“She loves attention and is not afraid to approach you when she wants to be loved.”
Published on Jan 13, 2023 at 2:55 PM
Twinkle was found in June wandering the streets of Miami all alone and was taken in by True and Faithful Pet Rescue Mission. She was extremely thin and her teeth were rotting, and she quickly began receiving all of the love and attention she needed and deserved.
“She spent a couple weeks recovering at the vet’s office from surgery and began to put on weight,” Lisa Letson, president and founder of True and Faithful Pet Rescue Mission, told The Dodo. “She gained weight, and what a doll she became! She was adopted [at] the beginning of September to a nice family, and they seemed amazing.”
Right around Christmas, the rescue received an email from Twinkle’s new family saying that, after four months of having her, they wanted to return her.
Apparently, Twinkle would scream all through the night because she wanted to sleep in bed with her new parents. The family had other senior Chihuahuas as well and wouldn’t let any of them sleep in bed with them, so they decided Twinkle wasn’t a good fit and brought her back to the rescue.
“Twinkle was beyond devastated and confused,” Madison Mulvihill, social media coordinator at True and Faithful Pet Rescue, told The Dodo. “I remember walking [into] the main dog room to see she was sitting in the corner on a dog bed, closed off and shaking with fear. She looked at you with such confusion on her face and pain in her heart. The owners handed her over the fence during the time of her return. She continued to look back at that fence, and it’s so hard because we can’t explain why someone would do this to her.”
All Twinkle wanted was to cuddle with her family all night long, and it broke her heart that they couldn’t give her that. Everyone at the rescue was absolutely crushed for her. They’d all loved her from the very beginning and didn’t understand how anyone could return such a sweet little soul.
“Twinkle is not only just adorable, but she has the biggest personality despite being only 3 and a half pounds,” Mulvihill said. “She loves attention and is not afraid to approach you when she wants to be loved. She is so joyful and has the cutest little hops when she treads through the grass at the ranch. She is a total snuggle bug, leash trained, and gets along with other dogs. She will paw at your hand when she wants to be scratched.”
After she arrived back at the rescue, Twinkle’s friends posted about her on TikTok in the hope that someone would resonate with her story — and the entire internet quickly fell in love with her. The rescue’s email was quickly flooded with adoption requests, and now Twinkle is ready to head off to her new forever home.
“Her new family has six other dogs and a massive king bed with plenty of room for her to sleep in with her new family at night,” Mulvihill said. “This senior will be living out the rest of [her] life knowing what true love [is].”
Twinkle just wants to love and be loved as much as possible, and she’s finally found a family who will accept her for exactly who she is.
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Woman Does A Double Take When She Sees ‘Huddled Up’ Pile Of Babies
They were fending for themselves 💔
A few years ago, Carolina Wildlife Conservation Center (CWCC) got a call about some orphaned baby skunks who needed their help. The rescuers wasted no time tracking down the pile of fluffballs fending for themselves on the side of the road.
“When I arrived, they were all huddled up,” a CWCC rescuer said in a video for The Dodo.
The CWCC team carefully transported all eight babies to their rescue facility and conducted thorough health exams for all of them. While most of the skunks were doing fine, the smallest one appeared to be struggling.
The rescuers decided to name the runt of the litter Angel Wing. Angel Wing stood out among her siblings not only for her size, but also because of her unique coloring.
“She was one of the only ones with a black body and a little white head,” the CWCC rescuer said.
Thankfully, after just a week of care, Angel Wing was feeling much better. Once she was fully recovered, her rescuers started getting to know her rambunctious personality.
“She was able to pull through, and in such a big way, and just come out and be this little but mighty character,” CWCC said.
Even though she was still the smallest, Angel Wing quickly established herself as the troublemaker of the group. She instigated wrestling matches with her siblings and was the most vocal of all of them.
“Angel Wing would just be wreaking havoc,” CWCC said.
Together, Angel wing and her littermates would stomp around and dig down into their enclosures. As chaotic as it was sometimes, it was crucial for their development to all play in that way.
“It’s important for them to all learn together,” CWCC said. “Then they don’t imprint on humans.”
CWCC notes that if you ever come across a baby skunk who’s been without their mom for 24 hours or who appears lethargic or cold, call a wildlife rescue group for help.
Before long, it became clear that all eight of the baby skunks were strong and independent enough to return to the wild. While the CWCC rescuers were concerned about Angel Wing when she first arrived, they had no worries about her anymore.
“[She] probably will be the boss of the forest,” CWCC said.
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