On June 9th, 2015, Clifford’s Army Rescue was made aware of a pup at our local shelter that was beyond pitiful. Every bone in her body was visible, she was literally starving to death. Her toe nails curled out and under, her skin was rough. We thought she was a small adult dog at first glance, but when we knew we had to save her, and went to pull her out of the shelter, we found a puppy.
We originally named her Twiggy and we were worried about her making it as we soon found out she was full of parasites and was going to need a lot of TLC to pull through. Enter an amazing foster, Ashley Blanton, who stepped up and said she would take her in. As time went by and Twiggy got healthier, a bond formed between Twiggy and Ashley’s son Sage. If ever there was a story of a boy and his dog, this is it! Twiggy’s name was changed and she was named after one of Ashley’s former teachers, Harper B . ( our first hint there might be a foster fail)
Ashley was a bit worried as she had never had a pit bull and of course people were telling her not to adopt this precious girl. Ashley went with her heart and more importantly Sage’s heart and adopted this wonderful girl who was headed to the landfill, not to ever have a life at all, until rescue stepped up.
The words on this photo are so powerful. The rescue and Ashley ” wanted ” Harper B, and chose to help her. Everyone including a special little boy, fell in love with this wonderful dog and Harper B fell in love with humans and was taught there is good in this world. Harper B was adopted and that B is for Blanton as she is a full fledged member of the family.
Many families do not get to chose their family members, but through adoption, you do get to chose, you do get to save a life, you do get to show love and compassion. I would say adopting makes us the lucky ones as we get to pick the ones that need us most.
( check out the pics… Harper B and Sage are growing up together, six years now and counting, what a wonderful life that was chosen for Harper B)