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| Riley and Star |
In May my boyfriend and I took a trip to Nicaragua where we
saw abandoned and malnourished stray dogs everywhere. It was overwhelming to see this number of
street dogs. We wanted to pack them up and take them home. By the end of our trip we were on a small Caribbean
Island called Little Corn; staying in beach bungalows run by a couple from Fort
Collins, Colorado. On our first night we
met Star, an extremely abused yet loving island dog. She had open wounds covering her entire neck which
we found out later came from her owner hanging her by lobster rope - a thick,
coarse fishing rope. Immediately we
wanted to give her a better life, so for the next week we planned how to take
her back with us to California.
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| Star riding in the car |
To make a long story short, Star’s escape off the island
included a wheelbarrow and boat ride in a small covered crate to keep her
concealed, a taxi ride and then a short trip in a 12-seat airplane. This all took place on her first day off the
island that had no cars and a population of 1,000. When we arrived in Managua, the capital city
of Nicaragua, we spent five stressful hours running around obtaining her
paperwork, getting her shots, getting her airplane crate and getting her ready
for her flight the next morning. After
spending the night on the floor in the airport, we put Star on the plane headed
for San Francisco. After a layover in
Houston, she arrived later that night ready to start her new life.
Five days after seeing her first car, having her first plane
ride and receiving her first toy, Star was adopted by our family friends Gianni
and Melanie.
Star now has a loving family, a big brother named Riley, a lab mix 3 times
her size, and a little sister named Abby, a cocker spaniel. She is so happy to be living in Danville with
her new family who love her so much. Her
wounds have healed and her life of abuse is forever behind her.
Meghan and Patrick
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