"SAMMY" -- ONE YEAR LATER

A DIFFERENT KIND OF STORY
 

In the fall of 1998, a mouse ran across our kitchen floor, ... we decided that we needed a cat! We drove to the SPCA. My son's girlfriend said "look, he's so cute!" We took SAMMY, a little orange and white tabby,  home.

That Christmas, my visiting daughter fell in love with Sammy. I wrapped his papers and put them under the Christmas tree. They left, driving 1000 miles North. When my daughter's first child was expected, she brought Sammy back to "Mom" in S.E. Edmonton.

Injured Dog Struggles to Raise Litter of Five: Four Puppies and One Kitten!

At  PetLynx  Corporation we LOVE happy endings! So we are thrilled to share this amazing story from Edmonton, Alberta, of how love and family are important .... especially at Christmas!

She was a young, homeless single mom trying to raise her puppies, but true to the spirit of the season there was room for one more...

The badly injured  German Shepherd-cross was caring for her newborn puppies — and a kitten — on a central Alberta reserve when she was found by rescue volunteer Criss Gerwin.

Gerwing took the entire family to the Edmonton Humane Society, where veterinarians thought they'd have to amputate the mother dog's bad leg. But local vet, Dr. Milton Ness, Capilano Veterinary Clinic, volunteered to do a special surgery that saved her hind quarter.

The dog is expected to fully recover.  She, her puppies and her kitten may soon be available for adoption. Her new name -- Esperanza -- bodes well for her and her furry family's future — it means "hope" in Spanish.

Check out this amazing rescue story in the Winnipeg Free Press

Posted by Terri Perrin, Online Communications Editor