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I'm one of the luckiest girls around! As you may know, when I was a little puppy, I was an unwanted and unloved product of a puppy mill gone bad. The owners didn't like me because I had a crooked tail and they didn't feel I would be marketable as a pure bred English Setter. Little did they know! So they just dumped me on the streets of Seminole County where I roamed for weeks
scavenging for food. I was scared and didn't trust any human. Eventually I tired from hunger, and I was also very sick from drinking bad water at the puppy mill and what I could find on the streets. The County dog catcher finally caught me. I was at the pound for a while. On the day I was to be "put down" the Setter adoption network was contacted and I was saved. A very nice lady, Debbie who rescues dogs like me in the area, took me in, gave me medical care. She had me checked over by Dr. Brian, and then she contacted Sam and Henry who were looking for a pet for their family. They adopted me and gave me the love and care that I should have received when I was born. Now I'm a big girl, I have my CGC and I'm a Certified Pet Therapy Dog that visits nursing homes and hospitals. I love my family and even my little adopted sister, Sierra. She too
is an English Setter rescue that Sam and Henry adopted.
My story is a little different. As a puppy, I was purchased from a very nice breeder
by a young married couple. The wife was about to have a baby and the dad thought I'd make a perfect companion for the Mom and the baby. Well, when the baby came along, it was just too much for the mom to handle both a baby and a very energetic puppy. And even though I never would have hurt their child, they were afraid that I would jump up and scratch or bite the baby. So one evening around midnight, the mom packed me up in a box with a fresh towel, some food and note and dropped me off at the same place where they took Sugar when the dog catcher got her. Like
Sugar, the nice Setter Rescue people were called and I only had to spend one night in jail. Sam was called by Debbie again, but this time only to foster me until a suitable home was found. Well, as soon as I got into
Sam and Henry's home, it was love at first sight. That's because I'm just so darn cute! Sam didn't want a second English, but Henry and Sam's Mom wanted to keep me. I'm so glad because I have a wonderful home and Sugar is my "adopted" big sister. We play together when I'm not cuddled on the couch with "My Henry."
