12/16/2025
Sassy & Caesar’s Hail Mary
Grenada, MS
When we rescued Mama Mia and her newborn litter of puppies, we also rescued her litter of teen pups, Sassy, Koba and Caesar. All 3 of them were terrified but over time, Koba is slowly coming around. Sadly, Caesar and Sassy aren’t doing so great. They’re scared to death of people. Their foster family has tried everything they can think of to gain their trust, but they aren’t having any success. A trainer graciously took time out of her weekend to make the 2 hour drive to Gore Springs to observe them. We were hoping she would be able to help but sadly, she feels there really isn’t much hope for them. She advised us to separate them from Koba because he’s feeding off their fear.
Our hearts are broken, the last thing we want to do is give up on these two beautiful puppies. We know deep down, they want to be loved, they just don’t know how to overcome their deeply seeded fear of humans.
Giving up on them means one thing, and that’s not what Magnolia Mutts is about. We started our rescue to save lives and that hasn’t changed.
For this reason, we’re praying two people, who have worked with dogs like Caesar and Sassy, will open their hearts to them.
Separating them is going to be the best way to get them to come out of their shells. Their dependence on each other is holding them back. They’re roughly 6- months old and they spent their lives on the streets until a month ago. We want so much for them to know what it’s like to be loved, we just don’t know how to help them.
Koba is doing really good. If we can separate him from his siblings, he’ll be adoptable in no time.
We’re out of options for them. If no one comes forward for these pups, I don’t know what else we can do for them.
