Puppies who were abandoned now getting adopted

COLLEGE STATION Texas (KBTX) – Puppies found on the side of the road in Franklin are doing much better thanks to the Urgent Animals of Hearne rescue group and foster families.

Back in December, 3 puppies were found in bad condition on the side of Highway 46 in Robertson County. One of the puppies had died and the other two were brought to the Urgent Animals of Hearne Rescue Group where they were put in quarantine for one month because they had canine parvovirus.

A GoFundMe was created to help the puppies be properly treated and taken care of. The founder of Urgent Animals of Hearne, Deborah Fatheree, says the donations covered all of their vet bills.

“The vet bills were paid for by the donations,” said Fatheree.

KBTX visited the puppies Saturday morning and found out both puppies are in foster homes and in the process of being adopted.

“This is Leif, she is our new foster pup, we had her and her little sister,” said Geoffrey Baker, the current foster dad of one of the puppies.

Baker says he is in the process of adopting Leif and that he’s excited for Leif to now have a “forever home.” He says Leif’s sister, Twiggy, is in with a foster family and will soon be adopted by that family as well.

Puppies getting adopted

“They are both doing great, they are super happy,” said Baker. “They came in as Willow and Gracie but now they have the names of Leif and Twiggy.”

Urgent Animals of Hearne rescue group in Robertson County puts animals that need homes with foster families in hopes of getting adopted.

Every Saturday, they bring animals that need adopting to America’s Country Store for the public to meet the animals to see if they want to foster-to-adopt.

Their foster-to-adopt program is where a family can foster an animal, see if the animal is a good fit in that home, and then adoption is an option after a certain period.

Urgent Animals of Hearne’s biggest need is foster families.

“We need fosters and we supply everything. This group is a volunteer group, we do not have a facility, but I have some really nice dogs over at animal control over in Hearne that I could get out if I had fosters for them,” said Fatheree. “We also have puppies that we have more than one in a foster home and it’s better to split them up. We desperately need fosters.”

Eight-year-old Stella West fosters animals from Urgent Animals of Hearne.

“Fostering is very great if you’re good with dogs. More people need to foster because some of the dogs don’t have a comfy place to sleep,” said West.

The founder of Urgent Animals of Hearne encourages everyone to be responsible with their animals, to get them spayed or neutered, and if you can’t keep the animals, to find a place that will take care of them, don’t dump them.

If you want to get involved with Urgent Animals of Hearne, you can reach out to them on Facebook or attend their next event: ‘Find Somebunny to Love’ on March 23rd from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 411 Highway 6 in College Station.