Please remember Misty Blue

The phone rang at 6:00 am and Polly was on the line. She had picked up a female husky in Redby that had been shot and was unable to walk. Misty Blue had crawled into an elderly lady’s yard and she contacted Polly in the wee hours of the morning. Polly never refuses to help an animal in need. Polly delivered the dog to the Red Lake Rosie's Rescue at 7:00 am and we took the dog to the vet. Misty Blue was very agitated and we soon learned why.

No photo of Misty Blue was taken because of her condition, but she was a white husky with blue eyes like this dog.

The vet confirmed Misty Blue had a broken back and a gunshot wound and there was no hope for her. The vet sadly reported that she also was lactating and had a litter of pups somewhere. The gunshot wound had occurred 24-48 hours earlier. Misty Blue crossed the rainbow bridge at 8:30 a.m. but left with us an urgent need and desire to find her puppies. It was the least we could do considering the cruelty of someone who shot this poor gentle mama dog for no reason

That was why she was so agitated. She was concerned about her 10 babies!

Polly and I rushed to the elderly lady’s yard and started searching the vicinity and found an old shed and some other areas that she may have hid a litter. Then a black dog led us back to the shed and we got the door open and there we heard little squeals and puppy grunts! We rushed in and started finding the babies, and by time we were done, we counted 10 which we put in an old basket we found in the shed.

They were all alive and screaming for food. We imagined that they had not eaten for perhaps a day, however, we think maybe Misty Blue had been desperate to save her pups and may have been nursing them after she had been shot.

The puppies were rushed to Polly’s for their first feeding and are now at the RLRR shelter where they will remain until Saturday when they will be sent to a foster home with the help of Jenny of Leech Lake Legacy.

Tears of sadness were shed today- for the needless death of Misty Blue, who was a homeless mama only wanting to take care of her babies. Tears of joy also because we -through the strong spirit of
Misty Blue who communicated that we MUST find her babies- assisted us to find and save each one!

Karen :(