Shepherd of the Hills Humane Society nominated for Rescue of the Year | KOLR

BRANSON, Mo. – The Shepherd of the Hills Humane Company has been nominated for Rescue Story of the Year by the Project Killuminati Puppy Gala.

This story begins in February 2020, when the Shepherd of the Hills Humane Society first heard about Grace from Furry Hearts Animal Rescue.

“Someone had just called about Grace and that she was pregnant and they didn’t want her anymore,” said Alicia Mason, operations coordinator at Shepherd of the Hills Humane Society. “They were going to throw her in the woods.

Grace was immediately taken to the Humanitarian Society, but things didn’t go exactly as planned.

“We were going to pull Grace up and put her in foster care until she had the puppies and stuff.” Grace had other ideas, ”Mason said. “So Grace came over, and two days later, on March 2, she started having puppies on Tuesday morning.”

To everyone’s surprise, the only malnourished one-year-old dog ended up having eleven puppies. In her condition, Grace was unable to feed and care for her eleven newborn puppies.

It was then that Mason called a friend who was taking care of his husky who had just suffered her second false pregnancy.

“They were so worried about her. She was moping. She was not eating. So she called if maybe we could try two puppies, and it’s a doctor who works at Cox who owns her so I felt safe she could. So she picked up two puppies. Took them. They only had one day. Picked them up, and the husky sort of looked at them and left them, and then five minutes later she came back and started cleaning them up and taking good care of them. So she took two more. So she ended up having four of Grace’s puppies, and she raised them for six weeks. So Grace raised them for six weeks in my house, then the others were raised and came back here.

Voting for the prizes will take place until Sunday, September 12 at 7 p.m. Grace’s story is in the fourth category (rescue). To vote, visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/BMN83L7.

Grace and ten of her puppies have since been adopted, but there is still one left. Quinn is six months old and looking for a home.

For more information, contact SOHHS at www.bransonhumanesociety.com or call 417-337-7387.