We found this little puppy on Saturday, July 30, 2005. We were driving home and not far from our house we saw something white in the edge of the woods. We kept driving, but slower because we wanted to see what it was. As we were looking behind the truck we saw this little white puppy come out of the woods.  

We stopped the truck and I ran to the puppy. When I got to this puppy it fell down. As if it had just died. I thought it was dead. When I saw this puppy I was in tears. I picked the puppy up with tears rolling down my face. I started talking to it telling it that I wasn’t going to hurt it and that everything was going to be ok. Here I was squalling like a baby and from the way this little guy looked I really wasn’t sure this pup was going to make it. I asked my husband to let the tailgate down on the truck. I wasn’t about to leave this puppy and just let it die in the road or for someone to come along and run over it.  

My heart went out to this little puppy. My husband, mother and everyone else didn’t think that this puppy would live through the night. When we got to the house I got her some food and water and to our surprise she did eat. She ate like she hadn’t had food in a very long time. 

This puppy was abused very badly. She had a rope tied around her neck. And from what we could tell she had chewed the rope into. She had so many marks all over her body. It even looked like someone hit her on top of her head. Whoever had this dog; it looked like they must have been trying to train her to be a fight dog. Whatever the case was she was starving to death. She looked like she was a pit and that’s what we thought at first.  

Seeing this little puppy like this made me so angry. I was so upset I called the police department to report this and they stated that they would send a cop to the house. I said ok and hung up. My husband said when the cop gets here he would pick up the puppy and that there could be a chance that whoever had her could get her back. I said no they wont, so I called the police back and said to forget about it that I would keep the puppy and take care of it myself. I wasn’t about to give her up to anyone. It just makes me so mad that some people are so heartless. 

I tried calling several Veterinarians but it was on a Saturday and they were all closed. All I could do over the weekend was to give her some pain medicine until I could get her to the Vet on Monday. We gave her lots of love and we watched her very closely. We bought her a bed and she slept most of the weekend. 

We named her Gracie because we thought if she made it through the night it would only be by the grace of God. So we named her Gracie after God’s Grace. First thing Monday morning I had Gracie at the Vet’s office when they open their doors at 8AM. The Veterinarian didn’t think she would make it. But Gracie had a purpose and thanks to God she did make it!