Annabelle

This story has upset all of us and it will upset you too. I’m sure some of you remember these two girls showing up at the ranch in the past looking for their owners. It’s happened 4 times actually and each time we’ve found their owners and they were taken home.

They live several miles from the ranch but seem to find their way to us. Our electricians daughter-in-law who lives down their way has also taken them in running loose in the past.

This time I told Laura I feel it’s time to approach them surrendering these dogs because they aren’t safe and at some point if you can’t keep them safe in their yard they are going to be killed on the road. They are traveling far enough to be near highways.

We knew they weren’t spayed the first time we had them so that was worrisome. This time Laura reached out to their owner once again and said please consider what’s best for them and surrender them to the rescue.

They did….

We are told that Annabelle the yellow Lab is 13 years old and we were told she has some peeing issues so I think she might have been put outside. Remy the chocolate Lab is 8 years old. We have no issues with either girl leaking pee or soiling their den at night. Both of these girls are so happy at the ranch they came in and made a straight line to the pond. Both of them just as sweet as can be, neither of them looking for a way to escape the yard like they constantly did at their home. We have to assume they didn’t like being left and when they were then they would leave. They are both chubby and out of shape and hardly athletic enough to jump any fence and here they have no interest in that.

So we have had Dr Reno look at them both., neither of them are spayed at 8 and 13 years old. Ugh

Both of them are sick with heartworms and will now need to undergo treatment to kill them. Both of them are overweight and need a dental, Remy is limping on her back leg and may have a torn ACL so we will look at what we think is best for her.

Both girls will be spayed as soon as possible but they both have a log road ahead of them to get them as healthy as we can. We are just glad to have them in our care and we all can know that they won’t ever be out running loose again. Finding homes for these senior girls will be a challenge but we are up for it and we know the village is too.

Welcome to Dog Ranch Rescue Annabelle and Remy.

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UPDATE 5/16/2022

UPDATE 5/15/2022