Happy Valentine's Day for Matilda & Stella

Although we have a very mild winter overall, the first week of February had some very cold windchills. On February 6th, Polly got a late night call that there were two kittens at the Red Lake garbage dump. She and Dan went out right away to look for them, but found no kittens. Instead, hunched along the side of the cold steel dumpster, was a hairy little Shih Tzu female dog now called Matilda. It was nearly 35 below with the wind chill!

MATILDAPolly took the little hairy 5# bundle to her home, and saw that she was very starved and dehydrated and frightened. Polly was happy to have found her because she would never have survived the cold that night.

STELLAThe next day another call reported a small breed dog at the Circle Pines garbage dump so Kristy, a resident of the area, searched for her and found the small dog, who had a presumed dog bite on her side. We named her Stella and took her to the vet to have her examined and have her wound cleaned.

Both Matilda and Stella were transported out to foster care with Dee Dee on February 11th.

The attached picture shows Matilda with a big smile on her face in her warm and comfy surroundings with more love and care than she has ever known.

Thank you to the people who made the rescue of Stella and Matilda possible, Polly, Kristy, and foster mom Dee Dee as well as transporters O'Sullivans and Barbie Olson.

Karen