A dog on a chain can have puppies today!

A mother dog who grew up on a leash gets a chance to become a puppy todayThere’s something splashing around, the sun at his back, his worries far behind.

“He has that quirky spirit that a lot of pit bulls have that has allowed him to go through hell and come out on the other side with a huge smile on his face and a wagging tail.”In Misha’s case, that inferno was a burning rooftop in the resort town of Tulum, Mexico, where he spent most of his life at the end of the chain.

An animal rescuer in this beach town had heard of Misha’s plight. Its owner was trying to give it to his puppies. He was overwhelmed.

When Katie Cirelli and Lisa Edwards of Help Tulum Dogs found Misha, it wasn’t too soon. Just a thin board protected the dog and her puppies from the Mexican sun. Food and water were scarce.

“It was clear that neither the cubs nor the mother would survive much longer.”

As for Misha’s owner.

“I just went back to her house and told her the truth, which was that the puppies were all very sick, that they would all die without proper care and shelter, and that we were ready to find them good homes.”

Maingam agreed.
The rescuer does not have his own shelter. Neither does the city of Tulum. So Kyrelly took Misha and her seven cubs home.

Two of the puppies will die from parvovirus. But nearly a year after that fateful July rooftop encounter, Cairelli’s group, with the help of rescue partner Lost Dog Foundation, found forever homes for all the remaining pups with families in North America.

They were moved away from that hellish and bad roof to homes in Vancouver, British Columbia and Richmond, Virginia.
Misha is being cared for in Vancouver, where she has been reunited with her daughter Pepita.
While her daughter has found a home there, Misha is still looking for a home.

Life as a beachgoer seems to have turned back the clock. Misha, his guardians realized, is only three and a half years old.

“He’s younger than we originally thought.”