PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: Mr. Piggums Gallery'

Mr. Piggums/PILGRIM

His Rescuers

The Boy was a wreck.

Where was found and whence he was rescued.

Member, Dog-of-the-Month Club!

Making Progress

SAFE AT HOME!

Me And Mr P, chillin, aloha-style^^^...

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS:
|>Late last year, around Thanksgiving, we were contacted by our friends at

Valencia County Animal Control

about a cruelty case kiddo they had just taken custody of PILGRIM was chained his whole life (appx 9yrs) on the hottest of days & the coldest of nights. All alone....& regularly "attacked by other dogs". He was emaciated, covered in wounds all over his body (many fresh & many in different stages of healing) including trauma to his right eye which resulted in loss of vision. He suffered from Ehrlichia & Anaplasmosis as well as advanced periodontal disease & he was riddled with infection. PILGRIM is a very sweet #ElderBull who was tormented & horribly neglected VCAC charged his people with Animal Cruelty, they were found guilty in court & were ordered to pay $800 to NMDOG in restitution. We hope they will never elect to get another dog again, but like we tell all of our kids...."Living well is the best revenge & its time to get busy".

We tended to all of PILGRIMS medical needs & held his paw during months of physical & emotional healing. We put his Christmas wishes on the NMDOG Giving Tree, we took him on TV as our #KRQE #PetOfTheWeek, he was featured as the

Quality Mazda

NMDOG of the Month, we LoVed & adored him, we let him nibble on our earlobes & we taught him good boy manners Despite all of his wonderful, #AdoraBull & endearing qualities...due to PILGRIMS ElderBull age, a lifetime spent fighting off other dogs at the end of his chain as a means of survival & never living inside of a home before (as well as a handful of special needs medical conditions).....finding his soft spot in the world was going to be a bit more challenging. We are used to challenges here at NMDOG, they build character...& they also build NMDOG programs like "Home Sanctuary" ....which our oinky little PIGIMS certainly qualifies for!

As part of the NMDOG #HomeSanctuary Program, we pledge to provide for PILGRIMS financial lifetime care as long as he is happy in a perfect just right FoReVeR Piggy home We are so incredibly fortunate to be able to offer this program to our special needs babies who have roadblocks & challenges to traditional adoption. Because of you #NMDOGvillage, as well as our super dedicated Veterinary Care providers, the best Home Sanctuary Care Parents you could ever imagine & the ongoing support of the good humans at the

The Grey Muzzle Organization

....we are able to offer these deserving Dogs the very best outcome. The NMDOG Home Sanctuary Program is certainly a #TEAMeffort & it is, paws down, 110% worth it!

PILGRIMS #FoReVeRfoster Dad is not new to the Home Sanctuary Family. He was also FoReVeR Foster Dad to our dearly beloved NMDOG NOBEL NOBEL was chained all 10 years of his life. Thankfully, he was able to spend his last (& very best) in the good company of our friend Woody & his NMDOG Foster Sister TASHA. TASHA has since found her happily ever FoReVeR & Woody was again in need of a couch potato companion. Its working out very nicely & everyone is content & happy....we are so grateful that PILGRIM has his very own home now!! He really needed one AND we needed to keep our promise to TASHA & NOBEL...which was to find their Dad another Senior Dog in need to chill with. We recently made it officially official so PILGRIM & Woody each bid on an Hawaiian shirt in the

NMDOG 2020 Summer Auction

to celebrate #StinkinAdorable Aloha!!

Thank you to each of you that makes this incredibly important work possible. Without you, we are nothing & without NMDOG, so many would continue to suffer. #HappyTail #UNchained #OurPromiseIsFoReVeR #SeniorDogsRule #OneEyeNoProblem #LivingHisBestLife #PibblePower

If you are able, please consider a tax deductible donation to help us continue to provide Home Sanctuary safety & security to the 14 kiddos currently in the NMDOG Home Sanctuary Program. You can #DONATE securely via the donate button on this post. 

THANK YOU Xo We & the Dogs grrrrreatly appreciate you!!!"

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SELF-SUFFICIENCY for Rugged Individualists:

 

SELF-SUFFICIENCY for Rugged Individualists:

"A day in the Life of Suzy, Republican mom.

~Suzy gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.

~With her first swallow of coffee, she takes her daily medication. Her medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised.

~All but $10 of her medications are paid for by her employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Suzy gets it too.

~She prepares her morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Suzy's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

~In the shower, Suzy reaches for her shampoo. Her bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for her right to know what she was putting on her body and how much it contained.

~Suzy dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air she breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air.

~She walks to the subway station for her government-subsidized ride to work. It saves her considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

~Suzy begins her work day. She has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Suzy's employer pays these standards because Suzy's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.

~If Suzy is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, she'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think she should lose her home because of her temporary misfortune.

~Soon, it's noon and Suzy needs to make a bank deposit so she can pay some bills. Suzy's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Suzy's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.

~Suzy has to pay her Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and her below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Suzy and the government would be better off if she was educated and earned more money over her lifetime.

~Suzy now gets home from work. She plans to visit her father this evening at his farm home in the country. She gets in her car for the drive. Her car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards.

~She arrives at her childhood home. Her generation was the third to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification 30 years ago.

~Suzy's happy to see her father, who is now retired. Her father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Suzy wouldn't have to.

~Suzy gets back in her car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Sue enjoys throughout her day. ~Suzy agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm self-made and believe everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."