Scared Dog Saved From Fake 'Rescue' Does Zoomies All Day Now

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This skinny, scared dog was hiding at a fake "rescue" waiting for help. Our producer Erica tells us how she and her team @theanimalpad rescued this sweet girl and hundreds of other dogs who were SO happy this place was shut down!

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00:00We immediately connected with her.

00:10We named her My Girl and promised her that she would get out of there.

00:14This girl's not doing so well.

00:21The police shut this place down and escorted rescuers inside the facility.

00:26This quote-unquote rescue was posing as a good place for dogs to gather donations but

00:33they were not feeding them enough, they were not giving them medical care.

00:37Now we, as a rescue, had 398 dogs to save.

00:43My name is Erika, I'm a director at The Animal Pad and I'm also an editor and producer at

00:48The Dodo, which means I get to share the stories that I'm a part of with the Dodo audience

00:53and this one means so much to me.

00:55I was three hours away at the rescue while other directors were sending me videos of

00:59taking care of all these dogs.

01:01I was really watching people save these dogs' lives in real time.

01:08Even from afar, I immediately connected with My Girl.

01:20She was so sick but she recovered relatively quickly when given proper medical care, proper

01:25nutrition and some TLC.

01:31As dogs gained strength and got better, they were able to leave this facility and go into

01:36foster homes.

01:37Who's next?

01:38Come on guys!

01:39Somebody's going on their freedom ride!

01:41This is the highlight of the day so far, these guys leaving.

01:45And then there was My Girl.

01:48Because My Girl started so sick, she had a longer journey to be able to make it to a

01:52foster home in the States.

01:54But she was definitely fighting.

02:00Until one day she made it!

02:02She made it to our facility and we all got to meet the girl we fell in love with over

02:07video.

02:08Oh my gosh.

02:09We were all able to love on her and just welcome her with open arms.

02:16She was the most loving, most grateful dog.

02:18Say hi!

02:19Please foster me!

02:21And one day I sent her off to an adoption event and the volunteer that took her there

02:26absolutely fell in love with her.

02:30My Girl met her resident dog, they fell in love and the volunteer agreed to foster her.

02:36But the real magic happened when she met the foster's parents and they absolutely fell

02:41in love with her almost immediately.

02:44It was a love at first sight moment.

02:47And now that is her forever home.

02:49She can run around on their huge property all the time.

02:54She gets zoomies all day long.

03:00And most importantly, she's taken care of and she's incredibly healthy.

03:04The former rescue has been completely cleared.

03:07So many dogs have made it to foster homes, so many dogs are experiencing love and care

03:12for the very first time.

03:14We were able to destroy that facility to make sure they never have dogs there again.

03:17But we do have some dogs that are still waiting for their forever foster families.

03:23They're in much better conditions, they're receiving love and food and care daily.

03:28And they will all get their forever home just like Miss My Girl has.

03:41For more information, visit www.FEMA.gov

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