Tracy was a 4-year-old boxer that was bred at an Amish puppy mill to the point where she could no longer have any more puppies. She was lethargic, thin, in poor health, and could barely stand up.
Still, her owners tried to get more out of her.
The owner brought Tracy to a Pennsylvania vet and asked if they could fix her so she could be bred again. If not, he would have to have Tracy euthanized.
“Greed is an awful thing and this is all it was,” President of Adopt a Boxer Rescue Dawn Karam told The Dodo.
Thankfully, there were people who were willing to be more kind to her than her own human.
“It breaks our hearts to think that someone could ever neglect an animal to this degree and feel no remorse, but that’s exactly how these Amish breeders operate,” Adopt a Boxer Rescue wrote on Facebook.
“How can she be thrown away so easily? Once he heard she could no longer make him money, she became a disposable asset.”
The veterinarian reached out to Adopt a Boxer Rescue to get help for Tracy.
He knew they could raise funds to pay for Tracy’s medical costs.
“Remember Tracy, the Amish puppy mill momma who after the breeder found out she couldn’t have puppies said he would pay no more care than to euthanize this poor soul and the brave veterinarian who stepped up to save her?” Adopt a Rescue wrote on their Facebook page.
“Your outpouring of thoughts and prayers were INCREDIBLE, and we have an update. On arrival at the previous vet hospital in Lancaster County, The Amish farmer had reported that it had been about 7-10 days since Tracy had last eaten. The vet thought it may have been Pancreatitis, and began treatment.”
After extensive testing, they found out that Tracy was suffering from starvation.
“Every bit of her imbalance, every bit of her condition was because she was locked in a cage on that mill and deprived of the simplest thing that any pet needs,” Karam said. “She was only 37 pounds — a female boxer is supposed to be at least 20 pounds more than that.”
Now Tracy is recuperating and even gets to spend time hanging out with her foster brother and sister dogs who are also boxers thanks to the help of the vet and Adopt a Boxer Rescue.
“If people didn’t buy puppies from pet stores or online, there would be no demand and there would be no mill dads or mill moms like Tracy,” Karam said. “The millers continue to do this because they can — but we can stop this. In the meantime, giving these dogs the best life really is the best revenge.”
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