I volunteer at a local Humane Society Shelter...but one night about three weeks ago, I was at our local County Shelter right at closing time when a man and his teenage son came in, the son carried this very frightened, and quiet young German Shepherd.   They said they had noticed her under some bushes on their street for the past few days....and finally decided she needed help.  
They had wrapped her left hind leg in an ace bandage, and knew they could not afford to take her to a vet, so brought her to the shelter.    She laid quietly on the bench for quite awhile until the animal tech came to pick her up.   He wrapped a leash around her muzzle several times, and proceeded to carry her under her front legs,
not using the cart that had been provided!   Needless to say it looked painful and unnecessary, but we couldn't do much about his behavior!  The sweet dog just went along with his rough demeanor, and allowed herself to be taken away... 
I finished the business I had there, but when I went home I could not get her out of my mind!   I checked on her every day, and was told she was not microchipped, and that no one had called about a lost female German Shepherd, or come in to see her!   I was also told that she had been hit by a car and left to die by the side of the road...her tail is broken; her pelvis is shattered; and her left femur has been shoved out of the socket and up into her body.....she will need extensive and expensive surgery to help her walk again without horrific pain.
I tried contacting the German Shepherd Rescues in our Bay Area, but they were all out of funds for veterinary emergencies.    She was in a high-kill County Shelter....there was no chance they would save her....and she sat there for three weeks!! She wasn't even given a name, so I could ask about her ... just the dog in J03!  I went to the shelter on the day before her time was up, and took her home.   My dogs and I named her Heidi...
I felt like I needed to follow the adage that says "If you are witness to something, and do nothing about it, you are equally responsible".......this dog is not more than 10 or 11 MONTHS old,  I just couldn't let her die! 
However, I do not have the funds to pay for veterinary care, or such a complicated surgery.   I am hoping that by doing this page, I can ask for just a little help, from a lot of folks who truly care about dogs and know how much they do for us.....I'm sure if the situation were reversed, Heidi would do the same for me in a heartbeat!
Heidi also needs to be spayed...so the sooner we get started on her road to recovery, the better.   
Dogs are such a huge part of my life, and I know there are hundreds of people who feel like I do, that we have a much richer existence because of them...please help me to help Heidi so her life will be as good as originally intended...she is so sweet, lets my dogs finish her food, 
and wants so badly to be able to play with them!
Thank You in advance to anyone who can help in any way!! :)