Wrens Road to Recovery

There is no doubt to anyone who knows me that I dedicate every moment of my life to animal welfare and rescue. I foster, bottle feed orphaned animals, donate my time and money to rescues, and I never turn my head or home away from a stray. No matter my position in life, I will make the sacrifice to assure an animal in need is healthy and on their way to their forever home.  Wren is one of my few fosters I wasn’t so sure would make it. I found Wren severely emaciated, covered in ticks, eating fish bones and dirt that—like her— had been dumped on the side of the road like garbage. It took 4 hours to gain enough of her trust to sneak a slip leash over her and finally get her loaded up. We removed nearly 500 ticks from her body during her bath. That was just the beginning. A year later, she has since been fully vetted and is no longer the scared feral dog I plucked out of the ditch. Wren is the most loving, silly, cuddly dog I’ve ever had the privilege of fostering and she never fails to show me her appreciation for being her “rescue mom.”

We were in the middle of coordinating transport to her forever home when our nightmare began. At 8:00PM February 29th, Wren had gotten out of the fence. We searched for hours throughout our neighborhood looking for any sign of her. I posted her online to see if anyone has spotted her, thinking surely they would have called if she still has her collar on. Nothing. We continued searching throughout early morning. As soon as their was daylight I took my other dog out to help search for her. We walked down the railroad tracks for nearly a half mile when I saw her rear limb laying on the gravel. I followed the trail of blood another 300 feet where I found her laying in a thicket. She lifted her head when I called her name and thumped her mangled tail. We carried her to the car and rushed to the emergency clinic. She was surprisingly stable upon arrival and—despite the horrific external trauma—seems to miraculously not have any internal trauma. The emergency Vet believes the heat from the train that hit her cauterized the wound and prevented her from bleeding out before being found. So far her visit has cost just under $3,000 and the surgery to amputate the rest of the hind limb, toes, and tip of tail is expected to be an additional 5,000+. This is just the beginning of our long journey.

I appreciate any help we can get at this time, Whether it is financial, thoughts/prayers, or simply sharing our GoFundMe. We are also taking donations via CashApp at $ShelbyGarriott on Venmo at Shelbyroo25 and through PayPal at [email redacted]
Thank you for taking the time to read this. We just want our girl back home.