Moose
Moose: On the evening of 10 April 2023, we helped our precious 12-year-old Moose across the bridge. Moose was my Big Baby. He had an absolutely wretched life prior to rescue and I only hope that we were able to make it up to him in his final years at Leashes End. Moose joined Leashes End on September 12, 2020. He had been languishing at the Raleigh Humane Society in West Virginia for months, after being turned in as a stray … for the umpteenth time in his life. Moose was incontinent as a result of an old back and hip injury, which also caused lameness in his back paws. The orthopedic surgeon who treated Moose opined that someone shattered Moose’s lower spine and left hip with a baseball bat; probably the same someone who shot Moose with an air rifle, leaving a pellet lodged in his lung. By the time we let him go, Moose was barely ambulatory and was struggling to breathe due to pulmonary fibrosis. Despite all this, Moose was about the friendliest, most easy-going dog you could ever meet. He was calm and affable with the other dogs and cats. He shared a special friendship with tiny Mouse and never complained when tiny Walter sat on him as if he were a sofa! He wore a perpetual good-natured smile and he LOVED chicken and treats. But mostly, Moose loved being loved … he loved belonging to a family, getting to be an indoor dog, and especially getting to sleep in bed with his Mom and canine siblings at night. We will miss you forever, Moose. Rest In Peace and may your memory be a blessing, Z”L.