HEART Pet Rescue

Suna is hanging out and overall being a good girl! Stop by and say hello! She will be here until 3!

Barney enjoying and competing for all the pets!

Rose came out of hiding!

Rose is at her first event and relaxing a little

We will be at Petsmart in Cary on Walnut St. until 3pm today! Stop by and say hello!

Seamus is chillaxin at Craft Public House after meeting lots of wonderful new people today!

Hannah is at Hollywood Feed at Waverly Place in Cary to meet potential adopters. She will be here until 1pm! Stop by and say hello!

Seamus is prowling Hollywood Feed at Waverly Place in Cary! He will be there until 1pm today. Stop by and say hello!

https://locations.hollywoodfeed.com/north-carolina/cary/575-new-waverly-pl/

It was with heavy hearts that we had to say goodbye to little Dug last night. He came to us two months ago from a rural shelter at about 10 weeks of age. He had neurological challenges that had caused blindness. His behavior when he came to us was that of a puppy that had had very little physical or mental stimulation.

Over the last two months we watched as Dug learned to walk, navigate his environment, eat and drink from bowls and, more recently, he was learning to play. He even got to enjoy a pup cup or two!

Dug had a great day yesterday, getting to spend it with his foster mom. Things took a devastating turn last night, though, when he went out for his last break before bed. His foster noticed his posture change and some odd movement. When she picked him up she realized he had started a seizure.

Dug was still seizing when he got to the emergency clinic. His temp had shot up to 108 degrees from the ongoing seizure. He was immediately medicated and was cooled with a water bath, but his temp was barely affected after 20 mins and his seizure had not stopped.

We made the difficult decision to end little Dug's suffering. His neurological challenges had started out iffy. However, with his progress we thought he was going to at least grow up. But that didn't happen.

His foster mom is devastated. She put her heart and soul into taking care of Dug from the moment we heard about him from the shelter. She nursed him back to health, took him to his vet appointments, helped him build the strength in his legs to walk better, helped him build his confidence, and worked to find a toy that would engage him (and found one). She helped him learn to eat and drink from a bowl and helped him work on his sensory issues.

Dug had the best two months of his very short life learning and growing with HEART. We are grateful to our foster families who make our work possible. There's a lot of joy when we foster dogs. There is also a lot of heartache. Dug was both.

Rest in peace, little man.