\u201cMurphy Brown Moon Shadow<\/strong> has a beautiful story of perseverance, community, inspiration and love,\u201d Carla Naden, founder of Animal Synergy \u2014 a rescue, rehab and sanctuary for special-needs animals in Vista, California, wrote to me when I asked to share the pup’s story, which begins for us in January 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cThe short version is there was a dog noticed by a rescuer (Virginia Ramirez Wright) in Mexicali, who was paralyzed and dragged herself everywhere,\u201d says Rebekah Snyder, MBMS\u2019s foster parent. \u201cLocals knew of her; she was said to be in this condition some months. The rescuer was horrified at her condition and took her to a vet and asked for help on Facebook.”<\/p>\n Rebekah followed the dog\u2019s story on Facebook, donating money to help with her six weeks of medical care. When a rescue organization in Malibu, California, agreed to take her in, Rebekah transported her there from Baja California, Mexico. The rescue didn\u2019t have experience caring for a paralyzed dog, but Rebekah did. \u201cI had had paralyzed dogs before and knew it was going to be an extensive journey, as she was still battling severe wounds, infection, would need a chair, massive weight gain, physical therapy, etc. …\u201d<\/p>\n The rescue called her within 24 hours and asked her to come get the dog. Rebekah says, \u201cShe wasn\u2019t my dog \u2014 she was nobody\u2019s dog \u2014 but now I felt intimately responsible for her future and that she didn\u2019t get let down again. That\u2019s when I called my vet to get a full assessment of what I was looking at and started calling special-needs rescues.\u201d<\/p>\n Cue Carla Naden’s entrance into Murphy Brown Moon Shadow\u2019s life. \u201cShe sees the beauty beyond the broken, the potential \u2014 not the pain, and the future for the forgotten,\u201d says Rebekah. \u201cInstead of seeing incontinence, Carla sees the world as Murphy Brown’s toilet. And now I do, too.\u201d<\/p>\n Because of Animal Synergy, MBMS now has an entire team behind her. \u201cFrom medical to behavioral to nutritional, as Murphy Brown\u2019s foster, I receive \u201ccompassion consulting, meaning every step of her care she has massive support, as do I; something so needed when one takes on a special-needs dogs,\u201d says Rebekah. \u201cMurphy Brown went from no one\u2019s dog, to a dog of the people.”<\/p>\n Follow Murphy Brown Mood Shadow, at animalsynergy.org<\/a>, @animalsynergy<\/a> and @murphybrownmoonshadowlove<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Normal Is Boring<\/a> by Melissa L. Kauffman<\/a> appeared first on Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren’t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n The post Normal Is Boring<\/a> by Melissa L. Kauffman<\/a> appeared first on Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren’t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n \u201cMurphy Brown Moon Shadow<\/strong> has a beautiful story of perseverance, community, inspiration and love,\u201d Carla Naden, founder of Animal Synergy \u2014 a rescue, rehab and sanctuary for special-needs animals in Vista, California, wrote to me when I asked to share the pup’s story, which begins for us in January 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cThe short version is there was a dog noticed by a rescuer (Virginia Ramirez Wright) in Mexicali, who was paralyzed and dragged herself everywhere,\u201d says Rebekah Snyder, MBMS\u2019s foster parent. \u201cLocals knew of her; she was said to be in this condition some months. The rescuer was horrified at her condition and took her to a vet and asked for help on Facebook.”<\/p>\n Rebekah followed the dog\u2019s story on Facebook, donating money to help with her six weeks of medical care. When a rescue organization in Malibu, California, agreed to take her in, Rebekah transported her there from Baja California, Mexico. The rescue didn\u2019t have experience caring for a paralyzed dog, but Rebekah did. \u201cI had had paralyzed dogs before and knew it was going to be an extensive journey, as she was still battling severe wounds, infection, would need a chair, massive weight gain, physical therapy, etc. …\u201d<\/p>\n The rescue called her within 24 hours and asked her to come get the dog. Rebekah says, \u201cShe wasn\u2019t my dog \u2014 she was nobody\u2019s dog \u2014 but now I felt intimately responsible for her future and that she didn\u2019t get let down again. That\u2019s when I called my vet to get a full assessment of what I was looking at and started calling special-needs rescues.\u201d<\/p>\n Cue Carla Naden’s entrance into Murphy Brown Moon Shadow\u2019s life. \u201cShe sees the beauty beyond the broken, the potential \u2014 not the pain, and the future for the forgotten,\u201d says Rebekah. \u201cInstead of seeing incontinence, Carla sees the world as Murphy Brown’s toilet. And now I do, too.\u201d<\/p>\n Because of Animal Synergy, MBMS now has an entire team behind her. \u201cFrom medical to behavioral to nutritional, as Murphy Brown\u2019s foster, I receive \u201ccompassion consulting, meaning every step of her care she has massive support, as do I; something so needed when one takes on a special-needs dogs,\u201d says Rebekah. \u201cMurphy Brown went from no one\u2019s dog, to a dog of the people.”<\/p>\n Follow Murphy Brown Mood Shadow, at animalsynergy.org<\/a>, @animalsynergy<\/a> and @murphybrownmoonshadowlove<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Normal Is Boring<\/a> by Melissa L. Kauffman<\/a> appeared first on Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren’t considered public domain. 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