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Lucy’s story is all too familiar. Her and her 10 littermates
were abandoned. Luckily, that’s not where her story ends.
Linda, manager of our customer care team, was working at a community-supported agriculture (CSA) site nine years ago, where she found puppy Lucy and her siblings in a barn onsite. Someone had abandoned them in the middle of the night without a word.
“She was just 5-6 weeks old and fit in the palm of my hand.”
Linda said.
The runt of the litter, Lucy was traumatized by the other
puppies, so a farm mechanic built a box for her to keep her safe and comforted.
There, she spent her puppyhood at Linda’s desk. She also suffered from a few
health issues, including a sensitive stomach and skin issues. As the puppies
grew, they were put up for adoption. While the healthy, larger dogs were adopted,
Lucy was passed over because of her high maintenance needs.
Linda, her husband being recently diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s, was looking for ways to keep him engaged. She brought the puppy
home, and there was an immediate bond with Linda’s husband. Lucy and her man
were inseparable for the next 6 years.
Due to her grain intolerance, Lucy was fed homemade meals
augmented with Hill’s prescription diet. When Linda started working at Darwin’s,
Lucy was switched over to our raw meals. She has been a Darwin’s dog for five
years now.
“Now she is a healthy, 27-pound bundle of high energy.” Linda
said.
She no longer suffers from skin issues, runny eyes, upset
tummy and a multitude of veterinary bills. Although Lucy is still an
opportunistic eater that can’t pass up a treat.
She came to be an office dog at Darwin’s 3 years ago when
her man, Linda’s husband, moved to a care facility. Lonely at home and missing
the environment of a full house, Linda thought it would benefit Lucy to come into
the office to socialize. The experience has been beneficial and she’s learned
to better socialize with other dogs.
Lucy is an empathetic, timid, quiet, gentle, people-centric
dog. She is protective of her humans and even learned to alert the household
and caregivers when her man was engaging in a behavior that would lead to harm
or accidents.
She enjoys chasing a ball, whether it’s on land or over
water. Her energy outlasts whoever she suckers into a game of fetch. Kimberly,
a customer care representative, always takes her breaks to toss the ball for
Lucy.
Lucy also looks forward to going on 2-3-mile hikes with Linda
and enjoys running reconnaissance in circles around her.
“Miss Lucy and I live out in the woods, and she begins and
ends her days with a walkabout, chasing the resident geese away from the
blueberries, reading the doggy ‘newspaper,’ and stopping at her favorite
neighbor’s houses for treats.” Linda said.
Eleanor, the customer care supervisor who also came from the
same CSA and has helped take care of Lucy over the last nine years, enjoys
taking her home and binging Netflix on the couch. Lucy also enjoys spending a
night or weekend with customer care representative Shenille, whether it be a
night in or an adventure outdoors.
Lucy has come a long way, from being the runt of her litter,
abandoned in a barn of a CSA to a spoiled office dog that gets all the
attention she could ever ask for from her Darwin’s family.
Feel free to send us stories of your rescued pets! We would
love to hear about the love that we all share for our four-legged family
members by using the hashtag #sharedlove.
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