Salty Dog
Meet our Salty Dog for the month of December, Trip. Trip is estimated to be a 6-8-month-old Husky puppy weighing only 21 pounds. He was found extremely emaciated and abused – he should weigh 40 pounds for his size and age. He has a fractured pelvis, three broken legs, broken teeth, open wounds, and was Read more about Husky puppy was dumped and left to die[…]
Meet our Salty Dog for November. Atlas is a 4 month old German Shepherd that was born with leg abnormalities including muscle atrophy and femoral anteversion on his hind leg. Atlas was found by a police officer with his sibling in a box. The police officer immediately brought in both dogs to Knowles Animal Clinic Read more about Atlas The Discarded Puppy Happy Tail[…]
You may have read about Destiny’s story. Any way that we attempt to put into words what happened to this poor 2-3 year old pup simply does not do her justice. Destiny was tied to the bumper of a pickup truck and forgotten about. Her former owner got into his truck and drove away with Read more about Dog dragged by truck half a mile along the road has been adopted[…]
Meet Zelda the German Shepherd puppy, our Salty Dog of the month for September. Zelda is 10 weeks old weighing only 4.6lbs. That is normally the size of a 2-week-old shepherd puppy. She is not able to hold down food and will need emergency surgery to correct this. X-rays show that she had a vascular Read more about Puppy was born with deformities and needs emergency surgery[…]
Our Salty Dog of the Month for June, Pearl was found as a stray with another dog floating in a canal. Both were severely water logged and sick with demodex (mange), but Pearl’s case the most severe we have ever seen. She had open wounds, and abscesses all over her body. Pearl has been treated Read more about Pearl Happy Tail[…]
Our Salty Dog of the Month for May, Kanga was rescued from the Miami-Dade Animal Shelter (The #1 Kill shelter in Florida) and saved from being brought back where she would have been killed as an owner-surrender. Since being rescued Kanga was diagnosed with juvenile cataracts. At 4 months old she was already going blind! Read more about Kanga Happy Tail[…]
Meet Boomer! This sweet playful puppy (5 months old) was born with deformities on both his front legs. To no fault of his own he was born with these deformities due to over breeding from a puppy mill. Boomer’s “Breeder” had sent him to be euthanized! With the thought that he wasn’t normal so he Read more about Boomer Happy Tail[…]
Nugget, who we can only assume was neglected and abused by her former owners, went for a walk off-leash and was attacked by a much larger, vicious dog nearly killing her. The larger dog tore Nugget’s legs and back open, cracked her ribs, and blinded her in one eye before she was able to narrowly Read more about Nugget – Happy Tail[…]
What is a Salty Dog of the Month? Salty Dog Paddle strives to do everything and anything we can to save the lives of innocent dogs and marine life. Each month our volunteers get together and choose a nominated dog or animal in which we feel could benefit the most from our relentless effort and Read more about Nominate our Next Salty Dog of the Month[…]
With a heavy heart and tears in our eyes, this is our final update on Romeo. Salty Dog Paddle wants to thank everyone for being apart of this boys fight. We tried, but sometimes we can’t save them all. We can be grateful we all helped this boy live out some of his last days Read more about RIP – Romeo[…]