Helping shelter dogs get to their forever homes
By Nancy Shohet West Globe Correspondent,Updated April 29, 2021, 1:01 p.m.
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One of the shelter dogs, Joey, at Baypath Humane Society, which is trying to find more foster homes for the animals.Suzanne Krieter/Globe staff
Leslie Doyle has never been a dog owner. For a long time, she fulfilled her need to be around animals by volunteering at Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton as a dog-walker.
Then one day the shelter manager confided that she was particularly worried about a small dog who shivered and barked a lot. She asked Doyle to take him home for the weekend.
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MSPCA and Northeast Animal Shelter have spent the past few weeks working to save Bradley, a 3-month-old pit bull mix. Now he’s in need of a loving family.
When Bradley arrived at Northeast Animal Shelter from Georgia, his health check revealed a congenital heart condition called Pulmonic Stenosis (PS). The condition puts “Bradley at risk of sudden death after just 90 days of life.”
“His condition is so severe that we had to determine if surgery would even be an option for him,” said Dr. Lindsey Rynk of the Northeast Animal Shelter. “None of us were prepared to give up, however, so we turned to the MSPCA-Angell for help.”
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Now those at MSPCA are working hard to save the Bradley.
When Bradley arrived at Northeast Animal Shelter from Georgia, his health check revealed a congenital heart condition called Pulmonic Stenosis (PS). The condition puts “Bradley at risk of sudden death after just 90 days of life.”
“His condition is so severe that we had to determine if surgery would even be an option for him,” said Dr. Lindsey Rynk of the Northeast Animal Shelter. “None of us were prepared to give up, however, so we turned to the MSPCA-Angell for help.”
UpdatedThu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:32 am ET
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Northeast Animal Shelter of Salem is looking for some financial support for surgery for rescued 12-week-old puppies Coco (left) and Reesie before they are available for adoption next month. (Northeast Animal Shelter)
SALEM, MA A pair of rescued puppies from Georgia at the Northeast Animal Shelter of Salem are in need of a little care and repair before they will become available for adoption next month.
The Northeast Animal Shelter and MSCPA-Angell combined to rescue Coco and Reesie from rural Georgia just after birth with Reesie suffering from a potentially deadly parvovirus. Now both are facing surgery next week to repair a shared rapid heart condition that will be fatal if untreated.