The Story of
Loco
By Kelly Potter
One day while i was just browsing my face book page
the story of Loco appeared on the Lumberjack Rescue site in Louisiana. Loco was
found by Mark who works for an oil/gas company in Shreveport, LA. . Mark
was checking well sights when he came upon Loco on the railroad tracks, curled
up, starved and alone. The local
veterinarian believed Loco would not have
lasted another day if Mark had not had the compassion to scoop up the pup into
his jacket and take him home. Mark
took photos that day of the pup knowing people would not believe what he found
on those tracks that day, July 16th.
Mark contacted Cora, his
co-worker, who is now fostering Loco, and Cora contacted Justin , who is the
head of the Lumberjack Rescue. Justin
agreed to bring the pup into the rescue.
Loco was immediately taken to the local vet where Loco was diagnosed
with Parvo and spent approx a week
receiving iv antibiotics and iv fluids. After some extended medical care, Loco
was finally released to Cora and was given his name, Loco, because he was
found on the RR tracks for the
locomotive. The story of Loco caught my eye
and my heart and soul, but Louisiana? I
talked to my sister who told me to go with my heart. I posted daily to the rescue sight, (as many
others, Loco had a huge following) and shared
my adventures of my two other dogs Hermie and Nellie and their
adventures at the Bark Park.
I found out Loco had a scheduled adopter but that the
adoption had not occurred. I scrambled
and started making contacts with the rescue and knew i had to put an
application in immediately. I sent a quick bio to the rescue stating what an
awesome home Loco would have here My
heart sank when i was told that another application had arrived prior to mine
and with a rescue sight it is first come
first serve, but that if for some reason it did not work out they would notify
me. I continued to post on the rescue
site sharing pictures and stories of my pups and their adventures at the Bark
Park and posted to the rescue that
i had to admit i was sad for myself, but
happy for Loco and the new adopter, and that as long as Loco was going to a
wonderful forever home, that is what rescuing is all about, and i had to put my
sadness aside.
But miracles can happen. A week later I received a private
message from Cora stating Justin wanted to talk to me. I quickly called Justin and was told that the
second adoption was not going to happen, the lady was heart- broken but asked
if Loco would be able to come to me since she had seen all my post of Nellie
and Hermie at the Bark Park. I believe
Justin could have heard me without a phone all the way to Louisiana when I heard Loco was mine.
It has been a month now and the rescue has been
over flowing down south with new dogs
coming in daily which has taken up a lot of their time. They have been working
with Pilots for Paws trying to get Loco
home to me, but cannot fill all the legs
of the trip. Other avenues have been
looked at and unfortunately there is always a missing link. I reached out to the place that I call a
piece of heaven, stating I needed angels to help me get my baby home. Thanks to
the support and love at Conneaut Lake Bark Park Loco will make it home to
Meadville. The Bark Park has decided to
initiate a new program The Lucky Loco
Foundation that will not only help my
baby boy, but other rescues in the future.
God bless the rescuers for all
they do, the volunteers and for Conneaut Lake Bark Park …….for bringing my baby
home.
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| Kelly Potter with her two canine loves Hermie and Nellie. We look forward to future photos of the whole family once Loco arrives! |
