Category: Rescue

Today was a big day for Miss Ellie; for the first time since her arrival to Paws Give Me Purpose Inc., she was able to become cone-free and off total restriction.

Our Veterinary team has decided that her incision is looking good enough to allow limited activity. We also were permitted to give her a nice warm bubble bath and she seemed to really enjoy it.

Although in the back of our minds we know her time with us will be short, just watching how excited she was today, and looking at her smile is everything we need to know right now.

It’s time for Miss Ellie to live life and we will make sure she enjoys every moment.

Why do we put ourselves through the emotional roller coaster of working with abused, neglected and unwanted animals that can only cause heartache? We do it because their lives matter. 

Our Veterinary team came out to the Paws Give Me Purpose Sanctuary on Monday to see some of our Sanctuary residents; and the good news is Ellie was able to have her staples removed. She will need to remain on restricted activity, wear her cone and take another round of antibiotics for another week, but her incision and her spirit are both healing. 

For those not familiar with Ellie’s story, please head over to:

 https://www.pawsgivemepurpose.com/ellie-needs-you/

We believe in full disclosure, so now for the not so great news – the biopsy on Ellie’s tumor revealed that she has a rare type of mammary cancer, adenocarcinoma – in addition to ovarian cancer. Her prognosis is 4-6 months – to say we are heartbroken would be an understatement, but we knew in the back of our minds this was likely the case. 

While her prognosis is devastating, Ellie is a very happy, peppy, and energetic girl who cannot wait to play with the other dogs. Her appetite is great, and you’d never even know she isn’t 100% healthy either as nothing seems to bother her.

No matter how many times we take in a hospice case like this and our hearts are shattered; we know this is the right thing to do; no dog deserves to be treated like trash by the family they gave all their love and loyalty to. We could not stand by and allow her to die alone in a shelter. 

All Ellie wants is to be loved and we will do just that. Our promise to Ellie is to love her, spoil her, and keep her comfortable during her time here at Paws Give Me Purpose Sanctuary.

Our deepest gratitude to Susie’s Senior Dogs who has teamed up with Chloe’s Fospice Friends and awarded us a grant to help with Ellie’s care. 

If anyone is interested in becoming Ellie’s Sanctuary sponsor, please reach out to us directly.

Although we knew when he arrived that his time with us would be very short, King’s life was very important to us. The kind of work we do never gets easier. 

King passed peacefully, on his own terms during his afternoon nap yesterday – and our hearts are broken once again. He joined us when we realized we could not stand by and allow him to die alone in a shelter without the kindness, compassion, love and dignity he deserved. 

We did everything we possibly could to help him and really thought he would have had more time with us, but his little body could not keep up with his will to live. 

King was one of the happiest, sweetest, most gentle boys ever and we will never be able to understand how anyone could have mistreated him and then tossed him away.

You will always live on in our hearts King– you were taken way too soon. We were blessed to have known you! You will forever be a part of us and live on in our hearts – Heaven’s gain is our loss…

We would like to acknowledge King’s generous lifetime sponsor, Kelley, for assisting us with his care and for helping give us the ability to provide him with everything he needed to live out his remaining days here in Sanctuary with much needed medical care, comfort, and love. On behalf of King, we thank you from the bottom of his little heart and ours. It is supporters like you that are the driving force behind what we do. 

Thank you to all of our followers and supporters for caring and for being a support to us during this difficult time.