Big Boy

The final video of the evening at MN SNAP's fundraiser, the Furry Tail Ball, told the story of Big Boy, a black lab mix that has been through too much suffering, but despite that, or maybe because of it, he has found his happy ending.

You should read Big Boy's first post from two years ago when he came in with his throat cut open and infected from a wire around his neck that had been used as a collar. He stayed at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue for two months healing. He returned home and Karen followed up with him regularly.

Then at the June 2013 clinic with MN SNAP, Big Boy was brought in again. As we described it then:

"The most heart-wrenching intake was Big Boy, a dog well-known to Karen. He was brought in with his foot missing, about four inches of exposed leg bone, and a massive infection in his upper leg. Apparently caught in a leg hold trap, Big Boy had been missing for three weeks. We were all shocked that this dog could chew or break his foot out of the trap and make it home. He was dehydrated, emaciated, and very weak."

Big Boy

There was a post about his miracle rescue then and now we have this beautiful video from Pablo Jones telling Big Boy's whole story: https://vimeo.com/pablojones/review/78324675/02cfae71b3

The finale of the Furry Tail Ball was when a beautiful happy Big Boy was brought out on stage for Karen and Polly to greet him. Not a dry eye in the house at that point :-)

Thank you again to MN SNAP and their board of directors for honoring Karen & Polly at your fundraiser, for working with RLRR at our clinics, and for going above and beyond to get Big Boy the urgent help he needed. On that day, all the stars aligned so that he could be saved.