18/10/2025
Lemonās Journey š§” This Pupdate is on a very special blind puppy from Armenia. At just 3 months old, blind, malnourished, with cut ears and a broken paw, she was rescued off the streetsā¦ only to be put on a euthanasia list in Armenia. But her rescuer saw something in her - and begged us to help. We didnāt hesitate.
Once in the U.S., Lemon was placed on strict kennel rest so her spine and leg could finally heal. Slowly but surely, she grew strongerā¦and eventually, she was adopted by a local veterinarian who named her Lemonade - ābecause when life gives you lemonsā¦ā This vet is now our Street Dog Hero vet! š©ŗ
Lemon lives an amazing life with her family of 5 (plus dogs, cats, horses, chickens, quail & reptiles!). They even bought a new home with her in mind. Hereās an update from Lemonās mom:
āIn July 2021, at only 12 weeks old and nearly 30 lbs, our Anatolian shepherd arrived blind, with cropped ears, a fractured elbow, and a spinal subluxation. She couldnāt stand or even urinate on her own that first week.
We took her on as a hospice caseāknowing that with two vets as parents, sheād be in the right place to heal. When the kids renamed her āLemonadeā (because āNobuā was too hard to say), we giggled quietly, thinking how fitting it wasā¦ because she really was a lemon at the time. š But the name stuck, and she has been our Lemon ever since.
Six months of strict kennel rest, countless meds, and a lot of love laterā¦ Lemon surprised us all. We apparently did our jobs too well because sheās about to celebrate her 5th birthday! Today, she rules 5 acres outside of town, āguardingā her sheep, goats, chickens, and playing with her horse friend Archie. She also shares her home with 3 SDH dog alums and 1 SDH kitty alum. According to her Tractive collar, she averages 20 hours of sleep a dayāa true queen of comfort. š
She may look intimidating to strangers, but to us sheās pure love. Lemon was our very first SDH pup, and sheāll always be the one who turned lemons into Lemonade.ā
- Lemonās mom, .
