In her Christmas message, Fabienne wrote that “ ACE- SHIN stands for all those who don’t get a chance, for those who will certainly not be saved.” And here is one story, just one out of very many, of a dog who certainly wouldn’t have had a chance without Fabienne and A.C.E. One of the many dogs who many others would think too old, too damaged, too sick to be rescued.
She didn’t even have a name. Once she was a beautiful, friendly puppy. Good to play with. Then she got bigger. And older. They put her outside. Sometimes she had a board to sleep on. Sometimes she slept on the hard ground. She was fed bread - when she was fed at all.
The years passed; she became old. She got cancer and a cataract. For twelve long years it was like this. Passers by saw this dog just sitting there. She didn’t respond even when they threw her scraps. She’d given up.
That’s all changed now. She has a name, she’s Mollie, and she’s now living at the Refugio. The vet thinks she’ll only survive for about six months. But she’s not in pain any more. She has a warm basket in the washroom (where the special care dogs live).
Maries buys her nice dog food, just for Mollie. It has her very own name on it. Diane gives her a clean blanket every day and Denise gives her pate with her pills inside it. Everyone who comes to the Refugio visits her and gives her a warm hug.
Mollie is home, if only for a little while. For the first time in her life she is discovering that people can be kind and will take care of her. This Christmas, she's known what love is. She'll never be alone again. And if she must go, when that happens, she will go without pain, surrounded by love.
That’s what A.C.E. is all about.
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