Little Max survives severe burns at 6 weeks of age.

A few days ago, a person my partner works with asked him about our rescue work with dogs.  He explained that his wife had rescued a puppy a month earlier and was wondering if we could find a home for this little guy.  The puppy was a 6 week old pit bull that had been burned with oil to the point of almost death.  

The Story bellow was written by his wife who spent endless hours nursing this little guy back from the brink of death.     I will list some photos that she had taken on her phone.  They are not clear but you get the idea of his early condition.  I will end with some photos we took a  month later when we first got to meet Little Max. 

She wrote Maxes story from his his perspective.

 Hello, my name is Max and this is my story.

A few weeks ago I was found in this nice ladies front yard. I was very close to Death and she seemed to know what to do. I could not stand up, I was very week and in really bad pain from burns all over my back and sides. The Lady who found me picked me up and wrapped me in a towel. We went straight to the vets office and he stayed extra hours working on my injuries to help me.

He told the lady I had hot grease burns on my back and sides. He gave me strong medicine and sent me home with the nice Lady. She bought some Lanacaine to put on my burns.

The family worked together holding and comforting me for the next 36 hours. The Lady put Lanacaine on my wounds and I would shiver with pain. I would hide my face under her arm when she did this. Late one night on about the 37th hour, I was able to look up at the nice Lady. I crawled up to her face and gave her a great big kiss.

It has been about a month and my wounds are healed up. I let the Lady know when I need to go to the bathroom. The lady says I am Smart and Cute as a Button!! She is very busy with all her other pets and the people who live here and I get to visit with them for some play time each day.

The lady says she will find me a wonderful forever home. She says there is someone special who will love me and take super good care of me.

Please help me never to hurt that bad again. Max

This is Max and his foster mom. His back may never have hair on these scars.

Little Max meeting some new friends.

 Ain't I cute!!

We found little Max in surprising good shape for all he had been through.  He was turning into a healthy and happy puppy with a need to chew everything whether it moves or not.   He is recovering really well thanks to LaCrecia's loving care.  

Max was small for his age and would appear to be he runt of the litter.  It is believed that he would have been used as a bait dog to teach other pits to kill.  

On a brighter note he will soon be ready to go to a wonderful home where he will make a loving member of a family.

About 8 years ago I was lucky enough to pick up a little black dog trotting down the middle of our local road with logging trucks rolling by.  The temp was in the high 90's and her little red tongue was hanging almost to the hot pavement.  

She came right to me and soon was enjoying the air conditioning in my car.  We learned that she was not a 3-4 month old black lab as I had thought but a 5-6 month old Black Lab and American Pit Bull.

Lucy soon became the little princess of the pack.  She did things at her pace and when she wanted to do them.  My mom passed on a few years ago and had a recliner chair that she liked to use when she was staying with us.  Lucy decided that Gram had left her that chair for her own personal use.     

Here is Lucy Lu enjoying her afternoon nap in her chair.

 Max will soon be on the road to a new life and we will keep you updated here if you are interested.  

Health and Happiness for you all and your furry friends from 

The Third Hill