Woman Finds Abandoned Pup in Woods And Finds Perfect New Owners – Grieving a Dog Loss of Their Own

Woman Finds Abandoned Pup in Woods And Finds Perfect New Owners – Grieving a Dog Loss of Their Own

(Submitted by Florida woman who wished to remain anonymous.)

Just before last Christmas, I found an abandoned puppy, a pitbull-mix named Lola.

On my way home to turn off a crock pot at noon (the only time in 4 years that I went home at lunch), I saw Lola at the edge of the woods near our neighborhood.

I only had cat food in the house, so on my way back to work, I slowly approached and put some on the ground.

When I brought food, she started to leave when I approached, but decided she was more hungry than scared.

When the dog started eating, she could not stop wagging her tail.

It was difficult to leave her, but I had to trust in the goodness of the universe that she would still be there when I returned.

I went back to work. After work, I went to the grocery store and purchased dry dog food, a collar, a leash, and a rotisserie chicken, hot off the grill. I returned to the woods where I previously saw her. No Lola.

I went to the edge of the woods where I’d seen her and called out “Come here baby, come on.” From quite a distance away, I could hear her crashing through the woods to get to me.

It was easy to put a collar on her once she trusted me—the hot chicken helped. Next, I drove her straight to our vet.

We don’t know how long she was in the woods, but she had skin problems and worms.

She was chipped but not registered. (The lesson here, dog lovers, is the vet just implants the chip – the owner must register the chip).

The vet determined Lola was a female, about 7 months old. She was given medication that would kill fleas and ticks within an hour or so—and, on that condition, hubby allowed Lola to come home for the night.

I tried every avenue to try to find the owners. We posted pictures on a variety of social media venues along with the Gainesville, Florida, Pet Finder on FaceBook.

The really good news is that a couple who retired from working at an animal rescue organization spotted the picture of Lola. They had 2 dogs, and one had recently had transitioned, so they wanted a companion for Buster, the remaining pet.

We met a couple of weeks later, and Buster and her new parents took Lola to her new home—a 20-acre fenced farm with other farm animals.

Lola’s new mom updates me on her condition, which was very poor initially but she finally has gained weight, has no more worms, etc.

Hubby and I went to the country to visit Lola a couple of weeks ago and are planning our next get together.

Her new mom keeps telling me that I saved Lola’s life, but we had been grieving the loss of our mastiff and Lola helped heal our hearts.

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I keep reminding her that she is the one who wrote the ending of her story… “and she lived happily ever after.”

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