07/05/2025
SUPER DUPER FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE DAY!!!!
It's Mercy's 2nd anniversary of being rescued by Arline C !!!!!!
If you don't know who this is, she
spends her free time locating dogs who are missing and abandonedby their owners. This is not her job she does not get paid to do this. She does it for the dogs, because they deservemore than a sh*tty owner.
She is the reason why Mercy is alive today, and I know he has a lot of fans.
Story:
Who remembers the dog that was posted on fido alert about 2 years ago in 2023? He was starved, whipped and dumped; and found himself at the bottom of a ravine in rural Brentwood.
We were in a heatwave with triple digit weather and had just come off of a heat wave several days before. This dog was in an area with very little shade, only 2 inches of scummy pond water and absolutely no food obviously for quite some time due to the condition he was in.
Many things occured after he was spotted in that ravine and he finding a place at Ebarr. Imagine yourself outside today with 2 inches of green scummy water to drink and no food. On top of that; add that you are half your ideal body weight from starvation and your body is so weak you can not climb out of the ravine you are in. To make matters worse, there is only a tiny bit of shade to fold your body into with no breeze. You probably have a day or two before you just don't exist anymore due to the lack of food, water and the triple digit heat.
It's a miracle he was spotted and pulled out of there, It's a miracle that he didn't die on the way to or at the shelter, it's a miracle he recooperated physically and emotionally.
2 years ago is the day when Mercy's life changed. We healed his physical wounds including the lacerations all over his back from probably being whipped. We healed his emotional wounds and he knows for sure that he has a home where he doesn't get hit, and he always has fresh water, enough food and a really soft bed........and of course love. He is so loved and wanted here.
I post about Mercy quite alot. I do this because I feel that Mercy is one of the most important rescues of my career and I want people to hear his story and understand how important it is to keep your eyes open. When we come across animals that need our help, It's never convenient. Trust me, it's NEVER convenient. When I see people posting about an animal in need, And then doing something about it to get that animal to safety , I am always impressed.
Animals are Beat, Starved, Abandoned and left to Die without basic food shelter or water everyday in Contra Costa County alone. Dogs, cats, reptiles and pocket pets are abandoned daily because people decide they don't have time for them, or they smell, or "Unforeseen Circumstances," cough cough...eye-roll.
I put a series of pictures up to remind everyone where Mercy came from. I often go back through my mind on the event of that day and the days after. If someone hadn't seen him way down in that ravine in the middle of the field, no one would even have known he existed.
I can tell you one thing for sure, he didn't deserve that at all. The person that would ten, Starved him and dumped him is one of the most cowardly people on this earth.
Let's wish Mercy a happy anniversary 🎉
A special thanks to Mercy's sponsors
Karin Catherina and her mother all the way from Holland and to all those who donated food, fluffy beds and money to his recovery.
It's hard to look at Mercy and not think of the torture he endured, the lack of basic decency by a human and the curalty that someone did to him. I also look at Mercy and think how the hell this small rescue can take such a huge and overwhelming issue and chip away at if piece by piece and find a healthy animal on the other side. When people treat animals badly it's a choice, because we choose everyday to take on animals in crazy overwhelming issues and we succeed. We don't succeed because we are better than others, we succeed because excuses are just not an option.
