Hannah, our brindle Bulldog/Boxer was born around May 10 2013 – not sure when but rescued on May 10th 2018 to begin her new life with us. Hannah passed over the rainbow bridge on June 3, 2023.
When Hannah was rescued, she was trying to cross the road on the north side of Oxford, North Carolina. I, her fur-mommy, was bringing my Mom home from radiation so had Mom in the car with me and driving through a hailstorm during white-out conditions. I was following a pickup truck who drove around an animal that was in the middle of the road. That alerted me to watch for an animal, then I saw Hannah – she couldn’t get up to get off the road, but knew she was in danger and was dragging her behind to get to the side of the road. Once inside my car on a blanket, I called my good friend, Lise, to notify her that I had a rescue dog in my car and was headed home with her. Lise called Dr. Dahl our veterinarian then called me back to tell me to take her to Dr. Dahl. He was in a local parking lot helping the produce stand where it was hit by a tornado during the hailstorm we had just driven though. He met me and told me to drive over to his clinic and we’ll get her inside and taken care of. During her hospital time, I would go in her crate with friends to pray over that little girl.
She was in his clinic for a few months – recovery was slow. She had so many injuries on her hind quarters and legs and so many ticks, fleas, hook worms, whip worms, heart worms to name a few of her challenges. When she came home, she was to be made calm and quiet, so was crated for a few more months.
Hannah was a live wire after her recovery, she was running, jumping, and just so full of life. I had a DNA test run on her to identify her make up and found she was a perfect English Bulldog/Boxer mix. She loved chasing buzzards off of her property, she would look up at them and bark and run until they all flew away, then prance around as the victor!
Hannah loved RVing with us. So many new sights and scents and new people to meet and wonderful walks in the campgrounds. It was during our cross-country RV trip when she passed – in West Yellowstone, Montana.
Everyone that met Hannah, loved her. If someone came to the house that wasn’t fond of pets, she would keep at them until they would fall in love with her. She will be sorely missed but I am so glad I found her, helped her, and took her in to be a part of our family. She will be sorely missed by everyone who knew her.