Ginger was pregnant and outside in 101 degrees temperature and gave birth. We found 1 puppy and named her Uno. Ginger was very young. Our team looked for more puppies, but didn’t find more.  We found a foster for her and her puppy. The foster could only keep her for a couple weeks.  Another foster took them in and adopted Ginger. Then Uno found another home.  We think Uno’s owner is moving out of the country and we may need to find him another home. Ginger is doing great in her home.  

Ginger needed eye surgery as one of her eyes was poking out.  It was just going to be cosmetic stuff so the owner decided we didn’t need to do it.  

Lady, 2022

In late 2021, a woman in Calhoun noticed a litter of puppies living under a dumpster in her neighborhood. She kept watching for the mother (who she had seen roaming the neighborhood with another dog for about a year), and kept trying to catch her, but was only able to capture the puppies. The woman who caught the puppies adopted two of them, and the other two were fostered & then adopted through Sherry’s CHS Adoptions.

A few months later, the woman noticed the mother dog laying in her neighbor’s yard. She tried to catch her, but couldn’t, but eventually lured the dog into her garage with treats and shut the garage door. The dog was terrified of people and was very, very pregnant. She contacted Sherry to get the dog into rescue, and Sherry got in touch with the family that fostered her previous litter. When the family arrived to transport the mother dog, she was terrified of people and could barely be coaxed into the crate. She was covered in fleas and ticks and very malnourished.

Within three days of arriving at her foster home, Lady had her litter of seven puppies. She was an excellent mother and took such great care of her babies. In that amount of time, she also warmed up to her foster family and she turned into the smiliest, most affectionate and loving dog. It’s almost like she was making up for lost time after being out on her own for so long. After her pups got adopted, her foster family knew that Lady belonged with their family & her foster home became her forever home.

This story is a great example of all the moving parts required for successful rescues. Help from the community, and coordination with the rescue to transport & foster the animals, and get them veterinary care and eventually get them adopted. The woman who found the dog initially was persistent in her attempts to capture the dog, and Sherry’s CHS Adoptions stepped in to help just in time.