Burger was found in a Burger King parking lot lonely, starved, and unable to walk. RCR acted quickly to help this little guy! Straight to the vet we went, where he was diagnosed with a dislocated hip. The net day, the surgeon performed an FHO (femoral head ostectomy), and Burger began his road to recovery!

Kaiser’s previous life included being kept outside 24/7 with no food or shelter. He managed to escape his prison, but injured his front left leg along the way. His journey landed him at the shelter on the euthanasia list. RCR scooped him up and went directly to the vet. Sadly, his injured leg sustained severe

Kermit was in excruciating pain when he was picked up as a stray by Animal Control. He had a high fever and a necrotic penis with a serious infection. RCR picked him up from the shelter and raced to the vet. His penis couldn’t be saved and surgery was done to “re-route his plumbing.” This

Coffee Bean was hit by a car, knocked into the ditch, and left for dead. His back leg was broken in several places. He had ID, and his owners were contacted, but never came for him. RCR brought Coffee Bean into our family and off to the orthopedic hospital we went. The surgeon operated and

Copper had a rough start and is lucky to be alive! He was hit by a car and couldn’t walk. He almost died on the side of the road, before being picked up by animal control and taken to the shelter. RCR rushed him to the vet where he had orthopedic surgery for a broken

Journey was injured and barely able to walk. RCR answered the call for help from the city shelter. Turns out Journey had both a broken pelvis and dislocated hip. He underwent orthopedic surgery and came through his recovery like a champ! He has had quite the “journey” in his short life! But only good travels

Twiggles was picked up on the side of the road nearly unresponsive. It appears she had been hit by a car, and laid there unable to move for several days. The ER vets quickly determined she was severely anemic, emaciated, covered in fleas, and had a broken leg. Blood transfusions were immediately started, but it

Niblet is only 1 year old and 10 lbs and was hit by a car. She sustained a broken pelvis and dislocated hip, but at her size was lucky to be alive! Niblet had orthopedic surgery and is now recovering and doing well. She is sweet and gentle and needs a nice bed or soft

Pepper was picked up by animal control, and due to his injuries, they initially thought he had been shot several times with a shotgun. We rushed him to the vet and after closer inspection, it appeared his wounds were from multiple animal bites. We aren’t sure, but he may have been used as a bait

Paxton was severely burned all the way down his back. We don’t know how he was burned, but our hearts hurt just thinking about the pain he had gone through. Despite his horrible condition, he gave lots of kisses to his rescuers. Paxton was sedated and his wounds cleaned, and he was placed on high

Boyd was hit by a car that crushed his back right leg and tore off all the skin. His leg was left untreated and was filled with maggots when his owners turned him in to the shelter to be euthanized. RCR rescued Boyd and took him immediately to the orthopedic surgeon, hoping to save his

Skyla suffered a severe injury to her right eye while she was trying to survive on the street. Unfortunately, it was beyond repair, and her eye had to be removed. It took a little while for Skyla to learn to navigate with one eye, but she is getting more comfortable every day! And wow is

Sawyer was an extreme cruelty case. He was severely abused at the hands of humans, and then discarded as trash on the brink of death. He had serious medical issues including being severely emaciated, a bullet in his abdomen, multiple pelvic fractures, dislocated hips, a calcified mass in his colon impeding ability to defecate, distended

Badger was apparently hit by a car and was found on the side of the road by animal control. RCR picked up Badger from the shelter and took him immediately to the orthopedic surgeon. He required 2 separate surgeries to his ankle and hip. Badger had several tough months of rehabilitation, but thanks to the

Adelaide was adopted from a local shelter as a puppy, but then found running loose as a stray with a torn cruciate in her leg a few months later. Her prior owners were contacted, but did not come to get her, thus Adelaide ended up on the kill list at the shelter due to her

Poindexter is just a little guy at 17 lbs. Not good odds for the car he encountered! Poindexter ended up at the shelter with a fractured left femur and fractured pelvis. These injuries are most certain death for dogs at a shelter. Rescue is their only hope. RCR saw Poindexter’s plea, and knew we had

Milton is just a big goofy puppy! He ended up at a local shelter with TWO broken back legs! Poor guy could not even walk, but still had a great attitude and was full of love! One of the shelter employees agreed to foster Milton, and RCR took him into our program. Off he went

Baylor had severe internal injuries. He suffered a massive diaphragmatic hernia from a blunt trauma. This caused his liver and intestines to migrate into his chest cavity which would have been fatal without immediate surgery. Baylor spent a week in the ER. After a long road to recovery, he was adopted into a wonderful home!

Cecil was only 5 months old and 8 pounds when he was hit by a car and suffered severe de-gloving injuries where skin and tissue were torn off down to the tendon. He also suffered a fractured pelvis, a fractured femur, and a crushed ankle joint. Cecil had orthopedic surgery to address the fractures and

Blair had a gunshot wound to her front right leg. She was severely anemic and running a high fever and needed an immediate blood transfusion. Blair had surgery to remove the bone fragments and then a hard cast on her leg to help heal the fracture. She has recovered like a champ with no permanent