A few weeks ago, Logan’s Legacy 29 founder Suzette Hall received a devastating call for help. A Good Samaritan in Los Angeles, California, discovered a mound of white fluff near a landfill and soon realized it was a group of dogs trying to survive.
The nearly identical dogs were small and appeared to be puppies. But when Hall’s volunteer team eventually arrived at the landfill, they realized that one of the dogs was older than the others.
“A mama and her babies [were] left behind with the trash,” Hall wrote on Facebook. “They didn’t even leave food and water.”
Sadly, the mother dog, later named Feather, was left to care for her babies on her own, with no resources other than the trash under her paws. Despite the intense hunger and a flurry of fleas, Feather fought to keep her babies alive.
“She did everything to protect them,” Hall wrote. “They would cuddle together to get warm.”
Hall was heartbroken by the pictures of Feather and soon sent her trusted volunteers, Yamy Nuñez and Karla, to rescue them. While the volunteers rushed to the dump, a separate rescue group, All Dogs LA, stepped in to protect the dogs.
“I did not want them to end up in the wrong hands,” Hall wrote. “And I am so thankful to [All Dogs LA] for getting over there to protect them until help could arrive.”
When Yamy and Karla arrived at the dump, they quickly started corralling the fluffy family into their car. Some of the puppies, now experts in their surroundings, hid under discarded items to avoid being caught.
But the determined rescuers soon gathered the entire litter and drove everyone to the veterinary clinic.
While Feather and her babies, Pho, Daikon, Lychee and Nieve, all had bright futures ahead, the few days following their rescue were quite uncomfortable. All of the dogs were riddled with fleas, hookworms and roundworms, and Feather had a large umbilical hernia.
“Those poor babies,” Hall told The Dodo. “[It was] so painful.”
Thankfully, Feather and her babies powered through treatment plans and are now feeling better than ever. Their stories are still not over, as they are preparing to go into foster care and hope to find adoptive homes soon. But in the meantime, the tiny family is enjoying their new life filled with safety and love.
“Tonight, they are safe, and [Feather] can sleep and not have to protect her little babies ever again,” Hall wrote.