Injured abandoned husky found near dog park starved of affection finds furever home thanks to dog lover who wouldn’t dump her at shelter, says: ‘I’ve never in my life had a husky… but that girl stole my heart in one night.’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Mar 30, 2026 10:45 AM EDT

If you thought that a dog had to have something wrong with them to be abandoned, then you will come to find through this story that some people simply cannot handle the responsibility of raising a doggo.

It is a crying shame the way that some dogs are treated. Purchased as pure breeds, revered for their looks and characteristics, but when things start going wrong, when the dog you purchased begins malfunctioning or even just not functioning the way you would like it to, then it is time to dump it and get a new one. As though it is some sort of electronics product that can be picked up off the shelf and expected to work properly out the box.

But the truth is that in doing so there is a cost, both to the sweet dog you have discarded like e-waste and the person who will eventually come across your dog and have to make up for all the misery that you have caused your dog. This is a story of such a case, and thankfully it is one which has quite the happy and wholesome ending. 
 

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    "I think her previous owners got her as a puppy and weren't prepared to deal with the teenager years."
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    So on Thursday last week around 5 pm I found this young female husky near the dog park I bring my adult female German Shepherd to regularly. She was loose in
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    the street by the entrance, wearing a well- worn nice quality pink collar that was just barely big enough for her, with an old, ratty rope toy from the dog park tied to it.
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    She was a bit dirty and had bad sores on her ear tips from aggressive scratching. I brought her into the dog park (she ran in happily) and stayed with her
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    there until sundown when I go home. She was very happy for water but not very interested in treats. She wasn't bony- looking or feeling. I ran my hand over
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    her ribs and they felt adequately padded. None of us regulars at the park recognized her or anything, and none of them would take her home, so I brought
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    her home with me. She happily indulged in every affection I gave her, so | believe she was starved for attention. She was very playful and friendly with everyone at the
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  • Even when you do not know the backstory of a doggo, you can tell a lot about them by the way that they respond to affection. Some will shy away from you, choosing to hide in the spot that they feel safest in. This shows that they were treated badly by hoomans who should have known better. Some will try to approach but instantly run away the moment you touch them. This shows they are desperate for love but unsure about trusting you. And then you have puppers like this one who are so thirsty for affection, attention and love that the moment you give them a taste they are all in and all about it. 

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    dog park and wasn't afraid of anyone or any of the dogs. So, she stayed in my tiny duplex overnight, and I checked her over for any ticks, fleas, injuries, etc. I found her left
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    ear was tender in the deep, horizontal part and had pus coming up, so I cleaned it out as best as I could. Her right ear was dry and crusted with ear wax, so l cleaned it out
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    too. No visible redness though. Her ear tips were the worst. Smelled like roadk I. I gently cleaned them and just kept her from scratching any more. And she tried to scratch
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    a lot. If her claws hadn't been worn down from lots of walking on asphalt and cement then she would have dug open the back of my hand. I think she spent a lot
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  • Oh goodness what a sorry state for such a loving doggo to be found in. We can only hope that these injuries have been incurred after being dumped, because if a pupper was being cared for by a hooman in this condition then the hooman was really not taking care of their pupper in any way shape or form. This doggo has just been so lucky to have come across such a kind and caring hooman who would dedicate so much time and effort to tending to her various ailments. Especially after such a strained life so far. 
     

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    of time outside before and the flies would come and land on her ears and she'd scratch them away, which ended up scratching the fur off and then her ears got sunburned,
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    which made her scratch even more and started ripping the skin and the scabs never had a chance to heal it cause she would keep scratching them. Kids, man.
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    Anyway, the next day, I had posted this info about her on all the lost pet places I could, took her to get checked for a microchip, and started calling shelters and rescues. No
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    one would take her. My heart started to sink cause dumping her at the county shelter was basically a dh sentence. I couldn't do that to her, but I couldn't keep her, either, no matter how
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    much I wanted to. I know what I can and can't manage in my life and situation right now and a rambunctious young husky with a lot of vet bills in her immediate
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    future is not possible. I have a tiny place and am broke and jobless, I may very well be homeless by the end of the year, and my old dog wasn't super impressed with
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    this young girl, so I knew I had to find a good home for her. Luck struck that night after 5 when I was taking the two dogs to the dog park and I got a call from a lady in town who hated the
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    county shelter, they have employees who get off on te.. ing the dogs and k I anything that shows signs of kennel fatigue. She already had the maximum
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    allowed number of animals, all female huskies, but wanted to come meet Cleo. She came to the park and met this sweetheart and decided then that she would take her home.
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    she had a big enclosed yard with lots of shady cool spots and she has the means to get her some medical attention, so Cleo went home with her and I couldn't
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    be happier. I've never in my life had a husky or spent any significant time with one in my care or anything but that girl stole my heart in one night. I think her previous
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    owners got her as a puppy and weren't prepared to deal with the teenager years. I can tell huskies take a lot of work and attention. They are needy animals. But I
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    think you get out of it what you put into it. Anyway, I don't really have a lot of friends and wanted to
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    share my one and only experience sort of halfway rescuing a really sweet husky.
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