A Rescued Angel Gets Her Wings - Sweet Belle

Belle in the Sunshine

A lovely lady - Miss Belle

We are so sad to report that a lovely lady named Belle went to the Rainbow Bridge a few days ago. Our rescue family sends love and support and adds many tears to those shed by Mary Rush-Griffin, Belle's mom.

A letter from Mary, Belle's mom:

I first became involved with Pug rescue when I decided to be a foster home about 6 years ago. I met some people in Luling they handed me Belle. She was a bag of bones, had bites from the peoples pit bull,skin infection.... I took her to my vet immediately because she needed help close at hand. In the trip from Luling to Wimberley, I thought a dog in her condition who was kept for years as a breed dog in a cage would be unable to bond. I was wrong.

In the 1-hour trip home, she became my constant companion. Where I went she went. She was almost blind and deaf, and over the years she became totally blind and deaf. She had such malformed limbs from years in a cage she required being carried most of the time. Belle became everything to me. She was always there for me. I loved her like no other person or animal.

She passed away Monday, December 7. Please accept my donation to the memorial page for my Pug Angel. Belle was in the rescue calender.

Heavenly Missive

Whippy creme and scrambled eggs are

Way up here in Heaven

In case you too

See only blue and

wonder what you're gettin

They're other things like angel wings

With fur that's never sheddin'.

There's no disease or achin knees

and wrinkles smooth and silken

I fall asleep and dream of you

and times when we were given

to sprint and run and tug on toys

and dash to mom for lovin.

Tonight no tears oh mother dear

because I have been taken

I’ll kiss your cheek and whisper sweet

And heal the ache within you.

The pain it fades and goes away

And even loss feels lighter

When time moves on then pushes back

All that separates us.

Ony the Pug - One Step at a Time

Ony and Melissa, his foster mom

From Melissa, Ony's Foster Mom:

"Ony grows stronger every day and makes me realize that

hope is always there and to never give up.

I'm not giving up on him no matter what

because he has not given up on me."

Ony the Pug is 7 years old and has a hard time walking and standing up. Ony's family said they were moving and could not take him with them. He came to Dallas Fort Worth Pug Rescue about a week ago and was taken to our neurologist's office for a myelogram and a CT scan Wednesday. This will tell us if surgery will help him.

Dr. Ducote and her staff were encouraged with the progress Ony has made under his foster mom Melissa's care. He is now standing and walking - or trying to walk. Previously, he was incontinent and now is letting Melissa know when he needs to go out. She carries him out to the grass and he will relieve himself and walk over to the edge of her patio to be let back in. Melissa says he can maneuver on grass better than floors or concrete.

Ony is another little soul who gives those around him courage. We are going to do everything we can to help him get back his quality of life and find a loving home. We are so thankful to Melissa for the love she is giving him in his foster home.