We are so glad to report that Peggy Sue came to us on May 7th, transferred from A Shelter Friend. She was found wandering in Elizabethtown NC with her leg just torn from her body. Near death, she was found along the road and taken in by Animal Control.

She had her leg amputated up at the very top by Dr. Stephanie Reitz at the Virginia Beach Veterinary Hospital on May 8th. Dr. Reitz said that based on the infection that had started in the bone of her leg and the status of her injury she thought Peggy Sue had been trying to survive with that horrible injury for FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS!!! Can you imagine that poor beagle girl trying to just survive while in such pain? It was touch and go for awhile and they almost lost her in / after surgery. She had been weakened by tons of parasites for which she is being treated (but at least she was heartworm negative) and severe blood loss. She's been vaccinated, but we are not going to even think of spaying her till she's had a chance for her body to recover from all the trauma. Little Peggy Sue is estimated to be about 11 months old.