‘I think I found an abandoned puppy… took it to the vet they say it’s less than 8 weeks old and no chip.’: A malnourished stray dog’s heartwarming journey from tense highway rescue to immediate adoption by its savior into their furever family

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Nov 8, 2025 1:00 PM EST

At this point it feels almost ludicrous to think of the amount of doggo rescues that we have covered that took place on the side of a highway. For one, who has the lack of brains to stop on the side of a highway unless they are experiencing an emergency. And more so than that, to stop just to get rid of a puppy? You would have to be both dumb and demonic to do something like that.

But thankfully, for the amount of people who would be willing to do such a thing, there is an equal amount of people who are prepared to stop and save the pupper who had been abandoned. And this time around the story is full of wholesome moments and happy endings, so we hope that this canine story adds a delightful dose of pawsitivty to end your week on a sweet note.

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    I think I found an abandoned puppy... took it to the vet they say is less than 8 weeks old and no chip.
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    They said the shelters are full... so I have never owned a puppy. What do we need to get at least to survive tonight.
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    UPDATE: Found a puppy in a highway First of all thank you so much to everyone that gave me advice last Wednesday! I
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    truly appreciate how this community just rallied to support me given zero experience I have with dogs. So I wanted to give yinz an update.
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  • We do not point this out often enough here. It is truly wonderful how the internet comes to people aid in their time of need. Whether it is needing advice for something that you have never done before, or even asking for financial support to save a pupper’s life, more often than not the internet is there and ready to help.

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    • Wednesday After all your advice we got some puppy food, the potty pads, a leash and some treats.
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    • Thursday We took puppy to the vet. Their assessment was that they were overall healthy, a little underweight and that the
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    CENGAGE CHEMISTRY AN ATOMS FIRST APPROACH AN ATOMS FIRST APPROACH CHEMISTRY
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    wound in their eye was getting infected. Her guess was the puppy is about 7 weeks old. A Boxer pitbull mix. And they saw 1 flea
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    We went home with antibiotics. Heartworm and flea medicine for her and my cat. She also took a stool sample.
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    We posted the official "found a dog" report as that was the legal thing to do but vet and many friends said she was likely abandoned because she is a pit mix
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    We then went to buy all the other essentials: play pen, crate, toys, enzimatic cleaner, collar, etc We settled on the name Queka from Quesadilla.
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  • While it is incredibly sad to hear of yet another case of a Pit Bull being discarded because of their breed, it is rather wonderful to see how this fur family came together and rallied for their new four legged family member. Not to mention coming up with one of the more original names we have come across.

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    • Friday Cat and dog are settling pretty well together Toddler is smitten We started crate training and
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    • potty training This baby has so much energy Saturday Queka figured out how to to climb on top of
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    her crate and out the play pen she is smart... My 18 month old is pretty close to figuring out how to open
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    the play pen because she is also wicked smart. We will be outnumbered soon
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    Bought some books, watched some videos Queka successfully p d and p outside 80% of the time today
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    We know the road will be long and not easy all the time. But we are ready. Queka I think has bonded pretty fast with me and hubby.
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    Hubby works from home so he will handle a lot of the training. Grades are due at the university on dec 8 so I will be able to work from home more in a month to help.
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    Maybe being with puppy will be the secret to getting my research papers done All in all a great start. It's funny we are a one child and done household. But
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    yesterday i saw toddler playing with Queka and told my husband "The family feels complete now” ♥ hopefully in a few months she can join us camping
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    Thank you thank you again everyone! I couldn't have survived the last three days without all your advice
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