A pedestrian was walking down the street in Middlesex, England when they saw something horrifying. A van drove by the pedestrian and rolled down their window. Without even bothering to stop, the driver threw a little black pug into the street. Then, they drove away.
The shocked pedestrian quickly picked up the pug and checked her over to make sure she was alright. Then, they called the RSPCA.
The RSPCA brought the pug to a veterinarian, where they learned she hadn’t been injured when she was thrown out of the van, but she was still in bad shape. The poor little pug was skinny, had missing patches of fur, and looked completely exhausted. This was because she had come from a breeding farm, where she had been forced to give birth to litter after litter of puppies until her body couldn’t handle it anymore and gave out.
“We think that over time, because her skin was getting worse and worse, they decided that they didn’t want to take her to the vet or have to pay for any treatment. So I think because the skin got in such a terrible state, they decided to dump her and stop breeding from her,” Liz Wood, the deputy manager of RSPCA’s Millbrook Animal Center, said in a Facebook video.
After everything she had been through, the pug was scared of everything and everyone, and she needed a lot of help to come out of her shell. So, Wood decided to bring her home and become her foster mom. She named the little pup Peggy.
With Wood’s help, Peggy is slowly starting to become less nervous around people. At first, she cowered when anyone tried to touch her. But now that Wood has shown her that she’s in a safe place, she has started letting Wood pet her and hold her.
Peggy is also very fond of Wood’s other dogs. These pups helped Peggy find her more playful side, and Peggy is becoming more and more happy-go-lucky.
“We’re starting to see her cheeky side now,” Wood says. “She barks when she wants food and she makes funny little grunting noises when she is pleased to see you—her whole body wags, it’s adorable! She’s such a sweet dog and will make a wonderful companion for someone.”
Peggy’s story shows why it’s so important to make sure you’re getting a dog from a good breeder.
Wood says there’s only one way to know for sure that the breeder is legitimate:
“The only sure way of ever knowing is visiting the mom and the pups when they’re young and suckling, and knowing that the pups are suckling from their mom, and seeing the condition the mom is being kept in. Because ultimately it is the moms that suffer in this industry.”
Peggy is still getting treatment for her medical issues at the RSPCA, but once she’s all better, she’ll go to her forever home.
This sweet little pug has been through a lot, but she’s finally in safe hands. To learn more about Peggy, check out the video below.
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