Canadian model Meagan Penman spotted an injured dog pulling its hind legs behind itself on a beach during a trip to Thailand. The dog was malnourished and covered in ticks, and it had been paralyzed after being hit by a motorcycle months earlier. His owner abandoned him and did nothing for him.
Meagan brought the pup to a local vet for treatment and searched for a rescue shelter to take him, but none wanted him. The vet took X-rays of the dog, confirming that his spine was broken. The dog was also treated for cuts and scrapes on his legs that were left "raw from the friction of the ground" from dragging himself around.
She named the pup, less than a year old at the time, Leo, and decided that she couldn't just leave him there to die, homeless and in such terrible condition. Meagan sought help on GoFundMe in order to fly him back home to Canada with her to get proper treatment and care.
Meagan needed to raise over $5,000 to get him back to the Great White North. She nursed him back to health with the help of a local vet, who got him in good enough shape to make the long journey home.
She knew she couldn't keep the dog, so she sought out a foster home for Leo, and just two months after arriving in Canada she found a woman to take him in after making the local news and setting up a Facebook page, Help Save Leo .
A woman named Jamie took him in, and more donations through GoFundMe and YouCaring helped pay the expenses involved with Leo's care, like physiotherapy and other medical costs.
K9 Carts in Freeland, Washington, a pet mobility rehabilitation center, helped him out with a dog wheelchair, but Leo has several other expenses because of his paralyzation. He has a special diet and needs special bands and pads that are basically like diapers for when he goes to the bathroom because he has undergone various operations on his urinary tract.
With only weeks, or even days, left to live, this special pup was given a second chance by a couple of great women!