Independent dog rescuer Leslie Ysuhuaylas was out with Rebecca Callister, director for animal services at New Life IFS Rescue, in an East Texas neighbourhood rescuing a dog and her three puppies when they spotted another dog nearby.

The skinny stray crawled toward them with a two-pound chain still wrapped around her neck as she begged them for help. The one-year-old dog looked sickly and was hesitant and unsure of people, but she had nowhere else to turn.

They figured the dog had been dumped on the streets by her owner, but it turned out she, along with the mother dog and pups, belonged to a local resident who obviously wasn’t taking care of them. So the two women spoke to the owner…
