Dog Dumped on Death Row by Family, Clings onto Her Favorite Stuffed Toy

Her name is Layla and she once belonged to a family that she loved.

Unable to keep her, she was dumped at a high-kill shelter to fend for herself, coming closer and closer to euthanasia each day.

“We read her owner surrender notes, which stated she lived with five kids and two other dogs, and that she was surrendered due to too many pets,” said Jackie O’Sullivan to The Dodo, co-founder of Rescue Dogs Rock NYC.
 

The One-year-old Layla had difficulty fitting into the shelter like most dogs and was seen depressed and withdrawn from others.

“It’s very sad.”O’Sullivan notes, “She was obviously very uncomfortable in the shelter and not doing very well at all. Many dogs get stressed in a shelter situation — they’ve lost everything they know. This dog was very close to the children in the home, so it’s no surprise she was uncomfortable in the shelter.”

The whole time after she was dropped off, Layla had been clinging to a small stuffed toy, the last tie to her former home.
 

 
“She carries that stuffy down the street and through the yard — never letting go,” Julie Carner, a dog rescuer, wrote on Facebook. “Today, that stuffy is all she has left.”

Layla had been put on the euthanasia list many times with each time dragging her closer and closer to her fate.

Posts of her were posted online and members of the public created pledges to help Rescue Dogs Rock NYC rescue her.

Thankfully, with time coming close to an end, enough money was raised for Layla and she was able to be transferred to a rescue.

Her mood immediately began to change, “She decompressed very quickly,” O’Sullivan said. “She’s out in the yard playing. She’s doing really well, and she’s obviously a great dog, and we expect her to be adopted really soon.”

Layla is still currently looking for a home but is now safe from euthanasia. Her caretakers hopes she will be adopted soon and is asking anyone interested to contact Rescue Dogs Rock NYC.