Yes, Fozzie. You Get to Be Saved.



Fozzie looked about as sad as a dog could look. She was one of 67 dogs that were discovered living in truly heartbreaking conditions in Mason County. The three-year-old Great Pyrenees was given the name by her Kitsap Humane Society rescuers because she looked like the character from The Muppet Show - if he was malnourished, dehydrated, mistreated, dirty, and penned outside alone.

In reality, Fozzie was one of the lucky ones. Other animals were in worse shape, starving, some in critical condition, and many with evidence of having their muzzles taped or zip-tied shut. But she didn't look like she felt lucky. Fozzie watched dog after dog after dog be assessed by animal control officers, photographed for evidence, and loaded into vehicles to begin a new life. She watched and waited, with an expression that asked: "Are you going to take me too? Do I get to be saved?"

The answer was yes. Fozzie was one of the last pups to be freed and she was going somewhere special. She was carried onto a KHS truck and transported to our Veterinary Lifesaving Center where she immediately began receiving the kind of care and love that every good dog deserves. She was treated for roundworms, whipworms, and ticks, vaccinated, put on a special diet, and sent to live with an adoring foster family - a family that knew the very first night she spent with them that they couldn't let this sweet girl go. She was going to stay with them.

In another classic case of a "foster fail," Fozzie is now a resident of Bainbridge Island, living happily with her new mom and dad and siblings Vienna and Sonmi. Nowadays, she's known as Blue and instead of living her days alone in a small pen, she romps around her giant yard with her best friends. Rather than going hungry, she's healthy and happy. And while she may have once wondered if she was ever going to be rescued - and hoped that it would someday happen - she knows now that she's loved.

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