Rosie's Story

9/18/2013

UPDATE: 9/22/13 - We are pleased to share that our darling Rosie is doing very well in her foster home!

UPDATE: 9/19/13 - Rosie's life is about to get a whole lot better. She has a foster home and will be leaving the shelter soon. Today was a good day for her and her puppy. Roscoe was adopted this afternoon.

Save Rosie!

Rosie* has had a hard life. Abused, neglected, starved and now a few days away from scheduled euthanasia. She has been at the San Jose shelter since the end of August and her time is almost up. She does not qualify for adoption due to a mild heart murmur.

Rosie misses her puppy, Roscoe

She has been miserably failed by her humans. While she is sad, she remains sweet. She is a boxer mix about four years young. She is good with other dogs, just a little submissive. Rosie deserves a loving, patient home so she can regain her trust in people, put on some weight and begin to flourish.

You can help us save this innocent soul by giving her a temporary or permanent home. Fill out our foster application here. If you can not foster her, you can help by sharing her story.

The final indignity for this girl is that she's separated from her puppy. Roscoe made it to adoptions and is waiting for his forever home. You can check out Roscoe here. Rosie was not so lucky.

*We have named her Rosie - hoping that is what her future will be.

5 Comments

Kim

9/18/2013 04:05:50 pm

Donna

9/19/2013 02:42:56 am

How can she be fostered if she doesn't qualify for adoption? Which of course is ridiculous. If the heart murmur were a huge health issue, she's have died ages ago.

Deb Anderson

9/19/2013 03:09:22 am

Donna, Shelters sometimes won't adopt out perfectly wonderful animals with minor health issues. That's when the rescue groups get involved to get them out of the shelters and adopted out. We always need people to step up to the plate to help by fostering until these loving animals can find a forever home.

Tracy

9/20/2013 12:50:42 am

I'm so happy !! I started contacting all the rescues I could think of yesterday. Glad it worked out for Rosie and roscoe!!

Michelle

9/20/2013 12:54:40 pm

I am so thrilled that a kind soul is coming to her rescue. Thank you whoever you are!!! I was thinking of taking her in if no one else did because I couldn't stand to see this sweet girl put down. I have a boxer mix rescue with a heart murmur, too. These are no big deal. It's maddening that the shelter wouldn't put a dog up for adoption because of a minor issue.

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