Rogue's Story

Rogue was sort of a celebrity at the shelter.  She had a touching story that really exemplifies why shelters are needed so badly.

The summer of 2013 had some very hot spells where temperatures got into the high 90s and stayed there for over a week.

While we were sitting in the cool air of our air conditioned house, Rogues story was unfolding in a ditch about 30 miles away.

Rogue was found in a ditch in Clark County with three puppies.  She had kept the puppies alive and healthy while she was wasting away in the ditch in that 90+ degree heat with high humidity.  She was underweight, had contracted Lymes disease and her poor ears had been bitten terribly by horseflies.  She was in bad shape, but her puppies were in excellent shape.

Rogue was brought to CCHS and the puppies and mom were well cared for.  The staff at CCHS gave mom the name Rogue.

Rogue's Adoption Picture

After being treated by the vet, Rogue started on a regimen of antibiotics to take care of the Lymes disease and on July 25th she was spayed (this is the day before we met her).

While we meet Rogue on Friday the 26th of July, it was on Saturday that Rogue was adopted by another family.  I don't know their story, nor do I want to speculate, but they returned her to the shelter on Monday morning (just before we showed up after deciding, at the last minute, to go back to this shelter).  All I do know is that they felt she was an outside dog.

Now, I have experience with "outside dogs" because my former Border Collie/Lab mix was an outside dog until he was about 8 years old...and was trained to be one of the best inside dogs you could ever want.  So the designation of an "outside dog" doesn't scare me.

Fortunately, Rogue story at the shelter ends with her being adopted by our family the very same day she was returned.

In the prior month, Rogue has cared for her puppies in a ditch during the hottest part of summer.  She had contracted lymes disease and her ears were eaten raw by horseflies.  She was brought to CCHS, cared for, healed and adopted by a family that returned her 48 hours later.  Then, finally adopted by us and brought home on July 31st.

Rogue had a very difficult July, but we are glad she made it and is now part of our family.