goodness we will now be able to charge people like this.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
4. It is a very good thing.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 09:32 AM
Oct 2014

What people fail to realize is that people who torture animals often progress to humans.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
12. Totally agree. In my book they should be subject to the same penalties
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:40 PM
Oct 2014

as crimes against people would garner.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
5. so wonderful
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 09:33 AM
Oct 2014

my 'kids' mean the world to me. Great companions. Caring for the least of all god's creatures is a gift. Share it. Mr. D, cool companion.

mountain grammy

(26,598 posts)
8. Thank you for a beautiful story..
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 10:31 AM
Oct 2014

and no mention of God anywhere, just a good human being with a connection to nature and our wonderful non human friends.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
13. PLEASE!
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 12:43 PM
Oct 2014

Add a graphic warning on your OP. I was NOT ready to see that picture! Jesus! That's just fucking cruel!

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
14. Lovely story.
Fri Oct 17, 2014, 01:09 PM
Oct 2014

The dog's regrown fur looks like a big ol' fuzzy mustache, which is cute.

Our critters are precious in so many ways.

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