GREAT NEWS….. Mavis is HOME. Yesterday sweet Mavis joined Penny Feller and daughter Johnalee of Waukesha, WI. Everyone was all smiles as they departed together. Mavis was born on the streets of New Delhi, India.
A young girls dream come true … Having a Puppy of her very own to care for, train and have fun new adventures together. And for Mavis … It goes without saying her wildest dreams have come true – a family to love her and a whole new world filled with safety, com…fort and fun adventures. Quite a different fate than the vast majority of puppies born to the streets in India and many countries around the world.
None of this would have been possible without the devotion, hard work and unwavering commitment of her rescuers… My heroes….Pragya Mishra and Isobel Grant. Yes it’s true you can’t save them all … Unfortunately there are millions of street dogs that wander the streets daily, who face torture, neglect and abuse. However each life matters and for those lucky few that are given a second chance their lives are changed forever…. And they set in motion a wave of awareness and change.
So let’s rejoice today for a life saved and a wonderful new beginning for a very deserving puppy and her wonderful new family!
Pre-Adoption Post
About MAVIS:
Mavis is a rescue from the streets of New Delhi, India. She is beautiful, loving, gentle, playful & cuddly. She loves to play with her sister Charlotte in the water, fetch and enjoy belly rubs. Mavis has a shiny black coat; is very intelligent and a fast learner. She understands basic commands like sit, wait, no, stop etc and is potty trained and has good house manners. She has been given basic obedience training along with leash and crate training.
Mavis starts interacting with new people immediately and wins their hearts with her charms and good looks. Mavis is very well socialized with other dogs and humans.
Charlotte and Mavis have been a team since the beginning; they traveled from New Delhi, India to Chicago on September 2nd. Charlotte got adopted the day after arriving in the US. Mavis brings soo much joy and happy energy, she is very fun to be with. Mavis is a great companion and is always checking in with her human – looking for cues and making sure all is OK. She respects boundaries and is very smart.
Mavis is now being fostered in Wonder Lake, IL and looking for her forever home. She is approximately 6 months old and 32 pounds – she will most likely be around 40 pounds when full grown. She has good house manners, is potty trained and cage trained. If you are looking for a loyal, active, happy, loving and trusting companion – Mavis may be the perfect dog for you.
If you are interested in adopting MAVIS, please contact Dawn at 414-426-4148. You can find our adoption application here
Mavis’ Story:
Gender: Female
Age: Approximately 5 months
Spayed: Yes
Vaccinated: Yes
Microchipped: Yes
Weight: 32 pounds
Rescue story as written from their rescuer.
During my regular stray dog feeding round, a watchman requested me to take care of a litter of puppies in our park in which two puppies had already died but three were still alive. When I went inside the park, I realized one of the females that I had raised, along with her two brothers last year, had had a litter. I remember calling the dog catchers twice to get her spayed but she managed to run away both times. I was shocked that they were under my nose and yet I did not notice their existence probably because I never go inside the park. I started taking care of the remaining three puppies and named them Charlotte, Mavis and Mia, feeding them every 3 hours and their mother as well. They grew into beautiful, bright, happy and healthy babies. On 12th February 2016, when I went to feed them, I noticed Mia was missing along with her grandmother. I thought she had gone for a stroll with her grandmother because Mavis did that too once and they came back after an hour. I left for a meeting and returned after three hours but Mia was still missing. Then I started taking rounds of our block and that was when I saw her lifeless body in the parking lot, ants were crawling all over her. I was told that a car had hit her, a crowd gathered but no one helped her nor did they think to call me for help. I buried her body in the park at her favorite spot and filed a complaint at the police station to look at the footage of the surveillance cameras to establish the culprit and arrest him/her. Sadly, despite calling the Investigating Officer four to five times a day, he made excuses and told me he was busy and did not help at all. I was later told by my neighbors that he wants money otherwise he wouldn’t help. The night after I buried Mia, someone called the dogcatchers in the morning. They took Mia’s grandmother for sterilization but her mother managed to run away this time as well leaving Charlotte and Mavis alone. These kids were petrified and kept hiding in the park because they thought they have lost their family. I wanted to bring them home immediately but having appealed for their adoption several times which went unanswered, I was afraid of bringing them home and finding no one adopts them as I cannot look after them long term. I did not want them to be brought off the street and then need to be returned to the street as I felt this would be cruel to them. Being a student I cannot adopt them because my future is very uncertain and I have already have two adopted dogs and three cats that live with my mother in my hometown.
I was devastated and so were these kids and it was then that Isobel Grant came to our rescue. She offered to help with their adoption and as soon as I spoke to her over the phone, I ran towards the park and brought both the kids home.
Mavis arrives with Charlotte on Friday, September 2, 2016 and ISDF is excited to welcome them to the US.