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Her Name Was Lola
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http://theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/ars/story/her-name-was-lola694
Meet my Lola. I was walking at a Dog event with one of my basset hounds and a rescue group approached me to comment on my Barney (also a rescue). I always rescue my dogs. But this day I was told about a story of a basset hound that needed someone to give her a home. She had been in a puppy mill for 4 years and was a puppy mill mama. The place she was in, had 100 cages of dogs, stacked 5 high in a barn. The day the place was raided, there was an auction going on and my beautiful girl was on the auction block and was being purchased for $8.00 by a person with a Dog fighting ring that would use her for bait. My Lola had never walked on grass, was beaten and battered, X-rays showed many healed broken bones. The rescue was looking for someone that knew the breed and would be able to work with her. I have had Bassets for over 30 yearsI had 3 male bassets(all rescues) and all where trained as Therapy Dogs. So I decided this lady needed to be with me. I worked with my trainer who helped me help her to get over her fear. She was such a scared little girl. But with love and training she came out of her shell and now 4 years later my Lola is a Therapy Dog and we work with special needs children. She, like my other 3 bassets, love children. Lola became such a fixture at the training center that we now help with all the training classes for the perspective Therapy Dogs and Lola demonstrates how to do the behaviors they will need to pass the test. I am so proud of my girl and all my dogs. Mo, Reba and Andy love having Lola in the family. There is nothing like the loyalty you get from a Rescued Dog.
Anonymous
Lakewood, NJ
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I can't even bear to think of this baby as bait! 
SO HAPPY she got a good home, instead!
As a rescue mama, I am all too familiar with the horrors humans inflict on 4-leggers.
I am right now waiting to hear about incoming foster(s) from a HUGE mill that was raided in Ohio last week - 130 beagles were seized & are being vetted and taken to rescues in OH and IN.
Backyard breeders, millers and dogfighters are the lowest scum of the earth.
Much love to beautiful Lola! :hugs: 
I do every morning after turning on my computer. Have been clicking on that site for as long as it's been around.
I've even bought some of their merchandise.
