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Last week we got this wonderful picture in the Your Community e-mail. This was the message attached to the photo:

My name is Toni Levine and I live in New Castle, Virginia.  This picture was taken and entered into a Halloween Contest for Chris Rescue Angels.  So far, she is ahead of the next closest by 35 votes.  We titled the picture "Hairy Scarey".

I replied back to Toni and asked a few more questions about this unconventionally beautiful pooch. This is the story she sent me today:

She has a history...her name is Sassy and she came from a horrible puppy mill in Texas.  She came out with a younger male (they are yorkies) and she was sick.  I was to foster both of them but all he would do was lay with her day and night.  She is an old soul and we felt like it would hurt his chances of being adopted so he was moved to another foster home.  (He has since been adopted to a wonderful forever home).  I vowed to try to help her move forward...she stayed curled up in a ball 90% of the time and didn't interact with any other dogs in my home.  Slowly, day by day, over the last year, I have watched her take baby steps and then some MAJOR steps.  She started by coming into the computer room where I spend several hours a day and where all of the puppy beds are.  She picked one and laid in it as long as I was there.  Next thing I knew, she was laying with one of my other tinies....slowly, she explored the toy basket and started taking treats.  I have had her a year now and my rescue group has decided she is not adoptable and shouldn't be moved.  Her newest best friend is my husband....whenever he sits down, she comes and asks him to pick her up and she curls up next to him.  It has been amazing watching her take these HUGE steps.  She will never be a "normal" dog but she is at peace and happy here and she knows she is loved.

Now, about the picture.....she had been rolling and rolling on my husbands chair where there is a nice, soft blanket and it is directly under a ceiling fan.  She got static electricity and my husband yelled for me to come with my camera.  It was perfect timing and the perfect shot!!! 

 Please go to www.chrisrescueangels.com and view our website.  If you go to the Halloween Contest and hit pictures, they will all pop up.  I have 3 in the contest....Scooter, Murray Victor and Hairy Scarey.  As you can see, Hairy Scarey is up front and everyone is pulling for her to win. 

I hope you will also take some time to read about us and what we do.  We just adopted a dog to a couple in Belgium and they fly over in 21 days to pick him up.  We also have a monthly newsletter on the site that you can read. 

Thank you SO much for wanting to feature her.....she is very special. 

Toni Levine

Board of Directors, Chris' Rescue Angels

Foster Mom to Sassy

Mom to Murray Victor, HWY, Oreo, Haley, Taz, Scooter, Vanna, KayDee

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