11/12/2025
Sharing a Rescue tale:
To be loved and cared for!
Darlene and James A have loved so many, saved many and still reach out to those poor creatures. If Darlene ever catches someone abusing a poor helpless furball, she does everything in her power to stop it, sometimes ignoring her own safety to rescue those in need. This applies to people and animals in her world.
These dogs were Rescues, the bigger husky type in 2014, someone had adopted him and then couldn’t keep him, Darlene took him in. James named him Chintá, meaning “in the woods” in Dené, from his origins. The little one, Darlene found a small, cold puppy huddled in the snow by her truck, one afternoon after work, not moving much, in Feb 2015. She scooped her up, took her to see Dr W Quist, who told her she may have suffered some major trauma, but they would treat her, and see how she responded. We always suspected she fell out of a vehicle, was thrown out or hit. She recovered and Darlene adopted Kaidéh, as well. These two dogs grew up together, enjoyed being outside, having fun just being dogs, loving life. Kaidéh was friendly and outgoing, Chintá was a bit reserved, stubborn and independent. After all he had his people, Kaidéh and territory to protect from trespassers. Life was good! Over the years, they came to visit regularly, many times, arriving, “later” with Darlene totally exasperated, as she had just spent 2-3 hours trying to catch Chintá, to get him loaded in a vehicle. Chintá never did like travelling, although he loved chasing squirrels, barking at coyotes and doing reconnaissance down the lane way. Kaidéh was fine, trotting along, her happy little self, sometimes putting Chintá in his place. , A couple years ago, she started to limp and slow down. Her old injuries were catching up with her and even with being inside more and on pain meds, she was beginning to struggle. Last year Darlene made the difficult choice not to have her go through a long cold winter and gained another doggy angel. Last fall, Chintá started licking his joints more, began to sleep more and struggle with mobility.
This last Sunday, Darlene and James noticed Chintá was having a difficult day and was telling them it was his time. They contacted Dr. J Stickney in HL making arrangements, so they could rush him in. Chintá, however, had other ideas, he was not getting into any vehicle and as it was dark, and his recall was never good, they could not find him and opted to wait until morning. In the morning, they found him, with Bella’s help (another rescue they adopted) head on his paws under a tree, like he was sleeping. He had passed on his own terms, at home, in his territory. Run free Chintá. I’m sure Kaibéh and you are happily running through greener pastures chasing squirrels and butterflies, pain free.
We will miss you❣️
