It’s been 3 weeks since our miracle girl “Sweetie Pie” was returned to the temple. After a months stay at the N-do Animal Hospital where she recovered from full paralysis of all 4 limbs due to a herniated disk, Sweetie Pie became a very loved and special girl to all who came in contact with her during her struggle to walk again.
All of us at Hand to Paw have made a pact that we WILL find Sweetie Pie a forever home. She was unceremoniously dumped at the Wat Huay Sai temple a week before she was paralyzed and by no other option placed back again in a pack of 10 other temple puppies and adult dogs.

Sweetie Pie had become used to the constant care and loving, gentle words to get her through each day. She was petted, held and walked daily by the doctors, hospital caretakers and members of Hand to Paw.

Although I still drop by the temple almost everyday to check on her, my heart breaks to see that she is not in a loving home where she belongs, but a temple where she has become lost and unseen. Singled out by me from the others with each visit, I am met with wagging tail and little whimpers of pleasure.

She remains by my side for her daily walks around the temple grounds. I find her company pure pleasure and always have a smile on my face in her company.
She is still under weight, but eating well. In the environment of a loving home I am sure the weight will come on quickly, raising her stamina and endurance. She still tires easily after a half hour or so of playing and walking around the temple grounds. This is to be expected due to her trauma, but with time she should be back the full energy of a one year old dog. She is small in stature and weighs about 9 kilos. She has been completely vaccinated and will be spayed as soon as the doctors give her the all clear for the procedure.

Sweet and soft, gentle and calm, Sweetie Pie would make the perfect addition to any home looking for a small dog that requires nothing but love. If you would like to meet, foster or make Sweetie Pie a part of your family, please contact Joy at joyh@premcenter.org. We will continue to post news of Sweetie Pie until we accomplish our mission of finding her a new home.
Please view the before and after clips of her recovery.

- Joy Huss, Hand to Paw Temple Outreach

If you like to see Sweetie Pie in motion pictures just follow these links and click the links on the next page:

See how she looks at the start of the treatment: Before
See her now after her recovery : After