Rescue Efforts for "Pops"

This is "Pops" or "Pop". He is the daddy and is 2 years old. We are not sure if he is a white husky or a white shepherd. He is a gently giant.

"Pop" would never come up for food, he would accompany "momma" but would keep watch over her from the edge of the woods. When "momma" was finished, they would leave together. He kept watch and protected his family every time they came for food. It was late May or June before he would himself, would eat.

He is leash trained and house trained. He was adopted out within the first 2 weeks and they kept him 4 months. But they kept him outside on a chain in the yard during the day, so I got him back. In addition, they never took him to a vet, so he never received a wellness exam.

I feel that he was probably abused by the original owner because he is extremely nervous around new people.

Since I have gotten him back, he will no longer stay in the pen with the others. He does not tolerate them attempting to play with him, so I keep him inside. He has some stuffed animal toys that he loves to play with and has never torn them. He has never had an accident in my house either!

I took him in for a wellness exam and he is current on all vaccinations. Unfortunately, he contracted heart worms. The vet did start him on Iverheart and I have the funds for heart worm treatment, but because he does not stay outside with the others, he needs a new home more immediately. I can not keep him inside my home for too long. Even though he is not destructive, I take care of a special needs child on weekends which I can not do while "pop" is here.

Rescue Efforts for Sissy

This is Miss Sissy, she was the last one to trust me enough to allow me to pet her, I kept saying she was a big sissy. It actually took her 2 weeks before she would let me pet her.

She is still nervous around new people, but once she gets to know them she will come up for some loving right away! She loves attention.

She weighs 78 lbs and is 11 months old. She is leash trained and will sit when told.

She is spayed, current on all vaccinations and heart worm free. In addition she is on a monthly regiment of Iverheart and Advantix.

Rescue Efforts for Red

This is "Red". I started calling him "red" because when he was younger, the fur on top of his head looked red. He still has a red tint to his coat.

He is now 11 months old and we now believe they are Malamutes not huskies. He weighs in around 80 lbs. He is the protector of the pen and has a sweet, gentle nature.

He is leash trained and will sit for a treat. He is current on all of his vaccinations and is heart worm free. They are all on a monthly regiment of Iverheart and Advantix. He is scheduled to be neutered the second week of February.

Rescue Efforts Begin

As time went by the family began to feel more at home. "Papa" was even coming up to eat. The family would hang around after eating and lounge around and play.

By July, they had determined this was their new home and began to hang out and sleep overnight. But the neighbors were not happy. They complained about the pups getting their newspaper and tearing up their plants, so they called Animal Control.

I could not see allowing them to be taken and possibly "put down", so some of the others neighbors pooled together funds to purchase supplies for a pin. After obtaining permission from the landlord, volunteers came out and put up a 48' X 26' temporary pen. The day after completion, I fed them inside the pen and they all followed me. I took pictures and made fliers to find them homes. It wasn't until after the fliers were made that I discovered "Pop" is a white husky and "moma" we believe is a malamute.

Of the eight, 4 have been adopted and I hope to find homes for the remaining 4 (Red, Floppy, Sissy and Pop).

Introduction to the Family

When the pups were old enough, "momma" brought them up for food. I guess this was in May. There were 6 pups in all. They came up out of the woods like a family of ducks, all following behind their mom. It was difficult to get pictures at first, because they were so afraid. But here is the first good photo I got.

Later as they became more comfortable I was able to get more pictures and after eating they would play in the yard before leaving.

Hurricane Ike - The Beginning

About one and one half months after Hurricane Ike, this beautiful husky started to come up in my backyard. She was extremely thin, so I offered her some food and she ate. She would come up periodically but not on a regular basis. She was coming up from the woods behind my home. Most of the time she was accompanied by a huge gorgeous white husky, but he would remain at the woods edge, watching over the female while she ate.

I thought perhaps they were lost to their owners due to Ike, so I posted photos on the local lost and found sites. About 3 months later I discovered the owners were living in my own neighborhood. They had evacuated for the hurricane and left these 2 behind in their backyard. When they returned and discovered they had run away, they decided that they did not want them back and would simply leave them out there. They even encouraged the neighbors to shoot them if they became too much of a bother!

It was in March when them female came up for food and I noticed she had been nursing, she had pups out in the woods. I couldn't even imagine how they would survive. There are coyotes and bobcats out there. I thought surely someone has taken them in. "Momma" (what I had started calling her) never came up on a regular basis and if she had pups, she must have a home somewhere.