At high-euthanasia shelters, very few dogs leave alive, especially when they arrive in poor health. Overcrowding often prevents these pups from receiving the care they desperately need or from meeting potential adoptive families.

Penny, a senior dog, was one such case.

After a lifetime of neglect, she was abandoned at a Los Angeles, California shelter.

When staff found her, she couldn’t move, which landed her on the euthanasia list. What the vets discovered next broke hearts.

Penny’s Heartbreaking Past

All Penny wanted was love, but she never had someone to care for her properly. Abandoned at a high-euthanasia shelter , her chance at a forever home seemed nonexistent.

To make matters worse, Penny was frozen in place. She couldn’t walk, leading everyone to suspect neurological probl

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