The box contained two precious souls 🥺
By Ashley Ortiz
Published on Aug 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Late one evening, volunteer rescuer Arturo Flores received a call for help that nearly catapulted him out of bed. The caller reported finding an adult poodle mix tied to a railing in the middle of a dark alleyway, and there was an open cardboard box next to her with two tiny souls left behind.
When Flores arrived at the scene moments later, his heart dropped. The poodle’s two little puppies, who’d been left in the box, were circling her as she lay defeated on the ground.
“[She] was tied so tightly to a railing that you couldn’t even slip two fingers under the leash around her neck,” Suzette Hall, founder of Logan’s Legacy 29, wrote on Facebook. “She just laid there, covered in fleas, defeated, waiting and waiting for someone who was never coming back.”
Thankfully, Flores reached the family just in time. He scooped the puppies up, then carefully freed their mom. He drove the little family straight to Camino Pet Hospital, where a loving veterinary team got a closer look at the pups’ conditions.
“Two little boys and their brave mama,” Hall wrote. “All three of them were crawling with fleas — so many, they were literally jumping off of them.”
The mama dog and her puppies were extremely uncomfortable when they first arrived at the clinic, but they soon received relieving baths and flea-removal treatments.
Before long, the mama dog and her pups were cleaned, free of pests and smiling like never before.
“Mama looks like a whole new dog,” Hall wrote. “Her spirit [is] slowly shining through.”
It didn’t take long for the mama dog, later named Infinity and Beyond, and her pups, Axel and Buzz, to find a loving foster home. As the weeks passed in foster care, Infinity and Beyond and her babies began to thrive.
Soon, Infinity and Beyond regained her puppy-like spirit and her sense of safety.
“[She’s] so beautiful, so strong and finally free from the pain of her past,” Hall wrote on Facebook. “All those long days and nights of lying in an alley protecting her babies are over.”
It’s been over a month since this fluffy family’s rescue, and they are doing better than ever. The puppies are slowly weaning off their mom and will soon be ready for adoption.
Hall is hopeful that all three pups will find loving forever homes soon. Until then, she’ll keep soaking up all the update videos she receives from their foster mom — a reminder of just how far they’ve come.
“From abandoned and forgotten to cherished and safe, this is the power of rescue, the power of second chances,” Hall wrote on Facebook. “This little family is proof that love heals.”
To inquire about adopting Infinity and Beyond, Axel or Buzz, reach out to Suzette Hall on Facebook.
To help pups like Infinity and Beyond and her babies get the help they need, you can donate to Logan’s Legacy here.
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Woman Finds Dog Living In A Ditch — Then Sees She’s Guarding A Tiny Life
Such a good mama 😍
A couple was recently driving in Fresno, California, when they spotted an abandoned dog in a ditch next to the road. They got out of the car to investigate and were shocked to find that the dog was guarding a secret: her tiny puppy.
As the couple was from out of town, they couldn’t take the dogs with them. They left them some blankets and food and called a local rescue, who reached out to Fresno Humane Animal Services for help.
Priscilla Wolcott, a Fresno Humane Animal Services animal control officer, quickly arrived at the scene. At first, she had a bit of trouble finding the pups and was worried she wouldn’t be able to save them.
Then, she saw the mama dog’s head pop out from the ditch. She had her days-old puppy right next to her.
“The puppy was really cold because it had been raining all night the night before,” Wolcott told The Dodo.
Wolcott was worried that the mama had other babies hidden out of sight. But after thoroughly searching around the area, it became clear that it was just the two of them.
As an animal control officer, Wolcott is never sure whether a dog she’s rescuing will be wary of humans. But to her surprise, the mama was sweet, docile and completely trusting.
“She was kind of just accepting of the help,” Wolcott said. “She was probably just waiting for someone to stop by and pick her and her baby up.”
Fresno Humane Animal Services reached out to some of their rescue partners to see if anyone would be able to take the two dogs. Within just a few hours, Friends of the Tracy Animal Shelter sent a foster to pick up the mama and her baby.
“I’m grateful that she made it out,” Wolcott said. “She had endured so much living off the side of the road, trying to protect her baby … Her baby was so chunky and well-fed. So even with everything [they dealt with], she was such a good mama.”
The rescue named them Momma Maisie and Oreo. Both were struggling when they first arrived at their foster home. Momma Maisie was emaciated and dealing with multiple parasites. Oreo was so young that she had to be tube-fed around the clock by their foster.
But in the weeks since their rescue, both have transformed into strong, happy, thriving dogs. Oreo weighs over 7 pounds, and according to the shelter, she’s very “strong-willed.” Momma Maisie is now at a healthy weight, thanks to her special high-protein diet.
In a few weeks, Oreo will be old enough to be spayed. Soon after, she and Momma Maisie will be available for adoption through Friends of the Tracy Animal Shelter. From dumped in a ditch to cozy in a loving home — it’s the happy ending they deserve.
To support other animals like these dogs, you can make a donation to Fresno Humane Animal Services here. To support Momma Maisie and Oreo, you can buy something from their wishlist here.
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