January 22, 2024 Update
Lenny is healing well and can now be a normal puppy – no more crate rest! 
One more set of x-rays in 5-6 weeks but otherwise he’s doing amazing!
Let the shenanigans begin 
December 22, 2023 Update
Lenny is on the mend!
I was caught in a nightmare. Flashbacks of the vehicle hitting me. the pain and fear when I couldn’t use my back legs. But then, the nightmare started to change:
The lovely driver who rescued me (thanks Brenda, I hear you have been the saviour for many like me!)
The caring staff at the vet clinic.
The deep relief from the pain meds.
My wonderful surgery team, who whisked me off to dreamland and said I would be good as new when I woke up.
Good golly gosh, I am pretty much as good as new! A few hours post surgery and I was walking like a pro! Check out my before and after x-rays—amazing skill from my surgeon. There is no way I am getting through airport security without setting off the metal detectors (not that I am likely to be taking a flight anytime soon!). They say I am doing so well that I get to go to a foster home before Christmas (is it too much to hope Santa finds me there? I have received so many gifts already!).
Maybe it wasn’t a nightmare, maybe it was a dream all along. Thanks to everyone who supports SCARS, you have given me a chance at the brightest future.
December 20, 2023
Rescue never sleeps! And for a puppy like me, that is the best news possible, because I really needed the help.
There was a car. There was me. I couldn’t get out of the way. Car versus puppy, the result is never good news for the puppy. 
I was in soooo much pain and soooo scared. Luckily for me, a SCARS driver came a long way on winter roads to bring me to safety. I am at Guardian Veterinary Centre and they are so kind. The surgeon says I have all kinds of fractures and they are going to use all kinds of orthopedic techniques to fix me. I couldn’t keep up with everything he was telling me. Really, what I heard was I have broken bones in both my back legs, but he is confident he can put me back together again so I can get back to doing puppy things. That is really all I needed to know.
Wish me luck. This is going to be a huge surgery for a little puppy.
